TS2016 - BR 1970s Trainspotting at London King's Cross

Another TS2016 trainspotting video during my favourite era - BR Blue. This time it is at London King's Cross in the evening, in the mid to late 1970s where Deltics still ruled supreme on the East Coast Mainline and the HSTs were brand new on the Eastern Region hence why there are lots of class 55s and only one class 254 HSTs. Also this is during the last few weeks before the widened lines to Moorgate from King's Cross York Road was closed so you will see some trains calling at York Road station. Look out for the class 40 'Whistler' on a relief working to York.
This is on an excellent workshop route called BRs ECML - London - Peterborough available here: steamcommunity....

[@halishrailways2003]

By the time that HSTs went to Kings Cross, Kings Cross was electrified.

[@TurboFintan]

+70 008Harry 1 Yes that is true but I added HSTs for more variety.

[@grahamjohnbaker1583]

Yes your right Kings Cross was one of the later London Terminals to be electrified with overhead electric wires it was about the fourth London Terminal to be electrified both London Liverpool Street and Fenchurch Street were first to the best of knowledge to be electrified using overhead electrification London Euston was about third to be electrified with overhead electrification both London Liverpool Street and London Fenchurch Street were originally electrified in the 1950s London Euston about mid sixties Kings Cross was only Electrified though between London Kings Cross and Royston via both Welyn Garden City and Hertford North the rest of the Lines beyond Royston and beyond Stevenage and Hitchen to the Midlands and North of Englan and Scotland and also from Roston to Cambridge and Kings Lynn from the mid 1980s-mid 1990s also the platforms back then did not have a yellow line or anti slip bubble concrete shown in this film that did not start to come about until @ least the 1980s and then later in the 2000s and bejond most platforms had yellow lines and an ati slip surface

[@timwattison4419]

Also 47's never had headlights fitted at the time. A 40 pulling about 11 coaches 🤔 would have been a mammoth struggle and from the sound of it full bore from the off, I'm thinking, overload !!!! The same goes for the Deltics. All else seems fine 😊

[@kevinrussell2718]

Then there's the choice of DMUs - Kings Cross would not have seen Class 101s, but Class 105s (in pairs) and Class 116s - were these not available on MSTS2016? I also note the lack of Class 46 "Peaks", which appeared regularly - particularly on Kings Cross - Newcastle reliefs.

[@bowlerstuff9589]

@@grahamjohnbaker1583 ,if you count when the Shenfield stopper line was electrified with third rail,Liverpool street was electrified in the 30s

[@thegrowl2210]

Nice to see what the railways looked like a while ago. Good vid!

[@TurboFintan]

+Marshell George (The Growl) Thanks, I had fun making and recording this!

[@radioratUK]

Amazing simulation but riddled with inaccuracies. There was a maintenance depot on the west side of the station where this film has a block of flats or offices. There was a signal box in the middle at the platform ends, I think, and the class 31 would have been hauling blue suburban stock (not Mk1 or Mk2) down the widened lines to Moorgate. Also, the DMUs are the wrong stock. They would have been 'Cravens' and 'Derbys' as I remember, with B2 as the headcode. Fun to watch though.

[@TurboFintan]

It's pretty hard to re-create scenes such as this due to lack of trains that are available in-game and me being born too late. Oh well

[@radioratUK]

As I said, pretty amazing anyway. The last trains to Moorgate via York Road ran in 1976, I think. I'd have been 11 and a trainspotter, so my memory is fuzzy. What I do love is the audio. You never hear that orchestra of diesel power any more. Cheers.

[@Lytton333]

That block of flats is absurdly incongruous where the refuelling point should be, also the corrugated small factory building on the top of Gasworks tunnel. If they can fix the glaring inconsistencies and also get the sensaround smell of stewed BR tea and soured lager coming from the BR Traveller's Tavern on platform 1 then it's a winner. Oh, and also the flared trousers, lank long hair and Gola kit bags of the spotters. Yes, I was there, oh happy days..

[@surreytrainfilms5688]

Thank you so much for uploading this! Great video!

[@TurboFintan]

+00MentoFan Thanks, I plan to do more for this era (70s to 80s)

[@surreytrainfilms5688]

TurboFintan Can you do Guildford? :)

[@TurboFintan]

+00MentoFan Yeah I can but modern or like this one?

[@surreytrainfilms5688]

TurboFintan Can you do the 60's-70's? I want to see the slammers on action! Thank you!

[@RazSux]

Very impressive, many thanks!

[@metatron-007]

Its really Trippie it looks just like graphics. Crazy...

[@MrDreamliner]

Absolutely superb!

[@TurboFintan]

+Mr Dreamliner Thanks mate, will consider doing more for this era.

[@MrDreamliner]

+TurboFintan I'm up for it ;)

[@johnnypoker46]

OMG 40108, one of only two diesels I ever had a ride behind, when it was still D308, in 1961 Euston to Glasgow! Back behind D223 Lancastria, later 40023.

[@TurboFintan]

Wow, sounds pretty nice!

[@bowlerstuff9589]

40 on Load 11, interesting

[@nablicman]

Great video loving the 70s kings cross thanks for the link the modern one os ok but not realy my thing or suited to Deltics etc cheers.

[@TurboFintan]

Thanks!

[@videocurios]

Is this actual 1970's footage. How did you get such perfect clear what appears to be video footage please ?

[@TurboFintan]

+videocurios It's from a train simulator called TS2016, definitely not real footage.

[@videocurios]

+TurboFintan Thankyou crikey you had me wondering ha ha

[@TurboFintan]

+videocurios No worries mate :)

[@susanbown3141]

You r play trains but it's good

[@g7usl]

Not how it was.

[@TurboFintan]

Thanks for your (un)helpful feedback on how I can improve!