That brings back some great childhood memories. There was one great traction on the WCML back then. I'm based at Watford Junction now and it's great to see it as it was when I was a kid. Thanks for sharing!

Excellent, thank you, I really appreciate your videos.

@spompey

11 ай бұрын

You are most welcome Many thanks for your comment and for watching...best wishes...Mark

I have to say a massive thanks to you for all your fantastic videos! The camera angles, lingering looks at the full train passing, as if you were actually there watching and the ability to set the scene and atmosphere help to make your videos stand out and much more enjoyable than most. Invaluable research for modelling this era. I'm just ordering a class 310 so very helpful!

@spompey

11 ай бұрын

You are most welcome Many thanks for your comment and for watching...best wishes...Mark

85036 absolute truncheon.

@spompey

Жыл бұрын

Yep....best regards....Mark

Great video, my old stamping ground! Lovely AM10s. Many thanks.

@spompey

Жыл бұрын

many thanks for the comment....best wishes to you....Mark

Great video. I think the Manchester service would have been the 06.50 Euston to Piccadilly, a long time service was that, ran for years. A give away is the station announcement, via Crewe and calling at Nuneaton, one of the very few Manchester services that called there at the time. I wonder what the 'bubble car' DMU was doing, Croxley Green services perhaps? Loads of cracking stuff on here, many thanks for bringing back some memories!

@spompey

9 ай бұрын

You are most welcome.....many thanks Andrew....Mark

brillant video,classic ac traction

@spompey

Жыл бұрын

many thanks for the comment....best wishes to you....Mark

I remember going to Watford and those mainline emus being state of the art

@spompey

Жыл бұрын

Many thanks for the comment and best wishes....Mark

I worked there as a leading railman 1984 to 1988

@spompey

7 ай бұрын

Many thanks Neil....best wishes....Mark

Awesome vid

@spompey

6 ай бұрын

Many thanks Robin....best regards...Mark

All those four car trains and empty platforms.. and that electrification wagon is still in the sidings then and is there today, now cut off from the network on an isolated piece of track

@spompey

Жыл бұрын

Quite amazing it is still there and many thanks for the comment....best wishes to you....Mark

85 & 81 double heading a Freightliner, both under power; I don't think they could work in multiple, so there must have been a driver in each

@spompey

11 ай бұрын

Mot too sure on that one Andrei....best wishes ...Mark

@andrewsingh7860

9 ай бұрын

Yep, if both under power would have had a driver on each one. No multiple working fitted on the classes 81-85. 👍

@spompey

9 ай бұрын

@@andrewsingh7860 Many thanks Andrew.....Mark

Love seeing class 87.is that a full brake van

@spompey

8 күн бұрын

You're very welcome Steven and my best wishes...Mark

Must've been a Sunday as AL5s were more frequent on weekdays. My first DMU was on Camden Bank in 1989.

@AndreiTupolev

Жыл бұрын

Jun 24 according to the calendar was a Wednesday

Interesting that 4 car trains were sufficient for morning peak workings. It must have been modernised by the time I came to use it regularly; looks like still the old buildings there. 😢 Class 85 dragging an 86: failure?

@spompey

6 ай бұрын

Many thanks Andrei as always....Mark