Thanks very much for saying that.👍

@@antman09ful1 your welcome. The class 47s definitely clag hardcore and I love it.

Thanks Michael for that inside info, I think they were and are a good workhorse but you my tell me I'm wrong. Regards Mike.

@@antman09ful1 A very good workhorse indeed, and as you say, still are! Best locos I ever drove. I won't say what the max speed I had out of one though. Just that it was 831 Bolton Wanderer! 😉

Very good Michael, a loco I filmed a lot.

@@antman09ful1 From slow wagonload, to Freightliners, MGRs, stopping passenger,top link expresses, flat out top speeds, f1 station starts, including setting of car alarms, ro lifting the floorboards on a station footbridge with the sheer power from the exhaust! I got into trouble for that, for stopping short of the board😄. Does show what umph that Sulzer power unit has though! Enjoyed nearly every second on 47s,apart from the usual 'incontinence' issue of coolant loss. Great video again.

@@railfreightdrivergallagherGBRfmy uncle was a driver on the SWR. Whilst the 33s and 50s took the plaudits, he reckoned the 47s were the best to drive overall. And yes....he was happy to admit it was quite easy to top 100 between Woking and Basingstoke!

I'm very pleased you are interested in what the railways were like, its true that the generation before us always say the railway were better in my days , but I must say that statement is true. Because when I got into the hobby in 1974 the railways were a lot more exciting than now, but its great that we have so much information and our iphone to get the up to date info all the time. Always keep checking my videos for the old footage you was referring to as all my olf footage has never been uploaded before Jake. Thanks for taking a look regards Mike.

God yes there were proper trains then.

I deffinately agree with that mate...they were a far better & more comfortable ride..!!! :)

Me too mate, but didn't have the chance that much as I was at work 6 days a week.

I think they still are James, thanks for your comment plus cheers for watching this old footage. ATB Mike.

Me too I had forgot that they went to Poole, and I think they used to do a summer Saturday to Weymouth too. Good days gone.

Pleased you enjoyed my old footage of locos at B I

Yes but its all changed so quickly hasn't it.

Such great days, wish we still had them trains instead of the plastic rubbish we now have. Thank you for your comment.

Oh good, pleased you enjoyed. Must find time to get more old footage uploaded.

Well Mark that is great that you have enjoyed my old footage I did all them years back when we had great locos and units on our railway. Now and again I do upload old footage from my early days of doing this hobby. ATB Mike.

Me also mate, great locos that just keep on doing a great job.

Ok Darren I will sort the next one out to upload, thanks for your interesting comment regarding your past.

Thanks for your comment Stephen.

Only just watched it mate. ?

You are right Chriso Virgin were a very good company for the people who travel on there trains and there staff. I remember when Virgin took over the franchise I went to Plymouth for 50p, and they did Saturday type rover tickets for us train enthusiasts. Thank you for finding this only video of mine and your comment. Regards Mike.

£90 is what it costs me to go from Swansea to Brighton slum class with a railcard with GWR now lol

Such get days which I admit I didn’t appreciate, but do now.

Nice one Keith, I remember my 40th.

Few more videos to come from this year in the next few weeks.

Glad you enjoyed it

A lot of youtubers have said the same Trevor, still more to come so keep a watch out. Cheers Mike.

Time does seam to go so fast nowadays Paul

yeh mate..why ever did they get rid of them...47's and carriages were far better than all these frigging " plastic missiles " of nowadays...the 47's & carriage trains..had far more character, and also in my opinion gave a much better ride..also with better seating facilities and more leg room..the pendolino's & units of today..are very uncomfortable & so cramped..more or less to the point where the person sitting in front of you..is technically more or less sitting on your frigging lap..and you never even get a " full window " anymore.. :(

Steve I agree with you 150% with your comment they were such great times when we had proper trains, I mean how can you run a train from Penzance to say Edinburgh or Dundee with three second class coaches.

I'm going to upset you now pmallenuk I got off at that station behind 50031 one sunny evening in 1989 on the start of the best bash I ever went on. Me and my mate Tim (both of us from chesterfield) we're on the hunt for 50's 33's and 73's it was mega apart from getting things very very wrong and getting stuck for the night at Yeovil jct but the nice station staff let us sleep in the waiting room albeit without lights. After a bit of Crompton action the next morning got a top n tail pair of 73's sadly on 3rd rail. One of these days I going to get round to putting all my many photos on here.

Yes I can't remember why them electric were been towed.

Cheers Matthew for taking a look at this old footage of the great Brush 4 loco.

Cheers Graham for taking a look.

No got cut up in June 2008.

I too like the class 37, and the 37 in this video was in place of a failed 47. The 47s were the normal loco on XC services then, not like today rubbish we have today.

The 47s ran on non-electrified lines and diversions, same as the Voyagers do now. I once had a class 47 drag from Glasgow Central to Carlisle via Kilmarnock!

Yes over the years I have filmed around that area.

@@antman09ful1 Have you any videos you could send ?

The videos are on my channel cover from St Andrew Junction to Bordesley Junction. If you are referring from Bordesley Junc to Kings Norton you will have to wait to later in the year.

@@antman09ful1 hi yes Bordesley to kings Norton

Yes it was, I was pleased to have got it on film.

Well all I am saying is it’s nice to look back at what we did have mate. Cheers for your interest.

If only the 57s were rebuilt as 47s!

YES. Say save. Regards Mike.

Well them 47s just kept going until they could no more matey. Thanks for checking this old video out. Mike.

Well done Christopher for finding this old video. Regards Mike.

@@antman09ful1 I was working for Virgin at Oxley depot in 2002 and remember the 47's going through a reliability rough patch so almost anything diesel was used to haul the XC sets!

Yes It was.

Its not a unit David it a Class 47 loco which was painted like that to deter people from trespassing onto the railway, hope that helps.

Yes your right Craig I remember seeing it pass Gateshead depot just after it was put in that livery.

You are so right mate.

Yes they did mate, thanks for taking a look Russell.

Explain what, a class 47 in that livery.

@@antman09ful1 why isit in police livery what was it for ect. Jheez

To tell people to keep off the railways.

@@antman09ful1 satire or truth? Is a simple sign not good enough my good man. I've seen a 37 In police livery but that was for a advert years ago as to which I'm sure one is familiar. Many thanks squire

Great locos wasn't they.