BR in the 1980s Bournemouth Station on 9th August 1988

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  • Опубліковано 18 чер 2023
  • BRITISH RAILWAYS IN THE 1980's
    Bournemouth Station on 9th August 1988
    Continuing with my archive of video recording between the years of 1986 to 2001 this clip is of Bournemouth taken on 09/08/1988. The London to Weymouth services at this time were now mainly in the hands of a pair of class 73s. This I believe was to reduce overheating while the class were working under Diesel power. The oil train in the video is the Hamworthy Oil train. I hope the video takes you back to this period with fond memories. Feel free to comment, good or bad, all comments are read and greatly appreciated, but it is not always possible to answer each individually. Sit back and enjoy this latest production remembering all those now long gone Locomotive classes and other types of traction. Many thanks for all subscriptions and all of those viewers who have kindly shown an interest in my material.
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  • @1973ts
    @1973ts Рік тому +2

    Love the REP/ TC combo at the end. They were really special units.

    • @spompey
      @spompey  Рік тому

      You're very welcome...many thanks for watching and for the comment...best wishes....Mark

  • @philkirk4571
    @philkirk4571 Рік тому

    Great video. Who’d have thought we’d miss these units so much!!!

    • @spompey
      @spompey  Рік тому

      You're very welcome...many thanks for watching and for the comment...best wishes....Mark

  • @robdingwall03
    @robdingwall03 Рік тому

    Another fantastic video. Thank you for sharing. So familiar this location having lived in Weymouth then. 1985 I believe the electrification to Weymouth but have so many memories of the 33/1’s push pulling. Thanks again.

    • @spompey
      @spompey  Рік тому

      You're most welcome....Many thanks for your comment and for watching...best wishes...Mark

  • @richardmatthews4302
    @richardmatthews4302 Рік тому

    The passengers on the first fast '91' must have been enthralled with a single VEP!! Brilliant video, thanks for sharing!

    • @spompey
      @spompey  Рік тому

      You're very welcome...many thanks for watching and for the comment...best wishes....Mark

  • @EM-yk1dw
    @EM-yk1dw Рік тому

    Lovely film, happy memories.

    • @spompey
      @spompey  Рік тому

      You're very welcome...many thanks for watching and for the comment...best wishes....Mark

  • @trevsmith1189
    @trevsmith1189 Рік тому +1

    Wonderful video, great memories of Bournemouth station wth the 4 reps & 4 TC units being uncoupled & class 33 1 s being attached. Unusual to see trains leaving Bournemouth via the up line under the arched bridge. Never seen that happen before. 👍👍🇦🇺

    • @spompey
      @spompey  Рік тому

      You're very welcome...many thanks for watching and for the comment...best wishes....Mark

    • @100gpdriver
      @100gpdriver 11 місяців тому

      I never seen that before and I grew up there how strange

  • @115steve
    @115steve Рік тому

    Another great video. I remember this time as Weymouth was now electric, but there was not enouh Wessex units delivered so VEPS being used from Bomo to Weymouth.

    • @spompey
      @spompey  Рік тому

      You're very welcome...many thanks for watching and for the comment...best wishes....Mark

  • @simoncollins-dryer2179
    @simoncollins-dryer2179 Рік тому

    😄 Great video. Brings back so many memories of travelling between Waterloo and Weymouth in the 1980s and so often having to change at Bournemouth, which is a great station, especially seeing trains coming around the curve into Platform 3.

    • @spompey
      @spompey  Рік тому

      You are very welcome and Many thanks for the comment and best wishes....Mark

    • @100gpdriver
      @100gpdriver 11 місяців тому

      Why did you change ? usually they put on a 33 to weymouth and removed it on the way back. the train changed but I didnt ? I think sometime you had to move forward if they shortened the train. 33 pull to weymouth and then push back to bournemouth. 😀

  • @AndreiTupolev
    @AndreiTupolev Рік тому +2

    The 73s worked Waterloo - Bournemouth on supposedly Weymouth through trains that actually connected with trains starting from Bournemouth since not enough 442s were in service yet, and also on Poole semi-fasts. Two locis would theoretically have as much power as a REP and have a better chance of keeping to schedule

    • @spompey
      @spompey  Рік тому

      Thanks Andrei....Mark

  • @petes48
    @petes48 Рік тому

    As a resident of Bournemouth i loved travelling on the Wessex Electric trains to Lonfon, seemed so posh at the time

    • @spompey
      @spompey  Рік тому

      You're very welcome...many thanks for watching and for the comment...best wishes....Mark

  • @elnido4184
    @elnido4184 10 місяців тому

    That was an interesting spot to film from. Shame Platform 4 is now sealed off and not so much variety of trains these days.

    • @spompey
      @spompey  10 місяців тому +1

      Many thanks for the comment and for your interest....Best wishes...Mark

  • @nicksuckling2530
    @nicksuckling2530 Рік тому +3

    Love the station announcer @ 1.12. Not sure which language he was using but it didn’t sound like English 😂😂

    • @christhorne9542
      @christhorne9542 Рік тому

      I think he was announcing to the train crews on the shuttle to leave without the RA from platform staff to the amusement of the Guard 😂

    • @spompey
      @spompey  Рік тому +1

      Sounded like the door release was not working.....? May have been BomoGibberish....bit like me really....many thanks for watching and for the comment...best wishes....Mark

    • @keef71
      @keef71 Рік тому

      Whatever he was actually saying, sounded like a guy at closing time spoiling for a fight😂

    • @spompey
      @spompey  Рік тому

      @@keef71 Yes .....with arms flaying.... and Many thanks for the comment and best wishes....Mark

    • @Sidneyyoungblood75
      @Sidneyyoungblood75 2 місяці тому

      It was Lee Evans

  • @100gpdriver
    @100gpdriver 11 місяців тому

    Just a random question where did the Hamworthy shunter live ? I think it was an 08 class ? Is it still alive ?

  • @peterharvey1762
    @peterharvey1762 Рік тому +3

    was the 2car unit a HAP ?

    • @duncancurtis5108
      @duncancurtis5108 Рік тому +1

      Either a 415 or an EPB. They often came out of London to assist in the peak season and weren't strictly confined to suburban duties.

    • @EM-yk1dw
      @EM-yk1dw Рік тому

      2 HAP, regular performers on the Waterloo Bournemouth stoppers at that time.

    • @AndreiTupolev
      @AndreiTupolev Рік тому +1

      I believe it was, yes. That was very very rare, I never ever saw one down Bournemouth way

    • @spompey
      @spompey  Рік тому +1

      Yes indeed it was....many thanks for watching and for the comment...best wishes....Mark

  • @MM0IMC
    @MM0IMC Рік тому

    Is the smoke in the later part of the video, caused by something shorting on the live third rail? Seems there's enough litter on the track bed to cause problems...

    • @spompey
      @spompey  Рік тому

      It was an arc from the EMU that exited earlier...many thanks for watching and best regards....Mark

  • @taffboyslim
    @taffboyslim Рік тому +1

    Where was the tank train with the 47 going from/to?

    • @adamc1272
      @adamc1272 Рік тому

      Probably Furzebrook Oil Terminal on the Swanage branch

    • @spompey
      @spompey  Рік тому

      Hamworthy oil terminal I believe......many thanks for watching and for the comment...best wishes....Mark

  • @100gpdriver
    @100gpdriver 11 місяців тому

    why 73 not 33 where did the 33's go? Hamworthy had a signal box when I used to get on there LOL As the years went by I watched slowly rot away till it was no more. I see the Poole harbour, Hamworthy branch line is getting ripped up now or has been already.

    • @100gpdriver
      @100gpdriver 11 місяців тому

      Its ok I read comments I guessed eletrification had made it to weymouth I just thought it was later than 85 But I will go with that 😀

    • @spompey
      @spompey  11 місяців тому

      I believe the electrification was there when I videod this.....many thanks for watching and for the comment...best wishes....Mark

    • @100gpdriver
      @100gpdriver 11 місяців тому

      @@spompey When I was there 33's were everywhere. Did you ever visit Weymouth tramway or is that before your time. I used to laugh at the orange beacon on the front of the train.

    • @spompey
      @spompey  11 місяців тому

      No I missed out on that working with a camera......You are very welcome and Many thanks for the comment and best wishes....Mark

  • @Sophiebryson510
    @Sophiebryson510 Рік тому

    Shame I didn’t get to see the slammers and the 5-WES’…. It was a very special time.

    • @spompey
      @spompey  Рік тому

      many thanks for watching and for the comment...best wishes....Mark

  • @Georgeasaurus2001
    @Georgeasaurus2001 Рік тому

    Bloody 47553 when you saw it in the distance you were tricked into thinking it was a newly named one or something because the LMR always kept it smart for royal stuff but the you found out 553.. again aarrrhh

    • @spompey
      @spompey  Рік тому

      ..many thanks for watching and for the comment...best wishes....Mark

  • @adamw2911
    @adamw2911 Рік тому

    11 carriages on an XC. Sensible.

    • @spompey
      @spompey  Рік тому

      Better than anything nowadays......Many thanks and you are most welcome...Mark