BR in the 1980s - The Alan Harrison Collection Part 3 Kyle of Lochalsh & Fort William (Scotrail)

[@ThePanzer6]

Double Headed Tractors, Great sound

[@kartwheelkarl]

I couldn't agree more Daniel.

[@howardarends8309]

Loved the WHL, I started doing tractors up there in 83…. Still stream heat as well. Great films these, thanks for sharing.

[@kartwheelkarl]

Thanks for the great comment Howard, and really glad you’re enjoying the collection. I too spent a lots of time up on the WHL and FNL chasing 37s during to eighties. I wonder whether we ever met and shared some gen?

[@leylandlad]

Only one freight train around Fort Bill nowadays and that's under threat. Great to see this. I first went there in 1988 and been most years since

[@kartwheelkarl]

Thank you for your comments Leylandlad. I haven't been up to Fort William since 1990 so I imagine it's changed a lot. I remember camping at Tyndrum in 1987. The camp site was located between the Oban and FW lines. I lay there all night listening to the sound of 37 hauled freight trains! You could hear them coming and going for miles!! Didn't get much sleep, and the midges were a nightmare, but still wonderful memories.

[@johnharrison2397]

Great stuff! The shunting footage at Fort William is superb.

[@2H80vids]

The 27 was struggling to get away from Dundee. Some great stuff here, real gems from a great period in Scotland.

[@westerleighwerek1493]

Probably playing to the camera, normally storm out of there!

[@AndreiTupolev]

Fort William is just the kind of place where there are long gaps between trains, so they do a spot of shunting between trains just to pass the time. I bet that's what they do.

[@kartwheelkarl]

Got to keep that class 20 busy Andrei 😁

[@rikrobson]

great view of the old Murryfiels stadium at 18:45, Just the East Stand. A far cry from what it is now

[@westerleighwerek1493]

Great video as always, can you possibly advise what equipment you used to transfer from VHS to computer as I am looking to purchase this week, many video's to share! Many thanks, Mike

[@kartwheelkarl]

Really glad you’re enjoying the collection WW. I was very fortunate that Alan had all of his VHS recordings professionally converted to DVD format. He sent me three disks from which I was able to extract and break down the digital versions for KZbin. I have found it much harder converting directly from tape. I’m currently trying to convert some old mini DVT tapes that I recorded, with mixed results. I did get some success with Nero, but so far the best results have been using Pinnacle 20, the video editing software I use.

[@westerleighwerek1493]

@@kartwheelkarl Many thanks for getting back to me, I have copied all my VHS video's on to DVD using a DVD hard drive recorder so just a matter of copying from DVD to Computer (Mac) if that's easier.