BR in the 1980s Carlisle Station During WCML Diversions on 11th March 1989

BRITISH RAILWAYS IN THE 1980's
Carlisle Station on 11th March 1989
Continuing with my archive of video recording between the years of 1986 to 2001 this clip is of Carlisle taken on 11/03/1989. I caught the night sleeper from Bristol for this visit, a weekend of WCML diversions over the great Settle and Carlisle route. The clip is bountiful of class 47s and 31s awaiting for their next turn of duty. This again was a wonderful bright sunny day with a little cold wind, hence the shakiness at times added with the shaking from the cold temperatures too. (That's my excuse) I hope the video takes you back to this period with fond memories. Feel free to comment, good or bad, all comments are read and greatly appreciated,but it is not always possible to answer each individually. Sit back and enjoy this latest production remembering all those now long gone Locomotive classes and other types of traction. Many thanks for all subscriptions and all of those viewers who have kindly shown an interest in my material.

[@YsanneOshea]

So many happy memories here, just wish I had appreciated how lucky I was at the time. Now, looking back on it all, it's hard to believe it ever happened! How lucky are we all to have youtube! Thank you so much for taking the time and effort to share this with us all.

[@spompey]

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[@allan5919]

An amazing amount of loco traffic in those days. A brilliant video from Carlisle. Very enjoyable viewing. 👍👍

[@spompey]

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[@matthew0605]

What a great video, such a great variety too!!. Lovely to see 31430 Sister Dora and her spirited departure. She is still plying her trade to this day on the Spa valley railway in Tunbridge Wells, my local heritage railway ive had haulage plenty of times and she's still as claggy. Locos of the 80s had such class , nowadays the motive power on offer hasnt . No clag, No class.

[@spompey]

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[@StuartStrachan]

Very good video brought back memories off what proper trains were. So much variety then but not so much now

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[@nigel2093]

Great video. Brought back some amazing memories of those times, when you had variety. Thanks for posting

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[@colingarwood9971]

Great piece of history and very enjoyable viewing. You have my sub 👍

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[@Tornado922]

Another outstanding film. Loved seeing all the proper traction back then and so much variety. I wished I was alive back then so I could have experienced that myself! I can just about remember seeing Intercity Swallow liveried 86s, 87s, 90s and HSTs plying their trade up and down the WCML before they became Virgin Trains.

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[@tomlee9534]

The fans on the electrics were my favourite part of the West Coast as a youth. I only encountered them really going to London which was exciting in itself. Then as a student I was going to and from Liverpool via Crewe and they became familiar. This video brings back many happy memories. Thank you.

[@mickeybarrass3625]

That was excellent. That really brought memories back. Spent plenty time in my youth in Carlisle. Overnighters were extremely good nights. Then bashing the rest of the next day till tiredness eventually kicked in. Thank you for sharing.

[@spompey]

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[@liamburke1741]

Wonderful memories. The good old days. 😊

[@spompey]

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[@EErail26]

I was there that day with my mate Dave Green and we had 47117 to Hellifield during the afternoon.

[@spompey]

We probably crossed paths....and Many thanks for your comment and for watching...best wishes...Mark

[@jeremylewis3514]

thanks for this brought back some good memories

[@spompey]

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[@andydavidson9440]

What a great video with lots of action.

[@spompey]

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[@stevenobrien3763]

Can’t beat the 80’s and 90’s for me. The thrashes when leaving the station and the variety of trains compared to todays bog standard fare🤔🙄🤷‍♂️

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[@ClydebridgeStation]

That was one of the last occasions 37501 passed through Carlisle in its BSC livery. In July it went to Doncaster for overhaul and repaint into Railfreight Metals livery, retaining its Teesside Steelmaster name. Also, 47436 is seen again, which is on my layout!

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[@aljonflavin6760]

Most enjoyable.

[@EM-yk1dw]

Lovely film again and not a Buddliea bush in sight! 😁

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[@cedarcam]

Not much has changed with the track layout since then, the station looks a lot cleaner now but the amount and variety of traction there is brilliant. I miss those days, now everything is the same apart from a bit of freight passing

[@spompey]

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[@williammcavoywilliammcavoy]

great video i did a lot of spotting at carlise in the early 70s doubleheaded class50s greenclass40s nonameplates 24/25/26/27s peaks didturn up like the odd37 the only class50 i did not see at carlise was d434

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[@kevanhubbard9673]

They must have split the Lowland sleeper at Carlisle back then rather than at Carstairs Junction as now.When I first did a Scottish sleeper ,the Highland one,in,I think 1994,it had either an 86 or 87 on it from Euston and a 37 on it at Inverness if I remember rightly.I can't remember where it was split but guessing due to the consist Edinburgh as now.

[@mikehooz]

Back in 1989, Glasgow and Edinburgh beds were operated as standalone trains, not portions.

[@spompey]

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[@craigymac5386]

Excellent video, such a variety of traction and rolling stock back then. I find it rather boring these days.

[@spompey]

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[@AndreiTupolev]

47436 with three air con coaches + BG setting off from the bay platform at4:40must have been a Leeds train

[@spompey]

Yes i believe it was Andrei....Many thanks as always....Mark

[@duncancurtis5108]

Had it not been for the 1975 Bog Junction goods line pileup there'd be no freight through Citadel. For some reason that section was abandoned.

[@spompey]

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[@lancashire-john]

Was it not in 1984 Duncan?

[@duncancurtis5108]

Caldew Jn to Rome St Jn was closed some point in the 80s.

[@100gpdriver]

Without BR where would global warming be ? 50033 is the star of clagg in this era, lives on with new rings nowadays I believe.

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[@dieseldave3879]

🚂👍

[@spompey]

many many thanks Dave as always....Mark

[@AndreiTupolev]

Those damn idiot microscopic numbers that Intercity had the idea of using around that time ... A Tyne & Wear Class 143 5:45? 😐

[@spompey]

Not too bad as on the 47/8s ...many thanks as always Andrei....Mark