BR in the 1980s Glasgow Queen Street 9th October 1986 Remastered 

Lots of memories of this station from this time. I was always jealous of the trains pulled by the 37s as I was on the Waverley service to Falkirk High or the DMUs (class 101?) to Grahamston. If lucky the DMU driver would have the blinds open and you could see out the front. A fine way to enjoy a can of Lilt; a bag of Frazzles and a Bounty bar from the newsagents just outside. I remember the service as 13:08 but might be wrong. A control panel for the station from around this time is on display at Bo'ness Railway Preservation. Thanks for the nostalgia again. Diesel forever.🙂💛

All the captions are so interesting- thanks. I grew up in Surrey in the 70s and 80s and had Dorking as my home station so Glasgow was so exotic!

Wow !!!! 37012 split box, eyes, end doors , large logo livery , thrash and tones !!!! That's just 1 minute of this cracking video. Thanx for sharing. Ian.

Excellent footage, thanks for uploading. I used to be a regular at the end of that platform in the 80s with my camera.

Another great memory-jerker. Thanks for uploading.

Fantastic document, precious pictures of the time passed... thank you very much for that !

Thanks for the update on this great piece of footage. Nice to have the info on the traction, workings and journey times captioned too. Amazing how many of these old timers are still with us!

Excellent watch ! Great to watch the DBSO's in action ...Andy

Fantastic , all the info was great 👍

Great video, loved it.. answered my query too on wether MK2s were used and miniature buffet.....

Very good Mark...Dave

Nice - I was a kid back then so not really went on trains at all. Thinking about the pigeons and the 47 I've always wondered why they don't die landing on the OHLE... Which was obviously put in later!

how i remember queen st. travelled on greyfriars bobby and lady diana spenser on the way back.

Dirty, smelly, noisy old things! - Love it!

Loved the original, didn't think it could get any better. Seems I was wrong the remastered one is even better. Unless I have not found it yet, shame you did not manage a wee trip to Waverley with your camera in 1986!

By the way Mark the push pull sets weren't 27 powered in the way you decribed them. They were top and tailed with 27s on Pressure Vent mk2s until 47s mk2s and later mk3s and DBSOs came in. a small point. Great video BTW

Great footage, just one little correction though. Your caption at 6.03 states "47 714 "Grampian Region" trailing". It should read propelling from the rear, as a locomotive providing the driving force cannot be trailing. Same goes at 12.08

I needed to know why don’t dig a tunnel and do an extension for the main line Train so that they can extend the unused abandoned underground stations. Why couldn’t they use the part D78 Stock train doors on the sides and also restructure the front face of the A60 and A62 stock and that includes the class 313, class 314 and class 315 remix and make them all together and also redesign them an overhead line and also make them into Five cars per units and also having three Disabled Toilets on those Five cars per units A60 and A62 stock trains and also convert the A60 and A62 stock trains into a Scania N112, Volvo TD102KF, Volvo B10M, Gardner 6LXB, Gardner 6LXC and Gardner 8LXB Diesel Engines and also put the Loud 7-Speed Voith Gearboxes even Loud 8-Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Gearboxes in the A60 and A62 stock, class 313, class 314, and class 315 and also modernise the A60 and A62 stock and make it into an 11 car per unit so it could have fewer doors, more tables, computers and mobile phone chargers. A Stock Trains and also having 8 Disabled Toilets on those A stock trains. why couldn’t we refurbish and modernise the waterloo and city line Triple-Track train tunnel and make it bigger and extend it to the bank station, making it into a Triple-Track Railway Line so those 4 European countries such as Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden to convert the waterloo and city line Triple-Track Train tunnel into a High-Speed train? The Third Euro tunnel Triple-Track Train line to make it 11 times better for passengers so they could go from A to B. then put the modernised 11 car per unit A Stock and put them on a bigger modernised waterloo and city line Triple-Track train tunnel so it could go to bank station to those 4 European countries such as Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden. The modernised refurbished 11 cars per unit A stock could be a High Speed The Third Triple-Track Euro Tunnel Train So it is promising and 37 times a lot more possible to do this kind of project that is OK for London Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden. oh by the way, could they also tunnel the Triple-Track Railway Line so it will stop from Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex so that the Passengers will go to Germany, Italy, Poland and Sweden and also extend the Triple-Track Railway Line from Bank to Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex Stations so that more people from there could go to Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden Easily. Why couldn't they extend the Piccadilly line and also build brand-new underground train stations so it could go even further right up to Clapton, Wood Street and also make another brand new tunnel train station in Chingford could they extend the DLR? All of the classes 150, 155, 154, 117, 114, 105, and 106, will be replaced by all of the Scania N112, Volvo TD102KF, Volvo B10M, Gardner 6LXB, Gardner 6LXC and Gardner 8LXB Diesel Five carriages three disabled toilets are air conditioning trains including Highams Park for extended roots which is the Piccadilly line and the DLR trains. Could you also convert all of the 1973 stock trains into an air-conditioned maximum speed 78 km/hours (48 MPH) re-refurbished and make it into a 8 cars per unit if that will be alright, and also extend all of the Piccadilly train stations to make more space for all of the extended 8 car per unit 1973 stock air condition trains and can you also build another Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive Companies and they can order Every 17 Octagon and Hexagon shape LNER diagram unique small no.13 and unique small no.11 Boilers from those Countries such as Greece, Italy, Poland, and Sweden, can they make Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive speeds by up to 117MPH so you can try and test it on the Original Mainline so it will be much more safer for the Passengers to enjoy the 117MPH speed Limit only for HS2 and Channel Tunnel mainline services, if they needed 16 Carriages Per units can they use those class 55’s, class 44’s, class 40’s and class 43HST Diesel Locomotive’s right at the Back of those 18 Carriages Per Units so they can take over at the Back to let those Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive’s have a rest for those interesting Journeys Please!!!!, oh can you make all of those Coal Boxes’s 16 Tonnes for all of the 117MPH Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive’s so the Companies will Understand us PASSENGER’S!!! so please make sure that the Builders can do as they are Told!! And please do something about these very important Professional ideas Please Prime Minister of England, the Prime Minister of Sweden, the Prime Minister of Germany, the Prime Minister of Italy, the Prime Minister of Poland and that Includes the Mayor of London.

Hello Mark. This is a wonderful video which brings back loads and loads of memories! I need to ask a big favour of you though. I am currently building a 1/76th scale model of Glasgow Queen Street in EM gauge, set in early Autumn 1988. The layout consists of the whole station area, a 12 ft cutaway section of Cowlairs incline and into hidden storage yards. The whole layout is 34ft long, with the last 10ft being hidden by a fascia, where I intend to mount photos of mine from back in the day and other written information. Having talked to the rest of the lads who are helping me build it, we would be honoured if you would give your permission to use your video on a playable loop, shown on a screen at the storage yard end of the layout. It's just that this would be too good an oportunity to show the public just what Queen St was like back in the 1980's. If you provide me with an email address, I can forward you some progress photos of the layout, which is due to be shown at the Macclesfield Model Railway exhibition for the first time in March 2019. Sounds a long way off, but the sheer scale of what we're building means that this will soon come around! If you are happy to let us use this video, we will ensure that you are credited as the filmaker by mentioning this on the front of the layout. BTW, I have absolutely no idea how to download anything from RU-vid, even if you were happy for us to do so, I may have to rely on a wee bit of your help if necessary. Kind regards Andy

Love the era. The locos are so dingy and dirty.

How did you remaster it? I’d like to do the same with my 80s footage.

Absolute gem, Tardis for hire anyone please...

No sign of the HSTs at this stage of the game?

Is that you, Carluke? Sat watching 37012

4:01 OG pacer

Can someone fill me in on the tunnel portal to the right of the main running tunnel?

Was that other tunnel ever used for trains?

Fantastic stuff Mark. A sweet spot in railway history for me and the rest of the Scottish Diesel and Electric Group sdeg.co.uk it is what we live for!!

Nice video, for reference the class 37 workings are recorded here class37info.co.uk/fleetdate.aspx?strdate=9-10-86

Your potted history of the Mk2F DBSOs is inaccurate - they never worked with Class 27s. The Class 27s (classified 27/1 and 27/2) worked "top-and-tail" with rakes of Mk2As from about 1974 until 1979, when the Class 47/7s took over. With the higher power of Class 47s, the "top-and-tailing" of Class 27s was no longer necessary to maintain the timings between Glasgow Queen Street and Edinburgh Waverley: therefore, the Mk2F DBSOs were converted from Mk2F BSOs to work "push-pull" with the Class 47s.

Why does this place feel so dirty? It's kind of dark, I don't know