Thanks for sharing these films. 1964-1968 were the years I spent travelling here most weekends to see these sights. So glad that your dad was in a position to film these times.
Excellent Ian, and great to see the locals coming out and enjoy seeing the train, even on a gloomy evening. I think the damp conditions at dusk added to the atmosphere.
@@colinmcgregor123 I think "BR North Eastern, 1966" describes it adequately for the target audience for the video. Others, of course, can easily look up the places mentioned.
You can have any colour you like as long as it’s black 5s… Actually it’s good to see steam footage in colour after all the b/w archive stuff, so well done your dad. Beautifully filmed.
Thanks, Jim - yes, it could have been worse, and I managed to make a feature of it! I had hoped to able to use the other platform but, if everything had run perfectly to time I would have had a stopping train sitting there as 35028 passed! As it turned out, that train was a minute and a half late so I would have been OK. It's the nature of the beast...
Nice vid. It's always good to see Clan Line. It was the first Merchant Navy Loco that I saw. From a bridge just outside Bournemouth station in the 60's while on a family holiday, so this brought a few memories back.
Indeed but it's very poor that the planners seemingly didn't know, and that the public information site 'National Rail Enquiries' doesn't have anything either!
No, but there is an engineering train at West Sutton so some form of work looks to be happening. I can't find any reference to engineering work or service disruption there, so it's a mystery so far.
Great film. Reminds me of when my parents took me on holiday to Swanage in 1958, I was brought up on GWR but I well remember pulling into Salisbury and seeing Southern Region engines for the first time and, much to the consternation of my mother, as soon as the train stopped I was out and rushing up the platform to the newsagents to buy a Southern Region Ian Allan ABC. Since then I've always had a soft spot for the Southern. Great memories
Fabulous film. As a 1972 Dorking-born person this shows me a time I wasn’t part of but is no less fascinating to see with such clarity. A class 33 6:35 and a little bit of BR blue and yellow there!! Wonderful stuff thanks for sharing. People like your dad are to be celebrated for having such prescience filming something that at the time, I assume he just did because he liked trains, but turned out to be a fascinating historical document!
Lovely video Ian. I was working from home, so only got to see it at Purley Oaks. Was a bit concerned when I saw there was a freight train approaching on the Up Slow - to be 'bowled' on a strike day wouldn't have been good!
Hmm. The safety valves were lifted, but, on a very busy main line such as this, to fit in with service trains effectively, steam workings need to be smartly operated. There was a diesel at the rear anyway to take the train from its reversal at Salisbury to Bath, and some assistance to get up to speed is sometimes needed, especially as it was four minutes late on an intensively-used line. We all wish that all steam runs were unassisted but the reality is that it can only be achieved under some circumstances. At least the diesel was a green 47 which used to work with Bulleids in 1966 and 1967 on the SWML. Shortly after this scene, the 47 cut out and 34046 was on her own (with, let's not forget, the equivalent weight of 15 coaches).
