Its a Diesel Train Video 

Thank you 👍

Thanks 👍

Thanks very much, really glad you enjoyed.

Hi Douglas, back in the day, I was very much pro Diesel but as Ive grown up I appreciate both now. Paddington 1969 wow that must have been something to see 👍

Thanks, yes I do love my trains

Thanks Christopher, best regards to New Zealand

Thanks Alan

Yeah, I grew up with that sound

Brilliant Mark. I once had a picture on my wall of a 40 heading unusually towards Reading or somewhere. The magazine caption read something like 'The signalman telegraphs forward down the line to warn of the Northern Invader' !!! 👌

Hello thanks very much. I do like a bit of flange squeal myself in the mornings.😆👍

And BTW,,,,,I have had 2 Trabants and would have another. I alos had Isetta's, Heinkel's, and Messerschmitts. (In fact I remember going to a car show near Oxford in one of my 'schmitts in 1981 ish, with my original Sony WM1 walkman on, listening to OMD's Messerschmitt Twins as I drove down the M6).

Hi Lewis. Never been Llangollen no. Thats gonna be a trip. Cheers

Yeah well worth a visit mate, also Pontcysyllte Aqueduct just down the road too

Hi Simon, yes diesel was very much my era. Only ever saw two working Deltics 4 and 11. Seen a few in preservation. Still love it now 👍

Hi Norbert, thank you 👌😀

Amazing !!! I know the bridge you mean Gazz 👍

I would but all I want to do is drive one 😆

@@MartinZero Martin if you can join and train as a diesel secondman, that's what I do at my local heritage line and now I get to drive these fantastic machines on a regular basis (I have now driven classes 03,17,20,31,33,37,50 & the brilliant 55's all because I volunteer).

Love The English Electrics

Cheers Gareth 😆

Wow great stuff 😃

Me too 😃

Thank you Mike great info. Brilliant pics on that link

Hello, thanks very much. Whats the archive stuff you have

Martin Zero mainly from the early 90s.

Great stuff, Thats when I lost touch with the railways then had a brief fling again in 2003/3

Martin Zero Cheers have you thought about doing a video of the locomotive manufacturers of Manchester like Metropolitan Vickers in Denton and of course Byer Pecocks or Gorton tank thers still bits of each of these works left today just an Idea.

@@nablicman Yes I would really like to do that

Thanks Attila

Yeah there is a place up there I want to see

Thanks very much Clive 👍

Hello again Irene. Yes Ive just checked. Saw the photos. they are brilliant. Great to have that memento of your fathers working life, what was the date approximately ?

I would think early 60's - he started there in the 50's - he started his working life as a carriage cleaner with the Cheshire Lines Committee aged fourteen - that would have been in 1918 and worked his was up . He was the signalman at Cheadle Cheshire station during the war and lived in the Station Master's House - which is now a pub. This was my first home I lived there for the first two years of my life and just after the war in 1945 we moved to Stretford - close to Trafford Park Station. He was a signalman at Trafford Park Junction - the across from the Man. United halt for football specials. Went in that box a lot times - taking him his dinner on a weekend. He then became a relief signalman and work from Manchester Central to Warrington ( I think it was Warrington) HIs final move in the mid fifties was full time at the Power Box at Central Station - went in there a number of times as well. Took train fanatics in to see it. - my husband included. ! HIs brother also worked on the railway and was in Cornbrook Sidings box for a lot of years. Watching a railway programme recently and seeing that the whole of the East Coast main line from Kings Cross to Newcastle is all controlled from York - I just find it amazing. Love seeing these old gems of Manchester - I left in 1964 to live in York and in 2006 took the plunge and retired to Burgundy in France.

Ahh so your in France now. That must be lovely. Thats a fantastic story, wish i was around to have visited that signal box and get some pictures. Those times are quite fascinating. Thank you Irene

Awww Thank you My friend. I did put a Scotrail Locomotive in just for you. 😍

Me to, they have a tin can gutsy quality

adam white sorry I hope I did not offend

Thank you 😀👍

In 1981 I saw a load of 76's lined up at Reddish works waiting to be scrapped. Think they had just closed the line .

Martin Zero yes i went to redish to see them and guide bridge stableing point that was sad seeing them lined up like that

Many thanks John. Where was you Diesel depot ?

Great Stuff Philip, Ill take a look

Hi Anthony, Love 56's myself 👍

im sure you seen it but if not check out class 56 screams through bronsgrove

Ok will do. Love thrash !

Definitely 👍😀

The class 56 was an urgently needed Locomotive. For speed they based the design on the class 47. The first 30 or so built in Romania to get the class started, as I say it was all a rush job. they were brought from Romania by ship. 👍

As Martin sez. The 56 was only similar to a 47 in as much as the structure was a development of the 47- light frame above underframe level, and stressed skin outer panels to add strength and reduce weight. This was done as a construction expedient,, also it had been a successful technique. They were a pure freight loco, and only ever appeared on passenger on special railtours. they were delivered by sea. And the first 30 were indeed dire and troublesome. The home grown ones wre somewhat better, but had their moments, too, be assured!

Yes it was Stu 👍😀

Martin 0401 but 50050 was last into service as it had to pull out all other 49 class 50's from the factory.

Is that fact ? Am sure they either left under their own power or the factory had a shunter, there were other locos around at the time ?

Martin 0401 50050 was used to move the locos from body shop to where the engines where installed Dose this info make me more a train buff than u?

Watch this documentary especially the part about the Deltic.....

Thank you Dirk much appreciated

I'll wave from the train 😆👍