BR in the 1980s Edge Hill Station Liverpool On 17th March 1988

BRITISH RAILWAYS IN THE 1980's
EDGE HILL STATION (LIVERPOOL) On 17th March 1988
Continuing with my archive of video recording between the years of 1986 to 2001 this clip is of Edge Hill taken on 17/03/1988. Just out of the other end of the tunnel at Lime Street sits Edge Hill Station, the first calling point out of Lime St. Here you could see trains approaching up the hill through the murky fume filled tunnel with AC Loco's and diesels. I hope the video takes you back to this period with fond memories. Feel free to comment, good or bad, all comments are read and greatly appreciated,but it is not always possible to answer each individually. Sit back and enjoy this latest production remembering all those now long gone Locomotive classes and other types of traction. Many thanks for all subscriptions and all of those viewers who have kindly shown an interest in my material.

[@neilcook1418]

This video is amazing. It takes me back to my childhood before I moved to Northern Ireland I 1990. Growing up in Lancashire near the railway, I have fond memories of all these types of trains. Great job.

[@spompey]

You're most welcome Neil....I must get round to visiting Ireland and it's railways.....Many thanks for your comment and for watching...best wishes...Mark

[@alanmills6757]

Love there were still 304s running - the first trains I ever went on from West Allerton to Lime St - and I used to use the Transpennine pulled by 47s to get to uni in Durham in the late 80s

[@spompey]

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

[@duncancurtis5108]

Hattons model shop was just down Smithdown Lane, a short trot from Edge Hill Station. The buildings were saved from demolition by a national campaign in the 70s.

[@spompey]

Many thanks for watching and your comment, sorry for the late response was away for 2 weeks...best wishes...Mark

[@EM-yk1dw]

Another great upload many thanks, the days before the Buddliea took over.

[@ianjones4116]

Bloody Budlea,,, bring back the Weedkiller train with a pair of Choppers . 😂

[@EM-yk1dw]

@@ianjones4116 Indeed, the rail infrastructure is left to rot nowadays.

[@ianjones4116]

@@EM-yk1dw sadly I must agree. My old Ganger would spin in his grave, if he could see the state Shrewsbury is in now. Video,,, "one day in severn" gives a good view of how our patch used to be . Happy days back then . 👍👍😀

[@EM-yk1dw]

@@ianjones4116 Yes the state of the line side now is appalling. It is just left to over grow and rot.

[@spompey]

Many thanks for watching and your comment, sorry for the late response was away for 2 weeks...best wishes...Mark

[@davidsmith5523]

Fabulous nostalgia.

[@spompey]

Many thanks David for the comment and best wishes....Mark

[@SteveS3667]

Bit like Bethnal Green out of Liverpool Street on the GE 😆Love the vids!!

[@spompey]

Many thanks for watching and your comment, sorry for the late response was away for 2 weeks...best wishes...Mark

[@limeyfox]

It’s interesting seeing the 31s on 4-coach sets, presumably they were the hourly Sheffield-Liverpool via Warrington expresses that were discontinued a year later when the TransPennine loco hauls were diverted via Manchester Picc and Newton-le-Willows, St Helens etc lost their quality services to Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds and York.

[@spompey]

Many thanks for watching and your comment, sorry for the late response was away for 2 weeks...best wishes...Mark

[@stevehull787]

The hey day's must bring back some memories great footage

[@spompey]

Many thanks for watching and your comment, sorry for the late response was away for 2 weeks...best wishes...Mark

[@ClydebridgeStation]

Great to see, at the end, the celebrity generator, 47406, at that time still named "Rail Riders". In fact, 47406 is on my layout as well!

[@spompey]

Many thanks for watching and your comment, sorry for the late response was away for 2 weeks...best wishes...Mark

[@lincolncityful1]

Came through today and it’s looking a bit run down..great video 👍

[@spompey]

You're most welcome....Many thanks for your comment and for watching...best wishes...Mark

[@markedgar6437]

Man, those bus units are like bucking broncos, imagine drinking a cup of tea in one of those 😂

[@spompey]

Tea everywhere would be the end product......Many thanks for your comment and for watching...best wishes...Mark

[@taffboyslim]

Can we all agree that 142s are/were awful? When they came in, it meant that there was gravel and coal having a smoother ride than fare paying passengers.

[@spompey]

Many thanks for watching and your comment, sorry for the late response was away for 2 weeks...best wishes...Mark

[@davidsmith5523]

They look nice.

[@spompey]

Boing...Boing...Many thanks for the comment and best wishes....Mark

[@Charles-ey9qk]

Grotty old stations, but boy the railways of Britain had atmosphere and something to be proud of. We invented them and many others copied what they saw. It changed the world.

[@spompey]

Many thanks for watching and your comment, sorry for the late response was away for 2 weeks...best wishes...Mark

[@DavidPeacock1972]

And here is a classic example of why the pacers were nicknamed nodding donkeys. Personally I loved the 142's as they were the staple on my previous Preston to Colne local line. My first ride was on board a GMPTE liveried 142. I still remember the adverts. You will feel like you are at home. Yeah, maybe whilst a 7.5 eathquake is taking place! 😂 Wasn't very keen on the multiple unit style NSE livery on locos, although the revised livery really did look very smart on any loco.

[@spompey]

Many thanks for watching and your comment, sorry for the late response was away for 2 weeks...best wishes...Mark

[@playpaulbee]

Thanks again for showing these films, great to see NSE 86401, a regular in and out of Manchester Piccadilly for a while, also good to see the 304 units, I've travelled hundreds of miles on those right from when they were first introduced, a bit bouncy but always got me where I needed to be.

[@spompey]

Many thanks for watching and your comment, sorry for the late response was away for 2 weeks...best wishes...Mark

[@chrisward1768]

The bloke who gets off the 304 at the front at 10.46 vanishes into thin air 😮

[@stevem-h3562]

he bloody does as well!!!! 😲

[@tristacker]

And reappears at 16.20😆

[@spompey]

Many thanks for watching and your comment, sorry for the late response was away for 2 weeks...best wishes...Mark

[@eddherring4972]

@@tristackerthat’s the Edge Hill subway, it may take a while but it teleports you

[@timstrainvideos142]

what was up with the dutch ns livery on the emu? (at 13.00) was this some kind of merseyrail variation?

[@SteveS3667]

We had a 321 in Dutch for the London to Harwich Dutch Flyer Boat Train!

[@timstrainvideos142]

@@SteveS3667 was that emu transferred to the north west in the ns livery off the eastern region perhaps?

[@SteveS3667]

@@timstrainvideos142 No as all the 312/2's were Brum area ones and never saw that on the GE besides the Boat Trains were either loco hauled or 309's. I don't think (unless I'm corrected) that 312 is a true Dutch livery

[@timstrainvideos142]

@@SteveS3667 it's a mystery livery then!

[@SteveS3667]

@@timstrainvideos142 It's West Midlands PTE Livery, just looked it up 👍

[@eddherring4972]

Funny the impression of wrong road running because P2&3 share the same track bed

[@spompey]

The expression wrong road relates to direction of trains...many thanks for the comment and for watching...my sincere regards...Mark

[@trainrover]

were the BI there not so fuckingly damp, then I'm certain that those greasy segments of tracking would spontaneously combust

[@spompey]

Many thanks for watching and your comment, sorry for the late response was away for 2 weeks...best wishes...Mark