BR in the 1980's Nuneaton Station on 30th June 1987

[@andyhinds542]

Wasn't it great to be on a railway station in those days, not constantly bombarded with endless safety and security announcements.

[@spompey]

That is so very true, nor be questioned over what you were doing.....many thanks and best regards....Mark

[@ianjones4116]

More great locos, BR at its best . 😁👍😎

[@spompey]

Many thanks Ian.....Mark

[@StevenAult01]

I make a few appearances in this video as a young railway enthusiast. Great times.

[@spompey]

Yes I see a group of young teens on the platform....amazing to have caught you on film....many thanks and my best wishes...Mark

[@StevenAult01]

@@spompey We were big diesel fans, sorry we ruined parts of the video. People make stories though eh? We were at George Eliot School.

[@spompey]

@@StevenAult01 In no way did you ruin the video, it added to the atmosphere and how things were then, a lot more easy going...my best wishes to all of you and many thanks Steven....Mark

[@richardhebden5603]

The "strange" chamfered looking platform seen @ 3.45 as the class 31 pulls in from Hinckley/Leicester was how the station was left after the Nuneaton "rail disaster" in the mid 1970's when the overnight express from Euston was derailed at high speed. I spent many a windy morning catching trains to Euston and having to trek up to the far exposed end of platform 4 in the hope of getting a seat.

[@spompey]

Many thanks and sincere wishes to you....Mark

[@stephenedwards382]

I joined the Army on this exact day in 1987. got off at Nuneaton to train in nearby Bramcote barracks

[@spompey]

You may have been captured on this video......many thanks and best wishes....Mark

[@stephenedwards382]

@@spompey Thats what I was hoping Mark, me and the Mrs have watched it over and over but unfortunetely no sign

[@spompey]

@@stephenedwards382 Never mind...it was worth looking, many thanks for watching and best regards to you and the wife....Mark

[@rocksreynolds3642]

Some thing odd going on with the up electrics diverting through platform two not staying flat out through platform three. That 58 would be headed to one of two pits on the Coventry line, and I believe the 47 was on empty palletised pet food wagons. No ballast trains, very unusual for Nuneaton in those days. Wish you’d moved around so there was some footage of the down sidings before they were removed to re route the avoiding line from Birmingham through the station. I think the up sidings has been removed and Asda built by 1987.

[@spompey]

..many thanks for watching and for the comment...best wishes....Mark

[@12Gsooty]

My Lords 😎 When it was a proper railway not run by a set of greedy bus companies. Great footage, many thanks for sharing.

[@spompey]

You are most welcome..Many thanks for the generous comment....best regards....Mark

[@AndrewAmphlett]

I appear in this video several times as the young lad in the shorts and white T shirt. Great memories with some great friends. Was it really 37 years ago?

[@spompey]

Yes sure was...Nice to have captured you on film....and many thanks to you and the others ....my sincere regard sto all of you....Mark

[@fatwalletboy2]

Great stuff

[@spompey]

Glad you enjoyed the video ...many thanks....Mark

[@user-yf4gx9lw6c]

It’s so surreal seeing Nuneaton station without platforms 6 and 7. The changes in architecture that surrounds the station too is weird to see, it’s makes it hard to tell whether the trains are even heading north or south. Everything in this vid looks recognisable but just slightly off.

[@spompey]

I must admit myself, having arrived by car I could not work out which was North and South too....But in the end I think I did....many thanks ...Mark

[@delticnapierdccsound4236]

Totally hell fire 🔥

[@spompey]

Many thanks for the generous comment....best regards....Mark

[@delticnapierdccsound4236]

@@spompey From a nunny lad 😉

[@spompey]

@@delticnapierdccsound4236 many thanks....best wishes...Mark

[@davidwolstenholme6413]

What was the 31 working, the passenger?

[@spompey]

Either Birm - Norwich or v.v. can't remember whereabouts in relation to down or up I was at...... many thanks for watching and best regards....Mark

[@davidwolstenholme6413]

@spompey thank you, that was the only possibility I considered likely but I erroneously thought it had gone over to 156 operation by that time. I'm loving all your videos, thank you.

[@spompey]

@@davidwolstenholme6413 You're very welcome and many thanks for watching and best regards....Mark

[@richardhebden5603]

@@spompey Correct. They worked the Birminghan/Norwich trains back in the day.

[@deanrogers8381]

No sign of the damage done 2 years earlier.

[@spompey]

No many thanks and best wishes...Mark