Some amazing and long forgotten stock lash ups on some of the class 40 trains - with 4 wheeled vans intersperse in batches amongst carriages and passenger rated vans. Dont often see that replicated in model form.
This is probably the best film I've ever seen for the great detail it gives of train compositions. Amazingly, very few films from this time don't show complete trains (price of film was a factor). I am a model film maker and I am delighted to be able to replicate some of these rakes. The ones with parcels vans are superb. Thanks for sharing.
Lovely film thanks,I was innocent back then.I'm imagining the sounds as the locos went by,our country was ok wasn't it?Did we have rougher winters back then? Film really captures a precious spirit of a by gone age
Just popped up on my recommended list. It will greatly assist my train formations for my green era diesel layout set in Herts some four wheel vans going into my passenger trains.
Grandad had the watercress business that ran parallel with the line half a mile north of the station. As a child he would take ne to the station, in his green mini van and we would load baskets , of pre bunched watercress onto the freight train in the up ,slow siding.Bound for London. It left around 5.30p m
If you love the sounds of a bygone railway, please check my audio CD An Electric Awayday, which is available from Deltic Sounds or on Ebay. You can also just Google An Electric Awayday. Rob
Very interesting, an AM4 (Class 304) that far south? Much of this I'm guessing must be pre about 1965, when electric services started running from Euston, so a fascinating glimpse of the brief heyday of EE Type 4s out of Euston. Lots of BR/Sulzer Type 2s (Class 24) on outer suburban services too. And also a Class 31/0.
The AM4's were about, but not much. When the electric services started, a special was run from Hemel to Coventry for £1. It was an 8 car train 1xAM4 & 1xAM10. They were not supposed to be put together as they had different acceleration speeds & different top speeds. The ride was a bit bumpy at tines.
They were made of harder stuff in those days. I walked two miles to get to the station as most road traffic was halted by heavy snow. It was a bad year for snow.
Great stuff - a reminder of the tremendous variety of traffic at Boxmoor in the early electrification days! The old yard certainly brings back memories. I grew up in the area and was at primary school when this was filmed.
