It is the legendary Ken D'Ath at the controls of 308 151. Being a good friend of his, I am sure he would have preferred driving Thundersley ! I first met him at Ilford Training School, whilst I was at Kings Cross. Then he and I worked together at NSE Great Eastern at Hamilton House. A true gentleman in every sense of the word. He was a keen Deltic man too, but I preferred Peaks. Many years later I ended up as the National Operations Standards Manager at Euston HQ. But I owe Ken a lot, and I fondly remember him.
Hi vicsams I saw you said you ended up at euston. I was born and grew up in Tring Hertfordshire and as young lads me and mates used to cycle to Tring station trainspotting we would go down the side of the ticket office and stand in front of fog cottages by the fence by the up and down fast. We got to know the senior rail men Martin Allen and terry oliver in the 80s and terry took us to depots to have a look round even went to foster yeoman's open day when they had just added a fourth class 59 which we got to look around. I have memories of travelling on the old 310 stock with my family. That sound of the air compresors the whine of the traction motors and feeling every notch when power taken from start off. You could literally hear and feel each carriage complain being stretched at its coupling and at each station the clunk of the slam doors slamming shut accompanied by the shrill whistle and the flag of the senior rail man right away driver.
We had 310s that i grew up around in the 70s and 80s they were then replaced by class 321s in 1989 which was proudly displayed above the vestibule ends BREL YORK 1989. These were then replaced by the posh siemens desiro 350s which i travelled on when new. I remember talking to the guard and saying these are nice looking units and he said yes they are they even have air conditioning and warned me that as it was a hot day you may feel the cold air coming down from the ac units in the roof.
Absolutely fabulous footage, I was so sad to see all the slam doors go from the railway, loved East Ham Depot and was never refused a look round, lovelly footage of the train journey and the jointed track ,wow.
Great vid of the rugged, rough and bouncy but reliable class 308s. The newer 310s (cascaded from the LMR's Euston suburbans) that replaced them were more refined and rode a lot better.
@@markcf83 It's a tribute to the 310 that a whole ten years later BR blew the dust off its design to build the 312 [it was a 'safe' option politically at least, avoiding certain IR problems if BR had instead gone for a power doors design with scope to introduce DOO!].
That's definitely NOT a (the) 151. The 151 was a prototype diesel unit. Only 1 was made, by Metro-Cammel as an alternative to the class 150 sprinter. It Spent most of its life around Derby. I rode on it several times in the late 80s between Derby & Crewe.
@Adrian North - You're getting confused between the Class 151, and this train which is a Class 308-151 (serial number 151) . To be fair, the title of the video is a little misleading "BR 151 unit". Nevertheless, a fantastic video.
Apart from the trains, cars and buses, there is absolutely nothing that looks different in this video compared to in 2021. Apart from the picture being a bit blurry, it just looks as if it was filmed 30 hours ago, rather then 30 years ago.
It is the legendary Ken D'Ath at the controls of 308 151. Being a good friend of his, I am sure he would have preferred driving Thundersley ! I first met him at Ilford Training School, whilst I was at Kings Cross. Then he and I worked together at NSE Great Eastern at Hamilton House. A true gentleman in every sense of the word. He was a keen Deltic man too, but I preferred Peaks. Many years later I ended up as the National Operations Standards Manager at Euston HQ. But I owe Ken a lot, and I fondly remember him.
Hi vicsams I saw you said you ended up at euston. I was born and grew up in Tring Hertfordshire and as young lads me and mates used to cycle to Tring station trainspotting we would go down the side of the ticket office and stand in front of fog cottages by the fence by the up and down fast.
We got to know the senior rail men Martin Allen and terry oliver in the 80s and terry took us to depots to have a look round even went to foster yeoman's open day when they had just added a fourth class 59 which we got to look around.
I have memories of travelling on the old 310 stock with my family. That sound of the air compresors the whine of the traction motors and feeling every notch when power taken from start off. You could literally hear and feel each carriage complain being stretched at its coupling and at each station the clunk of the slam doors slamming shut accompanied by the shrill whistle and the flag of the senior rail man right away driver.
What great memories of the old British rail slam door trains I really miss those old trains and the sound of the engines too.
We had 310s that i grew up around in the 70s and 80s they were then replaced by class 321s in 1989 which was proudly displayed above the vestibule ends BREL YORK 1989.
These were then replaced by the posh siemens desiro 350s which i travelled on when new. I remember talking to the guard and saying these are nice looking units and he said yes they are they even have air conditioning and warned me that as it was a hot day you may feel the cold air coming down from the ac units in the roof.
Absolutely fabulous footage, I was so sad to see all the slam doors go from the railway, loved East Ham Depot and was never refused a look round, lovelly footage of the train journey and the jointed track ,wow.
Nice to see a view leaving a depot. Good little video
The good old British Rail Days how i miss them so
The Old units take me back. (Retired S/Vic driver)
Loved the accent, old school, humorous, self depreciating, up there with the North Eastern accent. Do they make men like that any more ?
Great vid of the rugged, rough and bouncy but reliable class 308s. The newer 310s (cascaded from the LMR's Euston suburbans) that replaced them were more refined and rode a lot better.
The Class 312 and 317 units would subsequently replace them too.
@@markcf83
It's a tribute to the 310 that a whole ten years later BR blew the dust off its design to build the 312 [it was a 'safe' option politically at least, avoiding certain IR problems if BR had instead gone for a power doors design with scope to introduce DOO!].
@@markcf83 312 were better than the crap 357 C2C got now
@@ramblingrob4693
A class 357 is
C completely
R reliable
A and
P powerful
And I like them
That's definitely NOT a (the) 151. The 151 was a prototype diesel unit. Only 1 was made, by Metro-Cammel as an alternative to the class 150 sprinter. It Spent most of its life around Derby. I rode on it several times in the late 80s between Derby & Crewe.
I remember the Class 151. This is 308 151.
@Adrian North - You're getting confused between the Class 151, and this train which is a Class 308-151 (serial number 151) . To be fair, the title of the video is a little misleading "BR 151 unit". Nevertheless, a fantastic video.
Many great memories here.
Was that the Dartford Crossing under construction? wow.
Yes
Can I hav a bell next time please? (Ring) thank you. That cracked me up laughing 😂😂😂
Thats the LTS I remember :)
308 151.
rare glimpse of an unrefurbished C stock at Plaistow
Apart from the trains, cars and buses, there is absolutely nothing that looks different in this video compared to in 2021. Apart from the picture being a bit blurry, it just looks as if it was filmed 30 hours ago, rather then 30 years ago.
You have got to be kidding, it has changed immeasurably in 32 years!!