hi there. network southeast need rapping for maintaining these cl50s in such bad condition, throwing out more smoke than the Titanic, i used to watch them go through Woking in the last days, sad sight, thank goodness some are saved and run with a clean engine
They had a hard life on the West of England services, and the crews thrashed them well beyond their permitted speeds! I worked with drivers that had been on those services and heard what punishment they endured......
Network Southeast used to operate lots of services in and around London & Southeast England. Most railway stations in Southeast England still have remains of NSE. Especially at London Marylebone.
The 50 class remind me of some of our own NSW government railways locomotives which prompted me to search for them. They were the 1969 -70 422 class as well as the 442 class 1970 -73, 80 class 1978-83 and the 81 class 1982-86. All look very similar.
mid-Seventies, the family checked out the Irish republic, and we marvelled at how the railways hummed with tidily shorter trains --- much of your footage features virtually universal deadheading, you see
Love the 50s. Rode behind all of them back in the 70s and 80s.
Used to love seeing them thunder through Clapham Junction.
Nice Video.
50033 looks totally knackered yet totally glorious (pardon the pun) in that first shot.
Impressive arcing from the 73 as well.
hi there. network southeast need rapping for maintaining these cl50s in such bad condition, throwing out more smoke than the Titanic, i used to watch them go through Woking in the last days, sad sight, thank goodness some are saved and run with a clean engine
They had a hard life on the West of England services, and the crews thrashed them well beyond their permitted speeds! I worked with drivers that had been on those services and heard what punishment they endured......
@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus Who endured the punishment, the locos or the drivers....😄
Network Southeast used to operate lots of services in and around London & Southeast England. Most railway stations in Southeast England still have remains of NSE. Especially at London Marylebone.
The 50 class remind me of some of our own NSW government railways locomotives which prompted me to search for them. They were the 1969 -70 422 class as well as the 442 class 1970 -73, 80 class 1978-83 and the 81 class 1982-86.
All look very similar.
"Glorious" is well named.
Yes, the nameplate was very well positioned....lol
ARE, 50s great thanks
God those wonderful filthy noisy 50s
I see class 50...I watch 😁
Did The '50 get more love when they were assigned to the Western Region?
Not really...... The refurb programme of the early 1980s helped though.....
mid-Seventies, the family checked out the Irish republic, and we marvelled at how the railways hummed with tidily shorter trains --- much of your footage features virtually universal deadheading, you see
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