BR in the 1980s Crewe Station 21st January 1986

This is the start of a long conversion project I am now happy to undertake after requiring essential software easy enough to use for rendering these up and coming clips
All filmed from the mid 1980's up until around 2000
This first clip is of Crewe station on 21st January 1986 and was captured on a brief journey to the "Train Spotter's" Mecca in the UK. Class 25's were being withdrawn at a rate and London to Holyhead services were loco hauled throughout with a needed loco change at Crewe. Most WCML services were 86/87 hauled with occasional class 85's and most reminiscent of that year was the BR Blue/Grey livery slowly changing to various other branded liveries. The MK1 buffet/restaraunt coaches were still in many rakes of "Inter-City" trains.....What a great era this was...please enjoy this first of hopefully many clips to come.

[@davidwallace5831]

Just how I remember it. Classic stuff. Brilliant times.

[@spompey]

many thanks David....Mark

[@ianstonehouse]

I remember Crewe station in the late ‘70s/early ‘80s so well, catching the Manchester-bound class 304s from platform 4a. Look forward to seeing more of Crewe if you have it.

[@spompey]

Many thanks for the comment...I do indeed have more of Crewe, as I am going through my archive in chronological order it may be a little while as my next visit was around 1995....Best wishes to you...Mark

[@darrenhillman8396]

Ahh memories! Thank you for sharing yours with us. Precious slices of our railway history. When it was a railway and not the parody of one it is today.

[@spompey]

You're very welcome Darren and best regards....Mark

[@stevedixon8567]

that's my youth there!

[@spompey]

Hope it evoked good memories....Best regards...Mark

[@marcingham3770]

Who was the station announcer. Absolutely brilliant voice

[@spompey]

Never knew who the announcer was......many thanks for watching and best wishes....Mark

[@111672balernabz2010]

Great stuff,when's the next videos??

[@spompey]

They are on the manufacturing table, they will trickle through as I convert the original VHS tapes....Hope to do 3-4 per week....many thanks for your valued interest....Mark