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As someone who, as a young lad, used to spend a lot of his time trainspotting on Woking Station in the late 1960s, I well remember the Warship Class Diesels. In fact they were my favourite type of diesel. As Woking was and still is a major railway junction, we used to get a lot of different locomotives, with warships being kept at Old Oak Common Depot and Laira, near Plymouth...somewhere I often pass in my car these days. Thank you for posting this tribute. 🙂

It’s a very cool looking train that. The old mine a great backdrop too !

This would be a far-more interesting railway if it was set in the steam age with many different types of engine and different coach liveries from different regions. I pity the train-spotteres of today because, when you've seen one type of train, you've seen many the same. Not to mention the far-more complex track compuations!

From about 1968 My father would take me to Twyford in his Mini Van to watch the Hydraulics & Silver Pullman, his parents lived on Western Avenue that runs parallel with Sonning cutting, my other grandmother lived between the Gas tankers in Newtown Reading so this is a picture of my childhood. Since then I’ve travelled the world by train ( just back from Uzbekistan and the USA) all due to this area of Berkshire! Did I notice an extra line in Sonning cutting or am I just an amateur

Fabulous layout

Is this down to bad driving? Especially with all the waste through the safety valves. I just can't imagine a loco the power of the Duchess struggling this much

Why? When I worked as a Fireman on the GWR 1957 to 61 the Engine shed had sand pits where the sand was dried by a fire all the time. So on an incline the Driver or fireman at the driver's command releases steam powered sand on the rails to stop the driving wheels slipping, There is nothing like that for the odd ecursion of a steam train now. This is why sometimes a Steam Engine gets stuck now. Also why there is often a diesel on the back end of he train.

"Oh my grease and oil. I wasn't expecting this hill. Oh, what's that?" His wheels slipped forward and then there was trouble.

Excellent clip!! Shame she failed at Hemerdon

Absolutely brilliant, the realism is amazing.

Classic Traction at a Classic Location!

Nicely done,thanks for sharing,,

nice rake of 1980s livery inter city blue mk2 coaches but them west coast tractors need a better livery as they look very dull & boring in crap west coast livery! good video clip 🥰

It’s ashamed that D829 Magpie and D818 Glory are not in preservation because the preservation team didn’t have any chance of preserving them

Diesel hydraulic beauty 😊

this is stunning , congratulations to all involved in bringing to life

Marvelous

I was on the E.Lancs Invader, what a trip ! Who ever would have believed that a Western and Whistler would traverse the St.Ives branch !,😊

Westerns forever! Simply the best ,!😊

4:50 is that Henry Oakley I spot in the background?

I am from Reading and only just remember how it used to look before the new station was built, gave me lovely memories of watching the trains come through as a kid with my grandpa, fantastic job!

Something special about ARS's. I was stationed on the USS Conserver ARS-39, in Pearl Harbor Hawaii. we went on 2 West-Pac's between 1979, 1nd 1982. Duty in the US Navy was the best time of my life!

There's no such thing as "OO/HO", and the two scales are not interchangeable. This is OO (unless they scratch-built every single locomotive, coach and wagon).

Brilliant

Excellent video. Might I ask, how did you reach the locations at 0:07, 0:46, 1:08 and 2:37? Many thanks.

Very nice indeed 👌 Would love something like this, its finding the Space,

Lucky with the Voyager at Cowley Bridge! 🍺

nice set of thumpers they remind me of a class 20 locomotive especially with the engine sounds!!!

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This was a great railtour to see early in the year, you got some great shots of her and some great sounds too!

some muppet pouring oil on the tracks?

NICE LAYOUTS SPOILT BY SERIOUS IGNORANCE OF OPERATIONAL RULES !!! Visually a nice layout, & a reasonable recreation of Reading General station area. But like so many layouts today, falls flat on it's face when it comes to Operation. The line through Reading in this era is in reality operating under "Track Circuit Block Rules" !!! At 0:51 the Class 50 hauled train crashes a Red signal, and again at 7:25 & 14:38 & 18:21 with the Class 33 hauled freight. Which reveals there's NO Interlocking built into the wiring system used, which is an absurdly simple addition on 12v DC layouts !!! Red lights visible on the rear of locos hauling trains, would of course quickly result in such trains being stopped by red signals. As this is a serious offence as it implies there has been a collision, and the Driver would most likely have been issued with a "Form 1 charge" meaning suspension & a minimum of 3 days loss of pay pending the results of the necessary Inquiry !!!! Weird use of Plough vans (these look like Brakevans but aren't) with 30mph speed restrictions & tail lamps that shouldn't be there !!! Container trains with 8ft 6in high containers on flat wagons, which means they are "Out of Gauge". These 8ft 6in high containers must be loaded in the "well wagon" type container wagons, the reason why such wagons were built !!! The problem of actually installing ANY type of European Block Signalling System on layouts, is the GAPING HOLE currently with DCC. The reason being that the American NMRA club with around 2 Million members, dictated the requirements of how DCC would be wired, for the whole World. And of course the Americans are totally unfamiliar with ANY of the "Block Signalling systems" used in Europe & many other countries. Instead DCC is wired to allow for the American CTC (Central Traffic Control i.e Radioed instructions to Drivers to permit movement). Which is of course the main reason the US Railroads have more crashes & derailments per month than the whole of Europe in one year !!! So totally unhelpful when building any type of European layout, unless it's an "Industrial" freight only layout !!! Indeed this exact problem was what caused Fleischmann to be virtually bankrupted, as they spent £2 Million in research to add a very clever flexible method into DCC master controllers, to allow most European Block Signalling systems to be added to layouts with a direct interface to connect moving trains with the signals !!!

Awesome Police Car! 🚔

Glad to see em still running

It was my misfortune once to have to work with high-achieving narcissist. One day somehow during a conversation, we got on to the subject of trains and I mentioned the Intercity diesel trains. He pulled me up with the pedantic remark that "Actually, they're diesel electric". Be that though it may; he said it to show off and to humiliate me in front of others, so I quipped "Oh Mike, you anorak". Never heard a peep out of him after that.

THANKS FOR FILMING AND SHARING THE VIDEO, SHE STILL LOOKS GREAT.🇺🇸👍🏻

Nice pictures thank you.🦘🍺

So beautiful. Great scenery. Joe Give u sub.

That's where I used to sit when my Dad was on his route in a Queen Mary around Crawley, early 60's. The Clippy would pass me through the opening behind the doors.

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Hymeks are underated . They are overshadowed by the D1000s which is a shame.

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Brilliant array of workings captured during the summer!! Glad there was action from the railtour season down in my local area of Devon around Teignmouth, the banks and in Keyham too!! You cannot beat shots at Cockwood Harbour its brilliant!

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Excellent video!! Some brilliant shots and clips there I love the SVR and their Diesel galas!! The narration is a nice touch too and quite informative

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Thanks for uploading. I was in Seat K12

Fantastic noise

Brilliant railway - and only closed I understand because the H & S requirements became so onerous that the owner found it too complex to carry on. Such a shame that everyone lost such a great asset - and all because common sense was over-ruled.