Ken Myers

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@moleyofsouthend-on-sea8837 Ай бұрын

4:42 The bloke in the Corduroy jacket is me. My mate Brian Tegerdine was the last guard on that last day

@DavidFennessy-yj7du 2 ай бұрын

The EPB trains smelt of iron, probably the brake block dust, very characteristic aroma, it pervaded the stations as well

@Ben-xe8ps 7 ай бұрын

I remember the 302's from the 1960's and 70's with the 4 digit headcode displays, ladies only compartments and the 1st class corridor compartments.

@Electrostarboi207 Жыл бұрын

3:33 what was that sound

@squeaksvids5886 Жыл бұрын

Great video, thanks.

@swdxer Жыл бұрын

Dave Gates is the man

@milehighclassics Жыл бұрын

How time flys

@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329 Жыл бұрын

They will be sadly missed

@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329 Жыл бұрын

Yeah they got replaced by a 357 electrostar units one of which you can see arriving into the platform on the right

@DavidEsp1 Жыл бұрын

Great to see this "gem". Very professionally operated (procedures, studio, presenter skills) for such a small station. The video needs de-interlacing though, then you'd get no "combing" effects from motion - and if done right (optical flow ' motion-compensated) you'd get double the resolution and also double the frame rate. Wish there clearer stills/photos of the transmitters and transmitter site aerials (couldn't tell where the medium wave antenna "pole" was. Garage transmitter huts reminded me of one episode of pirate radio comedy "People Just Do Nothing" (BBC TV) - but I'm sure that's their only connection!

@dazimor Жыл бұрын

Just to think in less than 2 weeks this will be exactly 30 years ago. Mind blown...

@PaddyWV Жыл бұрын

An Aunt had a flat near the line and we often crossed the footbridge there. Whilst the line was in use. The footbridge that has now been swallowed by the trees and undergrowth. A marvelous collection of ambient sounds and nostalgic sights. One feels even more ancient when you read that the Networkers that replaced these are now being withdrawn! 🙁

@trainrover Жыл бұрын

an ANCIENT full-on side-to-side compartment is what had -- mystifyingly -- greeted us at some out-of-the-way south coast port probably more geared for youth travelling on the cheap, and this had been on the heels of customarily riding the world's first driverless railway (a fluvial-islands fairgrounds overground) or the city's then-new rubber-tyred subway: 🍸 kzbin.info/www/bejne/bGGleX6bmNKSl7M 💋 So, had these clips been filmed in one of those roving 10/12-seater cells, I'm dying to know please..?

@trainrover Жыл бұрын

so, if the districts its routing had plied actually been tonier, then would the likes of CIGs or VEPs have instead serviced it?

@Electrostarboi207 2 жыл бұрын

The time when the class 357s start to take over the whole line

@jelenamaric 2 жыл бұрын

@neilbolger2679 2 жыл бұрын

Superb footage of these old EMUs. Brilliant. Thanks for sharing this great footage

@cornwallkev201 2 жыл бұрын

Oh this brings back memories. I worked at East Ham depot as a mechanical and electrical engineer and serviced the 302s, 305s. 308s and the 310s and 312 EMUs. I remember that day clearly and was sad to see them go. Easy to work on and to maintain. Now no character in the new units. Like steam engines, each unit was unique and had its own character. 302 201 was the last unit I worked on before they went to scrap. Still have photos of her.

@johnbristow5665 2 жыл бұрын

Not our CJ Teacher?

@DazrahT 2 жыл бұрын

A Class 310's lovers wet dream - really miss these units, shame that not a single one of them was saved. Thank you for the memories of the sounds I used to enjoy as a kid bashing these round the West Midlands, the unmistakable sounds of the compressor, the brake release and the camshaft tap changers live on!

@KL-jr5ip 3 жыл бұрын

I rode on that day too from Fenchurch street to Rainham, wasnt spotting trains then, more into buses, but still, miss the slam door trains

@drunkenmonkey1203 3 жыл бұрын

302's were good to drive.... preferred the 310's and 312's personally, but, still good units. As were the 305's. Block brakes - give it full ep brake hitting the platforms at 40, then release the brakes just before coming to a stand so as to not end up in a heap when stopping :) nice video - takes me back.

@365networker2 Жыл бұрын

That's exactly how I drive the 4CEP in train simulator - depending on platform length of course! In fact, it is possible approach Orpington at just under 45mph and still stop comfortably. I find that a full release at roughly 10 mph produces a nice smooth stop. When driving a disc braked train such as a 365, platform approach speeds can be similar, although only step 2 is required. I can't stand the usual braking method these days - slam on far too early, crawl into platform at about 20 and then slam the brakes back on right at the end.

@christopherhulse8385 3 жыл бұрын

What was the Tx power on MW?

@DavidEsp1 Жыл бұрын

Need to know!!

@toddhunter3137 4 жыл бұрын

As a kid I used to love looking at the combination of liveries when they were multipled to 6,8,10 car trains. Great video, brought back some good memories 👍👍

@toddhunter3137 4 жыл бұрын

Also this probably might sound a bit strange but the fronts of these epb units used to remind of Pacman characters that would chase after you in the computer game lol! 🤣🤣🤣

@mattwebb6056 4 жыл бұрын

Where was the studio?

@DavidEsp1 Жыл бұрын

18:46 - "Here in Camberwell Road"

@mattwebb6056 4 жыл бұрын

11:12 that was close!

@teecefamilykent 4 жыл бұрын

At the beginning its East Ham depot

@adamw2911 4 жыл бұрын

These units were pretty fast even by modern standards. One was diagrammed to depart Kings Cross on the down fast around 3 minutes behind the Tees Tyne Pullman which was a HST. Quite often it would catch the HST up on a double yellow until the line speed hit 105 and the HST would leave it.

@AM-qo2tj 4 жыл бұрын

A lot better than the class 357 crap.

@waleedarif6740 2 ай бұрын

Actually, I like the electrostar Class 357s but yes, the Class 302s had a much better taste.

@GarthBlader 4 жыл бұрын

Definitely well organised for a pirate.. nothing like the stations I was on..! 🤣

@ApartmentKing66 4 жыл бұрын

Was Tina Turner's "Private Dancer" album released in the UK before it was in the US? "What's Love Got To Do With It" wasn't on the charts in America until late Spring/early Summer 1984.

@danielsadie3887 4 жыл бұрын

I miss seeing these trains. It takes me back to my primary school days.

@crawlinginfilm9683 4 жыл бұрын

Blimey, professional or what, especially for a land based pirate.

@bazilbrush6 5 жыл бұрын

that mans got a funny voice steve fox

@Trek001 5 жыл бұрын

Everytime I watch this, I still give a chuckle by the way he casually calls up London Transport

@edwardbarnes2702 5 жыл бұрын

Great filming, I lived in lower Sydenham often used to visit the box at Addiscombe on Saturday’s done loads of filming there, even a ‘Bouncy’ cab ride from Elmers End to Addiscombe, on an EPB! I also remember the sad day going there when some mindless morons had set fire to the signal box, and burned to the ground, all that history gone in a moment.🤓

@clarky2356 5 жыл бұрын

What’s that ticking noise I remember thst sound very well alway wondered what it was

@jumpcircle1574 4 жыл бұрын

Spirax valve

@alejandrayalanbowman367 6 жыл бұрын

and if you scrape away all the modern fancy paintwork from the 302s, you will find Dark Green and the head-code display on the ends for the times back when there were no travelling head-code displays in the signal boxes.