That was amazing. The quality of colour and sound. So glad some people took the trouble to record the final days of steam.
@paulbissitt4754
2 жыл бұрын
I used to have relatives in Preston(my mam was born there) & I would always spend a week of the school hols there just spotting,in the late 50,s/early 60,s.The Caledonian, The Red Rose and the Mid Day Scot to name just 3.Wonderful memories so a big Thank you for sharing this marvelous footage.
@onlytruerose8597
8 жыл бұрын
So good to see the trains how they were in the 60's. I used to love going on them. It always felt like an adventure as a kid. It's not the same at all now. The horrible seats (if you can get one after paying for it) on most trains nowadays remind me of those molded plastic high chairs but meant for very dainty adults and without any elbow room.
@jappychap2003
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the memories. I was 19 at the time and living in Preston. I remember the mucky old trains I took to Blackpool, Blackburn, and occasionally London. I regret to say I welcomed the diesels but of course steam engines were routine at the time and diesels promised the way forward. But so glad that so many steam engines have been preserved and are still allowed to run. May it long continue.
@MAPFWH
7 жыл бұрын
Nice to see actual proof of grimy kettles hauling Blue/Grey stock, and better to see it mixed too. SO many people believe it never happened.
@nigelterry9299
7 жыл бұрын
MAPFWH Maroon stock was around with green boxes until the mid 70s. What it also shows is that trains up to 1068 were not formed of serried ranks of Mk1 coaches. Modellers take note!!!!
@MagicRailRoadReload
11 жыл бұрын
Oh wow, so this is what it was like around 40 years ago! I live in Preston so its lovely to see the station with steam engines!
@DaveCooper36b
10 жыл бұрын
Good on you, this is superb footage....invaluable.
@anorthedge4422
2 жыл бұрын
We were all trainspotters in those days. Could have been me on the platform there.
@chorleycake7942
5 жыл бұрын
In the days before electrification, great piece of footage.
@exb.r.buckeyeman845
3 жыл бұрын
Just love the Semaphore Gantry.
@gainsbourg66
14 жыл бұрын
Some very precious shots. A Brit always caused a stir in those last days.
@MrDavros1234
12 жыл бұрын
Some excellent stuff there - even the brand-new Brush 4 with four double arrow symbols plus BR containers (as opposed to the toothpaste box liveried ones of later years!). The Britannia and Black Five in all their grime and splendour too! Many thanks. Oh that I could see footage of my local area of that time on here - Barnsley/Cudworth/Stairfoot he typed optimistically............
@TheMiserablegit
12 жыл бұрын
Excellent footage. Thankyou for sharing.
@johnbrown9092
6 жыл бұрын
Those were the days - fantastic!
@bigblue1402
Жыл бұрын
Use to go there with my grandad. Just down the track at chorley
@soundseeker63
8 жыл бұрын
Seems funny to think further south down the line the AC electrics had taken over most services a year earlier. What an interesting juxtaposition of old and new BR was during that era.
@p.istaker8862
4 жыл бұрын
I don't remember a big yellow BTA floating around at any point, or any place during the nineteen sixties
@alanrobertson9790
6 жыл бұрын
Shame about the BTA it just irritates.
@pab47able
4 жыл бұрын
Yep, totally agree!
@megatwingo
12 жыл бұрын
Fantastic footage. Thumbs up! :)
@murrburr3
8 жыл бұрын
I always thought that they'd done away with steam by 1966! This is a surprise to see!
@simongleaden2864
5 жыл бұрын
I knew steam lasted until 1968 in the North West, but I'm surprised there was so much steam action as late as this.
@train4905
2 жыл бұрын
Thankyou
@benwesley1899
8 жыл бұрын
Last stronghold of steam in Britain, 4th August 1968 was the cessation of ordinary freight and passenger workings on BR, 11th August 1968 was the final day tours, followed by the ban being implemented from the next day onwards.
@CaraBrimleyRules
6 жыл бұрын
Ban that scrap, cut that scrap!
@PreservationEnthusiast
5 жыл бұрын
@@CaraBrimleyRules Interesting take! The nameplates were already removed, ready for slicing the loco with cutting torches.
@Haymarket40
11 жыл бұрын
Amazing piece of film. I first visited the station in 1982 and there were loads of blue electrics and some DMUs and as a teenager it seemed as though it had always been like that as I was born in 1969 and have no memory of steam on BR. Looking back its hard to believe this is what the station was like just 15 years earlier.
@martinjh999
6 жыл бұрын
Born in 69 too so just missed steam... Best way to see steam now is find a heritage line... Nice to see Preston back in the day as well as I live near Preston and travel occasionally from the station...
@tangerinedream7211
2 жыл бұрын
There was a big hoo haa from the unions regarding Freightliner back in the day, they didn't want private firms coming into the BR yards to collect containers, also they wanted guards at the rear of the train as was traditional. BR made or converted a few 10 foot containers into guards cabooses, this arrangement didn't last long ,then the guards moved into the rear cab of the diesel loco. Containers per se weren't popular with the dockers as well, they were secure, no contents got lost
@train4905
2 жыл бұрын
Brilliant
@488scooby
11 жыл бұрын
its a shame we had the BTA spoiling this and every other film you made,we already know who you are,so why ram it down our throats,
@iandocwra1169
Жыл бұрын
Some good footage but spoilt for me by the huge BTA letters on the screen throughout! My father also did some cine film work at Preston in 1967.
@TheMiserablegit
11 жыл бұрын
An excellent film. The BTA does not worry me, but presumably the people who would wish to infringe the copyright of others are the ones who complain the most. The Brush 4 on original Freightliner containers is just as interesting now as the steam locos. Thanks for sharing.
@alanrobertson9790
6 жыл бұрын
"presumably the people who would wish to infringe the copyright of others are the ones who complain the most". No I just don't like huge yellow letters when I'm watching. You have no basis for saying that.
@p.istaker8862
4 жыл бұрын
@@alanrobertson9790 I doubt any of these videos have been registered with Copyright House.
@christophersheward1960
3 жыл бұрын
Steam was just run into the ground during this year. It's a pity they didn't have the dignity to leave the name plates on the Brits though.
@dumpy169
4 жыл бұрын
All I keep looking at is BT fucking A
@PaulStClair-or3gj
4 ай бұрын
So where's the bloody STATION? Not the shunting yard.
@cosmicmaniac1886
3 жыл бұрын
RUINED BY THE LETTERS BTA IN FRONT OF THE VIEWS. A REAL SHAME.
@marvwatkins7029
Жыл бұрын
That big BTA logo is truly misplaced and too large. Otherwise the vid is generally good.
@dennisesplin3285
2 жыл бұрын
Sad to see these noble majestic locomotives so flithy pulling grimy goods trains. Not only the end of steam the End of an engrossing hobby.
@brossen99
8 жыл бұрын
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@brossen99
8 жыл бұрын
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@robertwalker3386
5 жыл бұрын
l remember it Just like that at Warrington bankQuay
@MarkHenstridge
3 жыл бұрын
Call me crazy if you like but, I reckon the world would be a better place if we still had steam trains.
@peterbrackenbury
2 жыл бұрын
Certainly couldn't be any worse!
@2104Rob
5 жыл бұрын
Don’t like big BTA logo otherwise just fine
@doodemog
4 жыл бұрын
Get rid of the bta 👎
@mcfester999
12 жыл бұрын
I wish I was born twenty years earlier now, exellent vid.
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