Diesel & Steam Trains at Truro & West Country 1960s

Trains around the South West of England shot on 8mm cine film.

[@SpoonyMcSpoonface]

An amazing collection of films. All those Hydraulic shots are superb.

[@daveabbott]

Excellent, thank you!

[@peterjhillier7659]

Great thanks for sharing.

[@ludwigsamereier8204]

So this is what British trains looked like before the advent of BR Blue. WARSHIPS & MERCHANT MARINES prove the Brits are seafarers at heart. Thank your wwwerrry much for this precious document.

[@robintrundle8373]

Wow absolutely wonderful took me back to that little lad watching the trains going over Hayle viaduct and the fantastic sight of St Ives station before it got butchered 😮

[@richardmarshall4322]

That was Hydraulic heaven. Love the D600s and D6300s. Big Warship fan. Was at East Lancs Gala a couple of weeks ago. Highlights for me were the Hymek and 2 surviving Warships, double headed. Fantastic.

[@055deltic]

Excellent film of a period not often captured on film AND in colour. Really good filming technique, steady camera, panning and capturing the background as well as the loco. Some very useful historical and modelling notes to take from the film. Not sure about the projector sound effect, we all know what one sounds like and it was quite noisy and intrusive - not all authenticity is good! thanks for sourcing, editing and sharing

[@aljonflavin6760]

Thanks.

[@mikestephens5622]

A real gem of a film, with Warships, Westerns and a solitary Hymek amongst many others.

[@nicklittle8780]

Wonderful! Thanks for sharing. These were immediately before I became interested in trains. I was into buses back then so nice to see one in the films. I missed seeing the D600 Warships in action as an enthusiast and it's a pity that D601 was finally scrapped. I spent many a happy day at Plymouth North Road watching the extra coaches being added or taken off the London bound trains. Nostalgia is great, but these are true history! Thanks again.

[@BlackMan12331]

D601 literally rotted away at woodhams scrapyard until june 1980… talk about soldiering on until the “bitter end”

[@dereksaunders6466]

Absolutely superb and good quality photography as well. Thank you.

[@LostsTVandRadio]

Fabulous! Great memory-jogger of the old liveries. So many places I recognise. Thank you.

[@richardbrooks50]

Superb,it’s a real treat to see these old cine films

[@mauricemannion1311]

Wow...! And wow again..! Absolutely fantastic footage, really nice to see the early 600 Warship class in action, and an era of British railways before rail blue. Really great diesel hydraulic footage from a great era, and in colour too..! Excellent...

[@davidgriffiths6179]

Great footage of that time . Really enjoyed watching. Thanks for posting.

[@m3hnl]

superb footage of a bygone age when the western region diesel hydraulics ruled the great western .awesome

[@daystatesniper01]

Truly amazing video ,from the loco perspective and also the cars,buses etc, incredible

[@stevieb9699]

Cracking film show, many thanks for uploading.

[@davidblurton7158]

one of the best ive seen this is soooooo good,,,

[@brianbunn3604]

Excellent 👍 thoroughly enjoyable, very nostalgic 😊

[@m3hnl]

i can remember seeing doubleheader warships at Westbury avoider line 1968. the sad fact is they were prone to wheel slip as a single loco as only 78 tons .but when doubled up they were superb the 800.s and the 1000.s ruled the rails back then .

[@Jack_Warner]

I loved the Warships. Unfortunately, they'd been withdrawn by the time I was 10. I noticed a couple of shots of the D600 class warships. I wish it was possible to buy a model of one.

[@BlackMan12331]

It is, just search up HO or N scale D600 warships for sale

[@kite7214]

I was on Truro Station every Saturday in the mid 1960's. Oh that beautiful brand new sand coloured Western Enterprise on mileage accumulation. 🙂

[@shaunwest3612]

Incredible footage,some beautiful scenery and engines👌👍😀

[@stevehull787]

Beautiful footage 👍

[@stevehull787]

Great footage of the warships

[@stevehull787]

Thanks

[@stephenchappell7512]

Noticed that by this time WR steam had gone although it persisted on the SR withered arm out of Plymouth Good shots too of St Ives station before the track was cut back to the goods siding

[@robertpearce2244]

That was amazing! Thanks for sharing. My favourite part was the before and after scenes at St Ives and the singling of the line. Hadn’t seen that before 😊

[@robparker1625]

Great to see some NBL locos in action.

[@timstrainvideos142]

wow some excellent footage!

[@brianbunn3604]

Fantastic filming of proper trains 😊 how I wish we could have these now instead of the boring rubbish voyagers and pendolinos etc ! Thanks for sharing 👍🥰 subscribed

[@tonyburford421]

Amazing footage, thanks for sharing

[@JJthrashing]

Lovely footage thanks for sharing 👍

[@chrisbailey9331]

Absolutely brilliant, thank you for posting this, it brings back some very happy memories 👍🏻😊

[@lthrglvgag]

Brilliant. A good shot of the loco shed at St. Ives!

[@markwilson8002]

Fantastic footage

[@fredphipps4663]

Great footage!

[@robertbate5790]

Right at the end a shot of Morthoe and Woolacoombe, took me back to 1965, I went on a camp to Woolacoombe with my Sunday school, I was 9. Went to Illfracombe church on the Sunday by train too.

[@AndreiTupolev]

Fascinating glimpses of Exeter Central at the end, showing that it was possible to claim the Z class tanks for haulage! 😊

[@AndreiTupolev]

I think that's the now preserved D821 Greyhound on the second train, 1V82

[@ludwigsamereier8204]

The Warship on 1V86 (I didn´t see 1V82) might really be D821 Greyhound.

[@AndreiTupolev]

86, yes

[@rodneycooperLMSCoach]

What lovely memories. Those Warships were splendid engines, pity the BR drivers were heavy handed with them. The German drivers knew how to drive the V200's

[@ludwigsamereier8204]

Were the Warships underpowered for their jobs?

[@rodneycooperLMSCoach]

@@ludwigsamereier8204 No I don't think they were at 2100hp were quite capable of handling 10 to 12 coach trains and had a better power to weight ratio of the Kings and Castles they replaced. It needed a better understanding of how a hydraulic transmission needed handling.

[@philipsalmon2192]

Also all the stations then had more platforms and diesel shunters.

[@TheDaf95xf]

Happy days 👍🏻

[@andrewchaston503]

The beautiful 42.. always a favourite of mine when spotting at Slough in the 60s with Grandad having taken the 353 fron Chalfont St Peter. Berkhamstead and the roarers at the other end of the LC route.

[@oldgoat5589]

I used to get the 353 from Chesham to Berkhamsted, and spent hours there, spotting.

[@MrFlamingheck]

Thank you for this very interesting video, early 1960’s by the fact there were lots of Warships and not many Westerns.

[@oldgoat5589]

Beautiful "warships"...

[@philipsalmon2192]

The “western” class diesels.

[@davidmcknlght2700]

👍

[@kernowboy137]

Redruth anyone!