It's actually impressive that workers coped successfully, more or less, in what seems like primitive conditions. Imagine trying to sort out that tangle without the technology we have now? Yes. we still have issues and passengers can behave badly.... but there's no way the 90's system could have handled the sheer masses of today's passengers.
I volunteered on this line for a couple of years when I was 14/15 in around 2002/3. It was so much different then, but still full of a great group of massively enthusiastic guys who taught me so much about the line and railways in general. I remember a man called Malcolm Hill who used to oversee me during those wonderful days. I’d arrive early on a Sunday and spend the entire day there every week. Many memories and much enjoyment!
Aerodynamic? Don’t get me wrong the 170 is a decent train. But I would never call that brick in wheels aerodynamic. The scots are aware France, Japan and Spain had some actual aerodynamic trains at the time right
I’m trying to find an old TV programme / documentary that featured delays on UK railways in perhaps 1990’s and in turn a poor lady who travelled south and endured a delay on her journey of over 24 hours ! Do you have this in your archive or know what programme it was ??
ARE YOU OPEN YET? WHAT DOES IT BLOODY LOOK LIKE! THE USUALL ATTITUDE OF BRITSH RAIL STAFF DRIVER STICKS HIS HEAD OUT OF THE WINDOW HURRY UP I'VE NOT GOT ALL BLEEDING DAY
My son is special needs and he loves trains 🚆🚂🛤🚋🚞🚝🚊🚉🚈🚇🚅🚄🚃 especially railcars like those he thinks they are highly underrated rail transportation vehicles and all should be preserved, restored, and put back into service to carry both passengers and mail on lines that are not used anymore or at least don't get passenger service. He also thinks that Siemens, Progress Rail, or any other company that builds railroad equipment should build full size working replicas of diesel railcars with past designs and the departments of transportation should restore and rebuild railroad lines that were abandoned and/or removed and run these on them.
There's more c(l)ocks in this video than the whole of the current Parliament! The only one I think he missed was the „Main reservoir isolation cоck isolation cоck“, which (According to a fitter from the time) was buried right in the centre of the equipment and completely inaccessible from the trackside! 🐓🚆🤣 Absolutely fantastic to go through this video again, absolutely love it every time I watch it! Also the root of the most _risqué_ drinking game throughout the entire railway community! 🍻🐓😉👍
For my sins I used to deal with train complaints on the South Eastern in the 60s/70s. If we had had a tenth of the money the government doles out these days, life would have been so much better. Just the improvement in communications alone makes it a whole new world.
