BR in the 1980s - The Alan Harrison Collection Part 9 Bangor, North Wales (British Rail Trains)

[@Keano8562]

Lying in bed with a stinking cold. This has cheered me up no end. Thank you

[@kartwheelkarl]

That is fabulous DJI - Not that you have a stinking cold but that Alan's video cheered you up!! Thank you for the fabulous comment, and hope the other 50 videos in the collection can help you ride out the illness. Take care.

[@TheFunkylogic]

I have really enjoyed watching this video and I am grateful that Alan Harrison used the technology of the day to film the traction that I, and a lot of us, took for granted; I am immersed in sentimentality

[@kartwheelkarl]

Thank you for the fabulous comment TFL, and really glad that Alan and I have been able to bring back such wonderful memories for you.

[@spectrumanalyzer3093]

I liked the eighties when the whole network was like a huge diesel 'gala'.

[@kartwheelkarl]

Indeed it was Spectrum. And at the time, took it so much for granted! Really glad you’re enjoying the collection.

[@Ashfaq1999]

Great Video

[@kartwheelkarl]

Thanks Asfaq. Really glad you enjoyed it.

[@Ashfaq1999]

@@kartwheelkarl Most welcome 😊

[@aramisz308]

i love the sound of a locomotive

[@kartwheelkarl]

You and me both Aramis. Glad you’re enjoying the collection.

[@Thornaby37]

Absolutely brilliant footage 👍 The 25+47 on tanks at the start seems an odd combination. It would have been interesting to hear that on Miles Platting bank

[@kartwheelkarl]

Thanks again for the fabulous comment T37. Yes, they did sound strange together didn’t they? Both sulzers but very different voices! I’m guessing the 25 was stabled in the middle road for banking duties but that it had dropped back to pilot the 47 plus tanks instead - there’s a crew in both locos. I can’t remember what the coupling code was for 47s and 25s. Could they work in multiple?

[@Thornaby37]

@@kartwheelkarl 47s didn't have multiple working in the 1980s

[@AndreiTupolev]

Nice big streak of oil down the side of 45145. Lucky sparks from the brakes didn't set that alight.

[@kartwheelkarl]

That tended to happen a lot to wooden sleepers didn’t it Andrei. There’s a nice shot on Alan’s film at York where some track staff are putting out a sleeper fire with a bucket of water.

[@craigymac5386]

It's amazing to think that in 1986 there was still old GWR toad brake vans on the network.

[@kartwheelkarl]

Absolutely Craigy.

[@MrJimbaloid]

Rat a tat tat.

[@rikmorley6469]

Everything was running on some rough quality diesel that's for sure

[@kartwheelkarl]

It all added to the spectacle though Rik...sights, sounds and smells! Wonderful times!!

[@Thornaby37]

The class 25s were only months away from being withdrawn when this was filmed, and the last class 45s had gone within two years