British Rail Network SouthEast & Freight-Potters Bar+Radlett with 47, 56, 60, 90, 91, HST, 313 & 317
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ธ.ค. 2020
- It's October 1991 and we see a varirty of action in Hertfordshire. Starting out with the East Coast Main Line from the line path at Potters Bar we see some Inter-City action with 125 HST's and a 91 plus two class 90 hauled Charter trains and a now departed pair of 313 units. Over at Radlett we are at Harper Lane near the Redlands stone terminal. Here we see some class 60 action, including a pair on a Redlands stone working. At this time the 60s were new and being commissioned which is why a pair were together on the same train. Some HST and 47s on freight workings complete the views here before we head over to between the Hadley Wood Tunnels where we finish off with some NSE 313 & 317 action along with a 47 on a parcels working plus a 91 & HST on Inter-City workings. If you liked the video please subscribe to my channel, there are lots more transport & quirky vids to upload!
Great video. Loved the variety of freights and locos. Golden archives you have there. Keep 'em coming.
Thank you.....yes, plenty more to come......
A lot of fun to watch this one.
I never knew the HST had an electric cousin.
I normally don't like that YT feature that starts playing videos as you browse them, but I probably wouldn't have watched if I didn't see that HST in full flight at the beginning...
The couple of class 60 in coal sub-sector livery fresh out of the paint shop look good ahead of the Redland PGA hoppers (@ 3.35).
Yes, they used that working regularly for mileage accumulation on the 60s which is why it was double headed. The weight of the train was only around 2000 tons, well within the capabilites of a 60 which could work the Mendip Rail jumbos from Westbury if needed, and they were 4800 tons.....
i like the observation coach at about 2:44 at the end of the charter train
I can't remember now where they were heading. Maybe both race day specials or possibly the obs car one a weekend trip to the Highlands of Scotland?......
That was superb. I'd love to model that formation in N gauge, but there has been no Saloon released in InterCity livery yet.
Amazing how the mundane one day becomes a memory when the next generation takes over.
Yes, this was a day out filming the everyday at the time.......
Observation Saloon on the end of that second class 90 hauled charter. Matching pair of Class 60s, presumably brand new and running in
This was mid-week when i filmed this so i can't remember where the charters were going, maybe racing specials?......Most charters ran at weekends. And yes, the 60s were now and ran in pairs on the Radlett Redlands train at this time to accumulate mileage for acceptance by BR. Funny to think now some have been scrapped!
The railfreight metals liveried 47 hauling the parcels train, is 47599. It had, in fact, only recently been transfered from Railfreight to Parcels.
Yes, it was a good catch to get it still in Trainload Freight livery!
That caught my eye too! Distinguishable by it's cropped sector logo. Nice mixed livery rake of BGs too, especially the Provincial one.
@@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus I've got it on my layout, hauling passenger and parcels trains. Great machine to have!
@@flymajj Plenty of variety back then happily....
@@flymajj The provincial Mk1 BG was of course ex Trans pennine, moved to parcels when the 158s took over.
Another great railway video Soi Buakhao, hope you had a good Christmas.
Thank you....Yes, all went well and with a few bottles of real ale i had a good day!....
@@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus Glad to hear that.
Railways, aviation and real ale. A man after my own heart!
@@flymajj Yes, i work at CAMRA beer festivals, have worked on the buses, railways & tubes, only the aviation sector has escaped as a place to work!
@@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus I've only worked in aviation! Nothing else.
Could have eaten your dinner off those Class 60s!
Yes, they were very new out of works....that working was a running in turn for new build locos back then......
Were the Class 90s used on the ECML for a brief time?
Back in the late 90s GNER wanted to run more services, and 91s were undergoing mods, a 90 would be out most days. Normally on a Leeds service where more of the route was 110mph or under to save loosing too much time.....And that use of 90s went right up to a yaer or so back, and again mostly on Leeds runs.....
@@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus
ah okay thanks for the info
I remember the occasional 90 on MK4/DVT sets in place of a 91 on the ECML in the early 1990s too.
1991
class 91 were new in service
intercity is still going
the hst is badly maintained
john major is prime minster
Thank you for the resumay........lol
The prevailing problem with railways these days is there is not nearly as much variety, and the new stock is needed without doubt, and are more efficient, but the railways have little character nowadays, their quite sterile, the ecml only has 387, 700 717 emu, a few class 91 and azuma units, with grand central and hull trains dmus - interspersed with a few freights, mostly 66 locos hauling them
It's only going to get worse which is why we treasure footage like this.