Lovely film,spent quite a few railway holidays on the CFL between 1989 and around 2005,loved the 1800s.Nice in your film to see the Bell Liner,those containers are from Ireland where i have photographed them,thanks for the memories.

Great dutch loco s 1600 now gone early koplopers and plan v + t apekop yet already out off service nice video again

Nice trip back in the 90s...

Fantastic! Plenty of 1600 class electrics, and the superb lash up of 6400 diesels and of course, the Koplopers . . . If only it was still like that!

another excellent video!

Much altered in the intervening years since......

Used to be great fun at night at Retford seeing the MGRs, mostly 56s if I remember. Before that, it would have been 20s, 40s and 76s up in the Guide Bridge to Sheffield, Wath, Tinsley areas. That was back in the 70s though. Thanks for the video, great memories of a real working railway.

Am I right in thinking that Victoria could be quite an unpleasant place at times back then? Have heard a few friends talking about how it had a reputation for being a bit sleazy. I suppose like so many other train stations back then, Kings Cross being the most famous example.

So many changes to the station and the surrounding area since (y)

Very enjoyable! Brought back lots of memories! Thank you for sharing your precious footage with us.

Most excellent. . .

Hello and thank you for the beautiful shots in Halberstadt. These are very nice memories. Best regards 🙋🏼‍♂️

Fantastic footage of the Motorail operation.

Would I be allowed to use this clip for a video I'm making about Lord Nelson?

Brilliant footage. So good to see the 150s, 156s and 158s in their original liveries 🤩👌

Excelled stuff! My nan and grandad had a van near Prestatyn right next to the train line and I used to just sit watching for trains all day back in the 80s when I was little and had hair. I remember when the Super Sprinter was considered new and I’m only 49 😂 Miss those days (and the days when you could stick your head out of the window for some fresh air). I now know what I’ll be spending my weekend watching. Cheers for uploading all these!

excellent video!

As my local station, it‘s awesome to see it so much earlier

Some great videos, there

Great film. I had a journey in sleeper behind 409 in 98. FW was a funny little place with a lot of railway interest going on

Even though I know nothing about trains back then or now, this is still great to see. Brings back lots of memories and nostalgia. I used to love seeing trains, hearing them, the noises and smells. Something abit magical about it all when I was a kid. My son loves seeing trains too. We know sod all about them but have learnt a bit through playing Train Sim World 3.

Lovely footage of a stunning line. I did the sleeper a fair bit that year when on priv. I think it was around then the service was nearly stopped until apparently some well to do passengers who used it leant on the ScotRail and the Government to save it?

So… southern trains used to be blue and red? I thought only the SWR trains used that paint job?

Lovely!

Wasn't it great to be on a railway station in those days, not constantly bombarded with endless safety and security announcements.

Remember that 1968 when second man a Waterloo on Warship and Western, my Driver Dusty ?.

Wow! How different life was back then - much much simpler!!

I used to take this line often back at around this time. Thanks a lot for posting.

Excellent footage 👍🇧🇪

Great video- thank you for posting. I lived in Denmark for a few yrs recently and its a complete locomotive desert like everywhere else. I remember seeing a few MZ locos though and being suitably impressed- great big ugly brutes- fantastic!

When the railways were British. Not the foreign garbage now.

The MY class loco sounded great 👍😃

That Class 141 is lost.

Nostalgia at it's best - thanks for sharing this!

I worked in Edinburgh in the 90s. Haymarket was my stop for the trains to Falkirk. These trains had real character. Memories and the sounds too. Wonderful .Thank you. ❤

You people take the mick out of train spotters, as for me who works at the beautiful st pancras will never say such a thing, look at this video from then to videos now. Very interesting and thanks.

Thoroughly enjoyable video that. Plenty freight workings and loco hauled turns to get excited about. Never been to Germany but wouldve thoroughly enjoyed watching all those locos back in the day. Them bunnies for haulage must've been amazing. A rover ticket of sorts in them days would've been amazing. That 232 giving it the beans near the end, wow. Thank you for sharing.

Never understood why this train had a nose on it I don't know if the driver could see what was in front of him like the train's you have now you have full vision anyway what was it in the nose piece anyway I am not a Train Spotter I hope somebody's not thinking this is a stupid question if so I am sorry 45133 train number

The HST at 2:40 is polluting Mounts Bay.

Why has the down line from Farnham carriage sheds not been lifted?

Amazing footage mate. Magdeburg doesn't look anything like that now so was good to see this footage of what it did look like back then. Thanks for sharing, regards, Colin.

I really wish I'd toured around Germany on an interrail back then, with most types of ex DR traction still around and there were big diesel locos on 2 or 3 coach local trains, or those endearing railbuses, before everything became the same boring modern DMUs

Great memories of when Preston was interesting! Did you ever get any footage of the Dalston tanks which ran around 10pm during the week with a 56 on three front?

Its ironic that only 35 years later the "new" station which is unbelievably crap 80s architecture is being engulfed by a monster development of bland tower blocks similar to how East Croydon is now. They are guaranteed to age badly and need replacing in a generation.

Great to see E5001! Pretty sure it is still around, possibly at Shildon.

Lovely booster loco thanks for sharing ❤

Utterly wonderful! In Scotland, we forget how varied and sublime things can be in the south of England (to the south of London). It doesn't seem a huge area and might not be far from London to the south coast but it is huge from Kent to Dorset. It's great to see backwaters and neglected places. Some are quite sublime. Thanks for sharing. XXX

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What an excellent location! Not only the WCML and Polmadie traffic, but also the ore trains and others taking the Clydesdale line and a good view of the old Gushetfaulds Freightliner depot; not much using the chord to the Barrhead lines however. Some great memories here, thanks for sharing.

Hearing the distinctive sounding woman announcer who was at Sheffield in the 1980s brings back memories for me, and BR's standard three-note chime that preceded the announcements at a lot of stations back then.