BR in the 1980's BRISTOL TEMPLE MEADS STATION on 21st July 1987

BRITISH RAILWAYS IN THE 1980's
BRISTOL TEMPLE MEADS STATION on 21st July 1987
Continuing with my archive of video recording between the years of 1986 to 2001 this clip is of Bristol Temple Meads Station taken on 21/07/1987. 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.

[@garymcgregor7048]

Fantastic memories. Get that giddy feeling all over again at the thought of what you might see, an smell.

[@spompey]

Funnily enough when I went through this recently I felt an urge to revisit in June coming to see how things have altered.....Many thanks and best wishes....Mark

[@imautuber]

The days when HSTs sounded awesome !

[@spompey]

Many thanks for watching and your comment, sorry for the late response was away for 2 weeks...best wishes...Mark

[@jeremypreece870]

This is an interesting video and there are some things that take me back. 1.Station announcements by a human being, 2. Guards vans on goods trains, 3. The old BR livery. Interesting to see that there is a transition on the Intercity trains with nearly all of the locomotives in the newer livery with the red stripe and the carriages being a mixture of the newer and the older blue and white BR colours. All of the trains were slam doors and there is a man leaning out of the window reading his paper. I can't remember why some of the carriages were painted all over in the same darker blue as the locomotives.

[@emjackson2289]

Mixed livery on trains really boils my **** haha. FGW and GWR had the situation for ages where this happened on their HST sets and some DMU rakes . . . . ugh.

[@kevinfowkes2327]

On this video only parcels vans and test train coaches were painted all over blue

[@stevenwilliams2169]

At 9.12, you have my grandad walking down the platform. That was his local station. Spent many days myself with him on that platform. Great video.

[@spompey]

You are very welcome Steven, and what a great catch.....many thanks and best wishes for those fond memories...Mark

[@DistrictDriver]

Even just the announcements make me feel nostalgic! Another great video, thank you!

[@spompey]

Many thanks for the comment....best wishes....Mark

[@markwilson8002]

I was in the East Midlands growing up spotting, it was an absolute joy when we took trips to Bristol behind a class 50 off New Street.

[@spompey]

You're very welcome...many thanks for watching and for the comment...best wishes....Mark

[@swearingkevo]

Sir Edward Elgar , the best livery for 007 that was, this was my haunt in the 1970s and 80s it was great there in them days, thx for posting brought back memories

[@spompey]

Many thanks for watching and your comment, sorry for the late response was away for 2 weeks...best wishes...Mark

[@simonmorley9962]

A crackin' vid. Thank you for sharing, brings back some great memories of bashing out of BTM in the '80s.

[@spompey]

You're most welcome....Many thanks for your comment and for watching...best wishes...Mark

[@emjackson2289]

Blimey, what a great video. I'd been 7 for 3 weeks when that was filmed! Little did I know then that 20-odd yrs later I'd be walking over the bridge in that video on the way to work. Absolutely fascinating view of what a major station looked like back then *especially* with the Class 8 (?) shunter and the brake-van in the rake. Have been lucky to see a Class 20 and a Class 47 at BTM on heritage duties a couple of times and if you're in the area, wander over to Temple Quay and there's a siding where Network Rail often stable their rail survey trains so you get a range of stuff in there. Seen a number of different Class 37s and they've got a Departmental DMU there at times too. And on a lighter note, remember this: Bristol Temple Meads, Gateway to Bedminster ;-)

[@spompey]

Many thanks for watching and your comment, sorry for the late response was away for 2 weeks...best wishes...Mark

[@pinza55007]

Brilliant, back in the late 70s and through the 80s, I used to go here a lot. Thanks for the memories ❤

[@spompey]

Very welcome....Many thanks for the comment....best wishes....Mark

[@keithchowney3392]

What a great video ! This was my place to go on Saturday 1982 to 1987 used to l ove the 33s on the Portsmouth trains head code 89. Bath road depot always a great choice !!. Thanks for posting many happy times . Keith

[@spompey]

Many thanks for watching and your comment, sorry for the late response was away for 2 weeks...best wishes...Mark

[@johnpalmer5873]

Superb video, full of interest - and lost memories. Thank you

[@spompey]

Many thanks for watching and your comment, sorry for the late response was away for 2 weeks...best wishes...Mark

[@RobinPrice]

Awesome bud. Bought my memories back. I would have 12 and living in Weston-super-Mare. So Bristol was nearest place. Thanks for sharing. . I have subbed

[@spompey]

Many thanks for watching and for the comment...my best regards...Mark

[@nottinghamman4839]

Another superb edition, keep them coming

[@spompey]

Many thanks for watching and your comment, sorry for the late response was away for 2 weeks...best wishes...Mark

[@paulcoster8374]

loving the old videos thank you

[@spompey]

You are very welcome Paul and many thanks for watching and for commenting...best wishes....Mark

[@Ben-xe8ps]

One thing that caught my attention about the HST at the beginning of the video at 1.08. This train appears to have only one coach of 1st class accommodation. The seating half of coach 2, the catering coach, immediately next to the 1st class coach appears to be 2nd class due to lack of the yellow line but the other half of this coach containing the kitchen and buffet counter has both a red line indicating that it is the buffet car AND a yellow line indicating that this end of the coach is 1st class.

[@spompey]

Yes a bit of a higgledipickledi (Err) rake....Many thanks Ben and my best wishes...Mark

[@Ben-xe8ps]

@@spompey I think you may have missed my point. I have never seen a double line (yellow and red) before, one or the other but not both one on top of the other, and obviously the buffet counter is not 1st class.

[@spompey]

@@Ben-xe8ps Ah OK Ben I get you....Many thanks and best regards....Mark

[@derekantoine4396]

Absolutely a top notch piece of film. I remember travelling from London, to spend the day at Bristol Temple Meads in the mid eighties. It was such an adventure, and the furthest I had been away on my own. It was a memorable/ wonderful time observing the locomotive power of the day. It saddens me that most of these fantastic machines have long been scrapped, minus a handful in private ownership, or preservation societies. Thank you. (👍👍👍) . I always look forward to your uploads.

[@spompey]

You are most welcome Derek and best wishes....Mark

[@RYNT1157]

Took cine film there in 1980 , a lot of scenes now gone.

[@spompey]

Sounds great...I expect a lot of viewers would love to see that....best wishes...Mark

[@rolymier8659]

Great video. Love the class 31 with the DMU

[@spompey]

Must have been an 80's thing 31+DMU watch my coming vid of Sheffield....and many thanks for the comment....best wishes to you....Mark

[@spompey]

@@gppsoftware Most likely....many thanks....Mark

[@andymoore7337]

Fantastic stuff,Paxman Valenta engined HST's and a class 47 pulling what looked like a nuclear waste flask?

[@spompey]

I believe it was a nuclear waste flask.....bound for Sellafield......Many thanks Andy and sincere wishes....Mark

[@petermcgregor3274]

These old locomotives make a great sound

[@spompey]

Many thanks for watching and your comment, sorry for the late response was away for 2 weeks...best wishes...Mark

[@deejay0428]

People complain about train services....before fragmented privatisation.....?...great era of British RAIL .

[@spompey]

Many thanks for watching and your comment, sorry for the late response was away for 2 weeks...best wishes...Mark

[@paulhillcox3071]

Very different now, most of the HST’s are gone, Bath road depot is gone, the Royal Mail depot and the conveyor is gone, and the electricity never arrived! It’s not the same atmosphere now, without the parcel trucks to sit on and eat your lunch 🥪🙁

[@spompey]

Many thanks for watching and your comment, sorry for the late response was away for 2 weeks...best wishes...Mark

[@Shelfandtabletoplayouts00gauge]

Glory days

[@spompey]

Many thanks for watching and your comment, sorry for the late response was away for 2 weeks...best wishes...Mark

[@north584]

What were the numbers on the test train?

[@AndreiTupolev]

Track Testing Coach DW139, I think

[@spompey]

See reply from Andrei.... Otherwise I am not sure....Many thanks for watching and your comment, sorry for the late response was away for 2 weeks...best wishes...Mark

[@north584]

I was after the numbers on the coaches not the salooon