"Class 47s in 2002 clagging at BIrmingham International" + other class's

[@railfreightdrivergallagherGBRf]

Brings back great memories of driving those 47s. They really were a hard worked loco that delivered when required.

[@antman09ful1]

Thanks Michael for that inside info, I think they were and are a good workhorse but you my tell me I'm wrong. Regards Mike.

[@railfreightdrivergallagherGBRf]

@@antman09ful1 A very good workhorse indeed, and as you say, still are! Best locos I ever drove. I won't say what the max speed I had out of one though. Just that it was 831 Bolton Wanderer! 😉

[@antman09ful1]

Very good Michael, a loco I filmed a lot.

[@railfreightdrivergallagherGBRf]

@@antman09ful1 From slow wagonload, to Freightliners, MGRs, stopping passenger,top link expresses, flat out top speeds, f1 station starts, including setting of car alarms, ro lifting the floorboards on a station footbridge with the sheer power from the exhaust! I got into trouble for that, for stopping short of the board😄. Does show what umph that Sulzer power unit has though! Enjoyed nearly every second on 47s,apart from the usual 'incontinence' issue of coolant loss. Great video again.

[@adamw2911]

@@railfreightdrivergallagherGBRfmy uncle was a driver on the SWR. Whilst the 33s and 50s took the plaudits, he reckoned the 47s were the best to drive overall. And yes....he was happy to admit it was quite easy to top 100 between Woking and Basingstoke!

[@JakeyG-eq1un]

As a young lad its honestly great that people like you were around in the days of iconic diesels with your cameras so I can see the past, very much enjoyed :)

[@antman09ful1]

I'm very pleased you are interested in what the railways were like, its true that the generation before us always say the railway were better in my days , but I must say that statement is true. Because when I got into the hobby in 1974 the railways were a lot more exciting than now, but its great that we have so much information and our iphone to get the up to date info all the time. Always keep checking my videos for the old footage you was referring to as all my olf footage has never been uploaded before Jake. Thanks for taking a look regards Mike.

[@DOCTORDROTT]

The class 47's were great locos, worked on them for 40 years. Great design

[@antman09ful1]

I think they still are James, thanks for your comment plus cheers for watching this old footage. ATB Mike.

[@scruffwood]

Brings back memories I am so glad that I was around to see and travel on these, a memory that I will not forget.Well done Mike

[@antman09ful1]

Me too mate, but didn't have the chance that much as I was at work 6 days a week.

[@dorsetrailproductions7386]

Brilliant Video! Absolutely great to see the HST's and the 47s doing to the routes to and from Poole would love it if cross country decide to bring that sort of service back one day 🙂

[@antman09ful1]

Me too I had forgot that they went to Poole, and I think they used to do a summer Saturday to Weymouth too. Good days gone.

[@jamesbraithwaite478]

Those Class 47 hauled trains were a hell of a lot more comfortable to ride that the current options.

[@antman09ful1]

God yes there were proper trains then.

[@stevewyman2822]

I deffinately agree with that mate...they were a far better & more comfortable ride..!!! :)

[@matt154uk9]

Wonderful stuff Mike, another superb blast from the past !

[@antman09ful1]

Yes but its all changed so quickly hasn't it.

[@davidkitchener9955]

Great video keeps my memories alive thank God for you and your friends dav k

[@antman09ful1]

Pleased you enjoyed my old footage of locos at B I

[@markappleby3282]

Cracking video. Thanks for sharing. Happy days and great memory’s. The Silverlink 321 in the final clip is just a bigger piece of history now along side the 47s

[@antman09ful1]

Well Mark that is great that you have enjoyed my old footage I did all them years back when we had great locos and units on our railway. Now and again I do upload old footage from my early days of doing this hobby. ATB Mike.

[@roboko6618]

lovely old trains :) wish i was old enough to be riding around on them when they were out on the mainline

[@antman09ful1]

Such great days, wish we still had them trains instead of the plastic rubbish we now have. Thank you for your comment.

[@MrDeltic15]

Fantastic Sulzer selection there Mike, plus a few other goodies too - EPS 37604 a great capture in particular! Like Steve, the late nineties to late noughties was the period I mostly missed out on filming(well, girls tend to be more interesting than trains - although sometimes just as reliable!), so I look forward to seeing more of your nostalgic uploads.

[@antman09ful1]

Ok Darren I will sort the next one out to upload, thanks for your interesting comment regarding your past.

[@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS]

Long gone...mores the pity.. I remember when I was 47....Well done mate

[@antman09ful1]

Nice one Keith, I remember my 40th.

[@AndreiTupolev]

The days - the final days - when trains were comfortable and there were actual people making station announcements rather than automated nannying.

[@antman09ful1]

Such get days which I admit I didn’t appreciate, but do now.

[@matt154uk9]

Love these old clips Mike !

[@antman09ful1]

Only just watched it mate. ?

[@chriso8485]

Even though we probably have never (and will never) like their Pendos and Voyagers compared to loco hauled sets, Virgin Trains was a very good TOC. Very fair prices, good punctuality. For example, not long before the franchise ended I could get from New St to London on a weekend for a fiver with my railcard. In 2018 I went from New St to Edinburgh first class return on a Wednesday for £90. Now, Avanti and CrossCountry have ridiculously high fares, never any discounts or offers.

[@antman09ful1]

You are right Chriso Virgin were a very good company for the people who travel on there trains and there staff. I remember when Virgin took over the franchise I went to Plymouth for 50p, and they did Saturday type rover tickets for us train enthusiasts. Thank you for finding this only video of mine and your comment. Regards Mike.

[@AB-mw8oz]

£90 is what it costs me to go from Swansea to Brighton slum class with a railcard with GWR now lol

[@TrevorLedgeway]

Didn't do much filming around this time Mike so nice to see this great footage from 2002.....Trevor.''

[@antman09ful1]

A lot of youtubers have said the same Trevor, still more to come so keep a watch out. Cheers Mike.

[@m18tankdestroyer43]

Thank you. That brings back memories. 😀

[@antman09ful1]

Oh good, pleased you enjoyed. Must find time to get more old footage uploaded.

[@hopethehermit]

Love the sound of a 47

[@antman09ful1]

Me also mate, great locos that just keep on doing a great job.

[@russellbamber5920]

hellfire vid. brings back some memories from days gone by.

[@antman09ful1]

Few more videos to come from this year in the next few weeks.

[@leonblittle226]

37604 working a passenger was a right catch, that's not even fitted with ETS

[@antman09ful1]

Yes it was, I was pleased to have got it on film.

[@stephendines1936]

Brilliant video. thanks.

[@antman09ful1]

Thanks for your comment Stephen.

[@pmallenuk]

Excellent to see these 47’s….and 37604 was great. Can’t believe the final years of regular 47 haulage passed be my. Shame.

[@antman09ful1]

Time does seam to go so fast nowadays Paul

[@stevewyman2822]

yeh mate..why ever did they get rid of them...47's and carriages were far better than all these frigging " plastic missiles " of nowadays...the 47's & carriage trains..had far more character, and also in my opinion gave a much better ride..also with better seating facilities and more leg room..the pendolino's & units of today..are very uncomfortable & so cramped..more or less to the point where the person sitting in front of you..is technically more or less sitting on your frigging lap..and you never even get a " full window " anymore.. :(

[@antman09ful1]

Steve I agree with you 150% with your comment they were such great times when we had proper trains, I mean how can you run a train from Penzance to say Edinburgh or Dundee with three second class coaches.

[@MrJimbaloid]

I'm going to upset you now pmallenuk I got off at that station behind 50031 one sunny evening in 1989 on the start of the best bash I ever went on. Me and my mate Tim (both of us from chesterfield) we're on the hunt for 50's 33's and 73's it was mega apart from getting things very very wrong and getting stuck for the night at Yeovil jct but the nice station staff let us sleep in the waiting room albeit without lights. After a bit of Crompton action the next morning got a top n tail pair of 73's sadly on 3rd rail. One of these days I going to get round to putting all my many photos on here.

[@stephendines1936]

The Northampton loop must be have been shut that day, I heard an announcement saying Sliverlink County service to London Euston, calling at Coventry, Rugby, Wolverton then stations to Euston.

[@antman09ful1]

Yes I can't remember why them electric were been towed.

[@maimadha]

Great video:

[@antman09ful1]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@davidpearson6011]

Any videos on the Camp Hill chords

[@antman09ful1]

Yes over the years I have filmed around that area.

[@davidpearson6011]

@@antman09ful1 Have you any videos you could send ?

[@antman09ful1]

The videos are on my channel cover from St Andrew Junction to Bordesley Junction. If you are referring from Bordesley Junc to Kings Norton you will have to wait to later in the year.

[@davidpearson6011]

@@antman09ful1 hi yes Bordesley to kings Norton

[@bennickss]

Is 47528 still in operation or has it been scrapped?

[@antman09ful1]

No got cut up in June 2008.

[@atomicterry]

Hi, I thought it was all 86's and 87's around those times. Why were they running 47's and even a 37!? 37's are my favs. Thanks enjoyed your video very much.

[@antman09ful1]

I too like the class 37, and the 37 in this video was in place of a failed 47. The 47s were the normal loco on XC services then, not like today rubbish we have today.

[@SteamboatWilley]

The 47s ran on non-electrified lines and diversions, same as the Voyagers do now. I once had a class 47 drag from Glasgow Central to Carlisle via Kilmarnock!

[@mitchellhurd8958]

How is it that the Class 47's were less claggy than Paxman Valenta-powered HST's? If only 47's were rebuilt as 57's - that would get us rail enthusiasts out 😍!

[@antman09ful1]

Well all I am saying is it’s nice to look back at what we did have mate. Cheers for your interest.

[@AndreiTupolev]

If only the 57s were rebuilt as 47s!

[@Thornaby37]

21:25 that was one mega oil leak Surprised it was allowed to run like that

[@antman09ful1]

Well them 47s just kept going until they could no more matey. Thanks for checking this old video out. Mike.

[@AndreiTupolev]

11:00 there's a always a *****y Voyager in the way isn't there!!

[@antman09ful1]

YES. Say save. Regards Mike.

[@grahamchadwick5242]

What a beast

[@antman09ful1]

Cheers Graham for taking a look.

[@stephendines1936]

That was some police car at 7:00.

[@antman09ful1]

Yes It was.

[@soundseeker63]

The WCML is so boring now its all just units. Miss the old BR locos, guess the same thing will happen on the ECML soon as well :-(

[@antman09ful1]

You are so right mate.

[@christopherhulse8385]

86 drag, hellfire!

[@antman09ful1]

Well done Christopher for finding this old video. Regards Mike.

[@christopherhulse8385]

@@antman09ful1 I was working for Virgin at Oxley depot in 2002 and remember the 47's going through a reliability rough patch so almost anything diesel was used to haul the XC sets!

[@mister_M.]

7:05 no way 👀! Can someone explain

[@antman09ful1]

Explain what, a class 47 in that livery.

[@mister_M.]

@@antman09ful1 why isit in police livery what was it for ect. Jheez

[@antman09ful1]

To tell people to keep off the railways.

[@mister_M.]

@@antman09ful1 satire or truth? Is a simple sign not good enough my good man. I've seen a 37 In police livery but that was for a advert years ago as to which I'm sure one is familiar. Many thanks squire

[@russellbamber5920]

those twins used to get thrashed to f**k.

[@antman09ful1]

Yes they did mate, thanks for taking a look Russell.

[@davideddy5877]

What is that unit in Police livery please?

[@antman09ful1]

Its not a unit David it a Class 47 loco which was painted like that to deter people from trespassing onto the railway, hope that helps.

[@antman09ful1]

Yes your right Craig I remember seeing it pass Gateshead depot just after it was put in that livery.

[@russellbamber5920]

lots of whopper brush on show

[@antman09ful1]

Great locos wasn't they.