19:55 Station name is Smethwick Rolfe Street, not Smethwick
@vincentharriman3283Күн бұрын
10:36 - Dudley Port, formerly known as Dudley Port High Level to distinquish it from the station on the former South Staffs Line which passes underneath. A Metro stop will be built there on the line to Dudley.
@vincentharriman3283Күн бұрын
The Tipton level crossing, now replaced by a road tunnel a little further south.
@rickmeyrick43572 ай бұрын
Excellent footage/nostalgia, as a Northern Ned trying to negotiate the SR Network it brings back many happy memories, thanks !
@pauldelcour4 ай бұрын
Love the straight gears sound, love the short stations stops (sometimes 6-7 seconds), thanks to the slam doors giving really fast access and exit. Slower acceleration than more recent stock it seems. And love the conversation!
@aquarius35707 ай бұрын
Este som do dínamo me fez lembrar dos antigos na década de 80 aqui no Brasil.
@laurenceskinnerton7310 ай бұрын
I love EPB,s.
@daveoliver4023 Жыл бұрын
At 43.59 the points seem to be set against the train - how did they work?
@Robh1966 Жыл бұрын
Nice seeing the 1066 electrics that were running when they electrified the line between Tonbridge & Hastings 7:22
@franktuckwell196 Жыл бұрын
Great to see this particular route. I learnt to drive on these units, 51s, 57s and 63s. 415 and 416. Knew that route well and was based at Slade Green for a long time. I am now retired, but preferred those old units to the wretched networkers ( 465/466) that replaced them.
@BigPinkJohn Жыл бұрын
Why am I not hearing 2 on the bell from the guard?
@XPLOSIVization4 ай бұрын
You can hear them at 13:07 talking about the bell malfunction
@PaddyWV Жыл бұрын
I always remembered the "Sarson's Malt Vinegar" sign. There was another semi circular one at the end of the building too at one point. Good to see it wasn't something I had imagined.
@franktuckwell196 Жыл бұрын
I remember it well. I still think the 415/416 were better than networkers.
@uk-martin49057 ай бұрын
Solid, reliable, with a reassuring sound. The 415s were particularly stylish and epitomised 1950s design. Much missed in my opinion.
@franktuckwell196 Жыл бұрын
I remember these units and this route very well.
@leesmith8366 Жыл бұрын
8 cig "ghost train"
@southlondon63 Жыл бұрын
Getting strange looks by the mrs whilst l watch this. Hearing the train motors and rails takes me back to when l used to the Catford Loop service to Holborn Viaduct . Then go to work at the now gone sorting office next door to St Barts hospital, happy memories.
@dav1mic Жыл бұрын
is it me or do people get quite emotional due to the fact all our trains then were built in the UK
@andrewsaxton2421 Жыл бұрын
Great cab ride, I will attempt to re create this in train simulator
@dieseldave3879 Жыл бұрын
🚂👍
@simonwhitlock9189 Жыл бұрын
Thirty minutes of listening to Derek and Clive chatting.
@paulstuart9959 Жыл бұрын
Excellent video seeing old slam door,s southwestern train,s to Dartford Kent
@paulstuart9959 Жыл бұрын
Such lovely video always nice to see oid southeastern train,s
@dodgydruid Жыл бұрын
2:30 Next to the water column right up til the late 70's there used to be a coaler shed that covered over the track prob a coaling and watering stage for the Central division trains due to the major issues of getting loco's over to the Kent lines in order to get down to Bricklayer's works.
@dodgydruid Жыл бұрын
Quite funny to see the Plat 7/7a headshunt there, put in place at some great cost and quite a bit of remodelling work esp for the S&T... then SR decided they didn't want it and tasked Thumpers in for the "bankers" commuter services making it instantly redundant. Just wondering if me old man was there that day on Plat 1-6/Spur panel aka the Widowmaker, it withered hale and hearty men during the rush hours where trains would be block to block locked down to some stupid passenger causing problems, I remember one day going in with the old man a drunk bloke got off the train the wrong side ending up on the track at New Cross and another time again at New Cross a chap needing the lav decided to do it out the window and something zapped off as the current travelled northwards...
@TrainDriver1953 Жыл бұрын
Best train's I ever went on was the DEMU from Charing Cross to Hastings via Tunbridge, missed very much
@TrainDriver1953 Жыл бұрын
What was he units called that Waterloo had to push and pull that took 2 unit's of 4 cars as far as Bournemouth and then a diesel had to take them to Weymouth
@class43matty Жыл бұрын
4REPS
@paulconner9354Ай бұрын
A 4 REP on London end would propel a few 4TC to Bournemouth where a 31 would couple to the front of the TC and take the set on the unelectrified section to Weymouth
@TrainDriver1953 Жыл бұрын
Did his crew not know it was being filmed and getting all there yapp
@BibtheBoulder Жыл бұрын
Cracking video, all respect to the old hand who was a passed fireman.
@Captainpubwatch Жыл бұрын
This is worth watching to hear the stories from the driver alone! He must have been near retirement, talking about going to Leysdown in 1946/1947 and going “on the juice” in 1959. He must have had a lot of knowledge and tales to tell
@keithrogers6904 Жыл бұрын
Great video.. If only it had been filmed just a few short years earlier and we would have seen Bilston Steelworks and other industrial sites before they disappeared from the landscape forever.
@truly4001 Жыл бұрын
What livery is that 317 wearing at 1:52?
@Welwyn22 Жыл бұрын
ex Network SouthEast with a green stripe. Quite a few of these went to London Tilbury and Southend in the late 1990s and early 2000s to fill the gap created by the withdrawal of the 302s until the 357s arrived. The units had a green stripe in place of the red NSE one. Then they ended up with WAGN, where they almost fit in with the excessive amount of ex NSE liveried units still running around (mostly 313s and all the 365s).
@4vepvik781 Жыл бұрын
Privilege to watch..Great drivers insight and the lamented long gone Class 415 EPBs.. Reliable workhorses. Cannon St crash certainly hastened their replacement.
@triptechable2 жыл бұрын
Why did the train stop but not stop at Nunhead @ 11:37 ? Also the warehouse on the left @ 11:53 used to be something to do with Fyfes bananas. Not there anymore as turned into a housing estate. @ 12:24 up the embankment to the left is where my nan used to live! Spent ages watching trains from the garden. Also the talk of the crystal palace high level route. That was something you could walk along until the early 90s when a housing estate was built along there. Very fond memories.
@djpeekay252 жыл бұрын
Love the discussion about the steam and the electrification of the line. Love the class 305 look.
@grahampearson56702 жыл бұрын
The through service from Central London to Bromley North finished completely during the early 1990s.
@simoncollins62482 жыл бұрын
I remember a journey like this between Charing Cross to Charlton. I asked the driver if he was stopping at my stop, he said, 'no', but he offered me a journey in the cab. When we got to Charlton he stopped at the head of the platform to let me off!
@paulstuart21302 жыл бұрын
More train noise would be nice
@paulstuart21302 жыл бұрын
Such lovely video back in time
@MrGriser2 жыл бұрын
I thought 305's only operated on the West Anglia and Great Eastern main lines?
@paulstuart21302 жыл бұрын
Pity no more cab rides like these on dvds such nice trains
@wossisname45402 жыл бұрын
Well done & thank you. Can't believe that not only have they gone, but it's so long ago! Good looking units, pleasant to drive though not having traction motors under you and no ampere gauge was a disadvantage when going over 4-car gaps and especially in snow & ice. "Slammers" was an enthusiasts' term in vogue when they were in service and included all such SR stock, though not CORs and BILs: they were more revered. It was a seniority thing. Cheers!
@adrianpearce44972 жыл бұрын
Drove these on the Central from 88-90, reliable, fantastic brake and proper trains👍 Loved the AWS warble which went off every few seconds by Metropolitan Junction towards London Bridge on the two lines from CX/Blkfriars which is now 4lines. The density of trains was incredible and we were t allows in CX with the Caterhams during the peak as there were no paths👍 Amazing bit of railway, not that it's relevant to this video per se.
@paulstuart21302 жыл бұрын
Such good video nice to see old slam door,s train,s
@tajulislam15222 жыл бұрын
47:45 I hear them talking about the Wessex Series...
@matthewdavidcole2 жыл бұрын
Interesting to see the single line connection from the down fast at the Country end of grove Park. Wonder when that was removed
@jess.hawkins2 жыл бұрын
Really interesting hearing the conversation in the cab about how the 302s "are built to last" and "the modern stuff, the 315s, they're flimsy, they're not built to last" 😄
@XPLOSIVization4 ай бұрын
The 315s were ugly as hell too, not many drivers like them to be honest and preferred the 310s and 312s
@jess.hawkins4 ай бұрын
@@XPLOSIVization I dunno in my opinion it's difficult to think of a 310 or 312 as good looking...
@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS2 жыл бұрын
smashing thank you
@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS2 жыл бұрын
London bridge, how it's changed but it still has train spotters, I was there myself recently. Love these old video's. I have loads which I am copying from VHS to WMV ready to upload to KZread. Over 300 but not cab rides I'm afraid. I enjoy riding the trains around London. S many trains running and really interesting scenery, old building and railway structures. Thanks for sharing this
@GNTel3132 жыл бұрын
Beautiful trains those slammers were. I miss them so much 😢 .... wonderful footage by the way. Thank you for posting
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19:55 Station name is Smethwick Rolfe Street, not Smethwick
10:36 - Dudley Port, formerly known as Dudley Port High Level to distinquish it from the station on the former South Staffs Line which passes underneath. A Metro stop will be built there on the line to Dudley.
The Tipton level crossing, now replaced by a road tunnel a little further south.
Excellent footage/nostalgia, as a Northern Ned trying to negotiate the SR Network it brings back many happy memories, thanks !
Love the straight gears sound, love the short stations stops (sometimes 6-7 seconds), thanks to the slam doors giving really fast access and exit. Slower acceleration than more recent stock it seems. And love the conversation!
Este som do dínamo me fez lembrar dos antigos na década de 80 aqui no Brasil.
I love EPB,s.
At 43.59 the points seem to be set against the train - how did they work?
Nice seeing the 1066 electrics that were running when they electrified the line between Tonbridge & Hastings 7:22
Great to see this particular route. I learnt to drive on these units, 51s, 57s and 63s. 415 and 416. Knew that route well and was based at Slade Green for a long time. I am now retired, but preferred those old units to the wretched networkers ( 465/466) that replaced them.
Why am I not hearing 2 on the bell from the guard?
You can hear them at 13:07 talking about the bell malfunction
I always remembered the "Sarson's Malt Vinegar" sign. There was another semi circular one at the end of the building too at one point. Good to see it wasn't something I had imagined.
I remember it well. I still think the 415/416 were better than networkers.
Solid, reliable, with a reassuring sound. The 415s were particularly stylish and epitomised 1950s design. Much missed in my opinion.
I remember these units and this route very well.
8 cig "ghost train"
Getting strange looks by the mrs whilst l watch this. Hearing the train motors and rails takes me back to when l used to the Catford Loop service to Holborn Viaduct . Then go to work at the now gone sorting office next door to St Barts hospital, happy memories.
is it me or do people get quite emotional due to the fact all our trains then were built in the UK
Great cab ride, I will attempt to re create this in train simulator
🚂👍
Thirty minutes of listening to Derek and Clive chatting.
Excellent video seeing old slam door,s southwestern train,s to Dartford Kent
Such lovely video always nice to see oid southeastern train,s
2:30 Next to the water column right up til the late 70's there used to be a coaler shed that covered over the track prob a coaling and watering stage for the Central division trains due to the major issues of getting loco's over to the Kent lines in order to get down to Bricklayer's works.
Quite funny to see the Plat 7/7a headshunt there, put in place at some great cost and quite a bit of remodelling work esp for the S&T... then SR decided they didn't want it and tasked Thumpers in for the "bankers" commuter services making it instantly redundant. Just wondering if me old man was there that day on Plat 1-6/Spur panel aka the Widowmaker, it withered hale and hearty men during the rush hours where trains would be block to block locked down to some stupid passenger causing problems, I remember one day going in with the old man a drunk bloke got off the train the wrong side ending up on the track at New Cross and another time again at New Cross a chap needing the lav decided to do it out the window and something zapped off as the current travelled northwards...
Best train's I ever went on was the DEMU from Charing Cross to Hastings via Tunbridge, missed very much
What was he units called that Waterloo had to push and pull that took 2 unit's of 4 cars as far as Bournemouth and then a diesel had to take them to Weymouth
4REPS
A 4 REP on London end would propel a few 4TC to Bournemouth where a 31 would couple to the front of the TC and take the set on the unelectrified section to Weymouth
Did his crew not know it was being filmed and getting all there yapp
Cracking video, all respect to the old hand who was a passed fireman.
This is worth watching to hear the stories from the driver alone! He must have been near retirement, talking about going to Leysdown in 1946/1947 and going “on the juice” in 1959. He must have had a lot of knowledge and tales to tell
Great video.. If only it had been filmed just a few short years earlier and we would have seen Bilston Steelworks and other industrial sites before they disappeared from the landscape forever.
What livery is that 317 wearing at 1:52?
ex Network SouthEast with a green stripe. Quite a few of these went to London Tilbury and Southend in the late 1990s and early 2000s to fill the gap created by the withdrawal of the 302s until the 357s arrived. The units had a green stripe in place of the red NSE one. Then they ended up with WAGN, where they almost fit in with the excessive amount of ex NSE liveried units still running around (mostly 313s and all the 365s).
Privilege to watch..Great drivers insight and the lamented long gone Class 415 EPBs.. Reliable workhorses. Cannon St crash certainly hastened their replacement.
Why did the train stop but not stop at Nunhead @ 11:37 ? Also the warehouse on the left @ 11:53 used to be something to do with Fyfes bananas. Not there anymore as turned into a housing estate. @ 12:24 up the embankment to the left is where my nan used to live! Spent ages watching trains from the garden. Also the talk of the crystal palace high level route. That was something you could walk along until the early 90s when a housing estate was built along there. Very fond memories.
Love the discussion about the steam and the electrification of the line. Love the class 305 look.
The through service from Central London to Bromley North finished completely during the early 1990s.
I remember a journey like this between Charing Cross to Charlton. I asked the driver if he was stopping at my stop, he said, 'no', but he offered me a journey in the cab. When we got to Charlton he stopped at the head of the platform to let me off!
More train noise would be nice
Such lovely video back in time
I thought 305's only operated on the West Anglia and Great Eastern main lines?
Pity no more cab rides like these on dvds such nice trains
Well done & thank you. Can't believe that not only have they gone, but it's so long ago! Good looking units, pleasant to drive though not having traction motors under you and no ampere gauge was a disadvantage when going over 4-car gaps and especially in snow & ice. "Slammers" was an enthusiasts' term in vogue when they were in service and included all such SR stock, though not CORs and BILs: they were more revered. It was a seniority thing. Cheers!
Drove these on the Central from 88-90, reliable, fantastic brake and proper trains👍 Loved the AWS warble which went off every few seconds by Metropolitan Junction towards London Bridge on the two lines from CX/Blkfriars which is now 4lines. The density of trains was incredible and we were t allows in CX with the Caterhams during the peak as there were no paths👍 Amazing bit of railway, not that it's relevant to this video per se.
Such good video nice to see old slam door,s train,s
47:45 I hear them talking about the Wessex Series...
Interesting to see the single line connection from the down fast at the Country end of grove Park. Wonder when that was removed
Really interesting hearing the conversation in the cab about how the 302s "are built to last" and "the modern stuff, the 315s, they're flimsy, they're not built to last" 😄
The 315s were ugly as hell too, not many drivers like them to be honest and preferred the 310s and 312s
@@XPLOSIVization I dunno in my opinion it's difficult to think of a 310 or 312 as good looking...
smashing thank you
London bridge, how it's changed but it still has train spotters, I was there myself recently. Love these old video's. I have loads which I am copying from VHS to WMV ready to upload to KZread. Over 300 but not cab rides I'm afraid. I enjoy riding the trains around London. S many trains running and really interesting scenery, old building and railway structures. Thanks for sharing this
Beautiful trains those slammers were. I miss them so much 😢 .... wonderful footage by the way. Thank you for posting
When was this film made?
Pre 1990s. At a guess I'd say 87/88