BR in the 1980s Manchester Piccadilly Station on 8th June 1989

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BRITISH RAILWAYS IN THE 1980's
Manchester Piccadilly Station on 8th June 1989
Continuing with my archive of video recording between the years of 1986 to 2001 this clip is of Manchester Piccadilly Station taken on 08/06/1989. From the end of the platform the catenary certainly looked very futuristic. Class 304s in a variety of liveries were still abundant and not a voyager in sight...keep an eye out for the double headed class 31 train arriving. I hope the video takes you back to this period with fond memories. Feel free to comment, good or bad, all comments are read and greatly appreciated, but it is not always possible to answer each individually. Sit back and enjoy this latest production remembering all those now long gone Locomotive classes and other types of traction. Many thanks for all subscriptions and all of those viewers who have kindly shown an interest in my material.

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@ispivideos Жыл бұрын

Brings back memories of my student days. All those trips to Southampton (sorry), and back. I can't remember a single train ever arriving less than an hour late 🤣

@spompey Жыл бұрын

You're very welcome...many thanks for watching and for the comment...best wishes....Mark

@markedgar6437 Жыл бұрын

That's a warm and fuzzy farty sound from the Blue classic DMU there, how comforting that was when swaying gently from side to side on the dusty deep sinking seats, was always like going back to the womb 😂 , great memories, thanks again

@spompey Жыл бұрын

You're very welcome Mark...many thanks for watching and for the comment...best wishes....Mark

@davidwallace5831 2 ай бұрын

Thank you - brought back all the old memories.

@spompey 2 ай бұрын

Glad to have brought back the past a little nearer to you David and many thanks.....best wishes....Mark

@AndreiTupolev 11 ай бұрын

And a brand new 90014 with the, thankfully, proper size numbers they'd started to apply following the brief period of the silly tiny ones on InterCity locos

@dbrailways Жыл бұрын

Excellent- so much variety

@spompey Жыл бұрын

You're very welcome...many thanks for watching and for the comment...best wishes....Mark

@Cliffjumper24 Жыл бұрын

I was surprised to see the tow sets of Class 304's at the start... which then became THREE! This must have been a morning visit because the only time 304's (and later 305's) operated in pairs was on ECS workings from Longsight in preparation for the morning peak, or after about 7pm when the evening peak was over and trains went to hourly, and units were paired up for ECS back to Longsight. Incidentally, it used to be the same case for Class 323's, but in the last few years they've started being used on Manchester to Liverpool stoppers alongside pairs of Class 331's. This was a almost blast from the past for me. My first visit to Manchester Piccadilly was New Years day 1991, before my family and I made Manchester our home in the Sprint of 1991, and it's still my home today!

@spompey Жыл бұрын

It was surprisingly late afternoon just before the evening peak....thanks for watching and for the comment....Mark

@duncancurtis5108 Жыл бұрын

When Madchester was kicking off. Twistin my melon, man!😊

@stephenpowell5912 Жыл бұрын

Yeah baby 👍🤓

@spompey Жыл бұрын

You're very welcome...many thanks for watching and for the comment...best wishes....Mark

@cteasdale1979 11 ай бұрын

Madchester lol

@spompey 11 ай бұрын

@@cteasdale1979 many thanks for watching and best regards....Mark

@liamburke1741 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant footage. Brings back awesome memories again. Thank you 👍

@spompey Жыл бұрын

You're very welcome...many thanks for watching and for the comment...best wishes....Mark

@Tornado922 Жыл бұрын

Another superb film, well done

@spompey Жыл бұрын

You're very welcome...many thanks for watching and for the comment...best wishes....Mark

@stephenpowell5912 Жыл бұрын

Lovely Footage from 34 years ago ❤️ Was only 16 back then ,Now 50 great memories of back in the day ❤️

@spompey Жыл бұрын

You're very welcome...many thanks for watching and for the comment...best wishes....Mark

@stevehull787 Жыл бұрын

Great footage 👍

@spompey Жыл бұрын

You're very welcome...many thanks for watching and for the comment...best wishes....Mark

@londonphotographer Жыл бұрын

City of Carlisle / Class 86 rolls out at the end! What a classy finish.

@spompey Жыл бұрын

You are most welcome....Best wishes...Mark

@johnmeredith3652 Жыл бұрын

Aproximatly the year I visited piccadilly I remember the train types well especially the old blue trains cl 303s and also all the british built locos how sad it makes me feel to see the loss of all the variety

@spompey Жыл бұрын

You're very welcome...many thanks for watching and for the comment...best wishes....Mark

@passionfruit7276 9 ай бұрын

i miss the bouncy seats in those 304's

@spompey 9 ай бұрын

Yes they were very springy.....many thanks for watching.....Mark

@dieseldave3879 Жыл бұрын

Like having your own time-machine ... 🚂👍

@spompey Жыл бұрын

Yes even better....You're very welcome...many thanks for watching and for the comment...best wishes....Mark

@duxberry1958 Жыл бұрын

use to get a pair 31,s on a saturday morning lime st to yarmouth i think on a holiday maker

@spompey Жыл бұрын

You're very welcome...many thanks for watching and for the comment...best wishes....Mark

@75ferris Жыл бұрын

I remember sitting in the blue cage trolleys watching trains….

@spompey Жыл бұрын

You're very welcome...many thanks for watching and for the comment...best wishes....Mark

@matthewlovelock6928 11 ай бұрын

Brutes

@spompey 11 ай бұрын

@@matthewlovelock6928 The infamous Brute Trolley....So damn NOISY.....Many thanks for the comment and best wishes....Mark

@buddmetroliner200gaming3 6 ай бұрын

The blue trains sounds on the rails sometimes sound like someone wearing metal boots

@spompey 6 ай бұрын

Many thanks and sincere regards...Mark

@BenDover-ln6ns Жыл бұрын

Them 31s are they on a Stockport-Glasgow service do you know? Definitely an IC service, just curious to know what.

@spompey Жыл бұрын

Much appreciated for that info....many thanks for watching and for the comment...best wishes....Mark

@davidsnapebrcrosslane8782 11 ай бұрын

The class 31s used to operate services to Hull and Cleethorpes. Before the opening of the Hazel Grove chord they operated via New Mills Central. The Glasgow service was normally operated by Class 47s back then.

@BenDover-ln6ns 11 ай бұрын

Not in 1989 they didn’t hence my query. Certainly looks like an IC train.

@spompey 11 ай бұрын

@@davidsnapebrcrosslane8782 Much appreciated for this info...and .many thanks for watching and for the comment...best wishes....Mark

@matthewlovelock6928 11 ай бұрын

Likely the Paignton Rose Grove with dbl 31s and that posh stock. But it looks like empty stock.

@AndreiTupolev 11 ай бұрын

Class 303 & 304 in multiple? 🤨 Didn't know they could. They certainly couldn't operate the doors on the 303s from the 304.

@spompey 11 ай бұрын

Yes I believe a similar problem existed with 508s when on the Southern.......I even learnt the 508s in 1982/3.....thanks Andrei...Mark

@buddmetroliner200gaming3 6 ай бұрын

Wait what if u made a 360 version of one of ur videos of trains in manchester 1980 ones

@spompey 6 ай бұрын

Many thanks but my edit suite does not support 360....Best wishes....Mark

@buddmetroliner200gaming3 5 ай бұрын

Why did most old electric trains have wires attached at the back where their corridor connection is

@spompey 5 ай бұрын

To couple to other units when the need for passenger space was required....many thanks Budd....Mark

@buddmetroliner200gaming3 7 ай бұрын

Didnt the 311s and 303s had beeping sounds when doors were closing like when they were in thier un refurbished look

@spompey 7 ай бұрын

I seem to remember most of the EMUs were fitted with beeping doors later on.....best wishes....Mark

@buddmetroliner200gaming3 7 ай бұрын

@@spompey the 311 and 303 are somewhat brothers because of their twin looks

@spompey 7 ай бұрын

@@buddmetroliner200gaming3 Best wishes for xmas....Mark

@buddmetroliner200gaming3 7 ай бұрын

Oi dude can u make a replica of the video but in 360

@spompey 6 ай бұрын

Many thanks Budd....best wishes....Mark

@buddmetroliner200gaming3 7 ай бұрын

12:21 are those wires and an unconnected doorway attached to the 303

@spompey 7 ай бұрын

Not really sure...many thanks...mark

@buddmetroliner200gaming3 7 ай бұрын

@@spompey can you make a better colour version of this video like some parts are blurry

@spompey 7 ай бұрын

@@buddmetroliner200gaming3You will appreciate that the footage was taken on an old vintage camcorder with a small single chip and the colour definition was not too brilliant in those bygone years as it is nowadays. I have re rendered the footage to make it as best as possible with colour correction using white balancing, but many thanks and best wishes for your continued interest.....please do not stop watching as the quality is improving and hopefully the content...Best regards...Mark

@buddmetroliner200gaming3 7 ай бұрын

@@spompey yea it's from 1980s also do class 303s have jumpers wires behind the motor coach

@spompey 7 ай бұрын

@@buddmetroliner200gaming3 I believe they did....Best regards....Mark