If only I had been born 6 years earlier so I could see the beauty of these machines back in the day. At least they have been captured on film for me to see. Either way, great vid!

@antman09ful1

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Jake, if you want to see what you missed like this video, I upload old footage once or sometimes twice a week.

4:12. The little toot and wave. Class.

@antman09ful1

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I saw that myself, thanks for your interest.

Great video, tremendous! Them 47s worked hard, always to there limits! The virgin livery don't look that bad! Fantastic! Really enjoyed, thanks for sharing! Keep up the fabulous work! Take care, stay safe and well, keep up the fabulous, inspiring and enjoyable videos we all appreciate your time and effort into them!

@antman09ful1

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much matey, so pleased you enjoyed this old footage of mine. Regards Mike.

@TrainTraction

3 жыл бұрын

@@antman09ful1 Anytime!

@class8866

3 жыл бұрын

But there is no high speed country, therefore they could do the job ! Nice Video ! Regards from Germany !

Certainly had a few for haulage back in the day Mike, with 37s too....great memories.

@antman09ful1

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I remember you telling me of your early days of this hobby Matthew.

Great Mike, never heard of the Nuneaton drags before. Cheers. 👍

@antman09ful1

3 жыл бұрын

Oh well you are a long way from Midland David, thank you for taking a look David.

Yes spent many Sundays behind class 50s, 56s, 58s, 37s, 47s from the mid 80s to the early 90s. I lived in Nuneaton so it was a bonus. You could get a normal return ticket to Birmingham & run up and down all day as the tickets were never checked between Nuneaton / New Street with it being diverted.

@antman09ful1

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I know what you mean Mark, brilliant days we will never see again. These days they put a bus on if you are lucky.

@scottb1167

3 жыл бұрын

As long as Ray on the barrier didnt recognise you (he knew most of us locals) and shout across "oyyyycome ere" as you moved between platform 5 and platform 2 and grip you. LOL Les on the other hand when he was on duty didnt give a hoot

I sopped. I looked and I listened. And I quite enjoyed it. thank you

@antman09ful1

3 жыл бұрын

That is good Keith, I lov to find them signs.

Good to see your clips from over 20 years ago. Not many of us about " in those days" MORE PLEASE................Mike in Wales

@antman09ful1

3 жыл бұрын

OK Mike, will sort another for the weekend, I need to catch up with your last two uploads.

Great footage Antman09ful1, Back in the 1980's it seemed to be every Sunday the Euston trains would have a variety of locos hauling them to/fro Nuneaton, as mentioned below we would see class 20's (often twinned up)58's, 56's 47's, I am sure a couple of times we got rerouted via the Aston-Stetchford loop--we would leave toward Wolverhampton and turn off at Soho junction and go from there. At New Street it would be a guess what loco would be hauling and if it was unusual that ride to Nuneaton got crowded! I would stay on until Rugby and come back, so much extra fun with a WMPTE Daytripper ticket! Happy Days :-)

@antman09ful1

3 жыл бұрын

Yes mate they were very happy days indeed, I wish we still had loco hauled trains to travel on instead of these plastic units. These days they stick a bus on if there is any diverts around the Birmingham area. Thank you for your interest in my latest old unseen video.

August Bank Holiday 2001 - I was on a 'drag' going to Euston from New Street.

@antman09ful1

Жыл бұрын

Good days Mark, thanks for comment.

Excellent footage as always, enjoyed watching your catches from days we won't see again, glad you caught so much footage from this era 👍

@antman09ful1

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate I have more from other years of the Nuneaton drags.

Nice video Mike i love a trip down memory lane thanks for sharing . syd :) stay safe mate .

@antman09ful1

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed this old stuff Syd, think I might have said before that I have a lot more I've never shared. Mike.

Super archive footage Mike. Well done 🤓 stay safe 💙

@antman09ful1

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Tony, I will be getting out out Jail on the 29/03.

excellent shots of nuneaton drag great horns too 👍

@antman09ful1

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers Barry, days we will never see again. Thanks Mike.

Brilliant video! I really enjoyed this :)

@antman09ful1

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much mate.

I remember the Nuneaton Drags from the mid-1980s. And at least once, I rode behind a 58

@antman09ful1

3 жыл бұрын

That's great mate, I remember them going past SY many times but in 80s I didn't have a video recorder, But I must have photos of them as I took photos of nameplates in them days. Thanks for watching my old footage.

@mesnilman2327

3 жыл бұрын

@@antman09ful1 Our paths definitely crossed! Went to SY regularly back in the day.

Great footage, thanks for sharing. From the days before 'operation bus' when things were done properly.....

@antman09ful1

3 жыл бұрын

You are so right mate, thanks for a great comment. Mike.

I remember very well, 56's & 58's in the early 90's

@antman09ful1

3 жыл бұрын

That great Kevin, I was into taking photos of nameplates in them days, I never got a camcorder till 1995 so I missed the good stuff on the drags.

Imagine a day at Water Orton with these coming through as well 😁

@antman09ful1

3 жыл бұрын

Wow the platform would be very crowded Ben. Cheers.

More great archive stuff Mike.👍🏻

@antman09ful1

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers Paul, I call them the great days of our hobby.

@paulaisbitt1180

3 жыл бұрын

@@antman09ful1 100% Dead on.

Another great video! I remember Nuneaton drags, but the batch I travelled on were around 1974-5 when the NEC and International station were being built. Well worth the time spent shuttling to and fro a couple of times on my Railtourer.

@antman09ful1

3 жыл бұрын

Oh now I don't remember that bit about Birmingham International diverts, but I had only just got into the hobby in mid 1974, but I was there when the Queen opened the station.

@pappakilo3965

3 жыл бұрын

@@antman09ful1 by 74 the diverts may have ended, I just can't remember that much detail of my early (wasted!) teen years. It probably wasn't 1972 because that was the year of my first summer Railtourers, it may then just have been 1973. I remember it being very hot one Sunday and the Nuneaton panel failing with us stuck just outside. We sat for a very long time - the 47 had no ETH so everybody was baking. I was hanging out of the window for most of the journey anyway so I already had my spot. There were very few enthusiasts around which looking back is quite surprising.

@antman09ful1

3 жыл бұрын

I have footage of the drags up to around 2001 I’m sure with the virgin class 57s doing the job.

@antman09ful1

3 жыл бұрын

@@pappakilo3965 It sounds like you had some interesting days.

@pappakilo3965

3 жыл бұрын

@@antman09ful1 Those 1970s Railtouring days were superb - no cares & no brain back then! Hopefully we'll be back to normal next year so I'll try to copy a few of my Railtourer days over the spring, summer or autumn (led by weather & family commitments) because that will be 50 years since my first ticket and I can see what's changed. A typical day in '72 was from hometown to New St, a quick trip to Solihull and back for a Western/Class 52 journey. Then possibly to Wolves/Shrewsbury-Hereford (Class 37 + 3 coaches because of DMU shortage)/ Worcester/Gloucester/New St (to check on the evening Western)/possibly Wolves & back (Class 81/86/85) then back home. There were a couple of side trips back then to Reading, Bristol and London Euston using Excess Fare tickets bought from the Guard. Me a youngster leaving home at 8am and returning at 10pm including a trip to London - no mobiles, no support & just enough cash for a cuppa or 2 and Underground tickets to Waterloo, Liverpool St., Kings X & Paddington

Had 20s,31s,37s,40s,50s,56s,58s on the nunny drags. Made the week after a mad week on the skegs. All so missed 😂😂

@antman09ful1

3 жыл бұрын

Yes they were great interesting days which we will never see again Paul. Thanks for viewing.

@delticnapierdccsound4236

3 жыл бұрын

@@antman09ful1 spent many sat nites on new street for the first one Sunday morning which was usually a 56.

@antman09ful1

3 жыл бұрын

@@delticnapierdccsound4236 You was very dedicated to your hobby, sitting on New St all night, you can't do that these days I bet.

@delticnapierdccsound4236

3 жыл бұрын

@@antman09ful1 new street is a morgue now...In those days we were young. 56s on the cannock drags to new street for the nunny drags. It was a full time hobby in those days..

Decent footage 👌

@antman09ful1

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate.

Nice video Mike :)

@antman09ful1

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Simon.

Nice spoon collection always strange to see an electric loco ‘off the wires’

@antman09ful1

3 жыл бұрын

Well it was the norm in the 80s and 90s for that line Tom, now you get a bus to take you from A to B.

I can even remember when they were dragged to Bedford then ran 'under the wires' in to St. Pancras.....

@antman09ful1

3 жыл бұрын

Now I don't know about them drags. Cheers.

@BibtheBoulder

3 жыл бұрын

@@antman09ful1 There are pictures of electrics at St. Pancras on the net....also sent you a message on a different video about 43 103....

@111672balernabz2010

3 жыл бұрын

Remember those drags into London st Pancras,due to engineering around Euston, services from Liverpool lime St ran via Nuneaton,South Wigston curve onto mml dragged from Nuneaton by cl47 etc, then switched to the juice at Bedford, October 91',when this happened think also holyhead-euston hsts went this way,or not sure thought some sets came into Leicester, reversed???

@antman09ful1

3 жыл бұрын

Yes I do recall them taking place now.

Cracking! Would be nice to see & hear 47’s up this line on Sundays now.

@antman09ful1

3 жыл бұрын

That line has seen some amazing sights on the Sunday drags in the 80s and 90s

Saw a class 50 that had dragged an electric into trent valley and then took one out, happily snapping away only to find no film in the camera.

@antman09ful1

3 жыл бұрын

That was really bad luck Paul, I bet that was in the 70s or 80s. Thanks for watching.

How smart that all Virgin liveried rake on the first one looked. Second train (mot counting the Turbostar*) was interesting; EWS locos top & tail. * though it's nice to see Central Trains livery again isn't it 🙋‍♀️

@antman09ful1

3 жыл бұрын

Yes I agree AT, we forget what Central trains did long distance services from Brum. I have always liked the virgin livery. Cheers Mike.

I remember the early to mid 80s when it was almost solid 56s and 58s. And a regular Sunday thing for years , major upgrades I assumed. That was the pre DVT days when the trains were mk 2fs with a mk 1 buffet and BG. Same era as occassional 40s on Sunday Manchester to Birmingham trains.

@antman09ful1

3 жыл бұрын

Now them were bloody great day Garth, with I had a camcorder in them days, I do remember seeing 58s doing the drags passing SY.

Is this on the XC Leicester - Birmingham route ? Also where is the first place ? Great video it’s nice to see the amazing locomotives that I never got to see !

@antman09ful1

Жыл бұрын

Yes, it is on that said line George, and filmed just past Whitacre Junction. thanks for checking out this old footage.

I didn’t get too see these Mike, although I do remember when 47s dragged trains with 86s down to Gt Yarmouth.

@antman09ful1

3 жыл бұрын

That is right Bryan, I will share footage of that operation one day. Cheers Mike.

Evening Mike. Really good look back especially with those 47’s working hard 🤣 Looking back the Virgin livery didn’t look that bad 🤔 I’m in Burslem tonight. Cheers Stevie.

@antman09ful1

3 жыл бұрын

Yes wish we still had times like that, these days they just put a bus on. Will have to look up Burslem, is it by Nottingham, will check to see if it is. Keep safe Stevie. Mike.

@antman09ful1

3 жыл бұрын

Oh yes Stoke on Trent.

Great days. I covered some of those on my channel

@antman09ful1

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mark, I will have a look at your channel. Mike.

Very nice Mike, they literally don't make them like this anymore - when were the last Pendolino drags this way........? I remember back to the days of 58s on the drags(even the odd 40!), and filmed 47s on them back in the 1990s. What about Water Orton station though - the platform looked like a lawn with a tree in the middle!

@antman09ful1

3 жыл бұрын

Don't think a Pendo has ever been dragged Darren, I have seen many locos passing SY on a Sunday afternoon, but didn't have a camcorder in them days. I think Water Orton platform was better in the old days than it is now, and you can't get to the end of it.

Was that while the flyover was being built/improved to save the B'ham Leicester services crossing the WCML? I seem to remember something like this when playing rugby at the Old Ed's in Weddington

@antman09ful1

3 жыл бұрын

No Stuart Birmingham Rugby line closed.

I do m8 I remember a 58 working them on a Sunday

@antman09ful1

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I'm sure it was you who mentioned that not long back. I've been informed its possible 43102 is working 1C15 tomorrow mate.

@supersprinter1564

3 жыл бұрын

@@antman09ful1 yes it was m8 I don't recall the 58s number as I was more of a basher back then .and it would be great if you could find the gen for the hst as I only live up the road from attenbrough Junction thanks for your time my friend its much appreciated 👍

@supersprinter1564

3 жыл бұрын

@@antman09ful1 ps I forgot to say another fantastic video 👍I'm jealous of your footage

@antman09ful1

3 жыл бұрын

I don't have anymore info about tomorrow mate, sorry.

@supersprinter1564

3 жыл бұрын

@@antman09ful1 no worries m8 I be out on the prowl any ways tc m8

Wheres abouts was this taken in nuneaton??

@antman09ful1

3 жыл бұрын

No filming was done in Nuneaton.

Is this Shustoke?

@antman09ful1

Жыл бұрын

Yes Mark.

And that was Prince Harry lending a hand at the end wasn't it

@antman09ful1

3 жыл бұрын

Well he is in the news at the moment.