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In 2014 Reading station was re-opened by the Queen after extensive redevelopment.
From the archives, this film shows the station how it was in 1988, with diesel locomotive traction galore!
It was a noisy place, and if you're into your diesel sounds viewing with a pair of headphones with deep bass is recommended!
At 25:13 there's a lot of acrid smoke coming from a Class 33 on a heavy freight train. We've never been able to work out the cause, but it could be a stuck brake shoe on the engine or some have suggested a smoke bomb prank!
After the train passes the station, in the distance it seems to have stopped. Does anybody know what else this could have been?