Another stunning video. I much preferred driving slammers to Disastros when I was at Bournemouth depot. 14 years at Bournemouth guard & driver I never broke down once with a 400. OK in winter too. Footrest heater where a DSD pedal would be on a modern train and a heater under your seat.
@@TheBritishAce No blackboxes, you could push the envelope a little. I had a 12 car Greyhound (so named because they were quicker), off the clock, over 100 on the Dn at Wallers Ash. Never has a chance to drive a REP, they were even faster. Extremely powerful, their motors were used to power the 442s. We called them 400s with bolt on extras due to the number of similarities. Buck Eye couplers, REP motors, EP and Auto braking. You heard good things about the slammers. Of course starting in 1987 I heard good things about the steam engines from my colleagues 😊
AI is slightly incorrect as 319s definitely didn't operate to Sevenoaks in 2005. They did from 1988-1991, then after that the Sevenoaks branch of the Thameslink network got handed over to the south eastern side of NSE operated by Networkers right up and past privatisation until 2012 when the line went back to Thameslink operation, jointly operated by First Capital Connect and Southeastern when 319s made a comeback on the Sevenoaks branch. Also platform 7 at London Bridge didn't exist it was just a loop line for Charing Cross services that didn't call at London Bridge, all Charing Cross and Bedford bound trains calling at London Bridge always stopped on platform 6.
What a lovely model. Very nicely detailed. But why did all these old English trains have manual doors. Trains have automatic doors here in the Netherlands since the early 30s
Thanks for playing my scenario, glad you enjoyed it mate :)
Pleasure, not many new scenarios for the slammer and within this era, so was a lovely treat!
Another stunning video. I much preferred driving slammers to Disastros when I was at Bournemouth depot. 14 years at Bournemouth guard & driver I never broke down once with a 400. OK in winter too. Footrest heater where a DSD pedal would be on a modern train and a heater under your seat.
Perfection 😎 Must have been fantastic down in the southwest! I only hear good things about the slammers from long service colleagues
@@TheBritishAce No blackboxes, you could push the envelope a little. I had a 12 car Greyhound (so named because they were quicker), off the clock, over 100 on the Dn at Wallers Ash. Never has a chance to drive a REP, they were even faster. Extremely powerful, their motors were used to power the 442s. We called them 400s with bolt on extras due to the number of similarities. Buck Eye couplers, REP motors, EP and Auto braking.
You heard good things about the slammers. Of course starting in 1987 I heard good things about the steam engines from my colleagues 😊
Amazing!
I so wish this class was in tsw
We NEED a 90's Third Rail route! Enough with the backdated diesel stuff
With a Portsmouth direct line route would be the icing on the cake! Even the thumper can make a appearance too
I was lucky enough to travel on these units for many years before they were sadly withdrawn, even did the railtour
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AI is slightly incorrect as 319s definitely didn't operate to Sevenoaks in 2005. They did from 1988-1991, then after that the Sevenoaks branch of the Thameslink network got handed over to the south eastern side of NSE operated by Networkers right up and past privatisation until 2012 when the line went back to Thameslink operation, jointly operated by First Capital Connect and Southeastern when 319s made a comeback on the Sevenoaks branch. Also platform 7 at London Bridge didn't exist it was just a loop line for Charing Cross services that didn't call at London Bridge, all Charing Cross and Bedford bound trains calling at London Bridge always stopped on platform 6.
Also this livery is a revised ex SWT (orange strip removed)
What a lovely model. Very nicely detailed. But why did all these old English trains have manual doors. Trains have automatic doors here in the Netherlands since the early 30s
Oh wow! Not entirely sure, cheaper I guess.
Curious as to whether these had DSD as it’s not simulated on these units.
Doubt it
Have you got a link for a scenario
alanthomsonsim.com/downloads/2h78-1738-hastings-to-london-charing-cross/