Those were the days: 86's, 87's & 90's on the expresses, 310's & 321's on the semi-fasts, British locomotives on the freights and sensible liveries all round. A complete contrast to today. Incidentally, I believe the 87 that the journey was filmed aboard was No 87011 The Black Prince, while 87002 Royal Sovereign was seen departing Euston, 87013 John O'Gaunt was seen at Preston & Carlisle, and 87027 Wolf of Badenoch was seen at Glasgow.
As video125co says the video was eventually having 2 released the first one released 25th December 1995 that was credited to Dean Martin and the 2nd part released on 21st January 1996 and was Credited to London Boys originally based in Hamburg They both died in a car accident running over the Austrian Alps where a driver couldn't see that another vehicle was ahead and they crashed, also the Swiss driver's also died in the crash
No you are wrong. We had two different drivers who changed at Preston. We also had to have two different traction Inspectors too. No drivers ever go from Euston to Glasgow. Even in steam days with non-stop runs, the footplate crew changed half way while on the move (by walking through a tender with a tiny corridor). If our trailer gives the wrong impression, that is due to editing.
This is where filming continuity is always a problem with dates. The entire cab filming was done in one hit in 1995 due to the impracticality of derigging the myriad of filming equipment at an ordinary station stop (Preston) as well as effecting a crew change (Inspectors and Drivers). The trackside shots would have been filmed in 1996 though in fact due to bad weather on the original cab shoot, some, nearer Glasgow, was filmed in 1996. See if you can spot the join.
To think that when this was filmed, the 1972 stock on the Bakerloo line, seen near the start of the preview - was already 23 years old. It's now 41. Ditto for the 1938's now on the IOW. 57 years old in 95. I was 3 years old, and had probably just started speaking.
Locomotive Services Group have got a fleet of one of the Class 82 DVT,Class 86,Class 87 & Class 90 in Preservation Every Friday at London Euston in its Intercity Swallow Livery on a Charter Service Between London Euston & Manchester Piccadilly & Crewe
Comfortable mk3s and Class 87s with years of life left in them needlessly replaced with tilting rabbit hutches that stink of toilets, and less room than my cat basket. All for the sake of a 15 mph increase in line speed.
@@cameronirvine37703 The WCML was becoming notorious for delays and breakdowns by the nineties as the trains were worn out. The Pendolinos have proven to be mostly reliable and services to Glasgow are far more frequent, but have poorer comfort and catering if you are in standard class.
As of today the pendolinos are now the new trains to run the west coast mainline and one of them was trying to break the world record from London to Glasgow but missed it by 22 seconds
Thank god this was filmed back when it was all loco haulage! The view out of a pendo is terrible by comparison and the tilt can get a little nauseating.
I took the Royal Scot from Carlisle to London in 1988 and the locomotive broke down at Preston. A 3 h 50 m journey took 5 hours. At least the last few times I've taken the Pendolino down to London it was always punctual and the 3h15m journey was done on time. Mind you the seats were like a small hatchback and the view out of the window wasn't as good as the old days.
I actually saw myself that it was actually a different driver. No one can manage a very long journey such as London to Scotland. They may fall asleep at the controls quite easily
