British Rail Network SouthEast-EMUs at London Bridge January 1994
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- Опубліковано 14 лют 2019
- Another NSE vid now, this time showing a variety of EMU's at London Bridge with the odd shot at Woolwich Arsenal & Abbey Wood. The main aim of the day was to film some EPB's as they were being replaced by Networker EMUs, themselves also now under threat! If you liked the video please subscribe to my channel, there are lots more transport & quirky vids to upload!
I used to use the old EPBs in my college days in 1993 then one day a new 465 networker train rolled in - in my head I was thinking, are we getting on this? As a lad I was mind blown by the sudden jump into the future!! It was great! That memory always stuck with me. 😊😊😊😊
I must admit i prefered the old, the EPB's gave you a storming hellfire ride, especially at speed!
Lovely gems of Southern Region History!!.👍🏽🙂
At the time they were everywhere and you couldn't imagine the Southern without them!
The old EPBs were certainly looking rather tired, in fact I think the blue & grey ones looked better than the ones in NSE livery, but it's very nostalgic seeing inside them as dusk draws on. And yes, they played "please do not leave luggage unattended" over and over again then!
In their twilight years then but you still got a storming run off them!
Gosh! Doesn't the old EPBs look ancient now. Great nostalgic video.
I didn'tfilm too many of the other slam door EMUs as they were everywhere, but they are long gone now so i'm pleased i filmed what i did!
EPBs galore in '94! Thanks for uploading.
I have more! And will add in time.
Excellent video showing what it was like at London Bridge back in NSE days.
And before it was all rebuilt as well!
I used to get the 14:40 Orpington as it happens when I was working early turn in the Essex hospital I nursed at, off at Grove Park and if a friday would be across the road to the Baring Hotel for a livener then home, bath and changed then down the ol' drinking hole for some aperitif's unless I was wandering up to a gig or club in central London.
That was the last year my late father worked London Bridge platform panel 1-6 aka the widowmaker as all it took was one train snarled up on the platforms and the whole lot from Deptford, New Cross ground to a halt and same on the downlines whilst everyone outside and in is shouting at the poor fool stuck with trying to sort out a humongous mess.
I did hear London Bridge was a hard place to signal.... on paper the timetable worked (assuming no delays!) but in reality, it rarely did!
Just read your replies, yep likewise used to carry loads of spare battery’s & tapes, the Hi8 tapes where hour & half, normally would use at least two on an outing! I did mostly south eastern area, you’re spurred me on to try and find an Hi8 camera to watch them again!🤓
Can you not get them uploaded to your computer and then convert to MP4? I used a free programme and once converted use another programme to edit them that i got for £2 off Ebay! Then your films will saved for ever, tape does indeed degrade as a lot of normal TV show VHS tapes have done.
Thanks for the info, will investigate further when get a moment! Regards Ed🤓
Nice one Soi
Yep remember these days to, as thinking is, the two ‘car’ EPB units on film was the South London Line London Bridge to Victoria Line , where I started work on BR at Denmark Hill Station, Happy days,even even these are more interesting then all the new ‘plastic’ units around now plus they didn’t wheel slip!
I was here to get the EPB's on film as you can see from the vid the Networkers had started arriving. I did a few other units as well, wish i'd done more of them now but the Southern Slammers were everywhere!
1:12 Very strange looking EPB!
It was no longer a passenger unit but a departmental unit used for route learning and possibly weedkilling/sanditte duties.
@@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus Ah, thanks for the explanation. I wondered what the extra windows were for.
that was great I remember them trains very well and London bridge has changed alot😀😀
The station may have improved but the traction isn't so rateable!!!
0:42 I thought the 2 EPB's had been withdrawn from the South Central section in 1993 unless this was actually filmed then.
MrGriser It was a departmental unit used for route learning hence it having a different end one end. They later used a 3CEP.
Also it stopped half way up the platform and reversed straight out again! They did not want any passengers trying to board them! It appears again at 3:28
My favourite Woolwich semi fast to Gillingham service was being announced shame Thameslink made it all stations
Didnt realise the epbs lasted so long. Also a 4cap at the beginning. Also that there were so many blue/grey ones around. I thoughtbthe last was repainted in 1993?
Am I alone in thinking the original Bulleid EPBs looked so much "friendlier" than the later BR ones?
Yes, the BR ones were more 'squared off' and less stylish.....
@@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus I think it's the roof overhang on the BR ones, they look like they're frowning. I grew up with the Bulleid ones at the bottom of my back garden in Coulsdon so maybe I'm biased
The female auto announcer is still in use in places
Is it true that the 465's and 466's are being replaced soon and southeastern franchise is being changed?
That's the plan but franchising is in a state of flux at the moment so anything could happen!
@@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus Why do they have to do that? I love the traims
@@europeantransporttv212 word, best trains ever, they could just rebuild them, or refurbish, their still quite good
@@bb-3653 exactly
BB- they did but mainly the traction gear you’ll notice some have been replaced with hitachi equipment and which is why they sound like the class 395 high speed trains
When did the Class 365s enter service in the south east?
In 1996. The first 16 went to NSE South Eastern services in North Kent while the rest went to the Great Northern services out of Kings Cross. In 2004 the South Eastern ones were transfered to Great Northern services.
Soi Buakhao are you sure because there are still 365+366 running on the southeastern network because I always see them doing the route to London victoria from the kent coast and Gillingham
@@haydonsheard2168 I think you mean the Class 465 and Class 466
Lewis Culverwell sorry yeah that’s what I meant, Wait did the original commenter mean class 465 cause If so I think I may be confusing myself
I think I may of seen a 365 once at Gillingham TMD I may be wrong but I also can’t remember how long ago that was and as for being in service going through the Medway towns I don’t know