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As here in the U.K. (I’ve lived here in Manchester 23 years) reverts to rail re-nationalisation, I can see a lot of parallels with the railways in my native Republic of Ireland, both under the old CIE and with Irish Rail - the Irish government is planning quite a massive and ambitious investment programme in the Irish railways - I still have extended family in Ireland and my Grandfather on my Dad’s side used to work for CIE - similar to the Beeching cuts in the 1960’s, at the same time, we Irish also saw a lot of rail lines close down, some of which have been recently reopened - aside from the failure of HS2, I’d love to see the proposed high-speed rail tunnel under the Irish Sea from Holyhead to Dublin finally going ahead in conjunction with our U.K. friends

and all of you "armchair experts " who scream "bring back BR ",- "good old BR ", -- "should have never privatised the railway" ,etc, etc - you all seem to be ignorantly unaware that there WERE a high proportion of private companies involved in the successful east coast electrification project- " good old BR " just simply contracted MOST of the work out to outside private industry !!

Ahh.. the Trouse swing bridge . I feel all warm and proud in my English heart at the very thought of it. Not like bridges these days, rubbish they are. And foreign

I saw the first class 91 delivered to Bounds Green Depot from the end of a platform at Alexandra Palace Station and while being shunted into the sheds it derailed.

Ahh the dulcet tones of John Huntly, I remember his Narration of things like Diesels on film from the 1960's.

At ipswich the tunnel roof was not raised but the track was lowered by removing the sleepers and setting the rails on a concrete floor!

How very 80s! 😁 Most of that equipment is still looking in good condition now, nearly 40 years on. That said, we didn't get the "more comfortable trains" as such for quite some time - the Mk2D rolling stock remained for another 20 years! Albeit hauled by an AC leccy rather than a tractor. The Mk3 sets were good, albeit dated looking (never fully refurbished like the ECML mk3 sets). Arguably better than the EMUs that have since replaced them.

Christ on a bike. The HSE today would have a field day with those lads. 5 miles of track would have been juiced up before the inductions of today reached H&S mandatory rest break 🙄

0:1 AND NOW FROM NORWICH ITS THE QUIZ OF THE WEEK!!! CUE THE SALE OF THE CENTURY THEME

omg NO WAY ive been looking for this for years!!! thank you!!!

Frank Williams (the vicar in Dad's Army) doing the voiceover?

jon zabs now lner driver and 125 group is the lad with the cap on 1st loco over the bridge at norwich at first droplight

Good that they let Zippy from Rainbow narrate this video 👌🏼😂

that was electrifying

Interesting how health and safety has changed lol

Rail replacement bus treated as a bonus - things truly were different 😂

I find it amazing that when they were building the new bridge they kept it as single track rather than taking the opportunity to double it and remove a pinchpoint.

Veŕy interesting, thanks for posting. When I was a BR Signalman, I rarely refused weekend or night turns for P-way engineering work. Not just for the money, but it was quite interesting sometimes to see.or be involved; getting works trains to and from the job. A (sometimes) interesting variety from routine working.

Quick and efficient engineering work by the old unified BR - a thing of the past... 😞

Narration by Mr Cholmondeley-Warner, LOL!

I’m not sure many rail passengers really see rail replacement buses as a bonus!

hi viz round his waist lol

Hey lets get the english people to pay for this ....then chaapppsss , we can sell it to ourselves ...whatto , jolly good show... all for one ...all for us ....

Oh look .....just what the english people paid for , only to be stolen from us by the imperialist elite to sell to themselves ...oh whatto chapps , tally ho ho ho ..

How did the OLE separate when bridge moved?

As someone who used to live a stone's throw from Crown Point depot, I really enjoyed this! The new bridge and all the electrification was in place by the time I knew it (early 90s) and I remember the old power station well. So it was cool to see what it all looked like in the "old days" before that change. Power station is long gone now, as are the 86/47 + mk2 sets.

Narrated by the late John Huntley.

Really enjoyed this, thx.

Great video, nice channel, subbed!

Enjoyed watching this , thanks

When ecnl had decent trains.

When this country still had brains and free from mass corruption. Great days them.

* Dissolves expanded polystyrene with xylene * "Should we consider the environmental impact?" "The what? Haha"

Did the Queen Mother name the train the Royal ANGLICAN Regiment?

Excellent film

need an intelligent dnb remix of that intro music

Super Space !!!!!!

Trains looked like proper trains in Britain back in those days. Not the plastic junk interiors with horrendously uncomfortable seats they have nowadays.

I really enjoyed this upload. Very nostalgic. The images of old British Rail and indigenous workers was a treat.

Can somebody please upload the whole album of "Classical Force" (DWS/LP 3581) one day please

That was fantastic

When I first went on the Intercity 225 as a boy of 11 in 1992 I was simply blown away by the looks, speed, comfort and sheer plushnuss. I travelled from Kings Cross to Retford and loved every second. I travelled regularly on them, largely in thanks to my dad who worked on the railway so it cost very very little. Now we have absolute crap running that is uncomfortable and boring to look at. Such a shame.

1:38 Roberto Carlino,non vende sogni,ma solide realtà

Though it's fashionable to criticise British Rail as the ultimate failure of a nationalised industry, films like this show that by the late 80s and early 90s, BR was finally on the right track (pun intended). Of course, to the Tory mind, this just meant it was now ripe for privatisation. Just imagine what our railway network would be like today if this 'successful' version of BR had been allowed to continue. Instead we got privatisation, Railtrack, Potter's Bar, franchises regularly going pop (especially on the ECML), excessive goverment interference.

I just realised that the Intercity 225 is metric.

A shame they’ve never increased the loading gauge.

And we think the "green" revolution is a new thing.... shame our railways still don't get the investment they deserve.

It was crap before privatisation and is still crap. Stop looking back in rose-tinted glasses. Not fit for purpose then or now.

20:54 Great Scotland Yard. It's Queen Elizabeth II. Thanks A Lot Mate. X

1:02 This Music Is So Funky. Thanks Mate. X