British Rail-Scunthorpe June 1989 

It's amazing the amount of traffic and railway operations that we have lost. Even in 1989 i was amazed to see this yard with 3 gronks working at once, the last one seen dropping down behind the station had been working further down the yard while the other 2 were shunting and marshaling trains. Lets hope viewers appreciate the gronks at work, this type of railway action is pretty much history now!

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Yes, last time i passed a few years back i was amazed at the desolation.

I aim to please, I have plenty more still to upload-happy viewing!

Thank you......I'm pleased i did the yard shots, even then yards were shutting and 08s being parked up with no work. To get three on the go at once was rare by then......

I like to film shunters at work, it's an interesting part of the railway scene. I have film of them at main line stations shunting parcels & Motorail stock, my Strathclyde upload shows a gronk in Glasgow Central!

I have Scottish freight vids, Newton-on-Ayr was quite good, pairs of 26's!!!! I will upload over time.....

Millerhill was a great yard, I visited it in the late 80s early 90s and it was great to see then. It's not the same now.

I'm glad you've enjoyed it.....

I am to please....

Looking forward to more vids now Soi Buakhao

As soon as I'm back from working at the St Alban's beer festival I shall be uploading again. Until then there's only about 230 or so vids to look through! That'll keep you going until I'm back.

Thanks for your comments, yes i too used to go around Tinsley back in the early 1980s, my Dad & I used to do depot tours with RESL group. I remember how vast Tinsley was, with the huge yards & depot, all gone now........Still, i'm sure a Pacer or two will survive for you to ride on! (Don't forget a 141 exists somewhere...and i have one or two of those on vid when they were still on the main line)

@@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus me and my dad were part of Resl group too. We had the badge!! There were organised depot tours in the 80s thats right. I remember me and my dad went to Toton one day through a Resl organised event. I got into trouble as i got grease off a class 56 buffer on my gloves..naughty!! We also did some railtours..40 tours mainly as they were coming to and end 83/84 time.. Were from sheffield my dad and me. Used to be great times. 45s on the St Pancras and cross country 47s. The boat train that would split into 2 portions to Harwich. A class 40 on the middle road with the RedBank parcels.. Hsts Dmus the proper old school kind 124s on the manchester cleethorpes. 31/4s on the same route with 4 coaches. 25/40 combo on the pressure tanks.. Great stuff.. Sadly all pacers sprinters pendolinos...the odd hst but no more screaming valentas anymore.. Tinsley depot now an airport and new housing.. The yard still there but small time now..

@@christopherruff8528 Wow! Another RESL'er....I remember we used coaches a lot to get around. Some depot's we got round, other places a BR guy would chat to staff and see if we could all go round or sometime it would be just him to get the numbers and we would observe from a bridge ect. And yes, i do recall a few railtours, indeed they did the last private Deltic railtour, the Deltic Executive on 29 Dec 81, first railtour all on my own, a great day!

@@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus yes you all got picked up by coach and driven to certain depots.. I was only very young myself anyway... But i remember certain things.. Like being amazed at seeing a class 50 at sheffield. Obviously going back to the southern region fresh from doncaster works after overhaul. Large logo livery cant remember the number sadly.. I got to cab and drive a few feet a 45 peak in sheffield before it went to st pancras fun times. Also got to sit in the cab of a 125/hst with the driver as we approached newcastle over the king edward bridge past gateshead depot.. Me and my parents used to visit my grandparents in Scotland in august school holidays so train ride from sheffield to edinburgh waverley..and return.. 26s27s push pull 477s in scotland.. Just exciting times. I miss it all.. Just not the same these days. The closest thing now is probably a diesel weekend at a preserved railway like the East Lancs etc.. Stuff like that.. Or the odd main line railtour of a certified diesel off the preserved list.. Its nice to reminisce with you Soi.. Thanks for the video memories too.

I had been to Lincoln (to see the semaphore signals) and Barnetby (signals & freight trains) and Scunthorpe was a stop-over on the way back to Donny. It was a real revalation to see the gronks at work and be able to get them on film.

They were still doing it at Tees Yard then

@@matelot95 I have vid from the Thornaby/Tees Yard area in 1992 but don't recall seeing any more than one shunter but that was three years after this vid.

Thank you......there's still more to come.....

My pleasure!

Yes, weird wasn't it? All Romainian Grids!

They look like military aircraft, there are several RAF bases in Lincolnshire. Well spotted though, i have never noticed them before, and i first saw this back in 1989!

Yes they do look like jets. No sound caught on audio.

Was their still an East Yard at this time? and still in action? Just curious, there might have been even more gronks in action!!!

Yes, weird wasn't it, all Romanian Grids!!!