Class 33/1 - British Rail Diesel Trains 1987 - Window Hanging Poole to Weymouth, Dorset.
From the archives: A time before HD video, and 'Steady-Shot'! Domestic camcorders are in their infancy.
Window hanging a trip from Poole to Weymouth in 1987, 33102 hauls us to the holiday resort.
In a time when you could hang out of the window, feel the wind in your hair, and the toilet flush in your face!
A lot of change was taking place around this time, as the line was being prepared for electrification. Track was being taken up from Moreton to Weymouth to produce a cost saving 'singleling' of the line and to allow electricity sub stations to be placed on the the old 'down' track bed.
Still with traditional track panels at this time producing the iconic Clickerty-Clack sound before giving way to silent continuous welded rail.
At Weymouth the old Semaphore signalling (remarkably still in place for the year) is being replaced by colour light, and the old box there is on its last legs.
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Ah yes, proper trains, unlike the cramped, plastic, soulless rubbish on the railways today ! Nice video, thanks for sharing 👍 Hopefully this scene will be up and running again soon on the wonderful Swanage Railway Heritage line, they are currently working on a 4TC set to go with their resident two Class 33’s
Awsome😊😊
Wonderful video. Back when there was comfortable rolling stock, regular & reasonably priced service .Not like todays 2nd rate service which costs a small fortune.
@RailFlicks
10 ай бұрын
....and we complained back then! 😄
😀Great video. From the age of 18 I have travelled from Weymouth on the 4TCs and Class 33/1. Great trains and none of the delays of today. I was on the first up train after they reopened the single track between Dorchester and Moreton, which should never happen as it causes so many delays especially on down trains now to increase the delay repay claim
I did this journey many times, thank you! Fond memories.
@RailFlicks
Жыл бұрын
The line's changed more than I thought it had. Thanks for watching!🙂
Beautiful Sulzer Type Locomotion ❤Back in the day ❤️Better then the foreign made muck running on the Rails in todays messed up Health and safety world ,Take me back to these times .
@brianbunn3604
8 ай бұрын
Very well said
@brianbunn3604
26 күн бұрын
Thoroughly agree 👍
Interesting to see the line only just singled between Moreton and Dorchester South. I gather NSE ran out of budget for electrification and so they decided to single the line. Legend has it that the P-Way team were asked which was the better of the two lines to keep, the up or down. They said the down was the better of the two... And then removed it.
Love it thank you very much bought back alot of memories of the old class33 s have you any others .
@RailFlicks
4 ай бұрын
Thanks for your comment. Yes, there's more to come, but other edit commitments are getting in the way at the moment. Hopefully, I'll be adding to the YT Library soon. 🙂
@lifeisgood3386
4 ай бұрын
@@RailFlicksdo you have any cab rides in the mutipull unit
@RailFlicks
4 ай бұрын
No, I don't think so, sorry.
@lifeisgood3386
4 ай бұрын
@@RailFlicksi have a vid i did from wey to dorch i filmed from the cab of a class 444 new electric about 3 years ago .