(HD) 73207, 73206 + GLVs & 73208 ERUPT Out Of Tonbridge With Mega Clag & Horns 

that electric whine combined with the fantastic sound of the diesel engines doing their work is really something to be appreciated

Loveliest motor noise I’ve heard for a long while.

The GLV's are arcing as they do indeed have traction motors as they were originally the motor vehicles from the old 2 HAP EMUs. After withdrawal were then converted into the GLVs for the Gatwick express in order to provide a push/pull service with Class 73s, the traction motors proving useful to aid the 73's through the point work at Gatwick airport where the risk of a loco becoming gapped at low speeds was high. After the mk2 coach formed trains were withdrawn the GLVs were put into storage untill purchased/leased by network rail and refurbished for 3rd rail deicing duties. Hope this explains a little bit of the history of these long lived units, apologies for any errors.

awesome, most eruption ever seen from class 73s, very good Howard

What a clag! It was so cool!

Lovely atmospheric video.....short but extremely sweet, thoroughly enjoyed that! Thank you.

It started off really dull but then- BOOM That's what I'm talking about! :)

My Granddad lived in Tunbridge Wells and my father would drive here and we would do some train spotting from that bridge over the yard. Memories.....

The Symphony, The Clagg....... Beautiful!

Wow! Amazing shot! Im amazed

AWESOME clag! Way to go Howard! :)

Bloody fantastic!

Cripes! That was stupendous!

Excellent video proper old school

Great video!

Awesome video 😎

Epic clag and i saw 73208 at minster with 1 of them coaches

Fabulous!

Probably a stupid question (and not a complaint obviously!) that I'll be roundly corrected on, but how come the 73's are operating on Diesel power where there's Third Rail. A possible who knows? Just because...?

Nice one.

Holy crap, nice!!!!!! Didn't know 73s had it in them, have they had their silencers removed?

MY LORDZ. EPIC CLAG. Wait, I'm calm, I'm calm.

This may be a silly question, but someone may know! As the train is leaving using diesel power, why is there significant arcing from the pick-up shoes as it crosses the diamond? At 1:10 - 1:15 there are a few biggish arcs: I thought that ED's worked independent of the juice-rail when on diesel-power. Have I missed something?

@JohnPW22 it was!! cheers

nice touch of clag

very nice

Nice!

holy shit - wot a cracking departure from the ED's

Nice!!

superb.

Very nice to see 73s proving their worth on diesel power. on the odd occasion I sampled 73s on diesel on the GatEx.they seemed pretty poor unless they were on electric. Great video and proper liveries as well. Of note though, has anyone noticed the 73 at the rear seemed to clag first?

@clusterfak Thank you!

When you come off the slip road onto the dual carriageway

@EssexGayBoi Cheers matey!

where is the tail light?

Test run sir, yes they do have motors

God. Who knew such a tiny engine could cough out that much smoke?!

Ha Ha... that was truly EPIC!!

Thanks, 73136 is very loud

Why were they using the Diesel engines the third rail was here ?

My Bloody Lordzzz! excellent :D

wahts with all the sparks?

Awesome thanks for posting. Why do they run on diesel when they could run on electric. I thought class 73's were dual purpose and could run off the 3rd rail. I much prefer diesel power though, and the clag ;-)

Dieseltastic!!!!!!!!!!!!

hellfire

Thats the GLVs sparking

BEASSTTT! at 1:26 what was the driver yelling at you? (i know it was good, but i could only make out him saying your name)

What were the sparks caused by

@trainmad345678 I think he said "That's for you Howard!!"

MY LORDZ :P Look at the Clag :D

how come 3 engines for only 2 coaches

This was coming out of a diesel only yard

Why were the Pway shouting?

LOL! Volcanic!

@el1924 3rd rail arcs

@trainmad345678 'Just for you Howard' .....

Why can't they use 3rd rail?!

Eruptshion

It was like blue clag then all that burned fuel came out like a volcano :)

Very nice indeed, hmmm must get back down there 1 day, awesome place to spot & yer who ever did dislike is an idiot lol i 2nd that lol

@xcvbnm125487 cheers

Hang on, is this clickbait? Nope, these trains are meant to be more environmentally friendly than the steamies. Lol.

Why do they need three engines for just a few cars?

Nice!