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Christchurch snow Thu 6 Feb 86
The early snow of January 1986 disappeared to be replaced by wind and sleet but by Thursday 6th February the snow had returned and on that day 47056 is seen on 6W62 11.55 Furzebrook OS to Fawley ESSO, riding the yellows as it heads East around an hour early with loaded TEA's. Within a few weeks this locomotive was taken into works for ETH fitment and emerged as 47654 in May. At this time the former Pickfords warehouse was in use by 'Peeks', a local company specialising in party and giftware but business expansion and Council persuasion saw them move out in 1998 to a nearby industrial estate built on the former railway goods yard (Cl.1973). Uninspiring residential housing has replaced the structure. Next to pass was an unidentified 47 which hustles a late running Up interregional, 1M14 11.40 Poole to Manchester Picadilly, before we move to the former loading dock at the London end. Here an 12-Vep arrives over the River Avon bridge past the former junction for the line to Ringwood (Cl.1935). Only the first 9 coaches actually fit in the platform so anyone in the rear Vep will either be jumping down onto the cess or be running through the train to get out before it pulls away. The down fast formed of a Rep/TC follows but is checked by signals as it approaches the station. A down interregional, 1O03 06.50 Liverpool Lime St to Poole follows with 47603 'County of Somerset' in charge. Finally a 4-Vep departs with an up Slow. It was then home to thaw out and recharge the battery which frankly did well to last so long in the cold.
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Christchurch snow Wed 29 Jan 86
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Snow started to fall in Dorset in the evening of Monday 21st January 1986 and the following day we find trains running well at Christchurch station. A Rep/TC combination makes a sure footed get away towards Bournemouth with the Down Semi, followed by 47468 on an Up interregional, 1M23 14.40 Poole to Liverpool Lime St, which it worked as far as Reading. 47468 is noteworthy for later having ETH r...
3) EMU's in the Snow in Kent Sun 18 Jan 87
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Conditions had not improved much as daylight broke on Sunday 18th January 1987 but BR had got the measure of the poor weather and just about everything was running as booked with no diesel assistance. Local news reports indicated snow was particularly bad on the Isle of Grain so we headed in that direction and found a location adjacent to the Ridham Dock branch. A 4-Vep calls briefly at Swale H...
2) Snowdrift at Lenham Heath Sat 17 Jan 87
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My rather pale paean to the BTF classic 'Snow Drift at Bleath Gill'. On Saturday 17th January 1987, Snowblower ADB968500, on loan from the Scottish region arrives at Maidstone East having just cleared the snow covering the Up line from Ashford. The unit then returned to Lenham Loops, where it turned on an in-built self contained mechanism before clearing the Down line back towards Ashford, wher...
1) Maidstone East snow Sat 17 Jan 87
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Heavy snow arrived in Britain overnight on Thursday 15th January 1987 and continued to fall for the next 24 hours fanned by high winds. By Saturday several lines were blocked in the South East and many others were only operating because British Rail was able to draft diesels in to haul the struggling EMU fleet. The previous day a class 56 had been used to work EPB stock on the North Kent line a...
29Aug87 Rotherham Masborough
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Shot on a 1st generation Betamax tube camera, it struggled with the muggy light of a late Summer evening at Rotherham Masborough. The station was under threat of closure at the time but a handful of services were still calling after most local traffic had been diverted to a re-opened Rotherham Central from 11th May 1987. I can't find my notes but from the public timetable it would appear captur...
Bramley Bunker railtour 1st March 1987
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Short film of DEMU units 205033/026 on perhaps one of the most remarkable tours of (relatively) recent years. Three trips were run from Basingstoke around the former MOD Bramley Ammunition depot on Sunday 1st March 1987. This extensive facility with over 30 miles of track had opened in 1917 but these were to be both the first and last public trains before closure. The first seen leaving Basings...
Ebbw Vale Slug hunt
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Trip to South Wales on 3rd February 1987 in search of what were at the time a new sub class 37 - the 37/9's. The Aberbeeg signalman obligingly provided a cup of tea and told us what was about - the days when you could just knock on a signalbox door on spec ! Did not note the loco on the down loaded coal from Marine Colliery, but the empties were powered by 37293. We were eventually rewarded wit...
Uckfield Line Peak 45104
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F & W railtours Peak tour from Plymouth to Uckfield on Saturday 27th December 1986. 45104 came on at Bristol Temple Meads and it seen at Hever heading down to Uckfield, where run round facilities were still available. Return is seen in fading light at Eridge. The class was rapidly being withdrawn at the time but a few examples lingered on into 1988, and one into 1989. F&W railtours were re-name...
Weymouth Quay Tramway 33118
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Weymouth Quay Tramway in 1987, the last Summer of service trains. 33118 shunts out of Weymouth station, then runs down the street tramway on day that saw 3/4" of rainfall. Shot on an ITT VHS tube camcorder, a numpty for a cameraman, technology and a suspect tape format (VHS), that wasn't really up to much even then count against it, but uploaded to see if at least watchable. If not too grim mig...
Lovely Video and lovely turn of phrase - "Pale paean", never heard that before but looked it up and will remember it, so a Double Thank You !
Love the music at the end marking a successful operation as the dimly lit locos disappear into the night
When it was a real railway.... warts and all.
Lots of hands in pockets and shovel leaning nothing changes in the UK.
ScotRail’s Bielhak Snowblower (see the Inverness MPD Stag’s Head 🦌 on its Cabside) was “Borrowed” by Network SouthEast in 1997 and never returned. Believe still shedded at Ashford. The CEO of NSE at the time was Chris Green. He previously was the CEO of ScotRail, and had purchased the Bielhak Snowblower for the ‘Far North Lines’ during his tenure. NSE could have easily afforded their own dedicated Snowblower but chose to steal the bought & paid for Scottish one. ScotRail were never recompensed by NSE, and now when it snows in Northern Scotland 🏴, they have to close the Far North Lines cutting off the only lifeline to those northern communities.
That’s me on the platform
Like pulling teeth watching this shower of shit No wonder BR got privatised ffs 🤦♂️
*Forstal Road in Lenham Heath.
3:15 is a spectacular scene
Everything is too light. You need some good heavy traction in weather like this.
Couldn’t beat a 205. Amazing footage. A tour that would have the H&S people having kiniptions 😂
Epic stuff. Thanks for sharing. And barely 3 months since the great storm too. 😊
Great short film thanks!! I was 15 at the time. Apart from a lot of extra third rail arcing (and who doesn't like that?!) I always thought these EMU's were pretty unbothered by bad weather! Love all that track noise - so familiar. Doubtless BR had stuff running through the night to keep the track clear(ish)?
ah this is fantastic. Great stuff thanks for sharing. although it was probably colder inside those trains than on the platform lol
This snow was due to the climate change. It was fine the previous week, then it changed.
That were clever thinking by towing out that class 33/ snowplough combo with the class 47.
'87 was a bit brisk most of the time. I had been a professional DJ for 13 years at this time, and never missed a gig, not even once. My van. loaded with all the mobile disco gear, was well able to gain a grip most of the time. Gigs in High Wycombe were dodgy, the side roads were so hilly that the ice and snow was impossible to drive up. What I did then was to reverse up the hills. I had one wedding where only about half of the guests turned up, but I did, although it took me three hours to cover what was normally a 3/4 hour journey. And I gained many more gigs at night clubs because the DJ's could not make it. I must admit to wishing the rubbernecks on the bridge could have been showered with the snow from the Scottish Snow Blow. '87 lives in my mind as much as '63 did.
I didn't know the 4REP used the same traction motor as the 5WES. Only upon their withdrawal, their traction equipment was transferred
How come the signs only had “Rotherham” on them and not “Rotherham Masborough”? I could never understand that.
That station had a handful of name changes over the years. It was renamed just Rotherham around 1969 loosing the Masborough.. Used to love that big black heater with the guard around it in the little waiting room across platform. To confuse things Rotherham Central station was once called Rotherham & Masborough in yje 1880's
Important piece of archive.
I was the frozen turd with a UK flag stuck in it on the left hand side
And the woke winge bout wheather now we had it bad
Late January to Early March 1986 was exceptionally cold in England eastern winds from Russia for 5 weeks...
And this was all made possible by sandwiches and hot drinks from the tea room at Barnard Castle station...
Proper snow
Looks almost like footage from 1963. At least with 1987 I was able to remember that.
Was that just to do a bit of snow clearance with the in and reverse runs?
If only we had snow like that now.
Brilliant footage of a different era in snow. EMUs are crap now. I remember a 450s 3rd rail shoe got frozen to the 3rd rail a few yrs ago on a cold day . These units somehow carried on working . I miss these old school units. Grand footage
What lovely weather! The windscreen wipers on the Class 33 are working overtime!
The winter of 87 , clearing snow from the points , repairing point heaters , falling into test pits , first one in lit the fire . Some prattling about . Weybridge , Woking and pirbright junctions . Good video 👍🇬🇧
As a former Air Cadet done a weekend exercise there only found a small amount that wasn't overgrown
Shame on the council for retiring this ,Love all the locos going through the Streets of Weymouth and the sounds also ,So missed since the council closed it .
Cue dramatic music
during the 1983-84 period but various things changed but I still love railways Thanks for sharing!
Good shot! I went on quite a few F&W railtours
How valuable this footage is!!..4REPs in action in the late 80s with sound and colour!. Good foresight of the videographer!!🥇👍🏾👍🏾
I was the driver in the locomotive under the bridge. I had just brought the snowblower onto the site and was waiting to take it back when the work was done.I took a photo from about 50 yards away alongside the blower and received a chunk of ice from the blower on my napper for being so careless.
My dad Geoff baines ran the station between 1981-1983
Fair play to you, Phil! I love these types of railway videos... very interesting, to say the least.
@@lorabaines3657 They were better times then, Lora. I love videos like this, wonderful!
Blimey. I actually distinctly remember this day. I woke up at 6am to do my paper round, wondered why a passing car sounded so quiet, looked out my bedroom window to see a foot of snow. As a 15 year old at the time the excitement was huge.
Great footage and great snowdrift.
God that could be from the 50s with the old musuc.....great watch. We dont see drifts like that anymore.
The music is taken from a 1955 British transport films production called snow drift at Beith Gill
I remember this only because I took my mate down to Bournemouth from the NW as he had some business down there, Funny thing it wasn't that bad in the NW
I was on this tour ! I joined at London Paddington. The tour was not advertised on the main departure board, which was not unusual for a tour. The use of the Royal Mail bay platform 0 at Paddington was unusual. The tour was supposed to also have a Class 33 to East Grinstead, but we never made it due to sheep on the line. 45 104 took us into the run round at Uckfield, which was south of (beyond) the level crossing (now long gone). This was the truncated remains of the former LBSCR line from Uckfield to Lewes. I never missed a Class 45 tour if I could help it !
That snowblower is small by US standards, but it gets the job done
Our snow fall is really small by US standards, lol put it this way it's probably never snowed this much in southern England since this event.
It's not budging by pulling the stuck one. It's probably left in gear or has air brakes on.
Thats what you call well and truly stuck.
Bloody marvellous video, thanks for the upload :-)
Very interesting, i was one of the operators of the snowblower. We travvel with the blower and support vehicles down from Inverness tmd. Max towing speed 40 mph. Recall total time from leaving to returning was 120 hrson the timesheet. Happy days
Ha ha - what loco towed you down from Sneckie ?
Class 26 to motherwell, then think it was class 31 boyond that. Remember endi g up at hither green and then onto maidstine to clear line. Later we went to hoo abd did same. Then stand down for a day the long journey home.
I hope you were paid by the hour, not salaried.
Omg I was going to work from Faversham to Canterbury
3.05 REP in the middle.