A series of films taken in 1964/5 during the period of transition from steam to diesel and electric at Nuneaton, Bulkington, Bedworth and over the Nuneaton - Coventry - Leamington line. Photographer - Geoff Edmands
I can't thank you enough for putting this on line.As children my brother and I with our grandparents used to ride the line from Kenilworth to Nuneaton to watch the express trains rush through at exactly this period. These are very fond childhood views I thought I'd never see again - especially the DMU ride to Leamington seeing the line through the cab windscreen. So many sights remembered like the single line baton exchange, the bridges (the Spring Lane one coming into Kenilworth that was raised around that time for future electrification! ), the signal boxes, the stations. Thanks to your video it all came flooding back.
Im probably the only kid commenting on this, but its really fascinating how different the railway looked back then, nowadays theres just teens smoking and so many accidents, i wish it could be peaceful now like it was back then.
I was born here just 2 years earlier, spent the summers of '76>'78 spotting from the road bridge at the south end of the station. I went on to a forty year railway footplate career, starting at Coalville and my brother started his railway career in Midland junction box!
This must have been a fascinating time to have been around on the railways.. So much variety! Love the combination of maroon, diesel green, electric blue and of course sooty black!
I was hoping i might see my Grandad and dad somewhere in this,like i do always in old Nuneaton Railway footage. Grandad - A.E.Alexander was a driver and my Dad, Jeff G.Alexander was a fireman. I have news paper clippings of my dad driving the last steamer to the "SHEDS" as diesel/electric took over.
Me and my brother use to live in the holly bush pub just down the road from the station around this time, spent many days around there, remember getting many a ride down to the engine sheds and messing about in the goods yard. Happy days
A bit before my time but nevertheless so interesting to see! This footage is both amazing and valuable IMHO for somebody my age (46 next stop) to get a good perspective of what this 'changeover' era from steam to modern-ish traction was all about. During my trainspotting heyday there was another 'changeover' era in British Railway history when the corporate Blue / Blue Grey BR livery was replaced by sectors and subsectors like Inter-City Executive and Network SouthEast. However this all had to go closet in 1992 as between then and 1997 my colleagues on the Great Western Main Line would have branded me a Gricer / Basher!!! Thank you for posting / sharing :o)
Wow. That was my era and my area you've taken me back about 60 years. What a brilliant record of local railway history ...many thanks.. Dave from Coventry
hi peter i just subscibed to your channel because i used to vist nuneaton around 10 years ago.but did place nuneaton on a service train to mancester for blackpool last mounth.just for record i am into trains tream and buses and other thing that intrest me etc
What a great video. Particularly enjoyed the Nuneaton to Leamington cab ride.Thanks for posting.
Fabulous footage! Thank you for sharing!
Amazing film, much appreciated!
I can't thank you enough for putting this on line.As children my brother and I with our grandparents used to ride the line from Kenilworth to Nuneaton to watch the express trains rush through at exactly this period. These are very fond childhood views I thought I'd never see again - especially the DMU ride to Leamington seeing the line through the cab windscreen. So many sights remembered like the single line baton exchange, the bridges (the Spring Lane one coming into Kenilworth that was raised around that time for future electrification! ), the signal boxes, the stations. Thanks to your video it all came flooding back.
Wonderful memories for myself and many others at this time of great change thank you for sharing
Im probably the only kid commenting on this, but its really fascinating how different the railway looked back then, nowadays theres just teens smoking and so many accidents, i wish it could be peaceful now like it was back then.
Tremendous footage. Thank you for sharing.
Brill, brill & brill. What memories!!! Foleshill station too. Thank you.
I was born here just 2 years earlier, spent the summers of '76>'78 spotting from the road bridge at the south end of the station. I went on to a forty year railway footplate career, starting at Coalville and my brother started his railway career in Midland junction box!
This must have been a fascinating time to have been around on the railways.. So much variety! Love the combination of maroon, diesel green, electric blue and of course sooty black!
I was hoping i might see my Grandad and dad somewhere in this,like i do always in old Nuneaton Railway footage.
Grandad - A.E.Alexander was a driver and my Dad, Jeff G.Alexander was a fireman.
I have news paper clippings of my dad driving the last steamer to the "SHEDS" as diesel/electric took over.
Perfection, enough said
Me and my brother use to live in the holly bush pub just down the road from the station around this time, spent many days around there, remember getting many a ride down to the engine sheds and messing about in the goods yard. Happy days
6:13 the loco is E3055, the only early AC electric to be fitted with the cross-arm pantograph
A bit before my time but nevertheless so interesting to see! This footage is both amazing and valuable IMHO for somebody my age (46 next stop) to get a good perspective of what this 'changeover' era from steam to modern-ish traction was all about. During my trainspotting heyday there was another 'changeover' era in British Railway history when the corporate Blue / Blue Grey BR livery was replaced by sectors and subsectors like Inter-City Executive and Network SouthEast. However this all had to go closet in 1992 as between then and 1997 my colleagues on the Great Western Main Line would have branded me a Gricer / Basher!!! Thank you for posting / sharing :o)
Great footage 👍
Happy days with note book and pen, Ian Allen loco books, and the age of innocence!
Wow. That was my era and my area you've taken me back about 60 years. What a brilliant record of local railway history ...many thanks.. Dave from Coventry
Fantastic video. Not much footage around of the early AC electric locos. Thank you for sharing.
With Kenilworth just reopened it was good to see the last part of this
Brings back memories.
All three modes of traction represented never to be seen again.
Excellent
Just to the right of Gibbet halt is my old school Bishop Ullathorne 😊 you can just make out the playing field
hi peter i just subscibed to your channel because i used to vist nuneaton around 10 years ago.but did place nuneaton on a service train to mancester for blackpool last mounth.just for record i am into trains tream and buses and other thing that intrest me etc
0:08 That train looks like the class 350s ancestor
This is was when the wcml was electrified
Love these videos of Nuneaton through the years always a great watch, thanks for sharing