BR in the 1980s Glasgow Central 9th October 1986 Remastered

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  • Опубликовано: 27 ноя 2024

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  • @chloejones1548
    @chloejones1548 3 года назад +5

    What an astonishing time capsule with amazing sounds!

    • @spompey
      @spompey  3 года назад +1

      Many thanks for the kind comment Chloe.....you are very appreciated....Mark

  • @machosker
    @machosker 7 лет назад +7

    thanks for the trip down memory lane. I remember a lot of those class 86/7 travelling up and down to Warrington. They were a fine workhorse on the express route.

    • @spompey
      @spompey  7 лет назад +1

      You're very welcome...glad it evoked old fond memories and they were a fine workhorse all too short lived i think.....best regards...Mark

  • @soundseeker63
    @soundseeker63 6 лет назад +4

    Love the noise the class 81-87 make, very evocative of a bygone era. Seems mad to think many of the 87s are still working abroad now.

    • @spompey
      @spompey  6 лет назад

      Many thanks soundseeker63 for the comment, yes they have a very distinguished sound. The Polish versions of the class 86 didn't produce such an evocative sound, but I have not seen the 87's abroad yet....best regards...Mark

  • @robc9845
    @robc9845 7 лет назад +11

    The old Central tannoy noise at 20 minutes in,beauty..

    • @spompey
      @spompey  7 лет назад

      Yes , it was a unique tannoy.....many thanks for watching Rob....Mark

    • @jhclausen
      @jhclausen 6 лет назад

      When did they get rid of the tannoy intro? It was still going in the early 2000s.

    • @s125ish
      @s125ish 5 лет назад +1

      jhclausen 2009 I think replaced by a drab auto announcer

    • @danielsellers8707
      @danielsellers8707 2 года назад

      Sounds like a train horn...

  • @mrbluesky2050
    @mrbluesky2050 6 лет назад +1

    Oh, happier times, variety and quality, so much better than today....

    • @spompey
      @spompey  6 лет назад

      Most defenately, best wishes and thanks for the comment....Mark

  • @chrishartford405
    @chrishartford405 6 лет назад

    Aside from the obvious, what I like about this vid is that the sound is superb with no wind noise etc. Thanks for sharing this, it's really good. for what it's worth I found it whilst researching the coaching stock of the GLCen / Edin WAV - Euston services of 1986 for a scenario I'm writing for train simulator. Saving this vids into watch later - thanks - from a Freedom of Scotland vet. 1982 - 1989.

    • @spompey
      @spompey  6 лет назад

      You're very welcome Chris, thank you for the kind feedback......I hope your TS Project/Scenario goes well, sounds very interesting as I have the Rail Sim, don't use it so much lately, but my best regards to you....Mark

  • @stephenmorris1802
    @stephenmorris1802 Год назад

    Brilliant film, thank you Mark.

  • @spompey
    @spompey  5 лет назад

    In those times Railway Workers were credited with some sense, but it seems not to be nowadays.....many thanks for your interest Bob....Mark

  • @055deltic
    @055deltic 6 лет назад +3

    What a difference the digital remastering has made! It's night & day. Thank you for your time and effort in accomplishing this - much appreciated. Of course the content is pure magic as well, so many memories of when I stood on that same platform in the 70-90's.

    • @spompey
      @spompey  6 лет назад

      I am most grateful for your appreciation and very kind comment, you are most welcome and I will try to keep up with the quality of remastering (eventually) all my archive material. My earliest visit to Glasgow was with my faithful old tape deck making sound recordings back in 1976 (which luckily I still have and am also preparing for audio placement on this channel in the near future...so many projects to complete it is a life time's work in progress......my best regards....Mark

  • @BibtheBoulder
    @BibtheBoulder 2 года назад

    What a cracking video. Thank you so much for posting it...

    • @spompey
      @spompey  2 года назад

      You are most welcome and appreciated....Mark

  • @jvgreendarmok
    @jvgreendarmok 6 лет назад

    I like the low, dramatic camera angle. It gives the video the air of a 1960s heavy machinery documentary.

    • @spompey
      @spompey  6 лет назад

      Many thanks John....much appreciated.....and have a good Christmas....Mark

  • @minsterley2002
    @minsterley2002 7 лет назад +4

    Great video, thankyou for uploading it.

    • @spompey
      @spompey  7 лет назад

      No problem and many thanks for liking it, much appreciated....Mark

  • @AndreiTupolev
    @AndreiTupolev 5 лет назад

    and what a fascinating variety of DMUs! One set there was three different classes, in three different liveries!And I had no idea Cravens sets were still around in Glasgow then.

    • @markcf83
      @markcf83 3 месяца назад

      Probably approaching the end of their lives as electrification of lines around Glasgow were being done.....

  • @merseyrailclass5076
    @merseyrailclass5076 2 года назад

    legend says that man is still DROPPING THE BLOODY SPANNERS!!!

    • @spompey
      @spompey  2 года назад

      And they will continue to do so..........Best regards to you.....Mark

    • @markcf83
      @markcf83 3 месяца назад

      Sounds like scaffolding to me.

  • @julianmoody9768
    @julianmoody9768 6 лет назад +1

    Good to see my fav 87 loti sure miss them whines that use to make had 5000 miles of 87024

    • @spompey
      @spompey  6 лет назад +1

      Much appreciated Julian Yes the familiar whine of their thyristors....Mark

  • @AndreiTupolev
    @AndreiTupolev 5 лет назад +1

    That's a great view at 2:32 with the 47 and the 87 approaching. Only four coaches? Must have been the Glasgow portion of a train that divided at Carstairs, though the Glasgow section was usually longer than that

    • @spompey
      @spompey  5 лет назад

      Hi Andrei...Yes I believe the train was from Manchester or Liverpool. It is hard now to confirm. I will have it on record on paper somewhere....best wishes....Mark

  • @grahammellstrom4995
    @grahammellstrom4995 6 лет назад

    Brilliant footage thanks for sharing this

    • @spompey
      @spompey  6 лет назад +1

      You are most welcome Graham, many thanks.....Mark

  • @ianjones4116
    @ianjones4116 4 года назад

    Another cracking video, welldone. Loved seeing the old dmu's, I used to hate them when I was younger. Funny how we change as we age.
    I bet the lookout man was shattered after working there, need eyes up your ass lol.
    Great days, 85 to 95 my pway career.
    Thanx for your time and effort loading .

    • @spompey
      @spompey  4 года назад +2

      That is the reason I upload these videos. To evoke old fond or bad memories .. I totally felt the same regards 1st Gen DMU's but now funny that I would travel miles to video one now.....Best wishes and thanks...Mark

    • @ianjones4116
      @ianjones4116 4 года назад

      @@spompey hi Mark, massive thank you for all your uploads, you have been a massive help with my Sanity during this lockdown. You and many others have helped me rekindle an old passion I thought was long gone.
      Thank you for risking your health and safety, going out filming, to keep us entertained while we are locked away. You are a an essential worker. Please look after yourself, be safe. I know you're only 21 !!!lol Big Thanx to you and your son. 👍😎🍻

  • @gazzab3224
    @gazzab3224 6 лет назад +1

    My trainspotting days. I Miss them . I could afford to travel by rail in those days.

    • @spompey
      @spompey  6 лет назад

      Many thanks for the comment Yes Train fares are outrageously expensive here, I drive everywhere nowadays.......best regards....Mark

    • @gazzab3224
      @gazzab3224 6 лет назад +1

      It's a shame that the cost of travelling by train is so expensive these days, it's a lot cheaper to go by car. Also last year me and my partner went by train to York from Birmingham. It was the worse experience of train travel we ever had. We was on the class 220 train. The windows don't always line up with the seats. So couldn't see much out the window. If at all. Also the seats are to close to the ones in front. It felt claustrophobic. Not happy. That's put me off train travel more. It's a shame I have been a railway enthusiast all my life.

    • @spompey
      @spompey  6 лет назад +1

      I agree entirely, the trains that run on the South Western are not too bad and are quite spacious , but I would never travel on these new high density little long haul units.....they are just so inadequate. The aim today is just to pack them in and make as much money as possible, how most businesses operate nowadays......many thanks for your comments Gazza B ...best regards and never let this modernisation put you off your enthusiasm for the railways.......Mark

    • @gazzab3224
      @gazzab3224 6 лет назад

      I enjoy my model railway instead. I can run what trains I want. Depending on finances.

    • @spompey
      @spompey  6 лет назад

      And no doubt what ever stock instead of these modern crammed in type....best regards....Mark

  • @DeanPark
    @DeanPark 6 лет назад

    great video, lots of 'proper' loco hauled trains! Dave

    • @spompey
      @spompey  6 лет назад

      Many thanks Dave.............much appreciated....Mark

  • @boblennox9251
    @boblennox9251 5 лет назад +1

    When it still was a real station - and railwaymen were obliged to cross the tracks in the course of their work - they called it "the jungle."

  • @boblennox9251
    @boblennox9251 5 лет назад

    The guy walking on to the platform at 16:08 is a young fitter Allan Leadbeater, recently retired.

  • @russellbenton2987
    @russellbenton2987 6 лет назад

    Brilliant memories. Thanks for that .

    • @spompey
      @spompey  6 лет назад

      You're very welcome Russell.....Mark

  • @MW-ur1pj
    @MW-ur1pj 7 лет назад +1

    In the first 10 mins AC electric + 4 coaches twice and AC + 5 coaches, acceleration must have been wild

    • @spompey
      @spompey  7 лет назад

      Yes it was quite impressive, even when I used to work with the sleeper trains back in the late 70's and 80's with 16 coaches an 85 or 86 had no problem climbing Beattock and acceleration was parallel to any sprinter nowadays! sounds incredible but if you get to see the rare freightliner with an 86 hauling just see what ease it has pulling it's rake....much obliged to you and PS who needs this modern "creep" control?

  • @maryreid4273
    @maryreid4273 5 лет назад

    Just love the noise of trains, proper trains!

    • @spompey
      @spompey  5 лет назад

      Yes real trains with unique sounds. Many thanks Mary for enjoying, promise their are more old ones to come......Mark

  • @timstrainvideos142
    @timstrainvideos142 7 лет назад +4

    excellent video

    • @spompey
      @spompey  7 лет назад

      Many thanks and much appreciated....Mark

  • @danielsellers8707
    @danielsellers8707 2 года назад

    Being more used to diesels I always thought the 87s sounded almost alien; those old DMUs must have been on their last wheels and a great deal of effort must have been required to maintain them going by the number of scratch formations...
    I think the 104 with the white cab roof is ex Buxton as this was a depot trademark. It's likely that the 105s went with the Kilmacolm line closure and the Ayr electrification, while the 104s and 120s were replaced by the Class 156s. I think the 120s had Albion engines made in Glasgow. Albion are still going, making truck and bus parts following a buyout from British Leyland.

    • @spompey
      @spompey  2 года назад

      Many thanks Daniel for the valuable historic info, very much appreciated and also for viewing...More archive from this era will follow waiting for a decent broadband speed still. Best regards to you....Mark

  • @fatwalletboy2
    @fatwalletboy2 5 лет назад

    Looks like a few staff were using 81006 at the end as a lift in getting back to Polmadie depot........after that driver jumps on it soon accelerates away.1986 was a great time to for the blue and grey and executive livery mash ups....

    • @spompey
      @spompey  5 лет назад +1

      Many thanks for your comment...yes they were good days...they did a similar thing with the worker bus from paddington to old oak common where they deputised a loco when the worker bus was out of action back in the 70s and 80s, normally a class 31 or 50.....what memories....best regards Mark

  • @argenvia2
    @argenvia2 5 лет назад +1

    EXCELLENT !!!!

    • @spompey
      @spompey  5 лет назад

      Many thanks very much appreciated.....Mark

  • @johnpiper3416
    @johnpiper3416 6 лет назад

    Great video.

    • @spompey
      @spompey  6 лет назад

      Many thanks John.....Mark

  • @pnemickey1
    @pnemickey1 6 лет назад +2

    where would the train hauled by 87022 be arriving from, im interested because it was only 4 coaches and contained a scotrail mk2, Im sure that in 86, Scotrail liveried coaches would not have appeared in anglo-scottish rakes.

    • @spompey
      @spompey  6 лет назад +1

      I will see if this working I have any record of, if not I suspect it is the Glasgow portion of either a Liverpool/Manchester to Glasgow and Edinburgh service which had split at carstairs Jn.. many thanks for your interest and much appreciated....Mark

    • @055deltic
      @055deltic 6 лет назад

      Yes, I wondered that as well? They did appear sometimes in summer dated services to Blackpool, but that would not be timetabled in October. I thought perhaps it was an incoming ecs rake for a later Carlisle via Dumfries service?

    • @spompey
      @spompey  6 лет назад +1

      It may well have originated from Polmadie but I believe it is in service as passengers (unless they're staff) can be seen on board, most likely an anglo-scottish with the rare scotrail coach, I am still trying to see if I can match this up with my records (now 32 yrs ago!!)...my best regards...Mark

    • @jackodon74
      @jackodon74 6 лет назад +1

      I think ECS from Polmadie for a cross country service where it would of joined at Carstairs. The 87s where often doing ECS then running on to work a passenger service. I suspect that was a Glasgow-Penzance ECS or there was a Glasgow-Poole as well that ran in the late 80s. A lot of 87s would run fro Mossend or Coatbridge to Polmadie after working freightliners overnight then work services from Glasgow. Occasionally paired with 86/4s as well which could end up on 87 diagrams as well.

    • @spompey
      @spompey  6 лет назад

      Many thanks Jackodon74, Your reply is the most likely answer, been through the timetable etc, and my records but do not seem to be able to get a definate working....best regards...Mark I will keep looking though....

  • @kevinrussell2718
    @kevinrussell2718 3 года назад

    Would I be correct in thinking that the short-formed rakes of air-conditioned Mk2s that we saw being hauled by electric locomotives were the Glasgow portions of cross-country services?

    • @spompey
      @spompey  3 года назад

      Very possible . Manchester or Liverpool perhaps ..... Many thanks for viewing Kevin.....Best regards...Mark

    • @kevinrussell2718
      @kevinrussell2718 3 года назад +1

      @@spompey I was thinking more along the lines of services to Poole; Bournemouth or the West Country, with loco changes at Birmingham New Street. One such was the "Wessex Scot", which at that time would have been made up of two portions - one from Edinburgh Waverley (hauled by a Class 47 as far as Carstairs Junction); the other from Glasgow Central (with an electric, which would take the complete train forward to Birmingham NS).

    • @spompey
      @spompey  3 года назад

      Yes of course the Poole services I completely overlooked these. As a driver on the Western at the time we worked these trains from "Brum" to Reading then a "Bomo" driver took them onto the Southern region and V.V. These were usually a rake of 6 - 8 coaches in a variety at the time of IC livery and CC and the B + G BR livery. Almost always 47 hauled, as you state as far as "Brum" As this video was shot in the morning it would have been too early for the "Wessex Scot " to arrive and Poole services too, but the departures could explain these diverse rakes....Many thanks Kevin....your interest is very much appreciated Best regards....Mark

    • @markcf83
      @markcf83 3 месяца назад

      Highly likely yes. Don't forget that,at the time,the section between Edinburgh and Carstairs wasn't electrified so diesel locos were needed for haulage.

  • @blazer2100
    @blazer2100 6 лет назад

    How much would it cost to build them locomotive back in the late 50s ?

  • @fatwalletboy2
    @fatwalletboy2 6 лет назад +1

    Great vid. Hate the messy look on.the front of the 87s with extra cables that were added.....lots of short rake movements only saw one 10 coach hauled express so I wonder why there were so many short portions........not even a buffet car as per the old Carstairs splitters/joiners.

    • @spompey
      @spompey  6 лет назад

      Not sure why so many short rakes, maybe just due to the early time of day......best regards....Mark

  • @railfangig6699
    @railfangig6699 6 лет назад

    Shame to think that getting from A to B as fast as possible is the reason we're stuck with these pointed nose units instead of loco hauled stock. We lost a lot of electric work around the late 80s.

    • @spompey
      @spompey  6 лет назад +1

      Many thanks for the comment.....yes, the same happened nearly everywhere, certainly where I was based on the Western, only our replacements had the aerodynamics of a dinner plate.....best regards...Mark

  • @johnmeechan4976
    @johnmeechan4976 4 года назад

    I take the Ayr line hadn’t been energised as the 3 and 6 car dmus are aplenty

    • @spompey
      @spompey  4 года назад

      Dear John Yes I believe you are correct as the electrification was completed in that September so the class 316 EMU's had not been fully introduced. Many thanks for the comment and for watching......best regards.....Mark