British Rail Network SouthEast-Banbury Variety November 1988 with classes 37, 47, 50 156 & DMU 

Big thanks for posting, great memories. Wonderful variety of coaching stock back then in the Eighties. I would just love to be sat behind a Hoover on a New Street-Reading trip right now!

The days of Franken-rakes. Good to see the MkI restaurant and buffets in the coaching mix.

The signalman in the north box was probably Mr Wilson. He'd been there for many years having moved from the south box many years earlier. I visited the box in '84 one Friday evening, it was fascinating watching him move around the quite large room, constantly pulling levers and operating telegraph instruments. There is a RU-vid video of the north box being operated.

Awesome video which brought back some good memories as I worked in Beckonsfield in the early '90s and remember all the mad combinations of DMU's on the London trains with the odd loco-hauled replacement thrown in!

Most enjoyable 👍 It's fine to reminisce, if you grew up in this era. Thankful for the huge progress made to the railway, to date. I visited Banbury during one of the ’Network Day’ back in early 90’s, could travel for £5 anywhere in Network Railcard area for the day. Spent a few hours watching the diverse variety of traffic passing through. I hope 🤞you have some similar footage.

How fantastic! Recorded in the year and month I was born, superb video!

Great to see the sounds of a 47. Fantastic video. Thanks for the uploads

That north bound bay, which is now filled in, doesn't appear to have had a number even back then.The only passenger train I've ever seen use it was a Wrexham and Shropshire during some disruption and it was turned around there, 67 on the north end as I recall.It was only really 2 and 3 that saw a lot a use.1 was mainly terminating services and 4(the old 4) Oxford locals although the ones here use the main platforms.

Great video. Unusual to see what looked like an early mk2 (a)? Break first Painted in executive livery on the back of the 50 haul rake. Great capture.

Some variation in train lengths on the Cross_Countries; the first one was only 6 coaches, then 47597 had 11 (probably the Newcastle - Poole) ,then 47637 had 9. Of course, an Eastfield engine wasn't quite the scoop it would have been a few years earlier, but 47637 was of course the imposter as it was at Crewe by then. Also interesting to see a 50 still on a Cross-Country/Birmingham service. And some mixed 108/115 formations on the Marylebone of course, as they tried t o find enough stock serviceable to keep it going.

Ever filmed Paddington station in around late 90s early 2000s

Nice tickover with ETH on @ 2:30.

So nostalgic 👍🏻

What happened to the 156???

Class 47 and 50s are cool.

run down equipment and class 47 on secondary intercity services...

I bet if I was around in the late 1980's (I'm 27) that I'd have enjoyed all these lovely looking trains more than some of today's trains. (As of 11:14 when typing this in) Was it common for a 11x car and a 10x car to be part of a 2-car train? Just seen it. I look at Class 57's now and on RU-vid and think 'If only money was spent on a major refurbishment on the Mark 2's and 47's to make them 57's then XC travel wouldn't have been so problematic. The Voyagers I enjoy where possible but I bet a number of passengers would have preferred a Mark 2 - more table seats for a start not just ample capacity!

The 50,could have been working Birmingham New Street-london Paddington diagram??

North Yard and box both long vanished now.

A sad railway in terminal decline

Great video with a taste of the new order too. Was it me or were the local hauled trains pulling mainly 1st class stock. Pretty much every coach (guard and baggage vans aside) appeared to have a yellow band below the roof line?

What route would the 50 on the worcester service have took?

Brilliant video ,more of the same..

50040 looks like it was on V96,york-padd. I might of even been on it brum-padd.