Uploaded March 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Silent Super 8 cinė film plus many still images (110 and 35mm film) showing LNER designed Class 306 trains, plus also some views of the near identical Class 506 trains which ran on a line in Manchester.
Especially during the first four minutes there is much information (in caption form).
Footage also includes many views inside the trains - especially near the end of the film. Also seen are some other sliding door trains from that era (LPTB, LMS) and even the former third rail Tyneside Electrics get a mention!
Much of what I filmed was solely for my own memories - the electronic mass communications and film sharing we have nowadays had not been invented in the late 1970's and early 1980's!
Additional image credits:
Class 502 Merseyrail train at Sandhills station
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sandhills_1979001_1.jpg
Geoffrey Skelsey / Wikipedia encyclopædia - CC-BY-SA-4.0
Class 503 Merseyrail train at New Brighton station
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:24.09.83_New_Brighton_Class_503s_(5958458123).jpg
Phil Richards / Wikipedia encyclopædia - CC-BY-SA-2.0
North Tyneside 2-Car EMU at Newcastle Central
geograph.org.uk/photo/4869724
Walter Dendy, deceased CC-BY-SA-2.0
Class 506 train at Glossop
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Glossop_9_67555_1_copy.jpg
Geoffrey Skelsey / Wikipedia encyclopædia - CC-BY-SA-4.0
Class 506 train (single unit) at Manchester Piccadilly
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:17.07.84_Manchester_Piccadilly_Class_506_(6076993098).jpg
Phil Richards / Wikipedia encyclopædia. CC BY-SA 2.0
Class 506 train (two units) near Manchester Piccadilly
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Manchester_Piccadilly_(3163881054).jpg
Phil Sangwell / Wikipedia encyclopædia. CC BY 2.0
Class 506 train and unidentified electrc locomotive at Guide Bridge
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Guide_Bridge_1967001_1.jpg
Geoffrey Skelsey / Wikipedia encyclopædia - CC-BY-SA-4.0
AM6 train after conversion for AC working at Stratford station platform 5
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Class_AM6_(later_Class_306)_inner-suburban_3_car_emu_050_(8314972534).jpg
Hugh Llewelyn / Wikipedia encyclopædia. CC-BY-SA-2.0
Background Music Credits:
Porch Swing Days - faster by Kevin MacLeod
incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100716
License: CC BY 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
Onion Capers by Kevin MacLeod
incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4679-onion-capers
License: CC BY 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Samba Isobel by Kevin MacLeod
incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1700071
License: CC BY 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
Feelin Good by Kevin MacLeod
incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=usuan1100475
License: CC BY 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
Music: Super Friendly by Kevin MacLeod
incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100825
License: CC BY 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
Silent Super 8 cinė film plus many still images (110 and 35mm film) showing LNER designed Class 306 trains, plus also some views of the near identical Class 506 trains which ran on a line in Manchester.
Especially during the first four minutes there is much information (in caption form).
Footage also includes many views inside the trains - especially near the end of the film. Also seen are some other sliding door trains from that era (LPTB, LMS) and even the former third rail Tyneside Electrics get a mention!
Much of what I filmed was solely for my own memories - the electronic mass communications and film sharing we have nowadays had not been invented in the late 1970's and early 1980's!
Additional image credits:
Class 502 Merseyrail train at Sandhills station
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sandhills_1979001_1.jpg
Geoffrey Skelsey / Wikipedia encyclopædia - CC-BY-SA-4.0
Class 503 Merseyrail train at New Brighton station
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:24.09.83_New_Brighton_Class_503s_(5958458123).jpg
Phil Richards / Wikipedia encyclopædia - CC-BY-SA-2.0
North Tyneside 2-Car EMU at Newcastle Central
geograph.org.uk/photo/4869724
Walter Dendy, deceased CC-BY-SA-2.0
Class 506 train at Glossop
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Glossop_9_67555_1_copy.jpg
Geoffrey Skelsey / Wikipedia encyclopædia - CC-BY-SA-4.0
Class 506 train (single unit) at Manchester Piccadilly
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:17.07.84_Manchester_Piccadilly_Class_506_(6076993098).jpg
Phil Richards / Wikipedia encyclopædia. CC BY-SA 2.0
Class 506 train (two units) near Manchester Piccadilly
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Manchester_Piccadilly_(3163881054).jpg
Phil Sangwell / Wikipedia encyclopædia. CC BY 2.0
Class 506 train and unidentified electrc locomotive at Guide Bridge
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Guide_Bridge_1967001_1.jpg
Geoffrey Skelsey / Wikipedia encyclopædia - CC-BY-SA-4.0
AM6 train after conversion for AC working at Stratford station platform 5
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Class_AM6_(later_Class_306)_inner-suburban_3_car_emu_050_(8314972534).jpg
Hugh Llewelyn / Wikipedia encyclopædia. CC-BY-SA-2.0
Background Music Credits:
Porch Swing Days - faster by Kevin MacLeod
incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100716
License: CC BY 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
Onion Capers by Kevin MacLeod
incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4679-onion-capers
License: CC BY 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Samba Isobel by Kevin MacLeod
incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1700071
License: CC BY 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
Feelin Good by Kevin MacLeod
incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=usuan1100475
License: CC BY 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
Music: Super Friendly by Kevin MacLeod
incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100825
License: CC BY 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
