Trains in the 1980s - Class 56s in Action - A compilation 

Wow! a superb upload. 1.5+ hours of 56s. Watching this whilst referencing my 1984 edition Rail Atlas and 1989 edition of Locomotives and Coaching Stock (Platform 5 publication), such joy, especially the 56s on MGRs. Thank you.😀👍

Thank you, what a compilation, takes me back to my child hood watching the grids at the local coal mine!

Forget the plastic 69s these hellfire locos are the real thing!

I spent many hours at Codnor Park in the mid 70’s - recognised instantly! Thanks very much for sharing.

Great video, worked many 56s on the Betteshanger & Brookgate coal trains in Kent. Only drawback to them were the fumes & if you had to shunt with them they were slow on picking up power when initially applied, if you werent careful & gave it a bit more all of a sudden you took off😂 otherwise great locos.

56s pride of the fleet great looking engine's

Brilliant video of the super class 56 !!

Can’t stop watching this 👍

Fantastic memories of the class 56. Thanks for sharing. Would I be able to have your permission to use some of the footage in one of my next RU-vid videos, I’m looking at the new OO gauge model of the 56 and would like sone real life footage. I would of course credit you for this footage. I hope to hear from you. Cheers. Dave

Great channel and lots of memories. Subscribed.

Outstanding brilliant video thanks a lot

excellent video, my favorite class doing what they did ( and still do..) best, MAKING SOME NOISE !

Excellent a joy to watch

9:47 I didn’t know that the 56s were in the Trainload Petroleum livery.

What's the smoke coming from near the rear bogey of 56061at 35:07 - an overheating traction motor or something? Excellent vid btw :)

Up in the northeast the main traffic for the 56s was MGR trains. In the 80s there were still plenty of collieries open in the north of England. I remember seeing them screaming through Stockton station heading south with a full load for ferry bridge power station .Sadly all the mines are now gone. And so are most of the power stations. Victims of the governments obsession with net zero.