British Rail Scotrail-Newton on Ayr (inc Cl 26) Jan 1990

[@kennethhume8628]

This is a most entertaining video and very good quality , perhaps a tinge of sadness that all this freight work has gone .

[@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus]

A sad case that is repeated throughout the UK i'm afraid......

[@TheDaf95xf]

Hi and great nostalgic video 😄 Fantastic BR blue class 26 sweet 👍🏻

[@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus]

Thank you. This location was great for caol workings back in the day and 26s were part of that pool. By 1993/94 time sadly they had been replaced by 37s and now of course i can't imagine much freight traffic left around here sadly. I do have however a lot more classic BR footage to upload, happy viewing......

[@mus256f]

Thanks for posting this. As a native of Ayr it always surprises me how little footage there is of Falkland yard. It was a hive of activity in its day. Now sadly closed.

[@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus]

Like a lot of freight yards sadly. Back in the day i used to look in my OPC rail atlas to see where lots of red lines/yards were and head off there for filming. That's how i ended up here ay Ayr. And happily for me caught quite a few 26s on film in their twilight years! I do have more from here and will upload over time.....

[@mus256f]

@@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus Excellent. I look forward to it.

[@mus256f]

@@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus H Soi. Did you ever manage to do that follow up of Falkland yard and Ayr depot?

[@stephenpowell5912]

Classic Video ❤️❤️❤️ Beautiful Sounding Locos 🇬🇧Each Class had a destinctive sound ,,Never could stand these sprinters that took over Locomotive power ,long live these over 60 year old workhorses ❤️Would have just been aged between 16 to 17 years old in 1990 when this was filmed ❤️

[@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus]

I'm pleased you enjoyed it..... I got wet and freezing cold making it mind.... lol

[@m18tankdestroyer43]

Fantastic video. They were happy days.

[@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus]

Plenty of good traction around to chase and film although was a bit wet & windy here, but was January though!!!

[@SteamboatWilley]

Fantastic footage. I would have been only 8 years old when this was filmed, so too young to really appreciate the wealth of freight trains in the area.

[@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus]

And from what i'm told there aren't many (if any) left in the area.....

[@noxilord7116]

@@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus There is non left in the area just spare tracks lying around

[@craigsibley8161]

Another quality vid 👍👍 Good chance the coal waggons passed through my home village up the doon valley...

[@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus]

Thank you...... I'm pleased you liked it......

[@craigsibley8161]

@@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus Yes I did. Falkland yard's only 10 miles away from my house. Seeing places you know well makes the videos even better than they are...

[@micheldenis6362]

Fantastic Scottish diesels, thank you

[@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus]

My pleasure.....

[@AndreiTupolev]

The 26's, then, lasted until around 1992/3, I find. Say I'm rather surprised by that, I'd always assumed they'd gone by the end of the 80s. Is that an orange lifeboat in the car park by the station entrance (3:39)?!

[@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus]

This was filmed in 1990 and i didn't go back until 92/93 time and they had gone by then. I seem to recall 001 & 007 were painted green by 1993 (and used at times on the Inverness-Kyle line) and there were still a few others around in 1992 as i have film of a pair on a railtour at Eaglescliffe! These shots at Ayr were probably the last proper freight workings for these fine machines, after this they were ballast trains only. And yes, i seem to recall some sort of boat yard/sales pitch by the station as seen in the vid.

[@mus256f]

Hi . Your eyes aren't playing tricks it is indeed a lifeboat. There was a boat repair yard there once, it's now an undertakers yard.

[@stewartatkinson4179]

Fantastic video!

[@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus]

Thank you! I spent a week in Scotalnd chasing Routemasters around Glasgow and decided at the end of the week to chase some trains. Sadly i spent most of the week getting soaking wet! But gaot some quality footage all the same....and a cold!

[@noxilord7116]

It used to be so cool back then now its nothing but an abondoned yard and even grass is growing in some parts of the tracks and its also sad seeing all those trains getting replaced by the 156 and 380's

[@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus]

I'm not sure where the 318s have gone but their time is getting near, they are as old as the 317s and they are due for scrap soon. Sad about the yard, it's the same story all over. I spent an hour at Warrington Bank Quay the other week and only saw one freight working. Compared to what i filmed back in the late 1980s and early 1990s it's also dead!

[@lefthand84]

Love this vid. Where are the light engines going when they take the spur?

[@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus]

The line to the left under the bridge led to Ayr diesel depot which is now closed and no longer there, plus there was a freight only line to the Dunfries line. When they come towards the station under the bridge and take the spur line they are heading off to Ayr Harbour or to access Falkland Yard.

[@lefthand84]

Soi Buakhao Thank you!

[@Georgeasaurus2001]

Even the MGR wagons in this are historic now

[@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus]

Not just the wagons but caol/MGR trains in general! The UK was built upon coal and now it's almost over......

[@timstrainvideos142]

great video!

[@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus]

Thank you. Not much action round there now i imagine.....

[@timstrainvideos142]

@@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus i enjoyed seeing the coal sector 26s and 37s

[@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus]

@@timstrainvideos142 I have some vids taken at Carlise in the late 90s, lots of pairs of 37s on MGR workings. They changed crews there so lots of thrash as they pulled away!