Thanks Ian. It was only a short visit there(mainly for the Regional Railways 37), but i was very lucky with the power car swap, and yes, the 08 with guards van and parcels coaches was another bonus :-)
One minute this is perfectly normal and then the next minute you realise its twenty years ago!! Sadly Bath Road didn't have long to live at this point and was already being run down. Good to see an original parcels livery 47 as well as well as a blue 08. Good times, brother, good times!!
Class 47 renumbering and livery changes around this period were a nightmare to keep up with, all sorts of changes going on - but a great time for filming and the railway modeller.
Great shots Darren and amazing scenes - all those locomotives lined up like that with some idling away - shunter with guards van and rake of parcels - two shots I have never seen before a shunter hauling away a HST PC and a HST PC running light engine - I've seen back to back HST PCs running on engine movements but never a single power car - totally cracking stuff and priceless footage
Wow! It requires some great train knowledge to know that. That's actually really weird to think about; a train in this video, just following its usual routine, would be involved in one of the most notable UK rail incidents in recent history...
Well I've been "spotting" since the late 1970s and taking photos/videos from the 1980s to present day, so I've quite a lot to look back on and compare to the modern era. Give me those classic Intercity trains any day!
Certainly a mix of HST liveries about today, but one of my favourites was the original Midland Mainline 'Teal & Tangerine' livery - i really liked that.
Known not so affectionately as the 'Snot Green' Midland Mainline colour scheme soon after it was first used in April 1997! Lasted until 2005 and the appearance of my favourite HST livery by coincidence: 'Ocean Blue' Midland Mainline colours although when the EMT livery was being phased in from 2009 onwards the Arrows or HST Power Cars were dubbed 'Greenies' - 43044 was the final one to be EMT'ed during late 2011.
Good times indeed! Although not close to where I live at all, many a happy trip was spent at Bristol and then on to Exeter and beyond when there was still proper traction on offer. Not sure where that 20 years has gone, but things have certainly changed.
Yes, very true, as were so many places before the mostly unit formed railways happened - just glad i've got plenty of footage from the late 80's to late 90's.
Thanks. Should have some 87 footage amongst my several Rugby visits(i know i've got 87101 in there somewhere)and some from Nuneaton and Crewe - will be plenty of classic uploads over this Autumn and Winter.
I think when i was there , they had been withdrawn i seem to remember that there was only 2 left ? but not sure. it was parked down the side of one of the sheds.
5:57 Spot the 'Nessie' livery (Network SouthEast) on one of those Class 47s. RES (RXLD) operation received these from NSE Thames Line (NWRA) well before they ideally should have done leaving a whole load of everybody else's cast offs to sh*t things up out of London Paddington for NSE Thames Line. Denny Martin (route manager at Reading) had his hands full constantly trying to borrow replacement Class 47/4s and 47/8s quite often for cover! Bath Road was one hell of a depot back in this day ... The day dare I say. Looks like a number of 'home' IBRA Class 47/8s on shed when this excellent video was taken as well as possibly the stored IXXS Class 47/4s from Crewe still - 47508 / 525 / 527 / 555 because the other two were resurrected six months after they arrived from CD. VERY sad to see just recently that Bath Road has been completely obliterated now. So much for 'progress' eh?! :o)
Gosh Darren..What a show. I've never been here. Wish I'd got nostalgia like this. Cracking good video mate
Thanks Ian. It was only a short visit there(mainly for the Regional Railways 37), but i was very lucky with the power car swap, and yes, the 08 with guards van and parcels coaches was another bonus :-)
One minute this is perfectly normal and then the next minute you realise its twenty years ago!! Sadly Bath Road didn't have long to live at this point and was already being run down. Good to see an original parcels livery 47 as well as well as a blue 08. Good times, brother, good times!!
Nice to see you captured that short time when the RES 47,s were in RES paint but still had their 47/4 numbers before they became 47/7's
Class 47 renumbering and livery changes around this period were a nightmare to keep up with, all sorts of changes going on - but a great time for filming and the railway modeller.
Great shots Darren and amazing scenes - all those locomotives lined up like that with some idling away - shunter with guards van and rake of parcels - two shots I have never seen before a shunter hauling away a HST PC and a HST PC running light engine - I've seen back to back HST PCs running on engine movements but never a single power car - totally cracking stuff and priceless footage
I absolutely love it that I have a son that I can take to see some trains and say to him "when I was your age.........."
This has got too be one of my favorite videos of yours !! Great Job. Lewis
Interesting stuff, brings back happy memories of my earlier days....
Of note at 11.00, is 43011 which was lost in the Southall rail crash.
Wow! It requires some great train knowledge to know that. That's actually really weird to think about; a train in this video, just following its usual routine, would be involved in one of the most notable UK rail incidents in recent history...
Wasn't it the Ladbroke Grove incident. Not Southall?
@@jeffburley8630 Yes, 43173 was destroyed in the Southall crash in 1997; it had just had a new VP185 engine fitted!
Thank you. Yes, a lot of the same units and HST's around, but sadly no depot and locos like back then.
Thanks Keith. A bit different now without all the locos around, but still a lot of the same HST's and DMU's, just in different liveries of course.
This is very nostalgic for me, although I’m a modern trainspotter, seeing the classic the classic intercity trains was amazing
Well I've been "spotting" since the late 1970s and taking photos/videos from the 1980s to present day, so I've quite a lot to look back on and compare to the modern era. Give me those classic Intercity trains any day!
great video , i remmeber seeing a co-bo at the depot at bristol when i went spotting there.
Excellent Darren.. Love this old stuff !
Certainly a mix of HST liveries about today, but one of my favourites was the original Midland Mainline 'Teal & Tangerine' livery - i really liked that.
Known not so affectionately as the 'Snot Green' Midland Mainline colour scheme soon after it was first used in April 1997! Lasted until 2005 and the appearance of my favourite HST livery by coincidence: 'Ocean Blue' Midland Mainline colours although when the EMT livery was being phased in from 2009 onwards the Arrows or HST Power Cars were dubbed 'Greenies' - 43044 was the final one to be EMT'ed during late 2011.
Yes, the HST is probably the best train ever produced by this country, and still set to run for many more years yet.
Thanks very much Lewis, glad you enjoyed it so much.
Good times indeed! Although not close to where I live at all, many a happy trip was spent at Bristol and then on to Exeter and beyond when there was still proper traction on offer. Not sure where that 20 years has gone, but things have certainly changed.
Hahahaha that shunter pulling the HST forget the carriages!!! Wonder how far they got until they realised.... maybe all the way to London! LOL!
Thanks - some from Leicester in the 1980's & 1990's to come still, including Leicester depot Open Day!
GR8 vid,,brings back memories
You're welcome. I've got loads of footage from 1990-1997 from various locations all over the country still to convert and upload.
Yes, very true, as were so many places before the mostly unit formed railways happened - just glad i've got plenty of footage from the late 80's to late 90's.
That is one full shed 47 37 heaven 🥰
I wonder when he has children if he'll be saying "When I was your age......Class 66's were everywhere - now there's only a handful left" ;-)
Thanks - bit more nostalgia about to be uploaded :-)
Thanks. Should have some 87 footage amongst my several Rugby visits(i know i've got 87101 in there somewhere)and some from Nuneaton and Crewe - will be plenty of classic uploads over this Autumn and Winter.
Glad it brought back happy memories for you. A good spot with Southall crash 43011 there, i hadn't realised that. Thanks for comment.
Thanks Steve. Much more to come still :-)
EXCELENTE !!!
Hi MrDeltic - thanks for that - I will give you a credit if it makes the final cut. should i credit MrDeltic15?
47653 3:50 in the brief period it reverted to that number ex 47808 when it went to res (and lost its name once again) before becoming 47781
I think when i was there , they had been withdrawn i seem to remember that there was only 2 left ? but not sure. it was parked down the side of one of the sheds.
5:57 Spot the 'Nessie' livery (Network SouthEast) on one of those Class 47s. RES (RXLD) operation received these from NSE Thames Line (NWRA) well before they ideally should have done leaving a whole load of everybody else's cast offs to sh*t things up out of London Paddington for NSE Thames Line. Denny Martin (route manager at Reading) had his hands full constantly trying to borrow replacement Class 47/4s and 47/8s quite often for cover! Bath Road was one hell of a depot back in this day ... The day dare I say. Looks like a number of 'home' IBRA Class 47/8s on shed when this excellent video was taken as well as possibly the stored IXXS Class 47/4s from Crewe still - 47508 / 525 / 527 / 555 because the other two were resurrected six months after they arrived from CD. VERY sad to see just recently that Bath Road has been completely obliterated now. So much for 'progress' eh?! :o)
Thank you :-)
Bristol Temple Meads was much better back then.
Hi Nathan. That's fine by me if you want to use some of this footage :-)
Thanks. Crikey, a co-bo, now that's going back a bit!
Very True
oops no tail lamp on the back of the power dragged power car
Should've kept bath road depot open imo
or the powered one either
Yep, sounds ok to me - "MrDeltic15 on RUclips" would be fine.