I grew out of trains when i was about 14, but man, this vid really takes me back. I love all the smart colourful liveries before privatisation, and the interesting locos.
And I thought Waterloo to Exeter was something, Now this is something else, three hours of total brilliant filming, you have caught so much of era, don’t where to start, the locations, inferstructure, branch lines, liverys of Locos/rolling stock, could go on and on, the stuff along the sea walls at Dawlish etc, raining / night shots, Steam specials plus loco hauled,/mail trains, It’s all history now. You’re got some of the best recordings I’ve ever seen, an era now gone, I can’t believe how much time you spent on seeking out all the locations & timings to film, how on earth did you get all the information on the timings/numbers & know all the destinations! was your wife along to assist! Regards Eddie🤓
Very nicely filmed video, makes a change from the normal hand held shaky cam video that makes up so much of TH-cam! Did not get down to west country very often in the 90s but I do remember photographing the class 20 and 37 specials to Exeter at Creech St Michael in 1994. Great memories, just a bit sad to see how much has been lost in the intervening years.
Loving your work. Great memories. Used to stand on the platform at Highbridge and play chicken with the freight services as they swung towards you onto the down line to enter the passing loop! It's a shame all the loco hauled cross country services have been replaced by those horrible cramped Voyagers, especially as TPEx has gone bsck to hauled coaching stock.
40 mins 17 sec. there is a guy with his kid walking the line at norton fitzwarren. i am presuming that was what the driver of the class 60 was phoning about. senseless. cracking vid tho bud.
I grew out of trains when i was about 14, but man, this vid really takes me back. I love all the smart colourful liveries before privatisation, and the interesting locos.
Triple headed 37 railtour, awesome.
Great cinema. Quality and interest...thanks for the great vid😃
And I thought Waterloo to Exeter was something, Now this is something else, three hours of total brilliant filming, you have caught so much of era, don’t where to start, the locations, inferstructure, branch lines, liverys of Locos/rolling stock, could go on and on, the stuff along the sea walls at Dawlish etc, raining / night shots, Steam specials plus loco hauled,/mail trains, It’s all history now. You’re got some of the best recordings I’ve ever seen, an era now gone, I can’t believe how much time you spent on seeking out all the locations & timings to film, how on earth did you get all the information on the timings/numbers & know all the destinations! was your wife along to assist! Regards Eddie🤓
Very nicely filmed video, makes a change from the normal hand held shaky cam video that makes up so much of TH-cam! Did not get down to west country very often in the 90s but I do remember photographing the class 20 and 37 specials to Exeter at Creech St Michael in 1994. Great memories, just a bit sad to see how much has been lost in the intervening years.
Loving your work. Great memories. Used to stand on the platform at Highbridge and play chicken with the freight services as they swung towards you onto the down line to enter the passing loop!
It's a shame all the loco hauled cross country services have been replaced by those horrible cramped Voyagers, especially as TPEx has gone bsck to hauled coaching stock.
Wonderful and useful archive footage! Thanks for sharing.
Very nice all Synced up now with extras?
that's sorted it. good work.
are these personal shoots?
Hi Pete, yes all personal shots taken by myself. I decided to tackle the whole GWR as a project and sell it via VHS in the 1990s
GWR yam yam Many thanks for taking the time and generosity to share this all on TH-cam. Brilliant record of the West Country in the mid-1990s.
40 mins 17 sec. there is a guy with his kid walking the line at norton fitzwarren. i am presuming that was what the driver of the class 60 was phoning about. senseless. cracking vid tho bud.
Think it had a hot axle box or something, driver did an inspection of wagons off camera before moving away
Two hours 29!
Driver of 47818 22:00 listening to the radio on headphones?!
2.29 was he running for a pee!!!
which sequence are you looking at Ed, cant see anything at 229
Senior moment, 2h 39m Lol Eddie
Edward Barnes he was running for the bucket and and broom to clear the windscreen