Good evening, excellent video with the stars of German rails of those years, the BR 103, 120! Thank you so much !
@pehess24952 сағат бұрын
Good evening, thank you for this video from Brussels, where the main series of machines made appearances... Missing are the HLE 12, 15, 18, which with the 16, ensured international traffic Paris / Brussels / Amsterdam. TGVs and Thalys have replaced them.
@peterowbottom664013 сағат бұрын
Exactly how I remember it! those 1800 class were superb, the 1200's are about the worst class ever anywhere! I don't think you'd eve recognise Albufeira station these days! brilliant video as always.
@pehess2495Күн бұрын
Good evening, thank you for these beautiful images of Halberstadt where, in 1996, an atmosphere of DR still reigns....
@Tom-LahayeКүн бұрын
Nice! another Allan railcar on the metre gauge line, class 9300. It took a pretty sharp curve leaving the station.
@spompeyКүн бұрын
It was quite a sharp curve Tom...Many thanks as always and best wishes...Mark
@pehess2495Күн бұрын
Good evening, very nice video from Poznan, thank you very much! What surprised me at the PKP was the mix of 1 and 2 level cars, a practice which does not exist in France. That being said, it's nice to see the materials in their original colors again!
@spompeyКүн бұрын
You are very appreciated and my sincere good regards to you...Mark
@pehess2495Күн бұрын
Good evening, thank you for this superb video which brings back a lot of memories! The x 4500 railcars and the BB 67400 from the Longueau depot, the TER “Picardie” train...
@spompeyКүн бұрын
Many thanks once again and best wishes to you....Mark
@pehess2495Күн бұрын
Bonsoir, merci pour ce partage ! Toujours un plaisir de (re)voir rouler les 3600 polyvalentes des CFL !
@spompeyКүн бұрын
You're always very welcome and many thanks....Mark
@derekmeller5873Күн бұрын
The mk3 at 2.14 looks to have SIG or some other type of bogies??
@spompeyКүн бұрын
A bit too tech for me Derek excusing my ignorance, but many thanks and greatly appreciate your interest in the channel.....Mark
@niconos35Күн бұрын
Les X2100, je les ai bien connu sur du Dol / Dinan et st Malo/ rennes de temps en temps….merci pour le partage , images rare de Dol de Bretagne avant électrification
@spompeyКүн бұрын
You are very welcome and many thanks....Mark
@pehess24952 күн бұрын
Bonsoir, belle vidéo, merci, Outre le passage des locomotives diesel de la SNCB, on a droit au chant des oiseaux !
@spompeyКүн бұрын
All adds to the atmosphere....Many thanks and much appreciated...Mark
@pehess24952 күн бұрын
Bonsoir, merci pour cette belle vidéo ! A noter que Dol-de-Bretagne est une très belle ville !
@spompeyКүн бұрын
I thought so too, very pretty like most small towns ....Many thanks and sincere regards...Mark
@phwbooth2 күн бұрын
Excellent once again, with very good captions. Thanks. Our unified railway, when you could travel by 'any reasonable route'.
@spompeyКүн бұрын
That's true...I once travelled from Farnham to Hastings return via Woking, Havant, Eastbourne, Hastings, Ashford. Charing Cross/Waterloo, Farnham for £ 1.60 Child Return !! Did the same journey last year in reverse formation but had to but 3 separate tickets so I could travel the same route and total cost was £112.00 .....Many thanks and my sincere wishes...Mark
@timstrainvideos1422 күн бұрын
another excellent video! i love this era of french trains.
@spompeyКүн бұрын
Many thanks TTV Much appreciated...Mark
@benGBRf2 күн бұрын
Another classic. Believe it or not the push pull sets are still being used in the Strasbourg (Grande Est) area. I do love the atmosphere of these old French railway vids
@spompeyКүн бұрын
Many thanks and best wishes to you.....nice to hear that some P/P sets still around...Mark
@AndreiTupolev2 күн бұрын
The 7200/15000/22200 family are some of my favorite electric locos. Old 9209 still carrying the livery it was new in in 1957
@spompey2 күн бұрын
WOW The fact the locomotive is still in service is amazing and all those loco's are excellent...Many thanks Andrei....Mark
@AndreiTupolev2 күн бұрын
Very interesting; mechanical signaling, Caravelle DMU, and loco hauled push-pull sets. Those push-pull sets look as if they were built to tube profile, don't they; the locos tower over them
@spompey2 күн бұрын
Indeed they do Andrei...and as always my friend many thanks and best regards...Mark
@Tom-Lahaye2 күн бұрын
The push-pull sets are low floor and intended for the rural areas with low platforms.
@spompeyКүн бұрын
@@Tom-Lahaye Many thanks Tom....Best wishes...Mark
@stefanjouef50792 күн бұрын
Thanx again!!!!😊😊😊😊🎉🎉🎉
@spompey2 күн бұрын
As always you're very welcome....Mark
@pehess24953 күн бұрын
Good evening, great sequence in Ettelbrück, thank you very much. The 3600, 2000, and 855 series are of French construction. The 3608, which we see around 8 minutes, has been completely restored to its original state, and operated special trains in the 2010s.
@spompey2 күн бұрын
I did not know that, so many thanks for the good piece of info. Great to hear that the loco was used not so long ago.....Mark
@pehess24953 күн бұрын
Good evening, interesting video on this 3kv electrified line where apart from the CFL Diesel 1800s, only SNCB equipment passes! THANKS !
@spompey2 күн бұрын
You are most welcome and appreciated....Many thanks...Mark
@luciedvorakova21673 күн бұрын
Thanks for this video - I'm from Brno, born in 1999, so this makes me very nostalgic. I used to go trainspotting at this exact spot at Brno Hlavní nádraží with my dad when I was a toddler. I remember almost all of those trains, my favorite was the bright blue locomotive with yellow stripe. Also the voice of the train announcement I remember very well, today different female voice is used and English announcement is included.
@spompey2 күн бұрын
Yes that sounds like over here too. All too repetitive....Many thanks Lucie...and best wishes...Mark
@briantaylor24d813 күн бұрын
Hi cracking video,do you know Norman(worked at post office !)
@spompey3 күн бұрын
No I am not from the area....many thanks and best wishes...Mark
@tomasbremek44923 күн бұрын
Thank you!!
@spompey3 күн бұрын
You are most welcome Tomas....best regards...Mark
@Wishful-Thinking3 күн бұрын
Happy days but they didn’t believe in washing the locomotives much back then did they. Got to be honest trains today are boring compared to back then but they do look more professional in their appearance from a cleanliness point of view.
@spompey3 күн бұрын
Prefer the weathered look so much more.....they seem too clinical nowadays....Many thanks and sincere wishes....Mark
@Wishful-Thinking3 күн бұрын
@@spompey Yeah I know what you mean the weathered worn look does give the trains from the BR era much more character and creates a certain nostalgia, however keeping trains clean does give a more professional appearance which is vital when you’re trying to attract customers and tempt them away from other forms of transport. BR was actually quite an innovative state run company but their outward presentation didn’t do them any favours tbh. 🤔Edit…..I recently visited the NYMR and their pristine and clean well presented BR era diesel locomotives looked fantastic 🙂
@spompey2 күн бұрын
@@Wishful-Thinking Indeed after all it is a business and has to be attractive.....Many thanks as always .....Mark
@davidwolstenholme64133 күн бұрын
The days of WCML diversions were just perfect times to go out for some haulage over the S and C and branching off at Hellifield to Blackburn, great memories, great video. Thank you.
@spompey3 күн бұрын
You're most welcome David....my best wishes to you....Mark
@benGBRf4 күн бұрын
Another superb archive video. Thanks for sharing. Please keep uploading any French footage you have please.
@spompey3 күн бұрын
There is more to come.....Many thanks, you're too kind.....best regards....Mark
@s125ish4 күн бұрын
Was that a Quimper to Nice service I see ?
@spompey3 күн бұрын
Nice to Quimper according to the destination board, but according to the timetable Toulouse to Quimper ?....Many thanks and best regards....Mark
@pehess24954 күн бұрын
Good evening ! Great video again, thanks for sharing !
@spompey3 күн бұрын
You're always welcome and many thanks....Mark
@RafiRaf20074 күн бұрын
Personnellement je vis à Lorient depuis 5 ans, et j'ai toujours voulu connaitre les train qui y passait avant, et voire que tu as autant d'archives des ancien train de Bretagne et surtout, sur la ligne Vannes-Quimper me fait plaisir, j'ai hâte de découvrir d'autre de tes archives ! I live in Lorient since 5 years, and i always wanted know the trains that passed before, and see that you have so much old train archive of Bretagne, and especially, on the line "Vannes-Quimper" is my pleasure, I’m looking forward to discovering other archives
@spompey3 күн бұрын
You are most welcome and appreciated....Best wishes....Mark
@Tom-Lahaye4 күн бұрын
Not the most exciting in terms of trains this episode, but the comedy level was quite up there with the blind falling down and the guy trying to catch the newspaper. Moments good for a laugh.
@spompey3 күн бұрын
Should have sent it to the programme on the TV "Game for a laugh" could have earned £200 !.....Many thanks and I agree the place was a bit disappointing in activity....Best wishes to you Tom....Mark
@timstrainvideos1424 күн бұрын
merci bien! fantastique! vive la France, vive la SNCF!
@spompey3 күн бұрын
Too true.....Many thanks as always appreciated....Mark
@z6100geek5 күн бұрын
Merci pour ces souvenirs. En 1998 j'avais 17 ans. Je me baladais à Paris gare d'Austerlitz avec des amis et on regardais les train de nuit partir. Le bon temps... ------------------------------------- Thank you for these memories. In 1998 I was 17 years old. I was walking around Paris Gare d'Austerlitz with friends and we were watching the night trains leave. The good times...
@spompey3 күн бұрын
They certainly were good times my friend....Many thanks and wishing you well....Mark
@pehess24955 күн бұрын
Bonsoir, merci du partage de ces superbes images de Gent où le trafic est soutenu, avec beaucoup de séries de locomotives emblématiques de la SNCB ! Avec l'apparition furtive d'une BB 67400 de la SNCF !
@spompey3 күн бұрын
You are very welcome and appreciated...many thanks....Mark
@pehess24955 күн бұрын
Good evening, Liège Guillemins is also a very active station, thank you for these images! Too bad it didn't move from HLE 15 and 18.....
@spompey3 күн бұрын
Many thanks as always to you and sincere wishes....Mark
@RafiRaf20075 күн бұрын
Encore de très belles archives, les voiture "Corail", les BB 67300 et le train de nuit Tarbes/Toulouse-->Quimper. Très surpris de voir la BB 25233, également les wagons de Fret, aujourd'hui le Fret est inexistant en Bretagne 😞 Still very beautiful archives, the "Corail" car, the BB 67300 and the night train Tarbes/Toulouse-->Quimper. Very surprised to see the BB 25233, also Freight wagons, Today the Freight to completely disappeared in Bretagne 😞
@spompey3 күн бұрын
That is quite sorry news, but like most places the same....many thanks and best regards...Mark
@pehess24955 күн бұрын
Good evening, thank you for this great film! Köln Hbf is truly an anthill!
@spompey3 күн бұрын
Good evening to you Sir....Many thanks and wishing you well...Mark
@martinbitter41625 күн бұрын
Does anybody know when the line was electrified?
@martinbitter41625 күн бұрын
@@NicolasMoreau2963 Merci
@spompey3 күн бұрын
I am not sure Martin....Many thanks and as always best wishes...Mark
@pehess24955 күн бұрын
Hello, thank you for sharing this document! We find some legends of East German rail there!
@spompey5 күн бұрын
You're very welcome as always and so many thanks for your generous comments and for your interest.....my sincere best wishes to you...Mark
@pehess24955 күн бұрын
Hello, another cinematic treasure, thank you! To think that Béthune has become a railway desert where only TER trains and a few TGVs stop. The BB 67606 which we see passing at the head of a TER at around 5:45, resident at the Longueau depot, left for Sotteville in July 2019.... Is it still there, or has it been demolished.. ...
@spompey5 күн бұрын
I do not know whether it is still there.....many thanks for the update and especially for watching...always appreciated....Mark
@pehess24955 күн бұрын
Hello, another great railway site, thanks! Too bad, the CC 14100 which was the emblematic series of this depot, had just been written off and scrapped.....
@spompey5 күн бұрын
Sad to hear of the scrapping of this locomotive....Many thanks for your continued interest in the channel.....best regards...Mark
@pehess24955 күн бұрын
@@spompey The 14100 serie were 102 locomotives !
@spompey3 күн бұрын
@@pehess2495 Many thanks for the info and my sincere best wishes...Mark
@pehess24955 күн бұрын
Hello, another great film on the history of the French railway! Thank you so much !
@spompey5 күн бұрын
You're most welcome always and many thanks...lots to come on France....Mark
@pehess24955 күн бұрын
Hello, thank you for this wonderful document! Aulnoye was at the time a very important station with significant freight traffic (just look at all the locomotives that passed through there), and strong regional, national and international passenger traffic. In addition to the Belgian locomotives 1802, 1803 and 1503 on which I had the chance to ride, I was able to see the familiar silhouette of a driver friend from the Aulnoye depot! Thank you again and we look forward to watching your precious films!
@spompey5 күн бұрын
You are so very welcome and great to see a friendly face on the video.....Many thanks and my sincere best wishes to you...Mark
@RafiRaf20075 күн бұрын
Magnifique Archive, quel plaisir de voir des Voiture Corail et des BB 22200 en Bretagne, surtout de voir la BB 22387 Corail+/ multiservice (BB 22200 rouge à 2:00 ) Les trains on bien changer en 20 ans, les BB 22200 et Corail remplacer par des Z27500 et des Z55500, les X2100 remplacer par des B82500 et X73500, les TGV Atlantique Bleu sont devenu des TGV Atlantique Inoui et TGV EuroDuplex Magnificent archives, What a pleasure to see Corail car, BB 22200 y BB 67300 in Bretagne, especially to see BB 22387 "Corail+"/"Multiservice" (BB 22200 Red at 2:00 ) Trains change well in 20 year, BB 22200 replace by Z27500 and Z55500, Class X2100 replace by B82500 and X73500, "TGV Atlantique Blue" replace by "TGV Atlantique Inoui" and "TGV Euroduplex"
@spompey5 күн бұрын
Many thanks and appreciate the update on the stock.....my sincere regards to you....Mark
@liamburke17416 күн бұрын
A loco + Corail stock, or a TGV .... I know which I'd prefer! 😁 Excellent footage again! 🇨🇵
@spompey5 күн бұрын
As always Liam many thanks and yes I would prefer the Corail stock....best wishes...Mark
@Tom-Lahaye6 күн бұрын
The class 251 locomotives are such terrific looking machines, based on Japanese EF66, but more substantial in weight and power, weight 138 metric tonnes, 23 t axle load compared to the 17 t of the EF66 and 6250hp. No wonder it pulls that train in the end with ease.
@spompey5 күн бұрын
Many thanks for the brilliant info on the class....much appreciated and many thanks....Best wishes Tom...Mark
@phwbooth6 күн бұрын
Excellent, and with really good captions. Thanks.
@spompey5 күн бұрын
Thank you very much and appreciated....best wishes...Mark
@taispasi7 күн бұрын
Meu pai! ❤
@spompey5 күн бұрын
Great to see....Many thanks and best wishes......Mark
@Oti9417 күн бұрын
El "Mare" no es, es el Joan Miró de Barcelona😊
@spompey7 күн бұрын
Thank you so much for that as I was not completely sure due to the clocks going forward that day....It threw me into all kinds of confusion....My sincere regards for that....Mark
@xavivlc_1137 күн бұрын
Llama mucho la atención el contraste entre las 450 (que antes tenían mucho más protagonismo del que tienen ahora), de doble piso y 6 coches, y las 446 que aparecen en este vídeo, la gran mayoría en simple, 3 vagones y un solo piso. Supongo que el vídeo fue grabado un fin de semana, pero es curioso igualmente.
@spompey7 күн бұрын
Yes the video was made on a Saturday around mid day....so much change....Many thanks and best regards...Mark
@xavivlc_1137 күн бұрын
17:10 la 446 035M, si no recuerdo mal, es la que estalló en Atocha el 11-M. Tétrico teniendo en cuenta que Santa Eugenia también fue escenario de la barbarie ese día.
@spompey7 күн бұрын
Yes I remember it well on the national news over in Britain.....Horrendous and I was more stunned to see that it was the 2 locations where I filmed at....Many thanks and best wishes...Mark