Don’t make trains like this anymore

This is a nice homage to that famous film of the steam engines stuck in the snow from the 40s.

Brilliant

Love the music at the end marking a successful operation as the dimly lit locos disappear into the night

When it was a real railway.... warts and all.

Lots of hands in pockets and shovel leaning nothing changes in the UK.

ScotRail’s Bielhak Snowblower (see the Inverness MPD Stag’s Head 🦌 on its Cabside) was “Borrowed” by Network SouthEast in 1997 and never returned. Believe still shedded at Ashford. The CEO of NSE at the time was Chris Green. He previously was the CEO of ScotRail, and had purchased the Bielhak Snowblower for the ‘Far North Lines’ during his tenure. NSE could have easily afforded their own dedicated Snowblower but chose to steal the bought & paid for Scottish one. ScotRail were never recompensed by NSE, and now when it snows in Northern Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿, they have to close the Far North Lines cutting off the only lifeline to those northern communities.

That’s me on the platform

Like pulling teeth watching this shower of shit No wonder BR got privatised ffs 🤦‍♂️

3:15 is a spectacular scene

Everything is too light. You need some good heavy traction in weather like this.

Couldn’t beat a 205. Amazing footage. A tour that would have the H&S people having kiniptions 😂

Epic stuff. Thanks for sharing. And barely 3 months since the great storm too. 😊

Great short film thanks!! I was 15 at the time. Apart from a lot of extra third rail arcing (and who doesn't like that?!) I always thought these EMU's were pretty unbothered by bad weather! Love all that track noise - so familiar. Doubtless BR had stuff running through the night to keep the track clear(ish)?

ah this is fantastic. Great stuff thanks for sharing. although it was probably colder inside those trains than on the platform lol

This snow was due to the climate change. It was fine the previous week, then it changed.

That were clever thinking by towing out that class 33/ snowplough combo with the class 47.

'87 was a bit brisk most of the time. I had been a professional DJ for 13 years at this time, and never missed a gig, not even once. My van. loaded with all the mobile disco gear, was well able to gain a grip most of the time. Gigs in High Wycombe were dodgy, the side roads were so hilly that the ice and snow was impossible to drive up. What I did then was to reverse up the hills. I had one wedding where only about half of the guests turned up, but I did, although it took me three hours to cover what was normally a 3/4 hour journey. And I gained many more gigs at night clubs because the DJ's could not make it. I must admit to wishing the rubbernecks on the bridge could have been showered with the snow from the Scottish Snow Blow. '87 lives in my mind as much as '63 did.

I didn't know the 4REP used the same traction motor as the 5WES. Only upon their withdrawal, their traction equipment was transferred

How come the signs only had “Rotherham” on them and not “Rotherham Masborough”? I could never understand that.

Important piece of archive.

I was the frozen turd with a UK flag stuck in it on the left hand side

And the woke winge bout wheather now we had it bad

Late January to Early March 1986 was exceptionally cold in England eastern winds from Russia for 5 weeks...

And this was all made possible by sandwiches and hot drinks from the tea room at Barnard Castle station...

Proper snow

Looks almost like footage from 1963. At least with 1987 I was able to remember that.

Was that just to do a bit of snow clearance with the in and reverse runs?

If only we had snow like that now.

Brilliant footage of a different era in snow. EMUs are crap now. I remember a 450s 3rd rail shoe got frozen to the 3rd rail a few yrs ago on a cold day . These units somehow carried on working . I miss these old school units. Grand footage

What lovely weather! The windscreen wipers on the Class 33 are working overtime!

The winter of 87 , clearing snow from the points , repairing point heaters , falling into test pits , first one in lit the fire . Some prattling about . Weybridge , Woking and pirbright junctions . Good video 👍🇬🇧

As a former Air Cadet done a weekend exercise there only found a small amount that wasn't overgrown

Shame on the council for retiring this ,Love all the locos going through the Streets of Weymouth and the sounds also ,So missed since the council closed it .

Cue dramatic music

during the 1983-84 period but various things changed but I still love railways Thanks for sharing!

Good shot! I went on quite a few F&W railtours

How valuable this footage is!!..4REPs in action in the late 80s with sound and colour!. Good foresight of the videographer!!🥇👍🏾👍🏾

I was the driver in the locomotive under the bridge. I had just brought the snowblower onto the site and was waiting to take it back when the work was done.I took a photo from about 50 yards away alongside the blower and received a chunk of ice from the blower on my napper for being so careless.

Blimey. I actually distinctly remember this day. I woke up at 6am to do my paper round, wondered why a passing car sounded so quiet, looked out my bedroom window to see a foot of snow. As a 15 year old at the time the excitement was huge.

Great footage and great snowdrift.

God that could be from the 50s with the old musuc.....great watch. We dont see drifts like that anymore.

I remember this only because I took my mate down to Bournemouth from the NW as he had some business down there, Funny thing it wasn't that bad in the NW

I was on this tour ! I joined at London Paddington. The tour was not advertised on the main departure board, which was not unusual for a tour. The use of the Royal Mail bay platform 0 at Paddington was unusual. The tour was supposed to also have a Class 33 to East Grinstead, but we never made it due to sheep on the line. 45 104 took us into the run round at Uckfield, which was south of (beyond) the level crossing (now long gone). This was the truncated remains of the former LBSCR line from Uckfield to Lewes. I never missed a Class 45 tour if I could help it !

That snowblower is small by US standards, but it gets the job done

It's not budging by pulling the stuck one. It's probably left in gear or has air brakes on.

Thats what you call well and truly stuck.

Bloody marvellous video, thanks for the upload :-)

Very interesting, i was one of the operators of the snowblower. We travvel with the blower and support vehicles down from Inverness tmd. Max towing speed 40 mph. Recall total time from leaving to returning was 120 hrson the timesheet. Happy days

Omg I was going to work from Faversham to Canterbury