Memories of Network Southeast - 26th October 1991 

I used to love leaving Waterloo on a semi-fast electric to Farnborough at the same time as a 50 was leaving. When they both got to local speed-limits I'd be in the coach by the loco with the window down, enjoying the glorious stereo from the 50 exhaust, as both trains accelerated. All gone; opening windows along with loud diesels. Memories!

I was fortunate enough to get many a cab ride on the class 50's when I worked at Basingstoke the sound of the hoover unmistakable

Fantastic video - great content, filming, editing and presentation is exceptionally professional. Lovely steady shots - no waving the camera about like a flag, beautifully and tastefully edited - no 'out of control' graphics or transitions, and fantastic content. Just a perfect example of the breed. Note to other railway videographers: this is how it should be done! Thank you so much for sharing; the content has brought back some lovely memories of when we had a railway (as opposed to 'a brand'!), operated by dedicated (all be it underpaid and, often, under appreciated) staff. Whilst the quality of this production has restored my faith in RU-vid railway videos! Thank You, Zac

Weren’t the 50’s a fantastic sounding locomotive. Great trip back in time to when all stations had their own blue fog and no one battered an eye lid, and now all the interesting loco hauled trains are mostly multiple units and electric ones at that. Oh well, we can always look back and enjoy videos such as yours to reflect on happy memories. Thanks for sharing.

From the day and year I was born in 1991 on Saturday thats my birthdate is October 26th, 1991 I love trains.

Great video, NSE just as I remember it, sights and sounds that bring back a lot of memories!

the old NSE days when things were different

Nice, and considering the recording is 26 years old, it's good quality. The thing I noticed was just how dirty the trains were back then. Most of the running stock these days doesn't look so grubby. - Guess that was all part of the charm back then - thanks for uploading, enjoyed the video

Certainly does bring back the memories. Hate to think how many hours I spent at Clapham Junction back in the early 90s. Certainly changed a great deal since the NSE days.

I really enjoyed this video. I love the BR era of trains from the 1980's to the mid 1990's

Good stuff. I think the 50s look best in their original rail blue livery.

Great days of being able to lean out of the window, and open the door yourself, nowadays all doors are automatic, and there are virtually no windows, so everyone sits around like programmed robots.

Everyone has their favourite moments of the past, but I think if there’s one thing we can all agree on is pre-approx 1995 all the rolling stock was so much more varied. I grew up in Dorking so eg spotting a 33 was normal, but occasionally a 47 or 37 would appear at Deepdene and it was so exciting. Now, all boring DEMUs.

6.46 "WILLIES!!! "

Great footage and great sound too. Miss the 50's.

Class 50s and 47s in the Network South east colours, good old intercity coaching stock repainted in NSE livery. The slam door E.M.U trains on the Hastings and Eastbourne routes.

Fantastic quality for its age and great footage of the day's before people became machines, also I love the network southeast livery on the 50.

...top video, thank you, I can almost smell the diesel fumes! 👌

Just after Woking station on the left is the Crane Maintenance Depot (or was) I once fell head first down a man hole there whilst we were installing some cable. I was young then and pretty stupid !

Open windows etc., yes life did seem more fun in those days before those killjoy Health and Safety Officers sanitised everything and now we just get instructions barked at us all the time.

I remember the 'Hoovers' thundering through Surbiton o the down fast to Penzance, and the information boards saying 'Stand clear fast train approaching' !!

In the mid eighties I used to service those EXD trains from my lurking lair in the ancient lamp arches right next to the WCL lifts, used to have my little hand cart, loading up with serviced lamps, then next door to stores and a quick cup of the brown stuff whilst they sorted my lists out, then up the lift and along to the trains, giving the traincare crew things like the little blocks of palmolive, packages for other stores or stations to the brake, unhooking the errant taillamp to be taken down below and fitting the serviced one to the rearmost carriage, also used to do the 4SUB's which also used fuel lamps. Sometimes was entertained by a driver hitting the buffers and making it deluge the passengers from within the canopy lol We were a naughty bunch down in the lamp arches, my boss I suspect drank the lamp fuel as he seemed perpetually sozzled and sometimes we used to go into the stores, play cards or plan pranks and any trainee was mercilessly trolled and the Area Manager a very stroppy Welshman often had me sweeping the whole forecourt with nowt but a wide broom as punishment for some the things we did hehe I sadly transferred to Norwood TOPS as I had some skill with computers and it went well especially as I had been trained by me dad with gate in, gate out signalling panels so often manned the yard panel when I was on me own there, all came to an end when a prank went wrong, I tasked ALL of BR's class 99's into Eastleigh for carriage cleaning, inspection and certification and let it fly to Eastleigh as a joke expecting someone to pick it up as a joke... nope, the bloke at the other end actioned it all and prepped six bays for the incoming class 99's, dropped schedules and rostered in extra relief then someone realised that class 99 referred to the six Sealink ferries... all hell broke loose, I was summoned to Eastleigh by a very sweary Area Manager and sacked forthwith never to darken BR's doors again :( A shame too as I was actually a bloody good TOPS officer and even me dad, other relatives on BR couldn't save me job.

Sad I never got a chance to ride on one of those loco-hauled West of England trains. I laughed at that first loco with the Rail magazine sign, "restored to its original livery with the help of our readers". Why did they bother? Blue and white BR livery was dull; that's why they brought in the multicoloured liveries such as on NSE.

But no. I wasn’t around till 2008 when all trains changed

Liked the Southeast livery, especially on the 50s,frequent visitors at Oxford.

A full rake of 1st class coaches in the first clip?

It turns out the 90s were in a strange aspect ratio.

Ahh Back in the days when 50s were in service

If only I was alive then

I was not far off from being born at the time of this video, lol good old days, i only have few memories of NSE days with that livery and the slam doors, infact only got to go on ONE slam door service from margate to charing x, after that around 2005 I believe, they were taken out of service

Whoever thought the late 1980s NSE livery was a good idea should’ve been dropped in the nearest dung hill. Looked awful then and worse now 🤮

Roy, at 9:08 there is a class 47, 47187 to be exact, and I wondered if it was still in service or if retired etc, after a bit of googling it turns out it was re-fitted and numbered as 57006, which was owned and operated by Advenza Freight before being purchased by the West Coast Railway Company after Advenzer was wound up in 2009. - Amazing !

Nice video 5⭐👍👍👍👍😎

the old double exhaust blow of a class 47 starting out from a station is a memory from the 70s and 80s that you no longer hear

poo

Yeah the 50's sounded great. I remember getting all the way to Andover until getting caught due have the wrong ticket. I was only on a 7 day heart of England which i think went as far south as Reading 😂😂 The things you did being a spotty teenager & the lov for trains. Awesome !

Did 50029 smoke from day one lol

Lady Diana Spenser? Where is that name plate?

3 days before my birth lol

why are wallies sticking their heads out the windows ?

9:46 I love the sound of those old EMUs winding up, remind me of old tube trains.