Intercity Trains in the Nineties.(Part Two).
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- čas přidán 10. 09. 2024
- Part Two of Intercity Trains in the Nineties that i Recorded off a Documentary from a BBC Programme Inside Story.Bad weather caused problems on the BR Network between Leeds and Kings Cross.
There are about 5 or 6 documentaries that I keep coming back to watch. This is one of them. I wish I could buy it on DVD.
The German guy was a real phone-hogger! Also, it's crazy that the class 91 Electra's shown in this video are now being retired from service, they still look as good and modern as they do in this video.
I believe they’re delaying the retirement a bit longer, and they have even repainted many of them with a new livery.
AWSOME documentary. Very interesting seeing things from back in the day. I can understand why my dad liked going first class now.
MCMXCI = 1991 WOW 😳 I was a wee boy back then, this documentary is 30 years old and those 225 trains were brand new, still running strong on the London-Leeds route.
02:50 Harold Schmidt! who would have thought years later the German Bundesbahn would own some of our services.
Thanks for the Comments.It was an interesting Documentary.Going through a box of old video's and i forgot i had it.Seems to have had a lot of interest by my mates on the tube.Regards,Trevor.'
8:10 class 47 to the rescue!
"wrong type of snow" what a PR misnomer / disaster : they should have just said a type of light snow which was unexpected and was drawn into traction motor blower ducts!
Thanks for your comment on this bit of video.I Never put the complete film on at first but i decided to put the rest on when i got a few comments like yours about the missing footage.If you search my very latest stuff on my channel you should find it.Also in 2 parts,Regards.Trevor.''
Bomb scares at Peterborough. I was caught up in so many. All piling out by the Great Northern Hotel because someone had left a Waitrose carrier bag on platform 5.
I remember seeing this when it was on television. Damned good to see it again.
Fascinating documentary - this and the previous video. Great to see what Intercity was like. I travelled on GNER before it became East Coast, which i've travelled on twice now. Liked the uniforms the staff wore! Thanks for uploading. Most enjoyable. Craig
During the latter years of the nationalised BR, I got the impression they got to grips with the commercial side of things. Privatisation didn't quite make things work.
Man the colour of the train makes me want to buy and eat rolo and Mars bar chocolates.
Love the Yorkshire accents!
This is one of my favourite documentaries of all time. At an important transition time for the railway as it was beginning to be prepared for privatisation. Underlying tensions of new management styles meeting old proud industry.
Love the music at 8 mins in on this. Anyone know what it is?
Walking in the night by Eddie the razor in de wolfe music. Com
It sounds very Dire Straits/Mark Knopfler doesn’t it! Doubt it was though!
The old hands in this documentary might look/sound like moaning pessimists, but 30 years down the line and a lot of what they talked about hasn't been far wrong, they knew what was coming and knew the future of the railways in the UK was going to be bleek.
How's it bleak mate
@@harveyjames9600Where do you want to start? Currently going through a strike for one on working conditions etc etc. The service is appalling compared to their day. People complained about BR but look what they’ve got now. Trying to get anywhere on a Saturday evening long distance, the service shuts down way too early. Overnight travel is poor compared to what it used to be to be, hardly any sleeper trains left, the railways have gone backwards with millions more people in the country and less carriages on services. Look at the state of Trans pennine and Northern. Years ago a Norwich-Birmingham train would have been six carriages and supplementary additional services to cope with holidays & peak demand, now just two carriages with more people travelling. The Norwich-Liverpool service the same, two carriages out of Norwich. Years ago would have been way longer in BR days.
Brilliant 👏
Thanks for posting this ! I've also been looking for this for ages. Shame the bit about Roy Bluck where he is talking whist driving the train is missing - that bit was hilarious !
That German guy… He obviously didn’t understand that snow in England is less common/severe than in Germany, hence why we all act like it’s the end of the world.
Very interesting Trev,at least we saw some trains,cheers Tony.
Was this the bad winter of 1991?
I see not much has changer really. The chaos was just as severe in the harch winter we had 2 years ago.
I've been looking for this for ages! It vanished off the face of the Earth - although the other part of it at the start is missing.
Yes i think it was.Thanks for the Comment.Trevor.''
I Quite agree,Thanks for your Comment.Trevor.''
What was the music called at 14:04 I kinda like it
The Music was ...Walking in the Night by De Wolfe Music....Josh.....Regards ..Trevor.''
@@TrevorLedgeway do you know where i might be able to buy and download that song? i cant seem to find it
dont worry i found it
Is there anyway I can get a better quality version of this?
Not sure Josh,I recorded it off the TV about 8 Years ago.''
@@TrevorLedgeway 8 years ago is 2012, but this is from the 90s...?
People would learn a thing or two if the majority of these people were still about now, proper railwayman the likes you won’t ever see again. George Melia knew his stuff and wasn’t wrong. Glad i had the pleasure to work with the man.
Its great this is on here but its missing the first half of the program when Roy Bluck joins the first train. But it is fascinating to watch it now after 20 odd years and hearing what they say. You can clearly see how unsympathetic government funding was already sending it to the dogs and the public and staff could see the doom coming. The time to act as regards HS2 and more should have been maybe about 10 years before this but instead the ship was sinking rapidly by the time this was made.
All new electrics out of service, if that happend now their would be no ECMl
They run hsts and voyagers on it.