This was my daily job when I was a 19 year old fireman working out of eastfield traction depot springburn Glasgow a few years before this was filmed 1974 class 37 was my favourite engine to drive also liked the 27s on the push &pulls queen street to Waverley
I really enjoyed this Brought back happy memories of my travels to Scotland. Glad you chose to buy good quality equipment and tapes the quality is excellent. I remember a 47 smoking bad like that at Queen Street and took some photos, that day the driver dealt with it by doing something in the engine room.
What a great video. As unbelievable as it sounds, the man and wee boy at 36:32 is actually my Dad and me. I was seven at time. We have no idea why we were at Queen Street at that time of night as we lived in Falkirk (maybe we were on the tour to Fort William?) Anyway, thanks for sharing!
I enjoyed this film immensely.This was the year before I left school & joined the railway at the age of 16.I've been a Driver now for over 27 years.Time flies!
Brings joy and happiness to me and great memories of old bashing and trainspotting days to see those beauties coming and going from Queen street. Love your uploads thanks for the memories.
Appreciate this upload taking me back to a time before jobs wages bills cars women mortgages etc. Just me my pad and pen and some cash for a Casey Jones burger.
Thoroughly enjoyed this video. The quality of film is amazing. Was it filmed on a Hi8 pro camera? I love how you captured the atmosphere of life to the railway with passengers waiting to board or alighting after a long journey , seeing the trains slip through the architecture of Waverley was incredible. Brought back some really good memories.
Ah, the 1980s. The decade that fashion forgot ! Anyway, would it be rude of me to ask how you managed to do all this travelling? And with an obviously expensive camera as well !
It wouldn't be rude at all! It's partly because I was a Scot living in Birmingham at the time :) Regarding the camera, I always thought it was worth spending the money to get the best possible results with a view to the future.
Halfway through watching addicted already, superb video, remember the 47461,carried both scotrail intercity (Highland stag), scotrail livery seen twice at Leicester..
Is that thunder I can hear at about 4 minutes in, just as a 47/7 is leaving platform 6? The rain looked torrential and it sure looked dark enough for thunder.
Roy do you secretly own a time machine? This footage looks as if it was recorded yesterday. I am currently building a model railway based around this time , and your videos have become vital research. Thank you for uploading these amazing blasts from the past , I would be lost without them.
Brilliant video, especially seeing my favourites, the push pulls. Have also got the one off 47461 on my layout. Also like the shunting at Queen Street, one loco taking the stock out, releasing the other loco at the buffers!
Great quality and brought back many memories. I especially enjoyed that you also featured the wider railway scene, staff and passengers, not just full frame locos. Proper social history stuff. Now subscribed.
That’s brilliant quality and happy memories of Scotrail in the late 80s. Please keep posting these videos and looking forward to checking out the next two which were shot on my backyard (the West Midlands). I imagine the ladies were none to pleased though when their original request to name a Class 37/4 were turned down by by the high hiedyins and they ended up with a Duff!!
Can't wait for part 2. Great video and interesting to see the sections from Edinburgh Waverley, especially nice to something different to the more usual end of platform vantage point. Good to see a few portion trains or cross country trains if you prefer, Waverley to and from Carstairs although HST manages to hide one arriving from the Craigentiny end. I once bought a VHS, Yesterdays ScotRail, over an hour, mostly at Waverley in 1985 (the best year in my humble opinion) lots of 477 on push pull, 27s on Dundee but no portion trains at Waverley in the whole video Spent many happy days sitting in the BRUTE on the end of Plt 14 in 1985, 86 87 and possibly 88. Loved ScotRail push pulls, didn't like sub sector so the 37 hauling the push pull stock was a bit odd. I assume the sub sector push pull was a special. Videos from this time tend to include a number of non std push pull workings ( not on specials) as in a 47 coupled to the DBSO or a non 477 hauling them. I'm never quite sure how common this was or if they are just disproportionately features in videos because they were unusual. The destination sticker on the window at Fort Wiiliam which began and ended I London made me smile, reminded me of a the Fife Circle Edinburgh to Edinburgh but on a grander scale. Londo, Oban Fort William Edinburgh London. A little more scenic than, Edinburgh, Inverkiething, Dunfermline, Cowdenbeath, Cardenden, Lochgelly, Kirkcaldy Inverkiething, Edinburgh. I take it the Intercity liveried Mk1 stock at Fort William were another railtoir that day? Possibly the London to London. I'd imagine today if a loco arrived smoking away the whole of Haymarket would have been evacuated. Great video, thanks for uploading. And the bonus shot a Sea King, nice
37423 with the push pull stock was indeed a special. On this occasion it ran from Glasgow Queen Street to Fort William, the empty stock being brought in from Perth as I recall. On other weekends the special ran from Queen Street to Oban. The London to London special at Fort William connected directly with the steam special to Mallaig. Thank you for sharing your memories!
Waverley47708 The sight of a 47/4 on a push-pull rake (even attached to a DBSO) wasn't unknown on Glasgow to Aberdeen services. If a 47/4 arrived in Queen Street on an Aberdeen service, this would result in another 47 being called down from Eastfield to haul the return train (as there was no way for the 47/4 to run around at Queen Street.) I don't quite recall if a loop at Aberdeen was used to retrieve the loco up there in the reverse situation, but I distinctly remember heading back out to see that train return to Glasgow much later in the day on a number of occasions (knowing that a 47/4 would again be pinned between the DBSO and buffers at Queen Street, resulting in ANOTHER class 47 being called down from Eastfield to haul the train back up north again - presuming there was another train at this point in the day.) I never witnessed this happen on a Glasgow to Edinburgh train, all the same. Edit: I'm not sure that there was a passing loop in Aberdeen Station. I had always presumed that there was one on the platform used for the Aberdeen - Inverness through line (which I know is a single track.)
Variety of DMUs there was then wasn't it. 18:05 "Now, I don't think it should be doing that ..." 🤔 That must have ******ed up things good and proper, considering how busy it is there
Excellent video, I was on that rail tour hauled by 37423 and the Mk3s with my mate Mark. That's me in the car park taking photos at 29.27. Thanks for uploading.
@@theroybowdencollection9807 Hi Roy, couldn't believe it when I saw myself. I remember my mates mum getting us the tickets. 37423 was just freshly painted there. I was 14 at the time, I'm 47 now. I'll keep an eye out for more of your footage. 👍
Is there a better diesel video out there? I doubt it, thanks very much for the upload. Really enjoyed the lot! I remember all of these and Queen St very well👍👍👍
@The Roy Bowden Collection would you mind if I used some of your push-pull shots for a video I'm making about the Scottish push-pull tour last February? It's for a section detailing their history. Full credit would be given on screen. Thanks.
Hi Craig, this is Anthony, Roy's son. I'm sorry for the delay replying, he is quite ill in hospital but he says he's happy for you to use any footage you need with credit :)
Brilliant filming! I have stacks of this stuff mainly south east, just don’t know how to transfer it from Hi8 to another medium as have no computer and costly to get done commercial, look forward to more! Eddie
I'm glad you enjoyed! I sent Hi8 tapes off to be converted to DVD and USB commercially, if there's a lot of footage it's easier this way although it does cost, but then again so does a computer to do the conversion. There's more UK stuff to come from 1999 and 2001, and a bit from 2004 :) I'm trying to upload them in something close to chronological order.
19:21 oh dear! Genuinely thought that was steam heating in the clip of it rolling into Haymarket. Wouldn’t get that nowadays. Full station evacuations, exclusions zones and firefighters wouldn’t be able to go near the bridge 😂 Cracking video mate. Bring back some early childhood memories!
Me and my mum used to travel most summers in the august 6 week school holidays from sheffield to edinburgh. My grandparents lived in scotland at that time. Always excited by the long journey as was a spotter then too. Had a ride in the cab of an HST going into Newcastle over King Edward Bridge once. Magic. Not the same anymore. Very bland traction these days.
@@theroybowdencollection9807 thanks for the nice reply Roy.. Your videos are all wonderful. Never got to B'ham New Street as a youngster.. Didnt see many class 50s in their heyday sadly. Got to Tamworth in the 90s though. Great variety of traction above and below. Im hoping when lockdown lifts the preserved lines will have their diesel galas going ahead!
@@theroybowdencollection9807 That looks like RAF Kinross Rescue service, the diver is a Rescue expert he is the brave sole who will come to your aid whilst your lost at sea ,saved many sailors in their time of need.
