OMG when you got a good driver they would load the beast up and make the turbos SCREAM clagging it out of the station SUPERB. We had 2 of these units converted to departmental at Wimbledon TMD. I got a chance to drive one on a leafblower trip. I gave it the beans as she didnt have long left in service!
They were in a pretty poor state at the end on the Ashford-Hastings line which I used to use a fair bit. They were pretty dowdy inside - one set was even missing some seat cushions for a bit (hooligans threw them off the train, apparently) I remember another got about ten yards along the platform at Hastings before there was a bang and smoke started pouring out of the engine ventilators - emergency stop and staff ordered us all off the train! But if you were lucky, you'd get a ride on a preserved set from the Hasting Diesels group , as they were sometimes hired when there were stock problems on the line.
Nice video apart from the unwanted music at the beginning. There was no traction motor noise at all that I could hear in the entire video ! Perhaps you were unlucky and these motors were unusually quiet (if you sit towards the back of the power car you can usually hear them (especially on part load) since it is the rear bogie that is motored). It's nice to hear `engineering in action' when you can hear both the Diesel engine and the traction motors.
They used to run these from Portsmouth to Southampton, because that part of the line didn't used to be electrified. Then they did most of it, but still left out the part which let electric trains from Brighton run right through to Southampton and Weymouth.
Sorry, but this is no way the last service of the 205s. On the Uckfield line maybe, but I've got video footage of both 205 and 207 units on the Marshlink line in early 2004 at Winchelsea.
I started as a trainee driver at Norwood depot in May 2004. I clearly remember going to Uckfield and back as cab experience, so still in service then. I would guess the 171s were introduced later in 2004.
I needed to know why don’t dig a tunnel and do an extension for the main line Train so that they can extend the unused abandoned underground stations. Why couldn’t they use the part D78 Stock train doors on the sides and also restructure the front face of the A60 and A62 stock and that includes the class 313, class 314 and class 315 remix and make them all together and also redesign them an overhead line and also make them into Five cars per units and also having three Disabled Toilets on those Five cars per units A60 and A62 stock trains and also convert the A60 and A62 stock trains into a Scania N112, Volvo TD102KF, Volvo B10M, Gardner 6LXB, Gardner 6LXC and Gardner 8LXB Diesel Engines and also put the Loud 7-Speed Voith Gearboxes even Loud 8-Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Gearboxes in the A60 and A62 stock, class 313, class 314, and class 315 and also modernise the A60 and A62 stock and make it into an 11 car per unit so it could have fewer doors, more tables, computers and mobile phone chargers. A Stock Train and 8 Disabled Toilets on those A stock trains. why couldn’t we refurbish and modernise the waterloo and city line Triple-Track train tunnel and make it bigger and extend it to the bank station, making it into a Triple-Track Railway Line so those 4 European countries such as Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden to convert the waterloo and city line Triple-Track Train tunnel into a High-Speed train? The Third Euro tunnel Triple-Track Train line to make it 11 times better for passengers so they could go from A to B. then put the modernised 11 car per unit A Stock and put them on a bigger modernised waterloo and city line Triple-Track train tunnel so it could go to bank station to those 4 European countries such as Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden. The modernised refurbished 11 cars per unit A stock could be a High Speed The Third Triple-Track Euro Tunnel Train So it is promising and 37 times a lot more possible to do this kind of project that is OK for London Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden? oh by the way, could they also tunnel the Triple-Track Railway Line so it will stop from Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex so that the Passengers will go to Germany, Italy, Poland and Sweden and also extend the Triple-Track Railway Line from Bank to Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex Stations so that more people from there could go to Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden Easily. Why couldn't they extend the Piccadilly line and also build brand-new underground train stations so it could go even further right up to Clapton, Wood Street and also make another brand new tunnel train station in Chingford and could they extend the DLR? All of the classes 150, 155, 154, 117, 114, 105, and 106, will be replaced by all of the Scania N112, Volvo TD102KF, Volvo B10M, Gardner 6LXB, Gardner 6LXC and Gardner 8LXB Diesel Five carriages three disabled toilets are air conditioning trains including Highams Park for extended roots which is the Piccadilly line and the DLR trains. Could you also convert all of the 1973 stock trains into an air-conditioned maximum speed 78 km/hours (48 MPH) re-refurbished and make it into a 8 cars per unit if that will be alright, and also extend all of the Piccadilly train stations to make more space for all of the extended 8 car per unit 1973 stock air condition trains and can you also build another Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive Companies and they can order Every 17 Octagon and Hexagon shape LNER diagram unique small no.13 and unique minor no.11 Boilers from those Countries such as Greece, Italy, Poland, and Sweden, can they make Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive speeds by up to 117MPH so you can try and test it on the Original Mainline so it will be much more safer for the Passengers to enjoy the 117MPH speed Limit only for HS2 and Channel Tunnel mainline services, if they needed 16 Carriages Per units can they use those class 55’s, class 44’s, class 40’s and class 43HST Diesel Locomotive’s right at the Back of those 18 Carriages Per Units so they can take over at the Back to let those Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive’s have a rest for those interesting Journeys Please!!!!!!!, oh can you make all of those Coal Boxes’s 16 Tonnes for all of the 117MPH Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive’s so the Companies will Understand us PASSENGER’S!!! so please make sure that the Builders can do as they are Told!! And please do something about these very important Professional ideas Please Prime Minister of England, the Prime Minister of Sweden, the Prime Minister of Germany, the Prime Minister of Italy, the Prime Minister of Poland and that Includes the Mayor of London.
Great video , gives me great memories of my teenage years , used to catch one of these from Eastbourne to Hastings back from College , they were defening in the tunnels 😛👍
Alan, I'm looking for the West side of Athlone, in particular the Athlone Drivers Dormitory (now Joe Lynches Car Showroom) which is on the Galway route. This video cuts to Ballinasloe station. Do you have anything that shows the Galway Mayo rail junction but traveling towards Galway. Thanks
Great video. I have an MGA. What artist did you have from 1:08 through 4:54? I'll bet Enid in the front office cranked the paperwork out with that cut playing! Thanks in advance!
Thanks for posting this video. I was on this tour, from Dun Laoghaire, having done the tub from Holyhead. As I recall, BR / Virgin Trains decided to cease operation of the Down Irish Rail (the 22.00 Euston to Holyhead) necessitating Pathfinder Tours to run a connecting road coach from the West Country. I picked up this bus at Wolverhampton, having gone by train from London. The bus driver fell asleep at the wheel, and instead of going around a grass roundabout on the A5 in Anglesey, the bus went over it. I had to endure the bus back to Wolverhampton the next night, and a long wait for the first train on a Sunday, the 07.12 to Euston. Still it was worth it. I had forgotten the cows on the line. I think this tour was the last passenger train to transverse Athenry to Claremorris ? Tuam was the site of Westrail; their E Class 428 worked Pathfinder Tours Balligo Divider in 1988, a video of which is also on RU-vid. I was on that train also.
Thanks Vic for your comments,most interesting,yes it was a most enjoyable tour! we set out from Oxford on the pick up bus to Birmingham via Swindon and meany other destinations? after the ferry crossing we where well and truly tired !! yes you are wright it was the last trip on the Athenry to Claremorris, but i think there are plans to reopen the line!! glad you survived the the bus journey?
@@berylwiffen3311 I don't normally do long-haul bus trips, but unless you wanted to fly the day before to Dublin; there was no other way of getting to Holyhead. I remember a couple from Oxford ! Having done around 2,000 tours (starting with BR Merrymakers in the 1970s, the RESL, Hertfordshire Railtours, Southern Electric Group, Pathfinder Tours), I progressed to ITG Tours, and finally PTG Tours. Covering Alaska to the Ukraine by rail. I can recommend PTG Tours, of the 33 trips done with them, I have had cabrides in Canada, Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Austria, and even a 'driving lesson' across Hungary.
@@berylwiffen3311 I just watched this again. I spotted me. I am the chap in the scarlet red and blue ski jacket at Dublin Connolly with a blue baseball hat, at 3:49 photographing 143 on the Up Arklow / Down Mosney.
Time machine and kept insulated from outside world by the military junta. Exactly how it used to be in India a few decades back, including 2-8-2 steam locomotive. It is all changed in India now. Lack of investments in renewal in Burma is apparent but steam loco seems well maintained and the steam loco driver in immaculate white uniform with white peak cap.
Recognised a few faces. I worked on B line trim deck 76-78. Will always remember the gentle hissing of the airlines before and after each shift, and clocking in and out on the antiquated wooden time clock.
What great footage! Looked like the workforce enjoyed working there. Such a shame that BL didn't have the foresight (or money) for a new model for the 1980's and beyond.
Thank you for your kind comments; four of my family worked at the factory for well over a 100 years service between the four of us ! my sister my brother myself and my brother in law!
I believe "Braveheart" took off for Australia before he had to look anyone square in the eye. At least that is what was documented on "Inside The Octagon II"
