It always amazed me the speed these units used to go at, considering how old and flat fronted they were, I mean, they're about as aerodynamic as a block of flats. Great video. 👍💯
And how good they were at stopping, with an 8 car you could generally hit the end of the platform at around 50 and stop nicely on the mark (unless you had one with non ferrous blocks then you were in trouble!)
1992 is like last week. And yet it’s 31 flipping years ago. These EMUs and their squeaky brakes and slam doors and motor noises and track noise are so familiar. Thanks for posting
When I see videos of these trains, it reminds me of long forgotten smells - of a combination of rust and stale tobacco. And of how they 'crept' out of stations (unlike modern trains), sometimes lurching forwards with a violent jolt before moving off! I do miss all of this....the clp, clp, clp of doors slamming, the frantic guard's whistles, and the 'clickety-clack' of fast trains passing through on unwelded rails! ...those are now distant memories of a lost world. A pre- digital age where I remember as a small kid, the station guard actually putting in wooden destination slots (with the stops) into a holder before the arrival of each train. No dot matrix displays or computer screens. This wasn't the 1960's, but the early 1980's!
@@robtyman4281 I’m kinda happy to be 51 (that’s getting old right? 😂) The railways def were a lot More varied in terms of loco’s and rolling stock, when I was spotting as a kid. And also staff were more willing to let me have a cab ride, or go in the signal box or guards van or clip tickets or whatever, without h&s fear or fear of ppl having the wrong intentions. Ah bollocks I’m One of those people.. the good old days. They were not all good that’s for sure.
I was born in 1968 and raised in the 70s and 80s. Our railway station was called Tring which is in Hertfordshire on the west coast mainline. I remember the old 310 emus 25kv overhead. Slam doors when the train pulled away you felt every notch applied on the power controller and when the brakes were applied coming into a station you got your ears Pierced with squealing and nearly thrown to the floor. All said and done though we experienced history that modern day travellers won't.
Thanks so much for posting this video. Such awesome trains going about their tasks on a daily routine. I never thought for a minute, in the late 90's and early 00's that they wouldnt be around. I miss them so much. Just quality trains.. never to be equalled 😒
Very nice video back when trains was trains. Paddock wood station looks very different today but how lovely seeing it with the old slam doors. Thanks for the memories.
Good ol' 61 Strood - Paddock Wood. If you were really lucky you might get a 55 Strood - Tonbridge - Redhill - Three Bridges! Proper trains, driven by Drivers with a capital D. Good ol' EP Brake stock. Course, the EP Brake WAS a DRIVERS brake. Got a few of us out of a few jams did the EP Brake. Just a perfect Brake. Happy days - thank you for sharing.
Loved these trains! When the Networkers arrived they still had these slammers on the Woolwich line fast service to Gillingham, The Sidcup line and the Hayes line still had them In service until about 1996
Nice bit of Thumper action at 6:00! Love seeing them flying along with the guard van door open. You knew it was hot weather then! What station is 13:20 and thereabouts? Lots of 12-car VEPs!
These trains should be brought back! Complete with the charactistic sounds and aromas. The modern ones have no character to them. I would have been 8 years old at the time of this film. I recall, as a child, the trains going into London Victoria station. You could see a haze lingering over the parked trains at the buffer stops, as many of the just-disembarked passengers simultaneously lit up a cigarette! (you were not allowed cigarettes on the trains, but back then you were still allowed to at the stations and concourses). Is the LushShop still at London Victoria train station? The strong aromas of the various soaps is permanently engraved into my memory.
A lovely bit of nostalgia, although when I lived in the UK it was up north, so this was foreign territory to me. That might be why I've always found that lethal third rail a bit of a worry.
It's at worting junction just west of Basingstoke. The DEMU would probably have been on a Salisbury service and the HST on what would now be a cross country Bournemouth. Service.
I can't be 100% sure but it looks like the run down to St. Mary Cray from Chislehurst Junction. I commuted into Holborn Viaduct via Catford Loop from SMC. 1979 - 1988. This video brings the memories flooding back.
