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The cookers never got that hot when I was a driver

I agree with other comments on here. It is amazing to see how Coventry has changed. The 80's being such a memorable decade. Some beautiful cars on the road. Too young to drive then. Thank you for the videos.

Some beautiful classic cars here. You could actually get a space, to park on Queensland Avenue.

Fantastic to watch!

Thanks John, oh dear another Sparkler gets a bit warm. This one was a regular at Carlisle new yard and Upperby Carriage Shed for the Manchester Pullman 10 years earlier.

This is on the Coventry to Nuneaton line I think. Perhaps this happened before the passenger service was restored to that line in the late 80s? A quick look on Google Maps shows no signalbox any more, and new houses have been built next to where the locos are parked.

Proper train, proper signals

What date was this?

Possible rail industry factoid (?) One member of the pop group Lieutenant Pigeon ( ' Mouldy Old Dough ' ) was a signalman at Coundon Road for a while .

The hours i spent in the 1980s looking over that wall at 0:29 during the blue British rail era. Took lots of photos. Interesting to see the WCML before its electrification. Unfortunately roade cutting is all fenced off now to the public so the days of spotting down there are long gone.. Many thanks for this great video of times gone by.

Well captured.

Rare bit of footage there good Sir

Brilliant!!!!!!!…... Absolutely bloody brilliant... Thank you so much for posting a beautiful nostalgic video.

I wonder how or why it happened as it was being pushed or pulled by the other loco, would it have still needed some form of electrical power to move even though it wasn't connected to overhead wires?.

Gosford Street and Gosford Green look so different. So many buildings are gone, especially where Sky Blue Way now is.

Wow you actually drove past my old house!

This was before Sky Blue Way was built? Binley Road looks quite different but everywhere else hasn't changed much. I was hoping to see more of the city centre to see how it looked when I was a little baby.

There's some interesting stuff in there - the 6 wheelers in the breakdown train and the Caprotti Black 5

Very good!

Thank you again

Thanks for the memories John. I visited both sheds a few times back in the 80's chasing those hard to get Scottish class 20's, along with Dunfermline Townhill shed.Great times they were and now that i live in Scotland i spend my time filming mainly class 66's up here. Got any more videos like these ? Regards, Colin.

It was great hearing the sound of Sulzers in Aberdeen again.

My Grandad, Henry "Harry" Roper worked in the parcels department at Hockley. He did 51 year's on the GWR and BR until his retirement. I remember him taking me on the diesel railcar from Bilston to both Hockley and Snow Hill. He was well respected by his work colleagues. I still have his clock which was presented to him after 45 year's of service.

Eric Pollards antique selling days 😅

Thanks for keeping this history alive.

Superb shots from the grubby yet still majestic BR green Duchess to a random B1 on a birds eye rake of wagons

Epic! As a kid I would cycle to a bridge near Chichester station to see the double header 33's working the Brighton to Bristol train just one train on a Saturday, we didn't get many loco's on that line so a double header was an awesome sight. This was 45 years ago I can't believe they are still going!

Thanks for the memory of 45550 which I saw only once in the late 1940's exiting Nottingham on the Trowell branch. Being a young lad I was so disappointed it was not named that it stuck in my memory to this day

Awesome :)

Those straight eight sulzer engines just sound great. Paired up they're pretty good.

Thanks for the memories.

Very interesting, Birmingham,a tradegy what's happened to it. Thanks for posting.

Great footage many thanks

Never knew that

Oh what great days ,the best of my life.

Excellent video John loved the close up shots.

Brand new EE Type 4 in there too!

Those diesels have been coming to the rescue of every make of locomotive for 60+ years 👍👍 great yolks . 1:11

Lovely old steam locos

Greater days indeed. Trent Valley diversions for electrification I would suggest. Breakdown crane had an interesting array of long lifers in attendance. 👍👍👍

Love the sound of Cromptons ❤❤❤❤

Interesting!

great video!

Inter city trains

Had forgotten all about those 33's being based in Scotland for a while. Never got to see them north of the border myself so thanks for sharing.

A lovely ending the night sky

I like the class 33 disels they are like the class 26s diseals from the 1980s they were classic trains they will never be forgotten Stuart

Wonderful! Thank you for posting this film.

Always loved the 33s….saw loads of them down South 🙂 33030 looked fab wearing EWS livery! Thanks for the video!!

Great film. Thanks very much.