Doncaster, Toton and Barrow Hill - 1990

Views taken in the Midlands in the final days of Class 20 action.
First - views of a shunt at Toton (also see other clips from this channel of the same shunt).
Then Doncaster - 20002 and 20022 shot at Doncaster in the cutting area - with some other notable members of the cast (47522) present also!
Next, we move on to Toton and a visit to the depot, showing 20s and other locos under overhaul and in and around the depot, before a final look at activities at Barrow Hill - at the time a centre of Class 20 action for coal services to Seymour, Bolsover and Markham.

[@stokes8626]

Superb camera work, not jumping about all over the place like mine used to be and the best old Toton footage I've seen on the internet

[@jonmaccoll2528]

Absolutely love the look and sounds of class 20s

[@stokes8762]

Loved the opening sequence especially as the wagon sounds merges into the loco sound . Great picture quality for vhs too. Living nearby Toton was mecca for me and my mates in the late 70's early 80's

[@richardglenister5179]

Well fancy that. That's me taking photos at Barrow Hill at 19;29 minutes into the video. Cheers for posting this.

[@D7629]

Thanks for the feedback. Yes, they were awesome times. I have a couple of other films on my channel filmed at about the same time. Enjoy!

[@TheSquigg1]

those were the days ! loved the traction around the midlands and yorkshire

[@FlanMangler]

Brilliant! More of this, it's excellent nostalgia...

[@DeanPark]

Looking at this video I now want a class 20 for my layout....awesome animals they were! Thanks for sharing.

[@annescholey6546]

Lasted 63 years! 1957 to 2019

[@kevomints1]

Love this good old diesel days not a 66 in sight

[@MrJimbaloid]

This is like being in a time machine being a barrow hill lad. I can hear alison moyet simple minds and roxy music on the radio in the garage i worked in rubbing down cars next to the railway in the 80's. The garage by the way was once the stables for the railway when they used horses. It's still there its now a roofing company.

[@stevewyman2822]

Great Video. ~ Love 20 's..!!!...How many of them we still have, I do not know..??, But may the ones that we do still have, Ride On Forever..!!! :)

[@annescholey6546]

1989 to 2019. Long record.

[@banksroadmodernimage7358]

Awsome video!!!! Wil defo watch again😊

[@max56084]

could watch it for hours! very good.

[@thamesranger8990]

I love that sound of the over head cam gungle finch.

[@tinboxesruleok5878]

Yeah.Great Video.Thanks.

[@tinboxesruleok5878]

20002 and 20022 R.I.P.

[@yammyrob]

bloody hell.. what great memories. no poxy mobiles then

[@supafuckinmingster]

Wow.....................the acceleration @ 20:56 is something to behold. Didn't know BR possessed such means of speed and motion way back in 1990!!

[@danielsellers8707]

I seem to think the last BR class 20s were withdrawn around 1992.

[@Bevoin1970]

I remember Class 20 quite well as a teenager around Bescot. They were a strange looking engine to me as in odd shaped. Why were there always in Pairs and rarely alone? Were they underpowered or something? Its puzzled me for years...

[@borderlands6606]

One of their nicknames was "wardrobes" for obvious reasons. The 20s were seen solo in their early days, and were often given tasks beyond their design capabilities as steam was being culled before suitable replacements were ready. However they were one of, if not *the* most successful of the modernisation plan diesels, so were worked in pairs on bigger jobs. They even did summer passenger runs from the East Midlands to Skegness where the lack of steam heating wasn't an issue (much!) I read somewhere they were originally designed to be worked cab last, as drivers used to a boiler in front were concerned about track flicker, or maybe superstitious in the event of a collision. Whatever, they are nearly always shown cab front.

[@Bevoin1970]

@@borderlands6606 Ah thank you for all that info. Makes more sense now. Cheers!

[@user-zt1er1uj6i]

Also known as choppers. Which just seemed to suit them perfectly.

[@stephensmith4480]

up until the beginning of the nineties we used to have four of them on the heavy coal trains running out of Liverpool docks. They made some noise.

[@jessh5310]

If I ever win the lottery I will buy a pair of 20's and thrash them up and down a line somewhere.... Dreams....

[@terrier_productions]

jess H I think you’ll be looking to be winning the euro millions lol

[@tre243t]

You mean Shirebrook....