Lovely. Spent the summers of 88, 89, 90 down there. It where my dream of becoming a train driver came from. 35 years later, I'm doing it on thebeast coast mainline. Thanks for sharing.
Great bit of video. Try renaming to 'DMU cab ride with kids' you may see a significant increase in views. I renamed some of my moribund vids recently and was pleasantly surprised by the jump in views. I wanted to be a DMU driver but now run a tourist model railway in Canada. Click logo for vids.
This slightly freaks me out, seeing an open topped New Street with steam trains! I'm slightly too young to have seen it like this! Did a lot of spotting in the late seventies and early eighties at New Street. Remember it as being dark, dirty and run down (probably still is actually, haven't lived in Brum for many years!) Great video. Cheers!😀
Great selection from my home territory, sadly missing Knowle and Doridge, and Solihull. I remember the standards at Leamington Spa, as I had a grandad there to visit on Sundays 👍👍👍
Heavy industries gave Britain a working balance , it gave people skills and security and we were leaders in design and manufacturing of these great locomotives they were built by men with pride and values Unfortunately poor judgement and short sighted judgement by various bureaucrats and politicians 😢 ended it all .I thought the idea of politicians was to be elected to represent their constituents and their well being?. No wonder we are where we are.😢
Railway factories and their heavy engineering practices give them an in awe like status Swindon,Crewe,Derby,Horwich,Doncaster,Darlington,Eastleigh and Brighton.Also including The North British works North of the border.thses places provided skills and employment for thousands, we didn't invest in heavy engineering and once we led the world. Swindon especially created quality products embelished with copper and brass fittings and everything the Great Western needed.No wonder it is more highly regarded than some others anybody living in the wessex area knows it is legendary and has a great sense of pride living in an area served by the Great Western Railway almost like an invisible stamp on your soul Great set of documentaries really gives a detailed description on all things GWR and Swindon.
The GWR set the benchmark for precision engineering when Stanier went to the LMS he was was constantly frustrated by their standards of quality and changed their policies, and reset the bar. Eventually other railways caught up .pride and work security and belief in what they produced gave the GWR an elite status.
I was born in Bilston in 1962 by Bilston Central station and can still remember the railway bridge in Coseley Road by the steel works. My Grandad was chief shunter at Stafford Road yard until his death in 1957 and his brother in law was a driver from there also
I used to travel to Ellesmere in Shropshire when i was young. Then Beeching closed the line. From Alderley Edge to Crewe, then one or two more trains. Loved our carriage, private compartment and a corridor to access the loo. The doors had windows with a thick leather strap to open the window if needed. It was magicsl. My parents bought sandwhiches with us. Then at Crewe statiin our flasc was filled with sweet tea and Smiths crisps with the blue packets containg salt to use as an option. Then we'd arrive at Ellesmere station and have a short walk to Victoria Street. Heaven.
Some nice comments about the different trains but the thing that always strikes me is how often on these old railway films the landscape is comparatively well manicured compared with today. Every line around Birmingham these days seems to be overgrown with buddleia
I used to live in Worcestershire until 2005, and we moved to Swindon. I regularly visit what was the GWR works, it’s only a 5-10 min drive away. I grew up being taken to watch steam trains at the Severn Valley Railway, dad would take us to his favourite viewing spots. He always had a copy of the time table in his camera bag and in his wallet. The smell of steam trains takes me back to those moments.
A Criminal act by a Mob of bureaucrats . The Unamed Criminals operating a World Criminal Enterprise shoveling The Adamic Race into nothing less a death camp without barbed wire. As a US Citizens/ employee of The Coporation of United States I observe the dismantling of this Giant . A shame of Criminal proportions. May I say . Yet these inhumane puppets of darkness continue to bring death and destruction by wars . FJB AND ALL THOSE BEFORE AND SOON TO COME.
Wellington, a pannier tank with one carriage pulling out on its journey to Nantwich. I used to travel on it to Tern Hill during 1955, a delightful country railway journey.
