Trains in the 1980s - Paddington Station - April 1988

The video opens with action from Good Friday 1st April 1988. Class 50s seen were 022 Anson, 031 Hood, 034 Furious and 037 Illustrious, and a few Class 47s.
The visit and few days later on Easter Sunday saw 003 Temeraire and 026 Indomitable double-headed, 019 Ramillies, 046 Ajax as well as 47 484 Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
The third part pf the video is from a week later, 10th April, saw no less than 8 Class 50s in the space of about 2 hours, (17:45 to 19:45).
033 Glorious, 019 Ramillies, 042 Triumph, 035 Ark Royal, 020 Revenge,
027 Lion, 043 Eagle and 004 St Vincent.
Also included are 5 Class 47s, including a Railfreight liveried 47 359 on an ECS working!
[Note: some of this content was posted to the channel previously but has been re-edited and converted from 4:3 aspect to 16:9].
00:00 Good Friday 1st April
13:14 Easter Sunday 3rd April
19:43 Sunday 10th April

[@vivianhughes9347]

Your videos are fantastic. Wonderful sights and sounds from the 80s. Well done for capturing it all, and thanks for sharing.

[@OldOakTrains]

Thanks. I had no concept when I filmed it all those years ago, that one day I’d be able to share the videos so widely, or that they would be appreciated by so many. Isn’t modern technology wonderful?!
thanks again for watching and commenting. 😊😊😊👍

[@RailwayManUK]

Thanks for posting these. I work at Paddington and it's fascinating to see the changes over a relatively short space of time

[@OldOakTrains]

Glad it was of interest, thanks for commenting 👍😊

[@jimhoade9265]

Another great video. What i wouldn't give to have all this back just for one afternoon!

[@OldOakTrains]

You and me both!, but to go back with the 4k Canon camcorder I use now, even better!

[@user-ir5nf5xi7j]

Excellent. Brings back memories of Saturday afternoons at Paddington, watching class 50s and NSE livery trains. The good old days!

[@OldOakTrains]

Many thanks!😊😊😊👍

[@Gary-1203]

New subscriber to your channel. My grandparents local station was Hayes so I remember the route from Paddington very fondly. Wonderful videos btw. Proper trains!

[@OldOakTrains]

Welcome aboard!And thanks for subscribing. Hopefully my more recent uploads will be of interest too; there’s still much to enjoy in the current railway scene. 👍😊

[@theovanstaden5766]

love this, hello from south africa!

[@OldOakTrains]

👍😊😊

[@darrenraymond5334]

thank you for these videos i miss these days gone by

[@OldOakTrains]

You’re welcome, thanks for commenting 👍😊

[@norburycrossing3426]

Mega nostalgia,some excellent video there,love the 50 action,takes me back to my bashing days, hammered the Hoover's on haulage from Birmingham,back in the day,hellfire traction 🔥

[@OldOakTrains]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@RailMel]

Absolutely marvellous

[@OldOakTrains]

Glad you liked it. Thanks 👍😊

[@Mike-kc8rl]

The memories! BR doing their part for the environment!

[@D.C.009.]

Always great to see film of 34 Furious, one of the best. Cheers.

[@OldOakTrains]

You’re welcome, thanks for watching 👍😊

[@andrewrice6596]

Lovely to see some real trains, far nicer than todays trams.

[@OldOakTrains]

Thanks, but I will admit, I tended to avoid filming the dmus and HSTs, so my videos do tend to give a rose-tinted view of how loco heavy the action was. Thanks for commenting 👍😊😊

[@ashfaq1999]

Great 😊

[@OldOakTrains]

Thanks 😊

[@paulfinnimore]

hi are any of you videos on dvd that im able to purchase . ive not found better footage anywhere that captures this era . you where right on it back then to be videoing as it finished so quick . ive several class 50 nameplates so looking for footage and photos if you have any . cheers paul

[@OldOakTrains]

Hi Paul. Thanks very much for your comments. The short answer to the DVD question is ‘No’. A few years ago I did approach a couple of the Railway DVD companies to see if they were interested in the content, but I got nowhere. This was one of the reasons I started the channel tbh. I suppose I could consider creating my own DVDs and marketing them on eBay or similar, but the channel already takes up far more of my time than I’d like, and this would just compound the issue. 😊. As for the nameplates, all the ones that I have photos of are in a montage at the start of the ‘An Hour of Class 50s’ video compilation . All my Class 50 footage from the 1980s is now on the channel, in one form or another.
I appreciate this might not be the answer you were hoping for, but this is only one of my hobbies and, as I’ve said, already squeezes my time far more than I’d like. Glad you’ve enjoyed the videos though. If you haven’t tried yet, can I suggest you view using the RUclips app on a TV to give that “DVD experience “. cheers, Geoff @OldOakTrains.