Great stuff. Nice to see a Gronk in action, let alone two of them. Amazing to think how few of them there are now, and how little need there is for shunting in modern railfreight. It may have been inefficient in machinery and man power. But, it was those inefficiencies, shunting, light loco moves, running around etc that made the railways interesting.
It's amazing the amount of traffic and railway operations that we have lost. Even in 1989 i was amazed to see this yard with 3 gronks working at once, the last one seen dropping down behind the station had been working further down the yard while the other 2 were shunting and marshaling trains. Lets hope viewers appreciate the gronks at work, this type of railway action is pretty much history now!
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1:52 My grandparents lived just a couple streets down from the end of the huge concrete pedestrian footbridge (in the background) to the south... (RIP)
this video is brilliant. It’s great to see locomotives of this era when they aren’t confined to heritage railways. In some ways it reminds me of a nature watch program :D I wasn’t born until the 2000s so I only recognise the sounds of an 08 in an O gauge model, it’s great to watch the real thing rumble about.
That's a great video Soi.... really enjoyed it, thanks ! Never made it to Scunthorpe in my 80s railway travels, pity as it looks fascinating. As other commentators have said, just amazing to see 3 shunters in action and also the hump still being used.... never knew about that, might have paid a visit if I had ! I used to spend a lot of time as a teenager watching freight trains at Millerhill near Edinburgh around 81-84, could watch a busy freight yard all day !
Some of your best footage here, possibly my favourite video of yours because it the exact year and location of my Era! If only time travel was a thing right now!!
Thank you......I'm pleased i did the yard shots, even then yards were shutting and 08s being parked up with no work. To get three on the go at once was rare by then......
Thank you for your video it’s always nice to see the old diesels, And my favourite the class 08 So much history and some of them are still working today.
I like to film shunters at work, it's an interesting part of the railway scene. I have film of them at main line stations shunting parcels & Motorail stock, my Strathclyde upload shows a gronk in Glasgow Central!
Another top video Soi.. A lost age.. I used to visit Tinsley depot and yard with my dad regularly and that was similar to this..the marshalling yard and hump shunting wagons.. Speedlink etc.. Sadly all gone.. Scunthorpe these days is very empty compared to what it was.. Nice to see lots of varied traction. I remember 56 002 being one of the first of the class to be withdrawn.. Nice to see it alive again here. So the pacers are finally getting withdrawn too. I wont miss those things too much!!! :)
Thanks for your comments, yes i too used to go around Tinsley back in the early 1980s, my Dad & I used to do depot tours with RESL group. I remember how vast Tinsley was, with the huge yards & depot, all gone now........Still, i'm sure a Pacer or two will survive for you to ride on! (Don't forget a 141 exists somewhere...and i have one or two of those on vid when they were still on the main line)
@@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus me and my dad were part of Resl group too. We had the badge!! There were organised depot tours in the 80s thats right. I remember me and my dad went to Toton one day through a Resl organised event. I got into trouble as i got grease off a class 56 buffer on my gloves..naughty!! We also did some railtours..40 tours mainly as they were coming to and end 83/84 time.. Were from sheffield my dad and me. Used to be great times. 45s on the St Pancras and cross country 47s. The boat train that would split into 2 portions to Harwich. A class 40 on the middle road with the RedBank parcels.. Hsts Dmus the proper old school kind 124s on the manchester cleethorpes. 31/4s on the same route with 4 coaches. 25/40 combo on the pressure tanks.. Great stuff.. Sadly all pacers sprinters pendolinos...the odd hst but no more screaming valentas anymore.. Tinsley depot now an airport and new housing.. The yard still there but small time now..
@@christopherruff8528 Wow! Another RESL'er....I remember we used coaches a lot to get around. Some depot's we got round, other places a BR guy would chat to staff and see if we could all go round or sometime it would be just him to get the numbers and we would observe from a bridge ect. And yes, i do recall a few railtours, indeed they did the last private Deltic railtour, the Deltic Executive on 29 Dec 81, first railtour all on my own, a great day!
@@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus yes you all got picked up by coach and driven to certain depots.. I was only very young myself anyway... But i remember certain things.. Like being amazed at seeing a class 50 at sheffield. Obviously going back to the southern region fresh from doncaster works after overhaul. Large logo livery cant remember the number sadly.. I got to cab and drive a few feet a 45 peak in sheffield before it went to st pancras fun times. Also got to sit in the cab of a 125/hst with the driver as we approached newcastle over the king edward bridge past gateshead depot.. Me and my parents used to visit my grandparents in Scotland in august school holidays so train ride from sheffield to edinburgh waverley..and return.. 26s27s push pull 477s in scotland.. Just exciting times. I miss it all.. Just not the same these days. The closest thing now is probably a diesel weekend at a preserved railway like the East Lancs etc.. Stuff like that.. Or the odd main line railtour of a certified diesel off the preserved list.. Its nice to reminisce with you Soi.. Thanks for the video memories too.
As soon as I'm back from working at the St Alban's beer festival I shall be uploading again. Until then there's only about 230 or so vids to look through! That'll keep you going until I'm back.
I had been to Lincoln (to see the semaphore signals) and Barnetby (signals & freight trains) and Scunthorpe was a stop-over on the way back to Donny. It was a real revalation to see the gronks at work and be able to get them on film.
@@matelot95 I have vid from the Thornaby/Tees Yard area in 1992 but don't recall seeing any more than one shunter but that was three years after this vid.
They look like military aircraft, there are several RAF bases in Lincolnshire. Well spotted though, i have never noticed them before, and i first saw this back in 1989!
good to watch on a wet afternoon
Great stuff.
Nice to see a Gronk in action, let alone two of them.
Amazing to think how few of them there are now, and how little need there is for shunting in modern railfreight.
It may have been inefficient in machinery and man power. But, it was those inefficiencies, shunting, light loco moves, running around etc that made the railways interesting.
It's amazing the amount of traffic and railway operations that we have lost. Even in 1989 i was amazed to see this yard with 3 gronks working at once, the last one seen dropping down behind the station had been working further down the yard while the other 2 were shunting and marshaling trains. Lets hope viewers appreciate the gronks at work, this type of railway action is pretty much history now!
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great vid.
nice to see 37s running.
and great to see the old yard in use not like now weeds n trees
Yes, last time i passed a few years back i was amazed at the desolation.
1:52 My grandparents lived just a couple streets down from the end of the huge concrete pedestrian footbridge (in the background) to the south... (RIP)
this video is brilliant. It’s great to see locomotives of this era when they aren’t confined to heritage railways. In some ways it reminds me of a nature watch program :D
I wasn’t born until the 2000s so I only recognise the sounds of an 08 in an O gauge model, it’s great to watch the real thing rumble about.
I aim to please, I have plenty more still to upload-happy viewing!
That's a great video Soi.... really enjoyed it, thanks ! Never made it to Scunthorpe in my 80s railway travels, pity as it looks fascinating. As other commentators have said, just amazing to see 3 shunters in action and also the hump still being used.... never knew about that, might have paid a visit if I had ! I used to spend a lot of time as a teenager watching freight trains at Millerhill near Edinburgh around 81-84, could watch a busy freight yard all day !
I have Scottish freight vids, Newton-on-Ayr was quite good, pairs of 26's!!!! I will upload over time.....
Millerhill was a great yard, I visited it in the late 80s early 90s and it was great to see then. It's not the same now.
Some of your best footage here, possibly my favourite video of yours because it the exact year and location of my Era! If only time travel was a thing right now!!
Thank you......I'm pleased i did the yard shots, even then yards were shutting and 08s being parked up with no work. To get three on the go at once was rare by then......
Thank you for your video it’s always nice to see the old diesels, And my favourite the class 08 So much history and some of them are still working today.
I like to film shunters at work, it's an interesting part of the railway scene. I have film of them at main line stations shunting parcels & Motorail stock, my Strathclyde upload shows a gronk in Glasgow Central!
Another top video Soi..
A lost age..
I used to visit Tinsley depot and yard with my dad regularly and that was similar to this..the marshalling yard and hump shunting wagons..
Speedlink etc..
Sadly all gone..
Scunthorpe these days is very empty compared to what it was..
Nice to see lots of varied traction.
I remember 56 002 being one of the first of the class to be withdrawn..
Nice to see it alive again here.
So the pacers are finally getting withdrawn too.
I wont miss those things too much!!! :)
Thanks for your comments, yes i too used to go around Tinsley back in the early 1980s, my Dad & I used to do depot tours with RESL group. I remember how vast Tinsley was, with the huge yards & depot, all gone now........Still, i'm sure a Pacer or two will survive for you to ride on! (Don't forget a 141 exists somewhere...and i have one or two of those on vid when they were still on the main line)
@@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus me and my dad were part of Resl group too.
We had the badge!! There were organised depot tours in the 80s thats right.
I remember me and my dad went to Toton one day through a Resl organised event.
I got into trouble as i got grease off a class 56 buffer on my gloves..naughty!!
We also did some railtours..40 tours mainly as they were coming to and end 83/84 time..
Were from sheffield my dad and me.
Used to be great times.
45s on the St Pancras and cross country 47s.
The boat train that would split into 2 portions to Harwich.
A class 40 on the middle road with the RedBank parcels..
Hsts
Dmus the proper old school kind 124s on the manchester cleethorpes.
31/4s on the same route with 4 coaches.
25/40 combo on the pressure tanks..
Great stuff..
Sadly all pacers sprinters pendolinos...the odd hst but no more screaming valentas anymore..
Tinsley depot now an airport and new housing..
The yard still there but small time now..
@@christopherruff8528 Wow! Another RESL'er....I remember we used coaches a lot to get around. Some depot's we got round, other places a BR guy would chat to staff and see if we could all go round or sometime it would be just him to get the numbers and we would observe from a bridge ect. And yes, i do recall a few railtours, indeed they did the last private Deltic railtour, the Deltic Executive on 29 Dec 81, first railtour all on my own, a great day!
@@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus yes you all got picked up by coach and driven to certain depots..
I was only very young myself anyway...
But i remember certain things..
Like being amazed at seeing a class 50 at sheffield.
Obviously going back to the southern region fresh from doncaster works after overhaul.
Large logo livery cant remember the number sadly..
I got to cab and drive a few feet a 45 peak in sheffield before it went to st pancras fun times.
Also got to sit in the cab of a 125/hst with the driver as we approached newcastle over the king edward bridge past gateshead depot..
Me and my parents used to visit my grandparents in Scotland in august school holidays so train ride from sheffield to edinburgh waverley..and return..
26s27s push pull 477s in scotland..
Just exciting times.
I miss it all..
Just not the same these days.
The closest thing now is probably a diesel weekend at a preserved railway like the East Lancs etc..
Stuff like that..
Or the odd main line railtour of a certified diesel off the preserved list..
Its nice to reminisce with you Soi..
Thanks for the video memories too.
Great stuff. A lot of variety and especially none of those ugly, boring, uniform 125s! And a great time for music too.
Excellent again thanks for sharing
I'm glad you've enjoyed it.....
Thanks for another classic video
I am to please....
Looking forward to more vids now Soi Buakhao
As soon as I'm back from working at the St Alban's beer festival I shall be uploading again. Until then there's only about 230 or so vids to look through! That'll keep you going until I'm back.
Another great video!!!
Didn't realise that "Hump" shunting was still active in 1989.
I had been to Lincoln (to see the semaphore signals) and Barnetby (signals & freight trains) and Scunthorpe was a stop-over on the way back to Donny. It was a real revalation to see the gronks at work and be able to get them on film.
They were still doing it at Tees Yard then
@@matelot95 I have vid from the Thornaby/Tees Yard area in 1992 but don't recall seeing any more than one shunter but that was three years after this vid.
That's the first time I have seen an 08 clag!
All these years later and that 150 at the start will probably be in service for another 20 years at least. Shocking.
Evening Soi.........😊 Oh happy days with all of those BR locomotives lol 😂 Including the Romania 56s 🙈
Yes, weird wasn't it? All Romainian Grids!
@Tornado922 This is Scunthorpe back in 1989
Great stuff, thanks!
My pleasure!
Another great video👍
Thank you......there's still more to come.....
at about 6.42, when 08 is moving away, what are the two objects flying from left to right?
They look like military aircraft, there are several RAF bases in Lincolnshire. Well spotted though, i have never noticed them before, and i first saw this back in 1989!
Yes they do look like jets. No sound caught on audio.
The old west yard
Was their still an East Yard at this time? and still in action? Just curious, there might have been even more gronks in action!!!
Romanian Grid Fest
Yes, weird wasn't it, all Romanian Grids!!!