Brings back memories. This was shot just before I moved there (Wharfedale Rd) and used to walk up the platform and leave the station through the small back entrance in order to escape the pollution on York Way. Had to time it right so there wasn´t one of these pulling out. Still, when I got it wrong I could still appreciate the spectacle. Went back the other day and of course they´ve fitted those pointless gates.
@@Slothdeman After 2008. The valentas were removed by all tocs by the end of octber 31 2008 and the very last one to leave was Grand Central trains in October 2010.
@@Slothdeman They started the orocedure in 2007 and end 99.99 percent in 31 October 2008 and the very last .1 percent the GC valenta left in October 2010.
I camcorder the hsts back in the 90s with the valentas from London kings cross and London Paddington great western at the time love that thick deisel smoke and the scream of the engines
The diesel HSTs were generally used on Aberdeen and Inverness routes from King's Cross taking 7-8 hours, travelling nearly 400 miles under the electrified line to Edinburgh, where electric class 91s could be used.
poor valenta , never took to idling for a long time then having to haul the train . could not vope with the temperature differences , thats why they all leaked coolant , shame
@@bonkeydollocks1879 they didn't often break down mate they got the same smoking and leaking issues from leaving them ticking over to generate power. All large diesels leak like the proverbial, even smaller ones like DC16 scania known for leaking especially if you left it ticking over before the pull. They were great in the MTBs infact so good they fitted them in subs and they are still there to this day. If it was unreliable it wouldn't have got near an MTB or a sub. Deltic was designed to be ran at 70% and still got issues in trains that only ran them at 70% but here's the deal man, name these other engines that could do that job reliably? Because the newer MTU can't. It's a squib..
I live close to the east coast main line about 25 miles south of Aberdeen and seen these trains many times the sound is something else .When we married my wife stayed in a ground floor flat just yards from railway and you could always tell when one was approaching .As you may have gathered I an avid rail fan.
@flugjung Although that's only the non-SR angel trains powercars, porterbrook seems to like deploying theirs on the NMT and other owners store them. We'll be seeing HSTs in one way or another for decades
Disgusting maintenance back then. The Valentas, even when new, could provide a bit of smoke on startup, especially if they'd been idling for a while beforehand. But not like that. That should never have entered service. Clearly either oil past the valves or more likely, failing injectors, which wastes fuel and can end up with manifold fires.
@@AquaFonic steam is clean? Really? Steam from your kettle is but railway steam was filthy. No one batted an eye lid at first generation diesels and their prolific exhausts. Because compared to steam it was 75% cleaner.
Sorry, are you trying convince me those fumes do the environment know harm, that people living in the station surrounds have been breathing in that carcinogenic crap every day for years, the fact that there is so much smoke tells me that engine is inefficient, good riddance to HST125 (even the name is a joke) 70's technology. Also no more science lessons please
@@JackTheOfficeWorker SORRY HST are gone now from main line it’s old and dirty cross country Scotrail and GWR have the last sets in MTU ONLY and sliding doors
