Trains In The 1980's - Dawlish, Summer 1987

[@NapierNimbus]

Lovely shots - superb and brilliant to see the loco-hauled services especially the 50s and superb sound of them under load.

[@alanmolyneux5957]

First time I've seen this and it brought back some fantastic memories of summer holidays in the 80's when I basically alternated between Scotland and Dawlish. A procession of trains from all over the country on a Summer Saturday would make their way along the sea wall passing the old lower quadrant semaphores. I would start at Kenaway Tunnel and gradually make my way to Langstone Rock photographing as many trains as I could. As well as the HST's, 50's, 47's and DMU's I recall Peaks were a common sight before they started getting withdrawn and there was also a 33 hauled working which I think started at Brighton? In 1989 there was a Manchester - Paignton which produced a pair of 31's. How I wish we could turn back time!!

[@ilmast]

Amazing once more, well done

[@MrDeltic15]

Thanks Keith. Certainly couldn't have imagined how things would change, and that videos we filmed in the 80's and 90's would feature so many long gone locos and workings, or that they'd be so popular on here.

[@MrDeltic15]

Thanks Ian. If you like the 50's under load wait until the clips where i've got 37's, 56's, and 60's working hard!

[@TheWesternAS]

I'm back! I'm back in the day! Appletiser, rock cakes, Intercity, DMUs, HSTflippy lid ashtrays, the walk along the wall, tables on HSTs, the sunken boat at Star Cross. Goodtimes:)

[@MrDeltic15]

Good times indeed :-) One of the best holidays i had down here for the week based at Dawlish, but covering Exeter and Plymouth/Saltash too.

[@MrDeltic15]

Cheers Tony. Plenty more loco hauled workings to come from this era before the Sprinter revolution fully took charge.

[@vorlonb3]

some lovely memories there....out in the sun...and enjoying 50s and 47s......and an old dmu!

[@19DaRrEn85]

This is just awesome,thanks for sharing this vid 10/10!!

[@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS]

Hey Smashing Darren. No yellow lines on the platform ''how did we cope'' Some lovely scenes and sounds mate. When you made that I bet you never thought youd be showing it to such a wide audience. Crakin' good stuff.

[@valenta89productions54]

i was born in 1989 but seeing videos like this makes me really miss the the way the railways were back in the day. now u get the same boring stuff day in day out. but here u have 50s, 142, hsts, 47s,60s,37s, etc. im thinking of starting something up to try and get it back to how it was. i also think the liveries were much better than what we have today

[@MEKAYJIMMYNATHE]

nice to that 47 with a full rake of mk1's, another great upload Daz. Tony.

[@MrDeltic15]

Very happy memories indeed. I still wouldn't mind a holiday there now, but it would be more for the scenery the trains pass through than the trains themselves now with the lack of locos compared to the 80's and 90's.

[@thatfatboiiii]

that is very good quality

[@MrDeltic15]

Thanks. Not up to my HD quality now of course, but this was pretty high quality for the late 80's of course.

[@Thunderer0872]

More please, if you have any more at Dawlish....very top.

[@maimadha]

Dawlish was great in Summer 1987

[@MrDeltic15]

Thank you very much :-)

[@MrGriser]

When did class 150/2s being work in Devon & Cornwall because I know they used class 142s until December 1987 and found them to be unsutable so they used class 101s/117s etc in the interim period I know First Gen DMUs were still regular performers in Devon & Cornwall as recently as 1991 do you know when the changeover to 153/150/2 occured?

[@imautuber]

Ahh happy memories !

[@MrDeltic15]

Not sure, but 153's didn't become 153's(were previously two car 155's)until 1991/1992, and then there was the whole privatisation era switching of companies between Wessex, Wales & West, etc, but i think they appeared mid 1990's, certainly in place by 1997, with i think the 150/2's appearing at the end of the 80's/start of the 90's in Regional Railways from before privatisation.

[@smasters78]

Good afternoon, I work for Network Rail on the project to improve the sea wall at Dawlish. I am currently producing a video and would really like to use some of your footage if that would be possible? Thanks in advance. Simon Masters

[@MrDeltic15]

Hi Simon. That would be fine, happy to help out with that. Would it help if I sent you the video file off my PC rather than copy it from KZbin? If so just let me know. Regards, Darren.

[@smasters78]

Hi Darren, that would be brilliant, thank you. My e-mail address is [e-mail]. Thanks again.

[@MrDeltic15]

Thank you very much - I guess I can't do much better than 10/10, but hopefully I've still got some more perfect 10's in the footage i'm uploading each weekend over the coming months/year or two.

[@bonkeydollocks1879]

Great look back in time when trains with character and noise and smells ruled the tracks . its all so boring and plastic today .