Blue Peter from 1985ish: steam loco 80080 restoration

[@eliotreader8220]

it is definitely a big job to bring a steam locomotive back to life again and you feel so proud when she moves again under her own steam

[@HenrysAdventures]

Great to see this! In those day Blue Peter was worth watching!

[@OlafProt]

I remember this episode SO well. Being inside the boiler. It was exciting and interesting having one's favourite subject appearing on Blue Peter!!

[@SirFowler1]

fascinating

[@garryferrington811]

Takes a bit more than a lick o' paint to restore an engine! Interesting to see that this segment was actually filmed.

[@freddieellis8449]

Could you imagine the health and safety lot’s reaction if they saw you jump off a still moving engine like that, today! 😂😂

[@fatwalletboy2]

Some guys were using those rivet guns all day....doesnt bear thinking about what toll that takes on your whole body.

[@MrDannyDetail]

I think this would be from a live edition of Blue Peter broadcast on Monday 7th January 1985, although in the BP archive the film is described as 'Matlock 80080 Loco'. Also on that edition were a Space City model, the totalisers and appeal news, an interview with ice skater and ballerina Katherine Healey who then performed 'Don Quixote', something described as 'Sylvia Gardiner Elvis Model' and a repeat of Simon performing as Elvis on a 1981 edition of the show. 'Matlock 80080 Loco' was apparently filmed on the 11th and 12th December 1984.

[@ThePanzer6]

Mel Chamberlin who ran 'Days Out Ltd' in the 1990s seen in background.

[@RaysRailVideos]

Health and safety what was that lol, id not like to be in that boiler all day using the needle gun with no hearing protection, bad enough in the open with hearing protection

[@thestarlightalchemist7333]

I thought this was about A2 #60532, blue peter

[@geoffreyking4515]

Me too ,thought it was about 60532 where is she now ?? NICE LOCO

[@mattlander9119]

@@geoffreyking4515 locomotive services Ltd Crewe mid overhaul.

[@webtoedman]

Didn't she break her valve gear back in the '90s?

[@florjanbrudar692]

"1985ish"?

[@hastingsdiesels]

Yup. I don't know exactly the date of the TV transmission which was recorded on the videotape, and then decades later sent to me in the post by a stranger as it featured my train. Please be kind.