Virgin AC locos at speed, Cheddington 5 June 2003

[MrMikeJkay]

was it me or did most of the rake of Mk2 coaches had a Mk3 buffet car in them??

[No1RailwayEnthusiast]

This is special, brings back many memories along with the HST's on the WCML :D Thanks for this!

[ApacheBravo]

Great video, some really nice trains there :)

[tpe18509]

Hi, great video! were the 86's pulling mk2's with the mk3 dvt?

[621Kershaw]

Yep! Proper trains. Brings back some great memories. Cheers for posting.

[Caledonian86224]

Nice video. I think the southbound 86 at 1:04 ish is 86229 (86249 was never painted VT red). Good shot of 87024 overhauling the unit!

[soundseeker63]

Ahh yes. I remember these trains well. I used to spend summer afternoons at Wolverton station and MK central watching them roar by. Traffic on the WCML is pretty boring now by comparison. Only really pendos and desiros. If your lucky you still see the odd 90, 92 or pair of 86s on freights, but usually its just a 66.

Why they like to run so many diesel locos on a fully wired line I really don't get. Surely it must be a lot less economical?

[Allyb1305]

excellent vid, great sound!

[DavidMichael182]

Brilliant footage brought back some memorys!

[hstadam94]

Vote up this comment if you miss the class 87 and 86s

[86501freightliner]

@hstadam94 It was a very bad mistake getting rid of them.

[hstadam94]

@86501freightliner I know, i grey up with them and when i heard they were being transported to Bulgaria i was like NOOOOGGHHHH!

[englischlokfuehrer]

The driver at approx 2.35 playing a well known tune could of been me. I quite often play to an audience.

[kingmush3602]

Nice to see a BR blue loco not in preservation

[ads1066]

A Brilliant Video which i watch quite often, The class 87's are very much missed (especially my favorite-87009 City of Birmingham) and one wonders if any 87's will ever return home after their stint in Bulgaria? and i am pretty sure the 87's were capable of faster speeds than 110mph, top marks for this video :)))

[wellowvids]

@ads1066 Thanks for your comments. I'm sure the 87s were only limited by the linespeed. I doubt that they will come back from Bulgaria unless repatriated by enthusiasts! ;o((

[helloimearl1]

@ads1066 agree they was fast,electric and brilliant at freight

[AmtrakmattUK]

one word

HELLLLLFIREEEEEE

[BigDaveR3]

pure quality 5*

[wellowvids]

@BigDaveR3

Thanks!

[eddggy]

Hi there

just to clear up the mystery of the mettalic sound its the front coupling not secured properly and swinging against the loco frame. if you look carefully you can see it moving jn the video. nice video

[wellowvids]

Thanks - well spotted!

[86501freightliner]

How i miss the fantastic scream of the Traction motors fitted on the 86/87's! Shame they got replaced by the piece of plastic crap Pendolino thingys!

[reynardbizzar]

I enjoyed your video and thanks for posting. I esp. like to see electric locos pushing; somewhat surreal I think.

[transmidlandsexpress]

It sounds like a US-type electric bell on 86228 to me!

[86223Hector]

Classic stuff, and happy days for the plastic free WCML :)

[douglas1249]

86007 you call that one JAMES BOND

[Woolybak8]

87007 you mean, and that was named "City of Manchester" under Virgin control.

[formidable38]

Good stuff here and good filming! Sure do miss all this now that its gone! All we have left is glorified street cars:(

[wellowvids]

Thanks for your comments! Keep checking on my Channel - there's more to come in the future!

[skoda12btp]

great vid mate the good old days but have a few atlerations for ya 87005 never worked in 2003 as was stored @ willesden tmd with a faulty transormer and 86249 was never a virgin livered loco the 86 looks like 259

[deltic055]

Great video, thanks for posting - enjoyed Cheddington and earlier one from Norton Bridge. The IC swallow livery was far superior to the Virgin effort which looked tacky very quickly. But these were 'real' loco hauled trains, not the plastic emu boxes we have now!

[Phil6219]

Excellent video mate

[wellowvids]

Thanks!

[60103Henry]

Great Video, 5 Stars! Oh how I miss them, if only I had payed more attention to them, when they were there!

[wellowvids]

Thanks for your comment - It's amazing what we take for granted and as being mundane - until they mainly disappear!

[duxberry1958]

nice indeed

[trainspotter11]

fantastic shot and brill vid

[peggey707]

brilliant video!

[newdecade]

Good old days... do DVTs lead towards or away from london?

[wellowvids]

DVTs were at the London end.

[englischlokfuehrer]

@newdecade Usually they did, but on very the rare occasion were the whole trains got turned through weekend engineering works ( i.e DVT leading out of Wolverhampton. Train gets to B'ham NS, Route south blocked, The only way out is via Soho / Perry Barr to Stechford and away to London. Now DVT is on rear but leading out of London for it's return

[90005NXEA]

I'm lucky! The Class 90s and carriages now run between Norwich and London (near where I live). I hope they don't get replaced by boring EMUs!

[TheXtremeEnthusiast]

I like the 390s but they ruined these moments..

[mrhighspeedtrain]

i cant see any physical differences between classes 86 and 87

can someone tell me what they are please

[wellowvids]

Have a look at the front for starters!

[englischlokfuehrer]

@mrhighspeedtrain The front end for starters.

[kingofpwnage92]

i think that metallic tinging noise on both shots of 86228 is a bell

[wellowvids]

It sounds like it but, if so, where is it? I think it's probably some fitting come loose and swinging against other metal.

[jfs0996]

Those were the good old days!! Now it's the rubbish 390s.

[supremedalek24]

great video

[wellowvids]

Thanks!

[hst43105]

awesome tone what ya got m8

well....awesome vid as always

5*

[wellowvids]

Cheers m8!

[class43matty]

5.22 to 5.26 RACE STYLE!!!!!

[voxley19]

Marvellous video- these 87s/90s were far better than Pendolinos.

[wellowvids]

Thanks Ian!

[1993andy2007]

What a vid!!! The good old days! man....i missed out! 5*****

[wellowvids]

Thanks!

[bradleigh10]

Too right there mate! Good old 86s and 87s on WCML! Altho I do like my Pendos lol

[laarbruch10]

Great vid mate *****

[wellowvids]

Thanks!

[BathSpaRail]

great vid top viewing thanks joe :)

[wellowvids]

Cheers Jo!

[wellowvids]

Thanks - I guess the lion is something to do with Woburn?

[LMSStanier]

I'm not sure but it's always a land mark to look out for when on the train.

[wellowvids]

I checked - it's to do with Whipsnade Zoo!

[LMSStanier]

Thankyou.

[LMSStanier]

Excellent stuff. The good old days pre pendolinos!! Cheddington is wher we see the lion carving in the chalk on the hillside. 5*

[wellowvids]

Thanks!

[87006]

Fantastic this is why oh why did the Pendolino have to come along and ruin it all I'd go back to these days any day 5* great vid 87006.

[BathSpaRail]

ill second you on that ,,

[87006]

Thank you sir

[puffernutterlou]

excellent vid seems you got the right station to film at. if you filmed now all you'd get is pendalinos, think we should have the variety of locos back like we used to have not the same all the time

[wellowvids]

This is where I could go into "When I was a lad" mode when, at Eastleigh, you could see a whole variety of steam locos within a few hours!

[pearldrums09]

Good times, these proper trains are really missed amongst us cranks. Thank you for bringing back great memories and capturing them so well, great video as usual, 5*****

[wellowvids]

Thanks for your comments!

[wellowvids]

Thanks Bob - my first thought was a bell. It must be some metal swinging with the motion of the loco.

[wellowvids]

It comes with the Pinnacle Studio editing software and can be adapted for any length. It's actually called "Can't stop the train" which seemed appropriate!

[robmasterman]

Now that's what I call an all action Video Derek..superb as always..and a great record of the period. That sound you refer to sounds like a bell but obviously isn't, it must be that particular locos as no others cause it to happen...good luck with the answer...Bob

[TheXtremeEnthusiast]

fantastic!!!

[wellowvids]

Thanks!

[Woolybak8]

Amazing video, proper British traction, and I wish there was some still running, although we have got the WB64 set running now, but its not enough. I think the metallic sound was the Catenary as the 86 was running, maybe some engineering works were in order. 5* video, keep 'em coming!

[wellowvids]

Thanks - as far as I could tell it was the only loco when the noise occurred, though it's just possible there's a snatch of noise in one of the 86s towards the end of the video.

[ay76]

Awesome find mate, 5* cheers.

[wellowvids]

Thanks!

[1adamstephen]

ohh amazing video some great catches of virgin trains at speed

[wellowvids]

Thanks!

[NXEA90003]

Awesome as usual!!

[wellowvids]

Thanks!