The Story Of British Rails ‘Railfreight’ operations and sectorisation 1977 to 1994 Part 01
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- With a 1980s vibe from the start in the style of the documentaries of the time we take a closer look at British Rail’s Railfreight sector including Speedlink and on through the years to privatisation. In this special 3 part series I use my collection of models and stock to help tell the story of this period. Whatever you might think of the shameless selling off of publically owned services after BR still turned a profit despite political discrimination, it certainly produced interesting and varied liveries.
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Great start for a great series. I enjoy having the story be told with your vast collection of locos and rolling stock. Can't wait for part 2. Bill & Janet from California
Cheers guys great to hear 😃
Hi Mike - Great video with really useful information , I shall be tuning in for the others.
Cheers Kev
Awesome, thank you! 🤠
Thanks Mike, Ive been looking forward to this series, covering a time I know little about. Packed with great running shots. Thanks for including the air break!
Glad you enjoyed it, starting part 2 today
As you probably know, I love your historical insights into British Rail. Loved every second of it!
Awesome thanks
Yet another thoroughly enjoyable historical video. Thanks, Mike.
Glad you enjoyed it, I learnt a lot making this
Very nice layout and great storytelling - great job 👍👍👍
Thanks very much indeed 😊
Ahh Woking "88, small world Mike. My wife to be first introduction to my mad hobbies! Your series are always entertaining, thanks.
Oh, were you both there? I was there with my dad, got him a cab ride with one of my driver friends, I was a second man at Woking then
@@ModelRailwaysUnlimited Oh yes, early 30's. Trip to the signal box, all the attractions. To be honest I was surprised Jackie still wanted to hang around with me after that! But she did, and always came with me to any event I attended (I did the same for her too, of course - her "bag" was aircraft).. Wherever we went was together. There were quite a few of this type of celebrations around that time wasn't there - I wonder how much was down to Chris Green.......
@@chrisvaughan159 aww that's lovely to hear. Yes you are right there was many celebrations around then
Hi Mike, a really fascinating video. I really enjoyed it. Can,t wait for part two. All the best. Carl.
Hi Carl, thanks so much. Filming starts tomorrow and we'll see some of the logos emerging
Excellent video that brings back so many memories from my BR days! 👍
Ah yes, you and me both eh 😄 amazing how much we have witnessed first hand
@@ModelRailwaysUnlimited ....and thank you for sharing with others! 🙂
@@ewhurstgreen aww you are most welcome 🤗
@@ModelRailwaysUnlimited No problem! 👍
(Invoice in the post) 😂
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Enjoyable video to watch thanks Mike
Thanks Patrick ☺️
Brilliant video Mike, your combination of informative and well put together videos are always my favourite. I used to train spot at Fareham and used to love seeing the 56,s on the ARC stone traffic. I also used to cycle to Botley to see a rare 37 with some Yeoman hoppers as well.
Cheers Chris, oh they were lovely days for sure
Nice subject and video Mike, I really like the Railfreight livery and have collected several locos over the years which I now look back on fondly and smile (not least because of the prices we paid compared to now) Bachmann 20s and 37s, ViTrains 37s and 47s, Hornby 56s (cracking locos, heavy and sound fitted), and a Heljan26 and 58. Wagons are mainly sliding door box vans. Looking fwd to Part 2...
Thanks Paul, I'm so glad, the uptake on this video is rather low compared to the effort of making it all. So it's great to hear from someone who really "gets* the subject. Agreed on the prices, just seen the Heljan 28 £200 not even new tooling and the new Hornby black 5 looks like being nearly £300. What the hell is going on....
Even though any video that includes class 20s & 08s (not to mention the 56) will automatically command my attention, this is an excellent watch & listen (both narratation & sound effects). Looking forward to the next instalment. Your locos look magnificent!
I like how you've re-purposed your redundant plastic wheelsets.
Quote of the video: "I was compelled to buy after seeing a 58 at the Woking 150 celebrations". I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one who both suffers from and succumbs to such complusions.
Lol Stephen your comments really made me smile. Ah yes also feel compelled to buy examples of anything I drove too, and that gets very expensive haha 😆 thanks as always for your kind comments. Just finished filming part 2
@@ModelRailwaysUnlimited Luckily, my driving "career" to date has been limited to 3 preserved locos on Heritage Lines (Castle Class "Defiant, a LMS 8F and the only surviving GC 04). But like you, I was COMPELLED to buy models of each. Total madness!!
Would you be happy to share the list of locos you drove?
PS: Glad I put a smile on your face
@@stephendavies6949 but fun, oo and 8F that must have been nice, what kind of cut off do they have?
@@ModelRailwaysUnlimited Not a clue! But as I drove them on the Great Central it was possible to reach 45 mph.
Thank you as I never knew what the double arrows meant but now I do.. A very interesting history lesson.
You are so welcome 😁
Keep up the good work Mike 0:23
Thanks, did I cover any of your favourites
@@ModelRailwaysUnlimited You're welcome and I sadly don't have any favorites
@@DennisLora2001 oh? How about a different era
@@ModelRailwaysUnlimited I guess so
@@DennisLora2001 ok then what can I show you in a future video that you'd really like?
Hi Mike i think there was a class 20 in disguise in the James bond film golden eye not sure but it looked like one thanks for the great videos 👍👍
Thanks for the info I think you are right :)
hello Mike, great video, the class 20s were successful due to the design, unlike the cl15 and 16 by NBL because the clowns never tested them properly on a loadbank or loaded test before handing them over to BR, i believe overheating was the main problem. remember the first cl 59s as was at southall at that time and they came through
Thanks for the info! I think they were just underpowered really where as the 20s had more to spare within they type 1 classification. Of course EE were just great at what they did
Very, very interesting video. Excellent sound and some nice eye-level shots. I knew nothing about this. I did ride in the cab of an 08 while shunting at Filton in the 1960s before Bristol Parkway was built. Was sectorisation really a good idea? I remember reading Gerald Fiennes views on reorganisation.
Hi Roderic, glad you are enjoying these :) Looking at it from my view point of view. BR was put under massive pressure to change and adapt while at the same time being very unfairly treated by the political masters. Initially Speedlink then Railfreight was great and flexible, however the next generation of sectorisation was really good. But it did not stop there of course. The government saw it was doing well and the rail system we had all paid for was then sold off bit by bit, we never saw a bean or had any say. The period after was a mess to be honest, with any bod able to set up and run trains.
Hi Mike
Great video as always i am looking forward to the two parts
Where get your back sences from
Coming soon! They are Gaugemaster ones, not the easiest to fit lol
Excellent production. Reminds me of being a boy watching the NSE units. I love the southern railway and it's operation but it can certainly get a bit monotone. Green locomotives on green coaches with green parcel vans passing green EMU's through the green countryside... The 80's certainly added a splash of colour, and large logo is perhaps one of the smartest liveries in grey or blue. I see GBRF's 50's are to get the livery again. Perhaps the last great era of the locomotive during this period.
Hiya, oh I think you are right, the large logo was a masterpiece as was red stripe. Hard at work on episode 2, each one seems to take four days to film 📽️ should be a nice set once finished. Did you like the 80s style intro?
@@ModelRailwaysUnlimited Yes, it reminded me of the 80's training videos I used to watch. Right down to the multi window view!
@@Night_Ferry yay 😁 perfect
Lovely video Mike. I really do like your history videos, even though this is too modern for my liking.
I stop at 1960 (ish) so far as modeling is concerned or at least before BR went blue.😊
I would have been 4 at that time. Cheers!
Thanks very much, I understand, after this series I'll be turning back the clock again. This was however the era I started being a train driver in so is very special to me.
@@ModelRailwaysUnlimited All good mate. I'd probably still watch a video you made on the bus on rails, err Pacer. Cheers!
Lol I've got a railbus but not one of them things 😂
I live in North Derbyshire many of these locos ran though my area doing the coal runs until 1992. The locos used were Class 56, Class 20, Class 31 plus the Hunslet that belonged to Avenue Coking Plant and chemical works ( 1956-1992) further down from the works was a huge sidings that often had MGRs wagons waiting to be taken to the plant or to the local coal pits. The Avenue and the sidings are now long gone the mainline is now mostly passenger traffic . I think getting rid of British Rail was a big mistake I have never known a country that has gone backwards in every way.
Hi Peter, wow you were in the thick of it there, I bet there were times you never thought it could end. I absolutely agree with your observations, and the public still don't seem to understand BR belonged to us and those government thieves sold it off and broke it without so much as a nod to us. Grrrr don't get me started lol
Hi, Excellent video. Could you please inform me where you got the wooden crates shown in the wagons. Are they self built or a purchase.
Many thanks, I can certainly help you there czcams.com/video/n4bLKgQG4Oc/video.htmlsi=PxwjZLkm3cpFc9Wg
Excellent. Many thanks, just made an order.
Enjoy 😊
So many nice loco and wagon liveries from this stretch of railway history. The return of colour and variety to the scene after the relatively dull period up to the end of steam and into BR blue monotony
A VDA with spoked wheels? Not complaining just spotting things... presume it had a wheel swap?
Agreed 💯 lol you spotted that on the VDA well done indeed. Don't tell the rolling stock technician
@@ModelRailwaysUnlimited seen real wagons in preservation here where they've obviously run out of good wheel sets and had to resort to having one each disc and spoked. Or even worse two slightly different sizes of wheel so it looks a bit wonky.
Long as it runs it's good
Ah yes, well that did happen on the mainline quite often. I recall seeing mixed solid disk, three hole and yes spoked on departmental trains I worked
@@ModelRailwaysUnlimited oh how I love a look around paul Bartlett's photos of departmental stock. Gold mine of oddities and inspirations. The polished public face of the railways has glamour, departmentals and industrials has charm and ingenuity
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Class 58 was a disappointing design based on the US platform! They had a similar performance of class 56 on paper? The next attempt at building a locomotive was even worse in class 60, sadly paving the way for imported designs!
Yes, not great but interesting. I think the 60s were way ahead of their time and we badly let down by the electronics