Out of interest what driver depot are those who drive the oxted lines based out of ?
@emmo9995 сағат бұрын
East Grinstead is covered by a variety of depots, Uckfield is Norwood only
@foxstranglerКүн бұрын
Ah Trafficators!. Be careful tightening the wheel nuts, they have a reputation for snapping the studs. It's almost as fast as your Tamper.😀
@emmo999Күн бұрын
Fortunately I have a very nice classic car man with all the information, such as torque wrench settings. It is very strange feeling on crossply tyres - it handles very differently to radials
@stevehornsby7727Күн бұрын
Good to see the person behind the camera from the train videos. Or in this case in front of the camera 👍
@emmo999Күн бұрын
I prefer to stay anonymous, as a rule!
@stevehornsby7727Күн бұрын
@@emmo999 I understand
@basingstoke63Күн бұрын
That evoked a memory or two ( My uncle had one of these ) . And a quick , thumbs up and thanks for your train cab rides . Gradually working my way through them .
@meijiturtle38142 күн бұрын
Very nostalgic. Reminds me a bit of travelling in a Ford V8 and a post war Rover as a child.
@davidpeplow87802 күн бұрын
My dad bought one of these in 1954 reg. CUD12 (it was also a 1947 car ) for £325 IIRC, kept it for 3 years during which time a new engine had to be fitted. Btw, are trafficator arms still legal, or do you have to have flashers as well? 50+ years ago I ran into the back of an old Austin that turned left suddenly - I hadn't noticed his trafficator arm out...
@emmo999Күн бұрын
Trafficators are still perfectly legal, as is the lack of seat belts However, in this case, indicators have also been subtly fitted underneath the bumpers (as may be seen in the thumbnail)
@kevsbangerracers20272 күн бұрын
Hi Emmo a different video from your usual train cab videos
@emmo999Күн бұрын
Ah very, yes! This is my dad’s classic car, which he has owned since 1965. Ive had it restored and this was a short test drive
@kevsbangerracers2027Күн бұрын
@@emmo999 excellent I love it
@heckelphon2 күн бұрын
What a lovely car! Nice to get to witness the very precise-acting trafficators, as well. I remember how on some cars those would often get slower and slower to operate until they would at best droop out of the B post reluctantly with a very dim orange glow to show you were about to turn. Also that great sound of the straight-toothed first gear. But no double de-clutching necessary as synchromesh on 2nd, 3rd and 4th.
@emmo9992 күн бұрын
You got it! Obviously, the trafficators have (along with everything else) had a full restoration, so work as they were new (or even probably better!). You’re bang on with the gearbox. First gear is only easily obtained whilst stationary, and gives off a lovely whine. The other gears, all have synchro
@johnspeller36662 күн бұрын
My grandmother has one of these when I was first born, so it was one of the earliest cars I remember travelling in.
@emmo9992 күн бұрын
This was my dad’s car, owned since 1965. This has not long had a complete nuts and bolts restoration. I had to have the seat adjusted to fit my 6’4” frame, so this was my first drive!
@iankr3 күн бұрын
Makes me wonder how they coped with semaphore signals at night? I imagine that colour light signals are easier to see at night than at daytime, except, perhaps, when the line is close to a residential street, and the street lighting can look like yellows?
@emmo9993 күн бұрын
When there are semaphore signals, there are also colour lenses with lamps behind. They are much dimmer than modern lights, but allowed drivers to see semaphores at night. If you google an image search of semaphore signals, you’ll see what I mean
@iankr3 күн бұрын
👍❤
@vincentharriman32833 күн бұрын
Fab video. Well done
@Fenestra_M4 күн бұрын
For I knew that I could Gofrom Maidstone to Paddock Wood Then bus home totea Arrive at half past three
@Fenestra_M4 күн бұрын
Another lovely ride through Kent countrysideI used to take the train to get home again
@emmo9994 күн бұрын
Glad you enjoyed the ride
@mpotts19807 күн бұрын
nice ride throught the countryside shame a bird had to go to the toilet on the way LOL!
@emmo9997 күн бұрын
Some things are beyond human control!
@iankr7 күн бұрын
Many thanks! I see that this was before the Bermondsey Diveunder was complete, but after the Tanners Hill Flydown had been double-tracked. London Bridge rebuild not yet complete, either. I used to use this route (albeit on the Bexleyheath line) to get to/from work.
@emmo9997 күн бұрын
This was filmed around 2016. I am aiming to re-record it before long, as so much has changed
@Fenestra_M7 күн бұрын
Good large captions--refreshing
@deepnation100097 күн бұрын
Excellent video! Greetings from NYC 🗽
@PeterRapley-gv5vt8 күн бұрын
This is a very pleasant journey, through some superb countryside.
@seanbonella8 күн бұрын
bad sound or none
@iankr8 күн бұрын
Nice one 👍😊
@SamuelIles20158 күн бұрын
As someone who lives in the Oxted area, I can say that the crossover at Woldingham is rarely used. Great video though!
@emmo9998 күн бұрын
I have seen it used during engineering works at Oxted. Trains were able to at least serve as far as Woldingham. But, yes, it’s very rare
@keithhitchings89118 күн бұрын
Back in the say trains in the rush hour would can in from CharingvCross and Cannot street to Sanderstead via the mid Kent line
@emmo9998 күн бұрын
Yes, I know it shut in 1983. Afterwards, there was just a short stub in use as an oil siding at Selsdon
@robertbrierley70839 күн бұрын
Great vlog just found you, I know you put a lot of details on like stations etc, but being from the North it would be good if you could put other landmarks on like the football ground that was on the left towards the end of the vlog cheers. 😊😊
@emmo9999 күн бұрын
I try to keep the captions railway related, rather than constant spamming which I feel would be a distraction The football ground is Millwall, by the way
@robertbrierley70838 күн бұрын
@@emmo999Thanks 😊
@alanjpoole72749 күн бұрын
Brilliant.
@chrisb0129 күн бұрын
Just as the train pulls out of Waterloo East, on the left you can make out the old branch line that used to go into Waterloo station. Those who read ‘War of the Worlds’ will recall this being reopened to allow troop movements to fight the Martians.
@emmo9998 күн бұрын
Yes, the LSWR wanted a route into the city, and trains ran to Cannon Street. Operationally, it was a headache, and was removed very early in the 20th century, replaced effectively by the Waterloo & City line, which was built by the LSWR and BR owned until 1994
@VirtualRailDriver9 күн бұрын
Fun fact: This line runs extremely close the Caterham line for a short stretch after Riddlesdown Tunnel (which is something I only realised not too long ago)! Upper Warlingham and Whyteleafe Stations are within line of sight of one another and are served by the same bus stop!
@emmo9999 күн бұрын
Yes. Upper Warlingham to Whyteleafe is classed by TfL as an “out of station interchange”, which means pay as you go travellers can change between trains (and stations) there and only be charged for one journey.
@iankr9 күн бұрын
They still call it the Holborn Down?! 😊
@emmo9999 күн бұрын
They do indeed!
@iankr9 күн бұрын
Great video, many thanks. I didn’t know there used to be a spur from Birkbeck to Kent House.
@emmo9999 күн бұрын
It’s been gone a long long while! But there are still signs if you know where to look
@MarcelosalivaTRENESArg9 күн бұрын
Excellent video my friends
@hankbier306510 күн бұрын
Great to see from the front one of our favourite trips to the start of the Bluebell Railway. We had a really good couple of days there staying at a bnb in Horsted Keynes, enjoying the steam and the history.
@emmo9999 күн бұрын
The Bluebell is a lovely line
@seanbonella10 күн бұрын
great video, i have family in Redhill. im living in Dublin
@iankr10 күн бұрын
Many thanks for another excellent video, ending at my old stomping ground in the Bickley / Bromley South area. I like the informative sub-titles.
@emmo99910 күн бұрын
I try to keep the captions informative, without distracting from the journey itself
@iankr10 күн бұрын
Many thanks for an interesting video. Between Bromley South and Bickley you passed very close to the two houses where I grew up in the 60s - 70s (the days of beloved EPBs and other slam-door stock 💚 ). One thing I can't quite make out: are the AWS beeps different, depending on the signal aspect?
@emmo99910 күн бұрын
I grew up in that area too, in the 80s - Pembroke Road There are two AWS indications - bell and horn. Nowadays they’re electronically generated noises but used to be the real thing. The bell (nowadays a ping) tells you the next signal is green. The horn (nowadays a buzzer) tells you the next signal is NOT green ie yellow or red, but not specifics. If you hear the horn, it must be acknowledged within 2.2 seconds, otherwise the train assumes the driver is incapacitated and applied the emergency brakes
@iankr10 күн бұрын
@@emmo999 Pembroke Road - very close to where I lived when born (Canon Road) and primary school (St. George's, Tylney Road). 😊
@emmo99910 күн бұрын
Yes that’s where I started my education too. Miss Smith was headmistress - felt like she’d been there decades!
@iankr10 күн бұрын
@emmo999 She was still there in the 80s? Good grief!
@emmo99910 күн бұрын
I seem to recall she retired around 85, replaced by a Mr Kendall. I was at the school 80-87
@bunburyboy10 күн бұрын
And at the time, the third rail stopped at Sanderstead, as it only served the Elmers End/ Sanderstead service
@bunburyboy10 күн бұрын
See the track points just after leaving Sanderstead, are a throw back from the Elmers End to Sanderstead service, the train would leave Sanderstead, cross over at those points for its return journey to Elmers End
@bunburyboy10 күн бұрын
I remember the Bridge at Sanderstead being replaced in the 60's, the road was close, but a temporary footbridge was put up
@seanbonella11 күн бұрын
nice video
@crowdpleaser103611 күн бұрын
The disused station between South Croydon and Sanderstead is Selsdon, not Selhurst as stated. Selhurst is on the line from East Croydon northwards to Victoria before Thornton Heath.
@emmo99910 күн бұрын
You’ll note I’ve added that in the description. I had a brain fart
@crowdpleaser103610 күн бұрын
Sorry I thought I had seen it somewhere along the line, then I couldn't think where I had seen it so as a former resident of Thornton Heath I felt obliged to add it.
@JelMain11 күн бұрын
Petts Wood was a town built around the station - the estate agents followed, then the pub in the Station Square.
@bingbong731611 күн бұрын
Coming into Lingfield, the housing on the right is built on the site of the old goods yard and banana sheds - fair bit of banana traffic at one time.
@emmo99910 күн бұрын
I was going to mention that, and forgot! Thanks for the recollection. I’ll put it on the captions for the return journey
@kevinellis886911 күн бұрын
Nice to see another line not often covered. Interesting that you're on a passenger service, do you work for more than one TOC?
@geoffbarry954012 күн бұрын
At Dormans there is a differential speed board 40 over 65. Was that simply to regulate the freight movements clearing the Imberhorne landfill site for the Bluebell? I can't imagine there would be any other freight traffic to or beyond East Grinstead, so is it now just a relic of that period of intense working?
@LUAu1017 күн бұрын
"If there is a differential permissible speed, or a differential temporary or emergency speed restriction, the higher speed applies to passenger, parcels and postal trains (loaded or empty) and light locomotives. The lower speed applies to all other trains." All other trains doesn't necessarily mean literal freight trains, it can also apply to say tampers, rail grinding trains in transit, all sorts
@stevehornsby772712 күн бұрын
Great video. I didn't realise you drove freight and passenger service. 👍
@geoffbarry954012 күн бұрын
Right from the first second, memory jumps out at me. 1958 I think it was, making my usual trek from the station down the road to the left of shot towards Cherry Orchard Road to my gran's house in Ovel Road. Looking to my left down into the country end of platform 6, there was a Black Five simmering at the starting signal, probably with an inter-region excursion to the south coast - although at that time I would not have known this at the ripe old age of eleven...strangely enough, thinking about that event and bearing in mind the route your train is about to take, I realised that, despite my life long love affair with Southern electrics and railways in general, I only ever three times ventured south of East Croydon. Once on a weekend 8-SUB excursion to Brighton with my gran. Once to Horley with my parents to visit my older brother who was then living in a home for the intellectually handicapped near Gatwick. And once when I fell into an alcohol-induced sleep on the last semi-fast service of the day, missed my East Croydon and eventually woke up as the train pulled into Brighton!
@martyn679212 күн бұрын
Great video, comments very helpful especially history of parts closed
@MultiBanana2312 күн бұрын
Selsdon not Selhurst
@emmo99912 күн бұрын
Yes, my bad. I had a brain fart
@lewisculverwellvlogs978912 күн бұрын
I thought the Southern services to East Grinstead normally pass through South Croydon without stopping and not calling at South Croydon and the only service that does call at South Croydon is the Caterham and Tattenham Corner service dividing and attaching at Purley
@emmo99912 күн бұрын
Peak hour services stop there
@lewisculverwellvlogs978912 күн бұрын
@emmo999 not according to Wikipedia the services to Uckfield and East Grinstead pass through without stopping and not calling at South Croydon and the peak hour service Couiston Town do call at South Croydon and then Purley Oaks
@emmo99912 күн бұрын
Well would you rather believe Wikipedia, or the crew of the train, who I asked at the time!
@emmo99912 күн бұрын
Take a look at the Southern timetable, specifically the 1520, 1550 and 1620 off Victoria