Steam in the North

[@updistant]

For the dwindling number of us who remember these times, absolutely stunning footage of the way it was.

[@jeffreyhodge5564]

Trainspotting between 1958to1968 ;wonderful hobby ,the unexpected turning up ,freight like coal ,steel,bricks ,parcels,steel ,newspapers ,specials on and on ,I used to think of the services during the night ,mail,parcels ,newspapers and also you could smell the fish and cattle trains ,works trips and the constant battle with the shed foreman ,sadly now all gone ,glad I was around

[@stuartbroome1258]

It was another world we took for granted back then.

[@modeltrainsandtracks]

Happy memories! The second location is Mirfield / Heaton Lodge in West Yorkshire with the unique LMS colour-light signals (3 arm). I used to cycle to the bridge in the background and spend Summer afternoons watching the trains go by! Thank you for rekindling that memory!

[@andrewhealey457]

I too remember train spotting at that bridge in Mirfield. We would catch the train from Dewsbury Wellington Road then try and sneak round the engine shed scribbling furiously in our notebooks before the foreman caught us. Happy memories.

[@davepayne586]

love the old films, such a shame a lot have gone for scrap.

[@stevef9530]

Gold dust, thanks. Much respect to the people in preservation, they do great work, but I think the real working steam is much better, even on old film with no sound. The grime and soot, the leaks, the muddled trains. The preserved engines are too polished and shiny for me.

[@mikeyratcliff3400]

Gotta love stander maroon coaching stock with a couple of mk1's in blue/grey!

[@stuartbroome1258]

Enjoyable memories, nice to see 46115 Scots Guardsman at Shap Wells double heading with a tank engine.

[@davidrobinson8700]

Of all the engines seen in this footage 45593, 45428, 46235 & of course 46115 at still very much with us today.

[@bill53uk]

engine no. 45562 Alberta is still in steam running around. A surviver

[@herecomethelizards2]

I think Alberta was scrapped, but another Jubilee possibly Galatea, took on the identity of Alberta for a while and did some railtours.

[@royfearn4345]

@@herecomethelizards2 yes, Galatea was one of the "cream of the crop" Jubes that seemed to have that little extra oomph. She has stood in for a few scrapped Jubilees over the years.

[@herecomethelizards2]

Strange how certain locos from a class run better than others, in theory each loco should be the same.

[@ianeccles111]

@@herecomethelizards2 Galatea was parked up at Carnforth in the mid seventies, it's driving wheels had chunks torched off, which I thought was a pointless exercise. You are right about changing nameplates, they do it all the time these days.