British Rail Trainload Freight-Toton Depot with classes 08/37/56/58s March 1992
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- A BR vid now, this time showing some Trainload Freight action around Sandiacre, looking at the traffic at Toton Depot back in March 1992. A big Trainload Coal sector depot and yard back in the day, when coal traffic was king with plenty of workings to be seen. Classes at work are 08, 37, 56 & 58 with views of the withdrawn class 20s in the depot yard. See locos in BR blue, Railfreight and Trainload Freight liveries. If you liked the video please subscribe to my channel, there are lots more transport & quirky vids to upload!
EEEEEEEE the old days ,58s had a short life. Thanks.Al
I know. I still consider them and the class 60"s as new locomotives. It's a shame seeing the class 60's in place of the 20's in this video.
Toton was always my favourite depot to visit in the 70s when it was possible to see 100 locos on a weekend.Liked the shot of the 56 doing an impression of a kettle.
I imagine the Grid had been idling for a while. I used to do depot visits in the early 1980s with the Railway Enthusiast Society Ltd, here and Tinsley were both great for a weekemd visit, locos everywhere!
More smoke out of that diesel than a steam engine! Properly wouldnt pass emission tests today. I enjoy these videos.
That's what all locos that i used to drive were like, if they had sat around idling for any length of time. It would soon clear through though once you got going......
@@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus I wish I had of had the drive to be a train driver. My reactions aren't quick enough. I do prefer diesels tbh, more than steam engines personally. As a traveller I prefer electric.
I've just watched a video again on the diesel Pullman that was withdrawn.
@@tonyjones9442 There is a co-ordination & reaction test to pass on the drivers aptitude test. It is hard to pass and tends to fail 8 out of 10, and that's it no matter how well you may have done on the rest of the tests. I took my trainers off and did it with just my socks on (there are foot-peddles involved) and passed first time! Started on NSE on EMUs with Trainmens duties on ballast's at weekends until i got my permenant drivers job on Trainload Freight, and then it was all diesel loco work with the odd steam loco pilot job.....not bad, getting paid tp play trains.......
@@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbusFor dome reason I thought you were a bus driver.I'm not sure if I would like to be train driver. The idea seems more appealing. I may get my mamod steam engine out. I've seen some street lights on ebay to connect to an small alternator.
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/124157317522
@@tonyjones9442 an interesting bit of kit. Model railways that i have had never really ran very well....which probably set me up well for working on the railway.......lol
I remember visiting Toton depot once. Loads of locos, but I think the most exciting thing was seeing 08666, the shunter of the beast. That line of Class 20s looked very sad, but an interesting view of the car park. There was a Lancia Delta, I think, though probably not an Integrale. I doubt BR wages would run to covering the insurance for that. That I think was the most epic class 56 clag ever; even BR, with its relaxed attitude to emissions, would surely consider that that needed to be looked at.
Yes, the cars are all classics now! I think the Grid had been idling for a while before pulling away, they tended to blow through when they got going.....
Wow three trains on the move at once. Not like today.
Quite a busy yard, even though it was past it's heyday even then.
That Peak in the background must have been there a few years, they were all withdrawn by 1987 weren't they. And that 58 near the end had its engine compartment doors put back on not in the correct order, making a sort of jigsaw puzzle out of the Railfreight Coal logo.
The peak was there for years until removed, for preservation i believe although i don't know if it was restored. The 58 was probably part way through repairs?....
45015 i think it was.
Still preserved but unsure if going to be restored or scrapped??
How 45015 escaped the scrapman is remarkable.
@@annescholey6546 dont know the story Anne.. but will it eventually be restored like 45149 and 46010.??
They were both wrecks but amazingly were restored.
I hope 45015 is restored..
Who knows??
@@annescholey6546 There's a lot of people with great ideas but no help and a distinct lack of cash!
Scrub the older locos and stock - check out the cars
Was that a Talbot I saw there!!!!
@@HentisRail vivas and chevettes still about then too, nearly 30 years ago now
A larda I spot
Some real old classics there then. back in these days train drivers were nowhere as well paid as they are today, lots of overtime & rest days just to make a reasonable living amount each 4 weeks!
Excellent video, what was the reason for the brake van on the MGR train?
I should imagine for shunting purposes perhaps on a freight only branch and/or the working goes along a freight only branch with level crossings that are opened & closed by the train crew. The loco crew opens them to pass, the guard will then close them once over it.
Spot a what loos lie a 03 in the back ground 1.53
It could well be, or possibly some sort of industrial shunter? I have never noticed that before. Maybe someone with a more detailed knowledge of Toton might know?.....
I think it's a small industrial shunter, possibly a Fowler
@@AndreiTupolev Thanks, i was sure someone would know! Yes, it didn't look like a BR loco to me but confirmation is nice....