World Famous locomotive "Flying Scotsman" at 1m.40sec and 3min. thats literally at the end of the street where we lived. These films taken just around the time i was born! This railway was closed a few years later and minus the rails was our playground for many years after while i grew up.
Another absolute rarity in this video is as-yet unrebuilt 92025, still with its Crosti heat exchanger system and without the smoke deflectors familiar to us on 92220 and 92203 etc. This dates the video at prior to "the early 60s", which is all I know about when the conversion was done.
These GC videos are wonderful as nostalgia trips and as documentary evidence. Quite honestly, I think the NRM would pay good money for a copy, if they haven't already done so.
The 'Crosti' 9F's didn't have blinkers fitted after the reboilering. If you look properly at the video, there is no bottom door for the pre-heater, and when running as a 'Crosti' the exhaust came up the side just in front of the cab. The Scotsman special may be April 1964.
Closing the GCR London Extension was a terrible mistake, 'specially now rail freight is making a come back. Wonderful material. Many thanks 'mi duck' as they say in Notts!
These are available from PRVideo which owns the copywrite so if he does put them on sale I will take him to court for breach of copywrite. If you want to buy some ring 01283 820451.
Ha'penny bridge, the rat hole, Bulwell Common, and the Golden Ball. My childhood haunts, and happy memories. Thanks bigkris (of Annesley website fame?)
Nice bit of archive film. You would never imagine that a railway once ran through this area around Bulwell. I came to know it well when doing my 'then & now book' on the old GC!
Watch at 3:21 onwards for the rather jealous child rudely gesturing to the passengers in the observation car lol
spiccybaby 5 months ago
0:52 2 things that's gone in that clip the railway and now the golden ball yes the golden ball has been demolished
ShaurntheSheep 6 months ago
the fist loco jeoffory gibbs post your comments to make this pics loud
gcrkris 10 months ago
the fist loco jeoffory gibbs
gcrkris 10 months ago
World Famous locomotive "Flying Scotsman" at 1m.40sec and 3min. thats literally at the end of the street where we lived. These films taken just around the time i was born! This railway was closed a few years later and minus the rails was our playground for many years after while i grew up.
eurodave64 1 year ago
Amazing! Now all we see are the clapped out rented DMU's on the Robin Hood line. Shame!
TheRickynow 1 year ago
Another absolute rarity in this video is as-yet unrebuilt 92025, still with its Crosti heat exchanger system and without the smoke deflectors familiar to us on 92220 and 92203 etc. This dates the video at prior to "the early 60s", which is all I know about when the conversion was done.
These GC videos are wonderful as nostalgia trips and as documentary evidence. Quite honestly, I think the NRM would pay good money for a copy, if they haven't already done so.
tfftfftff86 2 years ago
The 'Crosti' 9F's didn't have blinkers fitted after the reboilering. If you look properly at the video, there is no bottom door for the pre-heater, and when running as a 'Crosti' the exhaust came up the side just in front of the cab. The Scotsman special may be April 1964.
FerncliffeFilms 2 years ago
It would be nice if the rip off merchants would at least tell others where they can buy the proper DVD from.
PRVideo
Ring 01283820451
PRVideo 2 years ago
some of these clip were used on the GCR volume 5
ShaurntheSheep 3 years ago
Most enjoyable footage. Thankyou.
robmcg567 3 years ago
so Flying Scotsman went over the GCR in the 60's!
LeamingtonSteve 3 years ago
Flying Scotsman was based at Leicester MPD on the GCR in the 50s.
geeteefour 3 years ago
what a disgusting waste of a national asset closing the GCR was!
LeamingtonSteve 3 years ago
Totally agree. It could be a dedicated high-speed freight line today, or a dedicated ultra high speed passenger route. Low rulling gradient.
SteffanLlwyd 2 years ago
Closing the GCR London Extension was a terrible mistake, 'specially now rail freight is making a come back. Wonderful material. Many thanks 'mi duck' as they say in Notts!
SteffanLlwyd 3 years ago
great top class .think if you got them dubed and put on to dvd they would sell put me at the top of the list if ever you do.
rockdropper12 3 years ago
These are available from PRVideo which owns the copywrite so if he does put them on sale I will take him to court for breach of copywrite. If you want to buy some ring 01283 820451.
PRVideo 2 years ago
You spell "Copyright" wrong there.
And you'd look very petty if you did.
theredraven 2 years ago
Ha'penny bridge, the rat hole, Bulwell Common, and the Golden Ball. My childhood haunts, and happy memories. Thanks bigkris (of Annesley website fame?)
valuerman 4 years ago
Terrific shots. Thanks.
weaville 4 years ago
Nice bit of archive film. You would never imagine that a railway once ran through this area around Bulwell. I came to know it well when doing my 'then & now book' on the old GC!
Mckorkins 4 years ago