Trains In The 1980's ECML Parcels, Peterborough 1988

A compilation of parcel train workings at Peterborough filmed throughout 1988 featuring Class 08s, 31s, 47s, and DPUs when Peterborough was a hub for these workings with trains from North to South and East to West through here, several services adding vehicles brought down from the nearby Royal Mail depot.
*Individual movies from my visits here(featuring freight and passenger workings)can be found on my channel, search "Trains In The 1980's"

[@Jonsie66]

Some great footage of a long lost piece of railway operations. The pilot busying itself positioning the ipswich TPO in the former bay & the 31s on the Crewe TPOs, great footage.

[@mattupsall3538]

Fantastic as always

[@MrDeltic15]

Thank you very much.

[@JakesTrainsUK]

The good old days of the ECML

[@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329]

Excellent job Darren

[@MrDeltic15]

Thanks Scott.

[@PerthMRC]

Another great video. Much appreciated. Out of interest wonder how many BG etc a 2 car DMU could pull.

[@ClydebridgeStation]

Can I put the link to this on my layouts Facebook page, so people can get ideas for modelling parcels trains, and the shunting involved?

[@JohnRodgers7390]

Remember meeting the TPO as it was travelling south coming out of Edinburgh heading down the WCML.

[@antman09ful1]

I loved these days Darren when we had spare locos, and I got a great buzz when I collected stock like the GUVs and BGs .

[@MrDeltic15]

Having a variety of loco types and then those locos(and stock)in a variety of liveries made the late 80s to late 90s a great era Mike.

[@markdixey3180]

Excellent video! Great for modelling those parcel trains and shunting them into different formations.
Was one of those DMUs a passenger one with the Royal Mail logo on the side? It seemed as if there were two parcel units with a passenger unit.
Love seeing the Metro Train and WMPTE logos on the DMUs!
Quite a way from their home territory!
Interesting there weren't many Royal Mail -liveried coaches- I think they came later in the early 90s?
On my N gauge, my Express Parcel class 101 hauls my two Lima CCTs - they're the only things which stay together when running!

[@MrDeltic15]

Thanks very much. Yes, DMUs with Royal Mail, Parcels, Metro, and WMPTE logos back then, most likely cascaded from their area by second generation DMUs. I think the Royal Mail red stock came a little after this, certainly you'll see them in my 1990s Peterborough movies. Movies like this a helping me with my N Gauge layout consists too.

[@jamesmackay4778]

Would love to go back to days of proper parcel trains, loco+bg+guvs+bg, or loco + bg + TPO+ bg, always wondered though, what were the courier vehicles used for as never saw them in use, and only saw two preserved ones

[@AndreiTupolev]

I think they were for valuable goods that needed to be guarded.

[@AndreiTupolev]

Interesting addition of a BG to the DMU as a tail load, something that I thought had gone out in the 1960s. (because Daisy didn't like pulling.)

[@PadisherCreel]

😂