Neville Amey is very much with us - I've just greeted him and his wife Linda for Xmas & the New Year..........have known him as a friend and neighbour since 2008.................lives in Chester and is fit as can be!
munawar ali Khan thank you for the update. It goes without saying that I am really glad to hear that Neville is still alive and well. I will edit the caption. It was someone else who told me he had passed away.
Just spoke to Neville - he told me that you were the driver of this train & thanks you very much for your sentiments..........and the editing you've said you'd do..................he was also wondering who had informed you of his 'passing away' !? Neville & I both Wish you A very Merry Christmas and a Happy, Healthy & Prosperous New Year..............do keep in touch.
Well done . Remember all along there I was a Signalman from 1968 to 1995 worked all the boxes about 23 in all .as a regular sig and a relief Signalman . Happy days . I knew the driver and guard on that Loco. Nice Guys .
Wow that brought back some happy memories. My dad""james William Allen" worked,as a guard with Neville on Mersey rail for many years.I remember Neville very well.a lovely chapband excellent driver.I used to get cab rides with him.and I used to go to work with my dad. Absolutely brilliant days. Thankyou loads for puttingvthis clipvon here.Steve .
Did a little trip yesterday Rock Ferry to Liverpool and back, there is now way you could get a loco down that way now, tracks still there but way to overgrown !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Have to say this looks like great fun :) I do sound about 12 but I am 46 lol. Using the Wirral Line I bet there were plenty of red lights on you due to the constant Merseyrail traffic
Pete Marr It was just routine for me in the late 1980s. We had 2 coal trains a day 7 days a week from Bidston dock. The Speedlink trip morning and afternoon 5 days and sometimes the ballast train trip to Birkenhead cavy sidings. Yes plenty of red signals.
Great video. On a Class 47 I see. The bit of track that has always fascinated me was the tunnel just be Canning Dock, where does that come out to on the other side?
Pete It comes out just next to the Birkenhead road tunnel. I caught the 437 bus a few weeks ago from the Wirral to Liverpool. As it went through the toll booths you could see the old track over grown.
Great vid . I worked on BR forty years ago ( freight guard ), those 47s could shift going light . I wonder if Health and Safety would let people carry 12 live detonators around these days ?.
Lippy Davies My friend who I used to work with has put in over 40 years so he must be due for retirement , he's an assistant manager at one of Britain's passenger rail and sea ferry ports . I agree about the pay . BR just could not get enough train crew staff to train and work for them when I was there , many of the drivers were were in their sixties and had started on Steam engines as engine cleaners at 15 years old . There was always lot's of overtime though !.
Love this...back in 83 me and 2 friends had cab ride in 25078 on the Cavendish -whitemoor to Green lane..loved it !!😝😎
Bloody hell, my dad Charlie Welsh was good mates with George Nelson back in the Mollington Street days... great video
Neville Amey is very much with us - I've just greeted him and his wife Linda for Xmas & the New Year..........have known him as a friend and neighbour since 2008.................lives in Chester and is fit as can be!
munawar ali Khan thank you for the update. It goes without saying that I am really glad to hear that Neville is still alive and well. I will edit the caption. It was someone else who told me he had passed away.
Lee Davies I'm so glad to hear that He's still alive & well. 👍😊
Just spoke to Neville - he told me that you were the driver of this train & thanks you very much for your sentiments..........and the editing you've said you'd do..................he was also wondering who had informed you of his 'passing away' !? Neville & I both Wish you A very Merry Christmas and a Happy, Healthy & Prosperous New Year..............do keep in touch.
Glad to hear Neville is still with us
Well done . Remember all along there I was a Signalman from 1968 to 1995 worked all the boxes about 23 in all .as a regular sig and a relief Signalman . Happy days . I knew the driver and guard on that Loco. Nice Guys .
You'll know Gary Nightingale then
Wow that brought back some happy memories.
My dad""james William Allen" worked,as a guard with Neville on Mersey rail for many years.I remember Neville very well.a lovely chapband excellent driver.I used to get cab rides with him.and I used to go to work with my dad.
Absolutely brilliant days.
Thankyou loads for puttingvthis clipvon here.Steve .
Glad you like it Stephen
Great Film Lee
I have been made aware that Neville Amey is still with us and very well.
I was a Trainman,based at 'the port' from 1991-93.I knew Nev & George very well.2 very fine & accomplished railwaymen indeed.RIP.
what happened to them if you dont mind me asking? the driver looks really young.
Driver is still with us, he is sat in 2nd mans seat, the bloke doing the driving is me.
thats good to hear. merry christmas
Proper ladies man was our Nevill
The good old days on the trippers worked with some very good mates when lads from the port, Garston and Springs Branch came to Warrington.
Great Video. I worked with a lot of E Port men, a few of them are still on the job based at Warrington.
Did a little trip yesterday Rock Ferry to Liverpool and back, there is now way you could get a loco down that way now, tracks still there but way to overgrown !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A bloke walked it recently and uploaded to his UA-cam channel.
@@leedavies9324 You don't have a link or name do you please........................
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Have to say this looks like great fun :) I do sound about 12 but I am 46 lol. Using the Wirral Line I bet there were plenty of red lights on you due to the constant Merseyrail traffic
Pete Marr It was just routine for me in the late 1980s. We had 2 coal trains a day 7 days a week from Bidston dock. The Speedlink trip morning and afternoon 5 days and sometimes the ballast train trip to Birkenhead cavy sidings. Yes plenty of red signals.
Great video. On a Class 47 I see.
The bit of track that has always fascinated me was the tunnel just be Canning Dock, where does that come out to on the other side?
Pete It comes out just next to the Birkenhead road tunnel. I caught the 437 bus a few weeks ago from the Wirral to Liverpool. As it went through the toll booths you could see the old track over grown.
Great vid . I worked on BR forty years ago ( freight guard ), those 47s could shift going light . I wonder if Health and Safety would let people carry 12 live detonators around these days ?.
I have worked for 33 years from BR through to Privatisation. BR days the happiest if not best paid!
Lippy Davies My friend who I used to work with has put in over 40 years so he must be due for retirement , he's an assistant manager at one of Britain's passenger rail and sea ferry ports . I agree about the pay . BR just could not get enough train crew staff to train and work for them when I was there , many of the drivers were were in their sixties and had started on Steam engines as engine cleaners at 15 years old . There was always lot's of overtime though !.