Trains at Cardiff Central one Lunchtime in February 1987. Originally recorded in VHS video. Features Class 37, Class 33, Class 47 HST and DMUs on the Valley Lines.
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@chris-io1ki6 жыл бұрын
Love this video. It reminds me of my own youth mis-spent spotting and riding trains in and out of this magnificent station. To most of the regular enthusiasts that visited , the valley lines DMU's were affectionately known locally as the C3's...the class 116s we all went to Barry Island on😎 So very different today! Still a great station and forever my favourite for all of my former happy days👍
@TheMiserablegit10 жыл бұрын
Absolutely wonderful. So much has changed in 25 years, this is even pre-sprinter era. And the old curved platforms on the spur to the docks are still there - in those days used for parcels trains, but all gone now. Thanks very much.
@robmasterman16 жыл бұрын
Spent over 45 years on those platforms..nice video, thanks
@Colin214545 жыл бұрын
Nostalgic step back in time, great vid
@Agui0072 жыл бұрын
Ahhh Cardiff back when the trains smoked a lot and went clickety-clack! We don't have that anymore but I used to remember so much as I went shopping with my mum.
@taffboyslim12 жыл бұрын
Re <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="99">1:39</a>. My old art teacher, Alan Warburton of Porth County Comprehensive school, painted the daffodils on the water tower. He also painted murals - a 150ft long one on Porth Station and several murals on public urinals in and around Porth - Prince Charles came to see one of them ...that's not a sentence you get to type everyday ;-)
@G0IMB6 жыл бұрын
Diolch yn fawr gyfer ar hon :-)
@dgattenb8 жыл бұрын
wonderful vid... brought back happy memory's, travelling from Portsmouth to Cardiff , was only interested in the hst , 37s etc... did not photograph the station much , the fish platform , post office esplanade station etc.. :(
@PlanetImo6 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for sharing this. I was 7 when this was filmed and lived in Cardiff at the time. These days I pass through Cardiff Central Train Station very frequently so this was very interesting! Imo x
@grumbeast16 жыл бұрын
This is a fantastic vid, thanks ever so much for bringing back some awesome memories. I spent most of my youth at the end of platform 3!
@meirion50011 жыл бұрын
Great to see the trains and the pigeon. Great video, thanks for sharing.
@vorlonb311 жыл бұрын
Loved that some clips there and even percy pidgeon too!..Love that valenta scream ahh the good ole days...ta for sharing...
@taffmerthyr13 жыл бұрын
Brings back memories of some Great Days at Central
@MrRamillies1910 жыл бұрын
A wonderful video, thanks for sharing. I spent my lunchtimes at Central during that era. I wonder what happened to the beautiful station clocks?
@howardhall69154 жыл бұрын
In fifties i always went train spotting at that staion one penny for a platform ticket
@JBTEvans16 жыл бұрын
What a vid, thanks for sharing!
@ianwalmsley24 жыл бұрын
I don’t think so, but there were a few Derby built classes which looked similar. Someone must make one as I’ve seen them at model railway shows.
@ianwalmsley29 жыл бұрын
The change to 150s started in 1987 - check out my Website, photos, page 7 of SouthWales section (that's how I found out). When I was the Depot Engineer in the DMU shed I avoided Pacers but they arrived after I left so it would be the early 1990s for Pacers.
@ianwalmsley211 жыл бұрын
1987 - there are some photos on my website, Whamart - click photos, South Wales, about the middle pages.
@Pik87122911 жыл бұрын
InterCity 125 should be the only one still existed in Cardiff Central, however the engine has been changed...
@limeyfox14 жыл бұрын
Love it, so much more interesting than today. That last shot - is that a 119-101-108 formation?
@MrGriser9 жыл бұрын
Out of interest when did 142s and 150s replace the 101s and 118s I know the 143s weren't introduced to the Welsh Valleys until 1991, I have read that class 150/2s replaced some first gen DMUs in 1987 while the rest were replaced by class 153s in 1992.
@ianwalmsley214 жыл бұрын
I think it is a 116-101-108 formation. Things got a bit desperate sometimes.
@MrGriser11 жыл бұрын
When were First Gen DMUs replaced on the welsh valley lines?
@penybontshed14 жыл бұрын
What about the mail trains, never seen sacks moved so quick!!
@ulysses21624 жыл бұрын
Does anyone know the class of DMU at the <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="135">2:15</a> mark please? I grew up with all these trains in service (I was 8 in 1987) and have been trying to find out what class I remember going into town on with my late mother. Thank you.
@ianwalmsley24 жыл бұрын
That’s a class 116, used on the Valley lines.
@ulysses21624 жыл бұрын
@@ianwalmsley2 Thank you so much Ian... I have been trying to find out what class of train it was for a while now. I have such fond memories of it. Do you know if Hornby ever released a set in the 116 class by any chance?
@1968dodgechargerman16 жыл бұрын
Great videos. Happy days during the 70s n 80s when I travelled from Salisbury to Tirphil. A crompton and 5 Mk1s to Cardiff, then a cl 117 up to Rhymney. Would it be at all possible to obtain any copies of your filming during the BR period, perhaps 1970s? onwards, even outtakes. I would be more than happy to pay for costs and it would be for private use only. I am currently modelling Bargoed 1970-1985 in OO.
@chris-io1ki5 жыл бұрын
Valley lines DMU's were all originally 3 car class 116s. Set no.s C300-306 C312-320 and C330-335
@smleonard5512 жыл бұрын
there be monsters!
@oxygen63712 жыл бұрын
Tidy
@Isochest7 жыл бұрын
I feel too much North American influence (lack of electrification). Hope this is quashed soon with the electrification of the Severn Tunnel.