Trains on Cine Film in the 1970's - Spalding, ECML and Woodhead

Автокөліктер мен көлік құралдары

I hope this video will bring back memories for many. I have spent many hours producing this short video from my old Cine Film of the 1970's, it shows Deltic's and other diesels Through Spalding plus Class 76 Electrics over the Woodhead route, The Quality is way down on todays standard but that's all we had in those days.

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  • @stupot50english82
    @stupot50english823 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely fabulous. Growing up in the 70’s the only one downside to watching this is it reminds me of times when this country seemed much better ( which I’m sure some will disagree with )

  • @melanierhianna

    @melanierhianna

    3 жыл бұрын

    Apart from the huge inflation, 3 day weeks, Winter of discontent, misogyny, racism and homophobia!

  • @stupot50english82

    @stupot50english82

    3 жыл бұрын

    Melanie Rhianna. As I said, not everyone would agree. But I was born in 1970 so grew up in the 70's and have fantastic childhood memories.

  • @boyfromblackstuff7859

    @boyfromblackstuff7859

    Жыл бұрын

    Stupot ,you are correct, for all its ills I would go back to the 70's in a heartbeat! Alas ,though we were too young to realise it, the country was under attack from within by Cultural Marxist's and clossett Communists as another poster has highlighted ! Fast forward to the present, luckily people are finally waking up although I don't ever see England returning to the civilised country it was. Regards.

  • @johnpapworth433

    @johnpapworth433

    10 ай бұрын

    @@stupot50english82I also was born in that year, we were too young to realise those bad aspects of life. At least our teenage years we saw a boom in the nation

  • @speedbirdconcordeBOAB

    @speedbirdconcordeBOAB

    2 ай бұрын

    It was much better. People were more civilised and polite. We weren’t the dumping ground for the world’s degenerates.

  • @nigelbevan8449
    @nigelbevan84499 ай бұрын

    I think what I need to say has already been said by the majority of individuals who have witnessed this fantastic footage of 1970s railway history..... Bloody fantastic!!! This was my era for loco spotting, from the early 70s til the early 80s.... I live near Bristol, so Deltics were an absolute rarity and had to travel to King's Cross to see them..... I remember Colossus the class 47. And got the entire set of Westerns, also the entire set of Class 47s, the last one being at Haymarket, near Edinburgh..... Happy childhood days.... Thank you so much for posting this historic video of railway footage....

  • @western-oud1898

    @western-oud1898

    4 күн бұрын

    Me to..I grew up in Birmingham and the Birmingham to Bristol railway line ran just at the back of my house and towards the bottom of my garden so as a kid in the 1970s and early 80's and especially during the school summer holidays me and my mates sat on the bank all day watching the trains go by..and yes you're spot on Deltics were a rarely seen thing even on that stretch of line but tons and tons of 45 peaks 47's Duffs and by the late 70s early 80's the new HST'S..also a real treat was seeing on occasions the two 37 lickey bankers that rolled past a few times a week..really happy times

  • @devilscoachman79
    @devilscoachman793 жыл бұрын

    Mind blowing Roy! What a totally different world that was, and my god the sounds were stunning. Thank you so much for uploading this Roy, I feel very lucky to have seen it - Brilliant! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

  • @royharrison4122

    @royharrison4122

    3 жыл бұрын

    Many thanks Kev, Glad you enjoyed it.

  • @aureol40012

    @aureol40012

    Жыл бұрын

    Sounds aren’t real, they are dubbed. Badly.

  • @marksmith7460

    @marksmith7460

    Жыл бұрын

    @@aureol40012 thanks for that excellent contribution

  • @nigelbevan8449

    @nigelbevan8449

    9 ай бұрын

    ​@@marksmith7460My sentiments exactly.

  • @stuartshaw6904
    @stuartshaw69049 ай бұрын

    Thank you for this window into the past, I was born in the late 80's so I never got to see anything as interesting and as varied as what's in this footage.

  • @philnewstead5388
    @philnewstead53883 жыл бұрын

    Great sequence I grew up on the ECML in the late sixties and seventies so these locos were very familiar to me. We also spent three holidays not far from the Woodhead line in the mid seventies and I would usually spend a couple of days spotting (when the weather was nice) whilst the family went off to visit a stately home. I realise the railway had to modernise but it had so much more variety and character back then despite the rundown appearance of many of the stations and infrastructure. Thanks for taking the time to post.

  • @royharrison4122

    @royharrison4122

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Phil, Glad you enjoyed it

  • @MichaelTaylor-gt2ge
    @MichaelTaylor-gt2ge3 жыл бұрын

    Cracking video Roy! Brings back a lot of fond memories! Wish we could go back...

  • @royharrison4122

    @royharrison4122

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Michael, glad it brought back memories.

  • @patricialockhart2135
    @patricialockhart21353 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic film and takes me back. I remember when I first saw the intercity 125s and thought I was seeing the future. In fact I was, the fact GWR and Scotrail have refurbished and are using them extensively shows how much of the future they were. 45 years and they still look modern and are still doing a great job. The old BR often got a bad name but those trains were inspired. A testament to British design and engineering.

  • @royharrison4122

    @royharrison4122

    3 жыл бұрын

    So very true Patricia, "British Built Best".

  • @Isochest

    @Isochest

    2 жыл бұрын

    British is Best no doubt about it. Politicians sold us out

  • @MrMelyndhowr
    @MrMelyndhowr3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for posting, Roy. Brought back lots of happy memories of my spotting days.

  • @royharrison4122

    @royharrison4122

    3 жыл бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it

  • @justinobrien3593
    @justinobrien35933 жыл бұрын

    Love this video it brings back some memories from the late 1970a as a kid!!!😎

  • @royharrison4122

    @royharrison4122

    3 жыл бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it.

  • @darrenbrierley3482
    @darrenbrierley34823 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely wonderful. The sound was amazing for the age of the film stock. Thanks' for posting.

  • @royharrison4122

    @royharrison4122

    3 жыл бұрын

    Many thanks!

  • @johnemsden735
    @johnemsden7353 жыл бұрын

    Roy many thanks you have done it a again a fantastic blast from the past, just the audio alone is brilliant brings back so happy memory's from the good old days, remember the Deltics going hell for leather though Grantham and Doncaster non stop and watched may a time them pull away on one engine and bringing the other engine in when on the move and wonderful Woodhead video as well one of my favourite lines

  • @royharrison4122

    @royharrison4122

    3 жыл бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it

  • @MrDeltic15
    @MrDeltic153 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic, an amazing collection there. Loved the Deltics of course(especially my pet 55015), but also great to see the Woodhead line and 76s. Some great memories there from my childhood when my love of railways was still in its early years.

  • @royharrison4122

    @royharrison4122

    3 жыл бұрын

    Many thanks!

  • @iancowieson7048
    @iancowieson70483 жыл бұрын

    All been said already Roy.... what an outstanding piece of footage, 15 minutes of pure gold.... just when I became interested in railways, simply great days with so much variety and interest. Awesome footage.... I will watch this again and again, many thanks for posting 👍👍👍

  • @royharrison4122

    @royharrison4122

    3 жыл бұрын

    Wow, thanks, glad you enjoyed it Ian.

  • @derekmeller5873
    @derekmeller58733 жыл бұрын

    That was absolutely brilliant. Thank you so much for posting. 🍻

  • @royharrison4122

    @royharrison4122

    3 жыл бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it Derek.

  • @jonathanhall9668
    @jonathanhall96683 жыл бұрын

    So nice to see and hear Deltic's rumbling through spalding and in one clip a class 33 on a passenger working certainly wasn't expecting to see that! fantastic video thank you sharing.

  • @royharrison4122

    @royharrison4122

    3 жыл бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it

  • @katrinablakesley2864

    @katrinablakesley2864

    3 жыл бұрын

    The 33 world have a been on a flower show special from the southern region and return and the black backed nameplate of Colossus on 47086 was a Cardifft to Spaulding flower special and return working.... fantastic footage, thoroughly enjoyed it four times in a row..... The Deltics especially as I chased them up and down the ECML from 1977-81 bagging them all except 1 & 20 which I saw in service a couple of times each and at Doncaster Works as they rusted away until 1980.....55019 was my machine with nearly 3600 miles behind her

  • @smogmonster1876
    @smogmonster18763 жыл бұрын

    Great video. Thanks for posting this. It’s brought a few childhood memorises back.

  • @royharrison4122

    @royharrison4122

    3 жыл бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it

  • @xelvator
    @xelvator3 жыл бұрын

    That was great! Thanks for taking the time to upload.

  • @royharrison4122

    @royharrison4122

    3 жыл бұрын

    My pleasure!

  • @drummerboy1390
    @drummerboy13903 жыл бұрын

    You've done a great job. The video is fantastic, the sound is particularly good. The footage is priceless. Many thanks.

  • @annescholey6546

    @annescholey6546

    3 жыл бұрын

    It takes everyone back😊

  • @royharrison4122

    @royharrison4122

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you too!

  • @Marcsharp82
    @Marcsharp823 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely outstanding footage

  • @royharrison4122

    @royharrison4122

    3 жыл бұрын

    Many thanks!

  • @MiLLwallpaul231258
    @MiLLwallpaul231258 Жыл бұрын

    Memories come flooding back to my train spotting days from the 70s … Brilliant

  • @scottb1167
    @scottb11673 жыл бұрын

    Cracking. Thx for taking the time to put it together.

  • @royharrison4122

    @royharrison4122

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Scott, Glad you enjoyed it.

  • @sku70
    @sku703 жыл бұрын

    Halcyon days....some magical footage there Roy, Many thenks!

  • @royharrison4122

    @royharrison4122

    3 жыл бұрын

    Cheers Stu.

  • @jimmyviaductophilelawley5587
    @jimmyviaductophilelawley55873 жыл бұрын

    Wow! My two favourite locomotives in one place! Great stuff thankyou

  • @royharrison4122

    @royharrison4122

    3 жыл бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it

  • @baconsandwich2007
    @baconsandwich20073 жыл бұрын

    I was hoping you had something like this in your collection. Many thanks.

  • @royharrison4122

    @royharrison4122

    3 жыл бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it Mike.

  • @James47298
    @James472983 жыл бұрын

    U really have some classic quality vids, thanks for sharing

  • @royharrison4122

    @royharrison4122

    3 жыл бұрын

    Glad you like them!

  • @stuartbailey2574
    @stuartbailey25743 жыл бұрын

    Cracking video, amazing atmosphere, loved it.

  • @royharrison4122

    @royharrison4122

    3 жыл бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it

  • @werringtonjunction
    @werringtonjunction3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Roy for transferring these old films to digital to get them on to KZread, I know that was a lot of work doing that. Two of my favourite spotting places as well. Essendine in steam days, we used to spend many a Sunday afternoon picnicing on that manicured flat embankment, now it is just a mess like many other places. Woodcroft was a nice place in the 70/80s but the footbridge is no more. Then all those Deltics through Spalding, shear bliss with that throbbing noise.👍👍👍👍👍

  • @royharrison4122

    @royharrison4122

    3 жыл бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it

  • @Stpaddy55001
    @Stpaddy550013 жыл бұрын

    Big thanks for sharing great to see Deltic,s at Spalding and the 33.

  • @royharrison4122

    @royharrison4122

    3 жыл бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it

  • @diabolicalartificer
    @diabolicalartificer2 жыл бұрын

    The sound of those Deltic's : ) once heard never forgotten. Great to have a blast back to the past, thank you for sharing...DA.

  • @royharrison4122

    @royharrison4122

    2 жыл бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it

  • @DEREKM5903
    @DEREKM59033 жыл бұрын

    Couldn't agree more with the comments,, so much memories flooding back,,, I never wanted to go home on my days outs transporting days,, sadly today i fear its not the same, I get fed up after 10 mins, I`ll be watching this video time and time again

  • @royharrison4122

    @royharrison4122

    3 жыл бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it Derek.

  • @ellisredjohnstrains2371
    @ellisredjohnstrains23713 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for sharing Roy. Nice peice of history recorded there. Unfoutounatly the Deltics were withdrawn and the Woodhead route had closed once I had started taking and interest and travelling around the network. One of my regrets was that I hardly took any photos of my travels back then! Happy new year to you and all the best for 2021. Stay safe. Regards, John

  • @royharrison4122

    @royharrison4122

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the info John, best regards for 2021.

  • @markedgar6437
    @markedgar64373 жыл бұрын

    Wow! Best video yet! Thankyou for sharing

  • @royharrison4122

    @royharrison4122

    3 жыл бұрын

    Wow, thanks!

  • @bryannewman5012
    @bryannewman50123 жыл бұрын

    Great vintage shots with the superb sound of the Deltic.

  • @royharrison4122

    @royharrison4122

    3 жыл бұрын

    Many thanks!

  • @trainsonthebrain
    @trainsonthebrain3 жыл бұрын

    Very nice. Would love to have seen Spalding in it’s heyday when it was very busy!

  • @royharrison4122

    @royharrison4122

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks, Glad you like it, Yes it was a busy station in the past.

  • @phwbooth
    @phwbooth3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks, Roy. A real treat.

  • @royharrison4122

    @royharrison4122

    3 жыл бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it Paul.

  • @AndreiTupolev
    @AndreiTupolev3 жыл бұрын

    Amazing! Actual real live Deltics, brand new HSTs; the scene of the HST and Class 40 crossing is priceless. And 55007 passing 47508.

  • @royharrison4122

    @royharrison4122

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Andrei!

  • @lewisner

    @lewisner

    2 жыл бұрын

    I took a photo at York in 1979 of 55006 hauling HST 6 through the centre roads at 01.00.

  • @andrewchaston503
    @andrewchaston5033 жыл бұрын

    FANTASTIC. Cannot say more.

  • @Paulwherrell
    @Paulwherrell3 жыл бұрын

    A fabulous archive, scenes we'll never see again.

  • @royharrison4122

    @royharrison4122

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Paul.

  • @KevTheBusDriver
    @KevTheBusDriver3 жыл бұрын

    Don't pay any attention to the naysayers - this is marvellous!! Many thanks for the memories!

  • @royharrison4122

    @royharrison4122

    3 жыл бұрын

    Many thanks Kev, glad you enjoyed it, I have dealt with that "Naysayer" sent him packing.

  • @ianmitchell1594
    @ianmitchell1594 Жыл бұрын

    Great footage I’ve got loads of photos of Guide Bride from the late 70s early 80s and this took me back to the good old days 👍

  • @nezzam100
    @nezzam1003 жыл бұрын

    Great memories. Deltics and Peaks were my favourites. You could tell what was coming from the engine noise before you saw them.

  • @royharrison4122

    @royharrison4122

    3 жыл бұрын

    Indeed!

  • @lewis72
    @lewis72 Жыл бұрын

    Well done on capturing stereo sound !

  • @rogerclark5869
    @rogerclark58693 жыл бұрын

    Great video with delltics and 40s and Woodhead route. Thanks

  • @royharrison4122

    @royharrison4122

    3 жыл бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it

  • @justinobrien3593
    @justinobrien35933 жыл бұрын

    The class 76s I just about remember them on the Manchester to sheffield run!.they used to always be a few stabled at guidebridge yard I used to look at them when I was about 7 in 1979-80 happy days!!!

  • @royharrison4122

    @royharrison4122

    3 жыл бұрын

    Happy days indeed Justin.

  • @johnchurch4705

    @johnchurch4705

    3 жыл бұрын

    Unfortunately I never got to see the 76s and Woodhead before it was all taken away, I do remember riding on the 125s up to York with my dad.

  • @justinobrien3593

    @justinobrien3593

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@johnchurch4705 still a few 125s about but the railways ain't the same anymore we still got a few old locomotives about more class 37s than any other class! I just about remember the 76s on the woodhead route I was about 7 when my dad took me to Sheffield from Manchester Piccadilly via the woodhead line happy days of our once great railway infrastructure that's n8w dominated by bog units!!!😥😥😥

  • @stevehutchinson5399
    @stevehutchinson53992 жыл бұрын

    Roy this is fantastic! The Deltics, a 33 and a 'Western' 47 at Spalding - all with glorious sound. The hidden gem is the Woodhead footage, possibly the first time I've heard what a 76 actually sounded like since the 70s. I didn't want the footage to stop.... Have you got any more? Thanks goodness you had the foresight to record what has become historical and amazing

  • @royharrison4122

    @royharrison4122

    2 жыл бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it Steve, Sorry to say I haven't got anymore from that time that's of any use, Cine film was expensive and didn't run for long, I wish I had now,

  • @Keithbarber

    @Keithbarber

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@royharrison4122 that's the sad thing about cine film compared to video - cost a *LOT* of money Vhs was much more economical

  • @jefflloyd7308
    @jefflloyd73083 жыл бұрын

    Really enjoyed this thank you Roy👌

  • @royharrison4122

    @royharrison4122

    3 жыл бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it

  • @rossbolton9966
    @rossbolton99663 жыл бұрын

    Great stuff, many thanks !!

  • @royharrison4122

    @royharrison4122

    3 жыл бұрын

    You are welcome!

  • @delticnapierdccsound4236
    @delticnapierdccsound42363 жыл бұрын

    One of those films that makes u cry and wonder where it all went wrong 🙄😂

  • @royharrison4122

    @royharrison4122

    3 жыл бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it Paul

  • @jimusgrimus

    @jimusgrimus

    3 жыл бұрын

    Working people voting Conservative

  • @delticnapierdccsound4236

    @delticnapierdccsound4236

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@jimusgrimus don't think politics has a thing to do with it. ..

  • @neiloflongbeck5705

    @neiloflongbeck5705

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@delticnapierdccsound4236 we kept voting for the party that offered to tax less and spend more. We always have and always will.

  • @neiloflongbeck5705

    @neiloflongbeck5705

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@jimusgrimus union militantism didn't help.

  • @johnyoungieyoung123
    @johnyoungieyoung123 Жыл бұрын

    Some gems there Roy. I loved the Deltics.

  • @monstermax22
    @monstermax222 жыл бұрын

    I’m not a rail enthusiast by any means, But enjoy the nostalgia and appreciate great engineering. Those Deltics were quite magnificent. Thanks for sharing.

  • @royharrison4122

    @royharrison4122

    2 жыл бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it

  • @minsterley2002
    @minsterley20023 жыл бұрын

    Great video, and sound too, great stuff.

  • @royharrison4122

    @royharrison4122

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you kindly!

  • @HowardLeVert
    @HowardLeVert Жыл бұрын

    It was good that you captured the "Traveller's Fare" special passing through Peterborough, Roy. That must be incredibly rare footage.

  • @mickd6942
    @mickd69423 жыл бұрын

    My two favourite class’s , 55 Deltic and the class 76 electrics , had a fantastic view of the wath branch of the woodhead route from my bedroom window and went to Doncaster to see the Deltics, both withdrawn at the same time 1981, went to reddish and guide bridge to say my farewell to the 76’s and to Doncaster works to say farewell to the Deltics , it was sad seeing both classes in long scrap lines awaiting they’re fate , thankfully six Deltics one EM1 76 were preserved along with two EM2 77 ex woodhead coco’s after their service in Holland, strange that the EM2’s sold as surplus in the late sixties out lasted the class 76’s, the Dutch got a bargain.

  • @poodle559

    @poodle559

    3 жыл бұрын

    One of the saddest things i ever witnessed was the death of Wath yard, that was my playground as a kid along with Wath RD junction. My step dad was a guard based at Wath back in the day and in the school holidays he sometimes took us for a ride in the guards van up Woodhead. Aye, they were the days.

  • @mickd6942

    @mickd6942

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@poodle559 Brilliant, that was the one thing I always wanted to do a trip on the woodhead , whenever I bike to manvers lake on the TPT I always think of wath sheds and the 76’s, when I was a kid Ernest and Gordon the signalmen at elsecar junction would let me raise and lower the barriers for the crossing

  • @mickd6942

    @mickd6942

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@poodle559 Brilliant, that was the one thing I always wanted to do a trip on the woodhead , whenever I bike to manvers lake on the TPT I always think of wath sheds and the 76’s, when I was a kid Ernest and Gordon the signalmen at elsecar junction would let me raise and lower the barriers for the crossing

  • @ukmusichero
    @ukmusichero2 жыл бұрын

    Amazing, and with sound, it given me,...Needles and Pinza 🎵🎶🎵🎶

  • @royharrison4122

    @royharrison4122

    2 жыл бұрын

    Rock on!

  • @deanfielding5881
    @deanfielding58813 жыл бұрын

    Great film Happy memories thanks for upload

  • @royharrison4122

    @royharrison4122

    3 жыл бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it

  • @NedPooleD818
    @NedPooleD8183 жыл бұрын

    Well done Roy- solid gold and easily the best thing on telly this Christmas (although the Repair Shop was good too!) I only saw the 76s when they were in bits at Reddish- numbers scored in the Combined Volume at the time but not as good as seeing them moving:-( Best wishes for 2021 and keep up the great work:-))

  • @royharrison4122

    @royharrison4122

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Ned, Nice to know I am up there with "The Repair Shop", that's my favorite on TV.

  • @NedPooleD818

    @NedPooleD818

    3 жыл бұрын

    Great stuff Roy- when I asked my partner what she wanted for Christmas she said ‘For Will from the Repair Shop to come round and fix the Kitchen cupboards!!!’ ...I got the message and they are all done now:-))

  • @angrykid138
    @angrykid1382 жыл бұрын

    What a video brilliant Roy.

  • @royharrison4122

    @royharrison4122

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you - Glad you enjoyed it

  • @user-mh9cu1tj8i
    @user-mh9cu1tj8i11 ай бұрын

    Outstanding video if only we could have locomotives running like this now

  • @paulgalyet5308
    @paulgalyet53083 жыл бұрын

    great stuff much enjoyed

  • @royharrison4122

    @royharrison4122

    3 жыл бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it

  • @medwaymodelrailway7129
    @medwaymodelrailway71293 жыл бұрын

    Great new video update . like it very much.

  • @royharrison4122

    @royharrison4122

    3 жыл бұрын

    Many many thanks

  • @swearingkevo
    @swearingkevo3 жыл бұрын

    Loved this. Loved the deltics and the 76s

  • @royharrison4122

    @royharrison4122

    3 жыл бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it.

  • @VespaT5
    @VespaT5 Жыл бұрын

    Ah Pinza 💙 The first Deltic I saw & the first I got pulled by. You never forget your first smelly delly.

  • @fatwalletboy2
    @fatwalletboy23 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic. Sound too!

  • @royharrison4122

    @royharrison4122

    3 жыл бұрын

    Many thanks!

  • @B-A-L
    @B-A-L3 жыл бұрын

    My first ever memory of trains was going to London in 1969 on a train pulled by one of these on the ECML. I am going to annoy a lot of people though by saying I'm glad I just missed out on dirty inefficient steam and grew up in the proper good old days of the diesels!

  • @dennissoppitt2267
    @dennissoppitt22673 жыл бұрын

    Amazing that film from that decade is still around!

  • @royharrison4122

    @royharrison4122

    3 жыл бұрын

    Its still around Dennis, probably in lots of Attics.

  • @themightyzanoss8409
    @themightyzanoss84093 жыл бұрын

    wow this is a treasure trove

  • @davidmathie8360
    @davidmathie83603 жыл бұрын

    Pure nostalgia. Hard to believe how many people actually miss these days. Rotten sandwiches, dilapidated locos, terrible carriages love it. The sound of the Deltics was awesome. I remember well the echo as they entered Waverley through the tunnel from the south.

  • @tjfSIM

    @tjfSIM

    3 жыл бұрын

    I wouldn’t say the coaches were terrible. The mk1s were a bit tired, but the seating was a heck of a lot more comfortable than anything we have now. The Mk3 coaches were a legendary design, with amazing ride comfort and sound proofing - still the nicest coaches to ride in these days I think.

  • @royharrison4122

    @royharrison4122

    3 жыл бұрын

    Couldn't agree more

  • @Tom-Lahaye
    @Tom-Lahaye3 жыл бұрын

    Wow! what a treasure is this. We had the EM2's in the Netherlands, I had several trips behind them. But I always considered them as odd looking machines between the French and Baldwin electrics we had which of course were wider and taller than the EM2's, I didn't know they were bought second hand from the UK as a youngster in the 1970's.

  • @royharrison4122

    @royharrison4122

    3 жыл бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it!

  • @debbiebailey6701
    @debbiebailey67013 жыл бұрын

    Very good, must of taken you many hours, smashing sound!!

  • @royharrison4122

    @royharrison4122

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes, Debbie thanks, getting lots of favorite comments. X

  • @NELincsTrainspotting
    @NELincsTrainspotting3 жыл бұрын

    Great footage

  • @royharrison4122

    @royharrison4122

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you kindly

  • @SMX815
    @SMX815 Жыл бұрын

    Great video & those were the days old trains which were pulled by real tractor engines!🇬🇧👏👍

  • @nigelarmstrong252
    @nigelarmstrong2529 ай бұрын

    Simply wonderful stuff. I think mid 70s to early 80s was the best era on BR, especially for diesels. That said, the 76s are particular favourites and I made several journeys over the Woodhead route and through the tunnel. Seeing double-headed 76s on coal including mgr is ingrained in my brain.

  • @spongebobgrumpypants6862
    @spongebobgrumpypants68623 жыл бұрын

    This was in my spotting era, 1975 to early 80's. Loved it! I used to spot on the WCML at Leyland where I lived, electrics galore, plus plenty of DMU's. Not many diesel loco's though. Used to go to places like York for a complete contrast (no wires back then) and many other places around the country on "trips". I've still got my Ian Allen books and even some of the hand written records of my trip days out. Love watching footage like this, it really takes me back to my "misspent youth". Thanks Roy!

  • @royharrison4122

    @royharrison4122

    3 жыл бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it Ian, I am glad that I took it and have managed to transfer it to the modern media we have now, I have got some footage of Leyland taken in 1988 and hope to put it on sometime so keep watching.

  • @spongebobgrumpypants6862

    @spongebobgrumpypants6862

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@royharrison4122 Hi Roy, that would be fantastic to see. I'd stopped spotting by then but have always kept a keen interest in railways...............

  • @James-gf9jl
    @James-gf9jl3 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant!

  • @royharrison4122

    @royharrison4122

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thank You.

  • @dodgydruid
    @dodgydruid3 жыл бұрын

    Wow 33044 on for'n metals, that must have been a sight for spotters indeed for one so far out of the SR...

  • @annescholey6546

    @annescholey6546

    3 жыл бұрын

    Cromptons did go on tour far from home now and then.

  • @patcoen1113
    @patcoen11133 жыл бұрын

    Marvellous footage from the old electrics to Inter City 125s.

  • @royharrison4122

    @royharrison4122

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Pat

  • @stephenpowell5912
    @stephenpowell5912 Жыл бұрын

    The good old days ❤Everything is here the sound of the Napier and Paxman Valenta to the Brush and EE Sulzer Type Locomotion,Sadly nowadays this is not the case ,Iconic footage ❤️Want a time machine to go back to when Blue ruled the Rails before Privatisation.The sight of Class 76s is just wow ,Amazing 😍

  • @BluebirdFrank
    @BluebirdFrank Жыл бұрын

    The Deltic was an awesome train - remember them thundering through Grantham station on a Saturday afternoon as mum and dad left me to go shopping - the sound and wind rush from them was amazing Happy days

  • @sk1nzsk1nz34

    @sk1nzsk1nz34

    3 ай бұрын

    Me too! Just watching them roaring through Grantham heading north on full throttle. Whole platform shook.

  • @robertsmith9076
    @robertsmith90763 жыл бұрын

    Happy New Year Roy . Not much rail action but did get to the Kwai b4 the virus struck love to all Bob

  • @royharrison4122

    @royharrison4122

    3 жыл бұрын

    And Happy New Year to you Bob, Not much action from this end either, We are in Lock down again, just waiting for the Jab. Looking forward to getting out with the camera in the Spring.

  • @robertsmith9076

    @robertsmith9076

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@royharrison4122 Good luck Roy stay safe .

  • @Shadow78UK
    @Shadow78UK3 жыл бұрын

    When HST's had the old paxman engine and unmistakable whistling sound.

  • @royharrison4122

    @royharrison4122

    3 жыл бұрын

    Sure did James.

  • @lewisner

    @lewisner

    3 жыл бұрын

    And the stink when they applied the brakes.

  • @scotty87able
    @scotty87able3 жыл бұрын

    now this is a diesel gala and the picture quality adds to the charm

  • @royharrison4122

    @royharrison4122

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Scotty.

  • @joncrawford3485
    @joncrawford34853 жыл бұрын

    Those HST's must have been new; and good to see those class 76's - a rare sight on KZread :)

  • @royharrison4122

    @royharrison4122

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Jon, glad you enjoyed it.

  • @12crepello

    @12crepello

    3 жыл бұрын

    They must have been very new at the time. Notice that in the very early days they had no TGS. The guards compartment was in the power car.

  • @robtyman4281

    @robtyman4281

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@12crepello (and Jon Crawford) the Intercity 125 entered service in 1976 (and it's STILL going today!).....so yea, they were pretty new in this footage. Am guessing it's from the mid to late 70's (76 or 77).

  • @pwensor
    @pwensor3 жыл бұрын

    Good to see 08 133 again. Used to look out for it going down to Geests and the Beet Factory to collect BR covered wagons and Interfrigo wagons.

  • @royharrison4122

    @royharrison4122

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes, remember it well Patrick.

  • @graemekornicki6810

    @graemekornicki6810

    3 жыл бұрын

    Exellent footage love the deltics.

  • @mickymondo7463

    @mickymondo7463

    Жыл бұрын

    Sadly that was all that was left of the old line up to Grimsby, other than the part between Boston and Firsby curve. Losing the East Lincs line was a terrible decision.

  • @markkeuneke5518
    @markkeuneke5518 Жыл бұрын

    wonderful video. love seeing film in the br blue era. I assume the celtics and hst's in Spalding were on divert.

  • @miniroll32
    @miniroll32 Жыл бұрын

    Listening to a Deltic is like a Spitfire on rails

  • @dhorne1962
    @dhorne19623 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for all your trouble. The quality gives a real feel for the history.

  • @royharrison4122

    @royharrison4122

    3 жыл бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it

  • @peak45
    @peak453 жыл бұрын

    Memories indeed.

  • @royharrison4122

    @royharrison4122

    3 жыл бұрын

    Glad it brought back Memories.

  • @andrewchaston503
    @andrewchaston5033 жыл бұрын

    U are a legend

  • @royharrison4122

    @royharrison4122

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Andrew.

  • @AndreiTupolev
    @AndreiTupolev3 жыл бұрын

    The Crompton was a surprise; how did that get there?

  • @Keithbarber

    @Keithbarber

    3 жыл бұрын

    By travelling along the tracks being driven

  • @andywhitmore3892

    @andywhitmore3892

    3 жыл бұрын

    Most likely with a special for the Spalding flower festival. A number of excursions came up from the southern with cromptons in the late 70’s and early 80’s as I recall.

  • @malcolmashpool1509
    @malcolmashpool15093 жыл бұрын

    That brought back a lot of memories! How did you manage to keep the camera so steady when stood on the platform next to Pinza?! What I remember was the Deltics made the whole ground shudder. Nice to see the old DC engines - I spent quite a few hours on Penistone station as a young teenager waiting for them to pass through.

  • @royharrison4122

    @royharrison4122

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes Malcolm you could feel the noise of the Deltic's in your bones, I am pleased I made the sound recordings on Cassette Tape. but it wasn't easy matching that during editing.

  • @annescholey6546
    @annescholey65463 жыл бұрын

    Deltics were regulars on the London Cleethorpes turn out and back.

  • @donovanemery597

    @donovanemery597

    3 жыл бұрын

    125s were used in and out of Cleethorpes as well

  • @mickd6942
    @mickd69423 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic footage , thank you for uploading it , woodhead with original sound ( most dub with AC sound not the same at all ) do you mind if I put a link to this video on the Barnsley and district railways site on Facebook?

  • @royharrison4122

    @royharrison4122

    3 жыл бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it, its fine by me if you wish to share this Mick.

  • @TheDaf95xf
    @TheDaf95xf3 жыл бұрын

    How good did those inter-City 125s look lol

  • @adamw2911

    @adamw2911

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yep...the HSTs were panned by quite a few enthusiasts for being 'boring' back in the day. However they represented a big leap performance wise over even the Deltics and damn did they look good in that livery. Especially those first class trailers.

  • @donovanemery597

    @donovanemery597

    3 жыл бұрын

    Only used on East Coast Main Line and GWR I believe? Don't remember them on WCML

  • @cedarcam
    @cedarcam3 жыл бұрын

    Never mind the quality is not that good the content more than makes up for it Excellent The 33 a rare visitor and the sound of the Deltic leaving Peterborough on full power wonderful. I travelled through Woodhead a few times on Sunday diversions but never saw the 76's working on freights there. Saw most of them around Guide Bridge Happy memories Thanks to taking the time and effort to edit this

  • @royharrison4122

    @royharrison4122

    3 жыл бұрын

    Well said! Glad you enjoyed it.

  • @schwarzalben88
    @schwarzalben883 жыл бұрын

    Diversions off the ECML between Doncaster and Peterborough via GN & GE joint between Doncaster and Spaulding the GN to Peterborough. Do they still divert that way or is it all replacement bus services these days? Lived at Woodhouse just East of Rotherwood and Gran lived at Darnall so remember the Woodhead Electrics.

  • @royharrison4122

    @royharrison4122

    3 жыл бұрын

    The line is still used for ECML diversions.

  • @sk1nzsk1nz34
    @sk1nzsk1nz343 ай бұрын

    Wonderful footage! I'm curious as to why they're all coming through Spalding. Next major junction is Sleaford where they can go onto Lincoln or head to Grantham.

  • @markcf83

    @markcf83

    2 ай бұрын

    Line closure between Peterborough and Doncaster I guess.

  • @sk1nzsk1nz34

    @sk1nzsk1nz34

    2 ай бұрын

    @@markcf83 They'd be going Lincoln, Gainsborough, Donny then is my guess.

  • @muhammadfadhiil5992
    @muhammadfadhiil59922 жыл бұрын

    Ngl the Deltics sound cool

  • @gjdash
    @gjdash3 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely superb Roy! Thanks for sharing. Did you ever go and film down the joint line at places like French Drove?

  • @royharrison4122

    @royharrison4122

    3 жыл бұрын

    No, I only took photographs back then.

  • @royharrison4122

    @royharrison4122

    3 жыл бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it

  • @matthew0605
    @matthew06053 жыл бұрын

    Great vid Roy, I'm a southeast section lad being born in North Kent and the class 33 on a passenger train that far north. Was that an unusual motive power?. Thanks again for the memories. - buddy-

  • @royharrison4122

    @royharrison4122

    3 жыл бұрын

    A class 33 would often be seen on a Special train to the "Spalding Flower Parade" held in May.

  • @dominichetherington2287
    @dominichetherington22877 ай бұрын

    The legendary class 76s

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