Exeter St Davids - 30/12/91

Featuring:
47712 'Lady Diana Spencer' running light engine through platform 6 to collect stock.
47709, 37141, a DMU and a pair of 08s in the yard.
47712 arrives at platform 1 before departing to Waterloo?
47701 prepares to collect the stock for the next NSE service.
A class 101 (with 108 centre car) departs platform 1 for Barnstaple.
47702 'Saint Cuthbert' arrives with a train, most likely from Plymouth or Paignton. A further 47 (47709?) then couples to the train to take the train forward. 47702 then proceeds light engine to the stabling yard.
47345 'SCIMITAR' heads light engine through platform 5.
47706 arrives with service (from Waterloo or Brighton?). It then departs for Plymouth or Paignton.
37141 is seen in the station yard.
A class 101 heads for Paignton.
HST 43067/43079 arrives from the South.
47701 'Old Oak Common Traction and Rolling Stock Depot' departs from platform 1, whilst class 101 set P870 departs platform 3 (with door flying open!) - likely a positioning move to platform 1.
47345 runs back through light engine.
Several HST sets are seen, two of which still have power cars in Executive livery.
43182 then runs through with a TGS and barrier vehicle, heading for Laira.
47853 arrives with service for the North.
47705 arrives at platform 1 with NSE service.
43184 departs West. Both it and the rear power car are also still in Executive livery.
HST set (including 43034) arrives from the West (nice photobomb!)
47829 (in mainline livery) departs West.
47705 heads through station to collect stock and is then seen departing up the bank towards Exeter Central.
50029 'Renown' arrives at platform 3 with terminating service before taking the stock to the sidings.
47218 'United Transport Europe' arrives with Cargowaggon train.
Next, the sad sight of several 50s (50023, 50001 and 50020) at Riverside yard awaiting onward movement to Booth-Roe Metals. 50040 and 50019 are also seen - 50040 was preserved for a short time but later scrapped in 2008. However, 50019 'Ramillies' had a better future, and now resides on the Mid-Norfolk Railway.
Finally, 50029 is seen bringing empty stock into platform 1.

[@055deltic]

Fascinating film of BR Western Region in the year I stopped my regular travels to Plymouth. Always so much of interest in and around Exeter SD. The NSE rake hauled forward down the mainline by the ex-Scottish Region 47/7, I presume was one of the occasional Waterloo - Exeters which ran forward to Plymouth. I remember there was an early morning up service started from N Abbott. At 11.14 what was happening with that dmu heading up the hill with a door open! Should have been properly checked before given the right away!

[@peterrawlings621]

Thankfully most of the class 50 fleet were saved. I was pleased to have been hauled by all of them on mainline rail back in the day of BR.

[@jayboy3478]

Damn, the year I was born crazy

[@DOCTORDROTT]

Great video, but some dodgy practices in train movements, worst was on 11:12 door flew open on a DMU , driving from trailing cabs . I did over 40 years in the industry. A few rules broken here. One guy at Didcot got sacked for less than what happened within the station here. The area manager would be right in the shit at Exeter allowing these transgressions

[@scoobpower]

And the bog van thrashed out with its doors open 😱

[@alfwedarf7764]

Nuts isn't it !