British Rail Network SouthEast-Redhill January 1988 

That's because the 47 had failed! The 73 had the power to pull it all but only on juice, on diesel they had no chance!

Thank you.....there is more to come.....

The Buddleia is everywhere, it certainly doesn't help with videoing.....

Thank you....i have plenty more to come! I can't believe how much variety of traffic as well as traction we have lost.......

That train weighed at the best part of 2000 tons, so there was some juice being drawn there!

And very busy on the Southern, trains everywhere, must have been a fun time....

A failure of the 47. Luckily it was on a juice line as the ED's would have no chance of moving it under their diesel power, they're struggling on electric!

I'm pleased you enjoyed it.... I have plenty NSE vids uploaded already with more to come!

My pleasure..... I did do quite well this particular afternoon.....

The 47 must have had problems as the 2 ED's were rescue engines. The ED's were working in multiple but can't with the 47 which still had it's driver on board. It may have had a flash-over or maybe high water temperature......

My pleasure......

Thank you, i have plenty more from the SR, it will all appear over time......

Thank you Jason, there's plenty more yet! I was even out on Sat 18 May to see the last HST's at Padd & Reading so i'm still at it!

@@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus you are more than welcome for the comments soi would you happen to have any filming or be putting any Paddington and reading HST 125 UP to watch your video's are so interesting I tend to watch them over and over on TV in bed 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

I'll slip in a little extra upload of the last HST's leaving Padd. I first saw one of these futuristic machines in early summer 1976 and had my first ride on one when they entered squadron service in the October of that year. My Dad and & I took up a cheap ticket offer to go to Bristol for a fiver so got my first Valenta thrash then and have loved them ever since!

@@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus thank you thank you I shall totally look forward to seeing that soi once again I like you passion and dedicated time uploading such iconic trains 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

It is up..........enjoy!

I see places now that i filmed at in the past and it's freightening how drastic the changes are. Back in the late 80s i filmed three 08's shunting (all at the same time) in Scunthorpe yard yet the place closed years ago, the gronks just a distant memory......

Thank you. The 47 had some sort of problem and had been rescued by the ED's. It is still running and as the ED's struggle away from the signal stop the 47 revs a little as it applies a little power. They were 2750hp so had a fair bit of poke but that Yeoman train weighed in at around 1700/1800 tons! The wagons weighed 95 tons approx + weight of the loco but bear in mind it was probably only half a train, it would have been twice as long coming up from Westbury before splitting at Acton or a similar WR yard.

Interesting, thanks.

Operationally, they were the best days of British Rail, NSE ended up in profit as did InterCity, Parcels and Trainload Freight. Rfd never made it pay and Regional Railways alsways needed payments for the social railway they provided but they had new trains (not always the best think Pacer) but at least the lines stayed open, ridership was going up and support payments down-brilliant railway. But this picture doesn't fit the politicians & mainstream media's view of 'bad old BR' !!! Give me back the railway run by railway professionals....

@@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus Totally agree Soi.

@@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus It went downhill after privatisation

Another place is just a shadow of its former self.....

Because 47s were signed by a lot of depots, they were grabbed by different depots and used on local jobs until the home depot requested on TOPS its return. Some of Stratford's engines would be at the other end of the country working, so SF would naturally grab any that appeared on their patch for local jobs!

So its from scotland hence the terrier??

I have a few... Try these, ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pEGmKbIrsWg.html and ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-S4MJPBMiSdU.html and ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-UtA4uJZEuek.html

Many thanks 👍

I think 378 had failed and the ED's were the rescue engines. Good job they were 'on juice' as they would never have moved the train on diesel power alone! I imagine the DMU driver simply forgot to cahnge his lights over, easily done!

@@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus You can hear the Class 47 ticking over on your video as she passes. Perhaps she was low on coolant and unable to apply power ? I had a Class 73 from Waterloo to Reading once. That route has loads of level crossings. As the roads were wider, than the length of the Class 73, she was gapped. Drawing a thousand amps or more, she electrocuted the shrubbery, both leaving the juice rail and regaining it moments later. To climb up onto the GWR platforms at Reading, she had to switch to diesel power, as the connection off the Southern is not electrified. She struggled up the grade with her puny 500hp on Load 9. The Class 73/9s are more meaty on diesel power. I had one from Fort William to Edinburgh. The only time I caught a driver running forward on red lights, was at Haymarket with a Class 47/7. I saw the red glow through the tunnels, as she approached. I ran to the loco, to tell the driver. He thanked me, and if I had been older (and more cheeky) I might have asked for a cabride. He seemed appreciative enough, that I had got him out of a hole. He said it would not have reflected well on him, or the intervening signalboxes, if he had arrived at Glasgow Queen Street still displaying reds.

@@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus You can hear the engine in the 47 running, in fact, as the Yeoman train moves off, we even hear the engine open up a bit, and the radiator vents open. So, as you said above, possibly high water temperature. Could have been an AWS fault as well, speedo fault.

I don't suppose Paddock Wood has much going for it in summer either!!! I never got DMU's at Tonbridge, by the time i had a video camera the Redhill-Tonbridge route was DEMU 'Thumper' units (which i doi have on vid!)

@@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus Lovely indian restaurant in Paddock Wood, not far from the station too!

Sounds like Tallerdig in Wales. Many a wet cold night working on the track. Sparse Hell hole. Love it

Yes, the 47 had failed and even on juice the 73s had their work cut out hauling that heavy Foster Yeoman train.....

That was the Reading to Gatwick service than ran via Wokingham, Guildford and Dorking, the North Downs route.

It could well have been high water temperature, you leave the engine running as it circulated the water to try & reduce the temperature. Even the poor old ED's were working hard on the juice, those Yeoman trains are very heavy!

@@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus Lovely footage of the 73s, priceless. They must have been drawing some amps as that arcing over the gaps is spectacular!

Yes, you always knew when you were on the Southern Region, these announcements were everywhere!

When the annoucements were not so intrusive as today. Its every little thing now from please do not fart on the platform from being behind the yellow line!