That’s my dad 😮

That’s my dad’s voice 😂

A great piece of railway history captured on film.I visited that station many times as a child in the mid 1950’s with my mother in the hope that we might see a steam engine.I can still recall the excitement of a goods train’s arrival on one of the rare visits after passenger services were discontinued.

Rebecca in Thomas & Friends

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The class 159 is a cool train! I love how the DMU trains work. ❤❤🚅🔧

The new cars on the wagons was the end of steam 🚂☹️

I was wondering if there was always a crowd gathered here (it would be unsurprising its great spot!), or was it mainly because of 2:26!! Amazing to see film of it on the mainline

And no sound - ridiculous!!

The focus is so bad I could not watch this video. What a waste of the cameraman's time!!

Silver Link was originally going to be preserved by Sir Billy Butlin for his camp in 1962 but the attempt was unsuccessful because the Eastern region wasn’t interested in preserving it.

I use to work for years on manufacturing of all types of rolling stock & Trains and carriages etc.

Only been there once, when there was a hymek there D7096 I think

It didn't turn out fine for the Central Electricity Board (CEGH). The subsequent court case Ffestiniog Railway Co vs CEGB was and still is the second longest court case in British legal History.

Does anyone know what the lettering was made from (4:30 - 5:15)? It looks like a rub-down transfer, but what would they use in 1913?

My grandfather and great grandfather worked here back in the day.

The council in their wisdom have ripped it all up because it was a safety hazard!

A short film that reminds us how basic was the outer-suburban service on the East Coast Main Line before electrification. That started in 1972 and was completed to Hitchin and Royston in 1977. There isn't any sign of o h l e being erected at Hitchin in this 1975 film. The dmu service of two-car units (usually as a four-car train) plus Class 31-hauled coaches for the peak-hour commuter traffic was much as it had been in the early 1960s. The arrival of emus, faster journey time and a much better frequency changed everything from 1977.

The Class 442s have been permanently withdrawn by South Western Railway since March 2021 and will be replaced by refurbished Class 458s for the Portsmouth Direct Line and the SWR 442 sets were withdrawn from service in March 2020 at the start of COVID-19 Pandemic and also the SWR 442 sets had a lot of technical problems and also have future problems complying with accessibility regulations from 2024

Fantastic

Nice

Good riddance to old rubbish.

Loved those old manual door carriages, really comfortable.

Great to see this film . The bridge just outside the station is where I used to clamber up to the line and then wander around the station precincts and tracks. It was a really high quality building gone to rack and ruin and the house in its place is a sad imitation of what was there even if the odd bit was retained. It was exciting seeing the occasional goods working and latterly the station used as storage of materials for the mainline electrification, after which the tracks were torn up back to Belmont.

Amazing team work

im 43 now, its funny to think, that when this was filmed, i was just 5 mins walk away from this station..living my life as a six year old. My dad also ran the pub that was almost attached to this station. There was 4 platforms at this station, and the station staff would call my dads pub "platform 5". Funny.

Very recently saw identical footage of a tyre being fitted at Swindon Works in the 1980s

On the loco 44863 the shed plate looks like a 1 so it could be 1A 1B 1C 1D 1E or 1F which were all London sheds.

How are they a Ex-southern 😂😂😂😂😂

You're a really useful railway.

excellent video I also a agree shame they closed it then they waste money lifting the track when they could have spent the money on something better that's the council for you😠

my dad in it😅

To think that in 1983 Margaret Thatcher's government was seriously thinking of closing the entire North Wales railway network: not only the Conwy Valley branch to Blaenau but everything from Crewe to Holyhead. The fully restored Ffestiniog would have been left isolated.

I consider myself southern, but my trains aren't *this* inbred

👍Oh they're so classy and lovely. If i was incharge of them I would get the depots to make as many of them as possible and have them running in Kent, Surrey, Sussex, South West London and Central London for as long as possible. They're the best or one of the best trains in England ever especially when they were the Gatwick Express⭐.

I often look at these old films just to see if I can see ME I was an old oak common fireman

Wow! Never thought I'd actually see a film of that line!

How can you get that close to them as I was trying to get as close as you were to the hsts abs I got chased off my security

The poor quality adds to the vid

Excellent footage 👍👍👍👍👍

Fantastic video of some Bluebell favourites. Hopefully these locos will be returned to steam before too long. I am currently putting a video together of a couple of Hornby Terriers that I have customised. I usually like to match up accurate archive sounds to video footage of running on my model railway, but I don't have any terriers in my audio collection. I was wondering if you would allow me to use some of the excellent audio in your video to put to a forthcoming video of mine? Here is an example of my most recent video including 73082 Camelot: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l16yaJ6eoMeCZ8k Thanks for reading, I hope this is of interest and to hear from you soon, Steve

One of my two favourite Sulzer type 2s, the other being 97201. Wish that she was still running on the main line, not in dire need of a major restoration.

This is taken at Hitchin, just prior to turning off towards Henlow and Bedford

When I was about 13 back in the early 70’s we used to flatten pennies under the wheels 😲

Includes a number of non S&D pics.

Some times it seems we went backwards with transport.

What a wonderful piece of film.

Great channel. You have given me some ideas on how to improve my channel. Just subscribed 👍

02:49 Was this shot taken from Woolgrove Road or Wymondley Road bridge? What looks like a gas holder in the background makes me think the former, although I'm sure there would have already been the houses (now currently to the left, where the train approaches the bridge) built in 1975? Any help on this?

This was about a year before newhaven marine closed to the public