The best of: Class 442 

I miss that compressor sound, absolutely hilarious 😂

Now THIS is what they were built for! Rest In Peace class 442s.

I will always miss the 442 on Gatwick express such a classic train!

Bring Back Class 442 For South Western Railway, Southern And Gatwick Express!

The first time I went on the Class 442 was with South West Trains back in 2002 and they were smooth and comfortable to travel on. I love the Class 442s and like them in their SWR livery as well.

Heard that the Class 442s have been permanently withdrawn and South Western Railway are retaining the Class 458s to replace the Class 442s and reforming them from 5 to 4 coaches and re-rated to meet the need for 100mph operations and other modifications to associate them for Mainline services to the South Coast

At least We got good vid memories of the 442 Wessex class in action..RIP 😥

Farewell 442 u will be remembered

I cannot believe how fast it is when I first felt it passing me at Clapham Junction back while I was trainspotting. Great videos of it.

By far the weirdest trains I've ever seen

Sadly these have stopped service from March 2021. These are being replaced with 458s, which will have 100mph capabilities.

Superb - thank you!

What a beautiful train

I'm sorry I thought the Class 377 and 450 trains were just right but I realised it's the Class 442 trains that are just right especially when they were in service.

Its the plastic pigs! Great video as usual!

Cool video this is my fav train from SWR

I was also reading that the Class 442s that would had needed more modifications and had to be compliant and to be fully accessible by 2024 to meet Persons with Reduced Mobility (PRM)

I miss these trains for southern good video keep up the good work

I remember these at Preston park

Fugly things but they're nostalgic.

lovely vid

Great video

Shame these trains were never seen again ever since the lockdown started and that they’ve been causing delays since they began service on SWR

Great video. I love the SWR 442s

These are nice trains

That Is A Modern Take On A BREL MK Stock On Live Rail Marked As The Third Generation Of The UK Railway’s MK Coaching Stock 0:00 There’s A Driving Trailer For The Locomotive Haulage Set Of BREL MK Stock: Modern The Power Carriage For The Coaching Stock Is The Exact Body As The Driving Trailer, But Has A Motor Engine, In The Principal Of A Thumper Train A Pair Of Control Cars For These Carriages, That Is Known As The “IC 125mph”, Are BREL/Crewe MK Cowl Units It’s A Push-Pull Cowl Unit A DVT & A Driving Trailer = Intercity A DT For An Engine-Haul Train 0:00 It Had Got A Pair Of Standard Class Driving Trailers (Deluxe / Economy) Cabless Carriages (Needs More) It Comes With A Generated Brake Carriage It Can Come With A Catenary Carriage Needs A Sideboard Carriage (Chariot De Buffet) Needs Sleeper Carriages Voltages Available: Alternating, Directing & Combining VC = Voltage Combination There Is No Motor Carriage On A Train, Because Motor Is: Steam, Diesel Or Petrol

I can't believe SWR scrapped these trains all because they had problems, if they knew it was going to happen then they should of given those Class 442's back to Gatwick Express and people wouldn't need to sit on those horrible ironing board seats of the GX Class 387's and it would be nice if Southeastern take the Class 442's because 1 they have toilets and have more seats because they have long carriages but considering SWR runs there TOC like idiots, all I can say is R.I.P my childhood Class 442's you will always be in my memories forever even though I can just go on Train Simulator 2021 and play with it and use the AP sound pack.

RIP 442

Hello. How about the best of the class 701? When they are in service.

Unfortunately, all of these units have been scrapped, except for one powercar. Hopefully they can convert some MK3 coaches to work alongside the preserved powercar.

good

You forgot to do the 397.

nice

I love that sound as they accelerate

These are epic. Although I wonder why South west trains (when stagecoach owned the company) got rid of these.

So there were only two trainsets of these basically?

What happened to class 397 and 399??

Ahh i miss the old farts but you gotta say they had a very strange life

MK3s for the southern region, who would of thought they would be comfortable trains. Lol... Shame they did not build more, with "modern" engines etc... What if

What makes the noise?

SWR: let's bring these nice old barely (by train standards) used units into our fleet and retire some of the older ones (rip 456 and 458). We will also bring in a few 701s to replace them. Also SWR: *Let's ditch brand new perfectly good 707s and replace them with 701s!*

I think these trains are quite ugly but because of this, unique

This Class 442 is Similar to Mark 3 Coach but This got Sliding Doors

I swear yall dunno how to make a proper first class. Why is it short

Can’t believe these were scrapped, what a complete and utter waste.!!🤬🤬 they had been refurbished and there wasn’t anything wrong with them. Makes my blood boil when they scrap perfectly good machines just for the sake of it. They could have just replaced the centre motor car with a mk3 pantograph coach so they could have also been used on 25Kv network

2:53 You also Filmed Class 442 Gatwick Express’ Friend: Class 377 Electrostar Southern 3:10 You also Filmed Class 442 Southwestern Railway (Should’ve had the Southwestern Railway Livery)’s Younger Twin Brother: Class 450 Desiro Southwestern Railway 3:15 You also Filmed Class 442 Southwestern Railway (Should’ve had the Southwestern Railway Livery)’s Big Twin Brother: Class 455 Southwestern Railway 8:15 You also Filmed Class 442 Gatwick Express’ Younger Sister: Class 387 Electrostar Gatwick Express