British Rail 1989 - ECML at Stoke tunnel

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British Rail 1989 - ECML at Stoke tunnel

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avocet1989

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Trains on the ECML at the south and north ends of Stoke tunnel in Lincolnshire during late April /early May 1989.
Includes 91003 with the return 1Z42 Carlisle to Kings Cross charter train on the evening of Saturday 22nd April 1989.

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@RazSux Ай бұрын

Superb footage! Many thanks

@Deltic07 Ай бұрын

Ah, whistling HST's and BR blue loco's and coaches. Great times, really great times, happy to have the memories of such interesting times. Thanks for recording them, when I couldn't.

@johnselekta Ай бұрын

Excellent vid, mad seeing the 91 back to front too!

@burniemaurins2382 Ай бұрын

Me and some school mates camped for a week at the north end at High Dyke, mostly steam in the summer of '63, but the Deltics had taken over from the A4's, happy memories revived, thanks for that.

@stephenpowell5912 Ай бұрын

Best times for 125 units ,Love the BR Era when proper British locomotion ruled the rails ❤❤❤

@AndreiTupolev Ай бұрын

Jolly interesting, a 91 blunt end first on Mk 1 stock on a charter

@stephendavies6949 Ай бұрын

Enjoyed this video very much. Interesting to see the quantity of diesel power running under the wires in the late 80s. So muxh has changed in 35 years (35 years! Was 1989 THAT long ago??)

@AndreiTupolev Ай бұрын

7:35That's a good power to weight ratio, must be nearly 10000 hp available there! *Well, 9000

@daveabbott Ай бұрын

I remember you could drive along the old line and park just where you are filming from, did it many times, no problem, no hassle! Try it now!!

@ClydebridgeStation Ай бұрын

You lucky devil, getting to see 47555 "The Commonwealth Spirit"! I must have been the only enthusiast in the 1980s, who never saw it! 3:10 in!

@AndreiTupolev Ай бұрын

5:25I've only ever seen that once before, on a video at Birmingham New Street, and I've never seen it in real life!

@EM-yk1dw Ай бұрын

Great stuff again, please keep them coming ❤

@theredraven Ай бұрын

@7:33 is that a normal HST with a class 91 on the back? I didn't think they ever ran a combination like that. Great footage by the way!

@avocet1989 Ай бұрын

Yes,the 91s were used with HST sets in passenger service from May 1989 through to the summer of 1990.The TGS coaches on these sets were fitted with buffers at the guard's end and the power car used was one of the buffer fitted DVT modification ones.

@paulknightley Ай бұрын

@@avocet1989They shifted too, as the power car had to run too…originally, I think they were just going to idle to power the MK3s but they built up oil in the silencers so they ran them on power too….around 8000hp on the train! I remember riding one and it pulled away quickly!

@winco68 Ай бұрын

Interesting footage. 1989 seems like yesterday but so much has changed since then. I had no idea 91s were working MK1 sets then. Any idea what those workings were and why ageing MK1s were used as opposed to aircon MK2/3s?

@avocet1989 Ай бұрын

The MK1s were from the Intercity Special Trains division and were on Kings Cross to Carlisle day trips via the Settle line.The 91s worked the trains to and from Leeds with a class 47 doing the Carlisle leg.These coaches were fitted out to a very high standard and were very pleasant to travel on.When a 91 wasn't available for these workings 89001 was used or sometimes a 47 throughout.

@winco68 Ай бұрын

@@avocet1989 I had no idea. Thanks for that! 👍