BR in the 1980s Newcastle 18th September 1986

Back in the days of prehistoric video camera's i visited Newcastle on 18th September 1986 and from the top of the castle viewed several HST sets arrive and depart, a class 47 heading south over the famous Tyne Railway Bridge and class 45 "Peaks" on the Newcastle to Liverpool services."Trans Penine Route" as it is known. A class 31 trundles by heading north with a very light load and a class 56 passes round the side of the station. 1st generation DMU's come and go on the local services and are in the throws of being fazed out for the 2nd generation of "Pacers" and the like. The far right platforms have long gone now and probably an awful lot has changed since then that i am not aware of. This was one of my more favourite locations around the North of England albeit a little noisy with the hustle and bustle of traffic, listen to the old style police siren!. Fond memories and hopefully i will provide many more in due course. The conversion process from VHS to AVCHD is a little time consuming so please bear with me for now.