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.
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.
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!
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)
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.
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.
Wonderful memories for myself and many others at this time of great change thank you for sharing
6:13 the loco is E3055, the only early AC electric to be fitted with the cross-arm pantograph
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.
Tremendous footage. Thank you for sharing.
Happy days with note book and pen, Ian Allen loco books, and the age of innocence!
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!
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
With Kenilworth just reopened it was good to see the last part of this
Fantastic video. Not much footage around of the early AC electric locos. Thank you for sharing.
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 👍
All three modes of traction represented never to be seen again.
Brings back memories.
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
Excellent
0:08 That train looks like the class 350s ancestor
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ video 📹 👍😎
This is was when the wcml was electrified
Love these videos of Nuneaton through the years always a great watch, thanks for sharing