Class 47s Reading Jan/Feb 1992

Excellent footage ! I was at Reading Uni during the early '90s, so would most likely not have been that far from the station when this film was taken. I often used to Reading - Paddington service, which was usually HSTs, with often 2 or 3 sitting at the station London or West bound. Occasionally, I'd get a Class 47 and on one occasion, I remember getting on one with Mk1 carriages which were corridor units. Even back then I was surprised that corridor Mk1s were still in use.

I still think they look modern. Remember these were built when you could buy a brand new Morris Minor from a BMC showroom.

Fantastic video. My favourite loco thrashing every video. 10/10. Brilliant compilation

Having worked for XC from 96 when 47/8s were an everyday occurance its lovely to see this. I worked through Reading on a daily basis going to Bomo, Pompey, Brighton and Padd all on 47s. Happy days that we thought would never end In August 2002. Some right gems here, ex Eastern, Scottish to boot 👌

WOW. Speechless. Thanks for uploading probably the best class 47 video on YT. Brought back many great memories of also filming at Reading. Fantast sound and picture quality. Love the Ex Tinsley namers. Real weather beaten war horses. STUNNING 😊.

Goosebumps! What a workhorse the 47 was.

Excellent upload - brings back childhood memories XC from South coast to North West Preston visiting my late loved Nan

Fond memories. In the middle 80's I commuted to Reading from Guildford (horrible 3 car dmu). But the highlight was in the summer, catching the Poole to Portsmouth Harbour around 7pm ish. Non stop from Reading to Guildford all with a class 47. Magical.

Over the years my love of engineering has given me the opportunity to admire many machines. But there is still something special about the sight and sound of a sulzer 47 being thrashed.

The Brush Sultzer 2750s as we called them in the 60s were always my favourite from my days as a fireman at Crewe before transferring to Old Oak Common , I left the railways in 1975 because the shifts were brutal but I’ve always retained my love of the footplate and the great men I worked with …I started in the days of steam and Crewe south sheds being one of the last steam depots, starting as an engine cleaner with about 10 of us cleaning steam locos, Sir Nigel Gresley was based at Crewe south sheds in those days in preservation of course ..This was always an easy loco to clean as it never got that dirty like a black five…

Many happy hours spent there in the 70’s 80’s and 90’s Great video of a great loco

The beautiful class 47 in all its hand painted glory ? Brings back the memories in its monestral blue or as it was known banger blue ? More great audio !

Nice to see 47 819 in action: I was a fairly regular attendee at Reading in the early 90s but missed 91-93 as I was posted to Scotland to command 819 Naval Air Squadron. 😀. Great video - thanks for compiling and posting.

Fantastic to see all this great footage! Brings back so many memories of time spent at Reading. It had atmosphere and character back then, unlike the current “cathedral to modernist steel and glass” which replaced it. Thank you for collating your precious video clips for us all to savour and enjoy! A big slice of our railway history. Bravo, Sir! 👏🏻

great video and great memories of Reading station before clowns got hold of it and changed it, looks terrible now 2022, but good memories of it in the 60s with class52s buzzing around to keep us kids happy and the blue pullman whizzing through

Excellent vids , mega thrash , especially 47825 , front window 👍😄

Awesome video, could watch it over and over again , thanks for sharing 👍

Love the 47s fantastic film, thanks.

Sad days all the secondmen gone i was one, Cannot believe it happened.

Very good quality: so we can fully appreciate the shabbiness of the paintwork of 47425 😏 And then of course there was Old Oak's star turn 47526 😌