Brilliant video mate I really enjoyed it I love the British locomotives from been a little boy I am 43 now and the feeling never leaves you, godbless you
What a superb video, and what a place Old Oak used to be, I visited many times but only took photographs, the staff there were always helpful, the place is sadly missed, a legend of a depot in steam and diesel days, thanks for sharing...Bill
The last time I visited Old oak Common sheds was in ................................1958. I went regularly in the late '50s, with friends, to worship at the great G.J.Churchward Cathedral containing four turntables and we wandered among the Kings and the Castles, the Halls, Granges, Counties and Manors from all over the GWR system. Even an interloper from that shed just up the road where the Patriots, Coronation class and black 5s gathered. Lots of little pannier tanks, tanner oners, and even a mighty class 9F or two .Breathing in the fumes of coal, steam and oil was for a 12 year old trainspotter like being high. And the most amazing thing was the staff were mostly friendly old guys.
Its long gone all this , just the tapes to look at , its hard coming to any conclusion but now i see things had to change , there has been investment in rolling stock locomotives and infrastructure . yes there is not so much freight , but it could go through a resurge once again , but i do miss the br locos there are still some around , but i would love to see 2 RFD 47s again clagging up Wandsworth Road , or the 33s on the Marcons or Bretts ....thanks ....ian.
Long time ago thay was when i could afford to travel more as well , i used to enjoy filming then more you never new what to expect today you join a group and you can pick and chose what you want to see .pkus most traction was British built .ive photos from all these visits one day i will get round to making a photo film.thanks ian
Thatc was the first and only time i visited acton yard , i had just arrived and was going to ask if it was ok to film ,all these workings were coming in. also 66017 was brand new had just arrived from newport another had gone to old oak and 3 to hither green , i have footage of them at hither green but ive not found it yet , i regret not going there more , i went to willesden junction instead for quantity not quality thanks for comment im still looking through my old tapes....ian.
Pretty run down then you expected the axe at any moment still they had the open day , ive never uploaded the footge i shot that day . Just the loco movements from the day before .I never had any trouble there ,but i did hear of people who did . I saw the remains of locos cut up there ive a photo taken from the canal bank of just a pile of metal . I did the mail sidings one morning it was all coverd over in weeds about 2 months later they filmed a episode of the bill in there thanks for comment.
Great video of Old Oak! I have recently created a virtual tour of Old Oak Common as a historical reference before it closes at the end of the year and was wondering if I could place a link to this video in the tour as it would be great as a reference to the depot. You would be credited obviously. The tour can be seen here: createdbyrich.com/old-oak-common-virtual-tour/
Class 58 before being shipped off everywhere there are some still here but the ones at Eastleigh if still there are so bad I dought they will ever run again saw one working in Holland on intermodal and one dead in France , I never took to them much pretty basic looking but did everything going around London ended up on Hoo To Temple Mills engineering trains that was the last workings I saw them on . Thanks ian.
