4CEP EMU and Class 33's at Wateringbury Station 21/02/1998

A short video of some activity at Wateringbury on 21st February 1998
4 CEP '1577' is seen heading toward Maidstone West
33051 and 33030 Heading through on a frieght train
1577 is seen again heading back towards Paddock Wood
Recorded on a Sony VX9000 3CCD DV Camera
Captured via Firewire from a Sony DSR-45P to Adobe Premiere
Upscaled to 1080p from 720x576 DV PAL at 25Mbit/s

[@carlw61]

Love how the lady in the first clip just Star Trek beams up

[@joespud3727]

And then she reappears, how spooky!!!!

[@neilbolger2679]

I miss them old slammers and the sound of their break upon entering the station. And them 33s , lovely things and like the slammers , I remember these passing through fratton station when I was a kid . Thanks for sharing this fine vid as it has brought back memories . Thank you

[@paulswann76]

Yea, the sounds are very reminiscent of what felt like a good time I have a lot of other video on various formats that over time I’m going through and archiving to digital file based media so keep your eyes open Glad you enjoyed

[@P0RT3RS1GN4LM4N]

Nice to see the old semaphores as well as the CEPs. In my time there in the 1970s, it was HAPs on those services. And there was still a semaphore starter on the east-bound platform and a semaphore distant for Teston crossing, instead of the colour light in your video.

[@paulswann76]

Around the time of filming I did some shots around the crossing and signal box, sadly ruined by the grumpy operator who didn’t believe that the filming was not for TV news, sadly one of the drawback of having a professional camera back in those days

[@markkitchenham3938]

Do miss the veps and ceps

[@RedArrow73]

So. they're a Surgical Instrument as well as a train?

[@batman51]

Excellent quality for 1998. My first date out with the lady who became my wife was a picnic in a field opposite Wateringbury station. We knew how to have fun in those days 😊

[@paulswann76]

Ahh that’s a good memory for sure The quality it all thanks to an early investment in a Digital Video Camera which I actually still have

[@lewisculverwellvlogs9789]

This was the same time the Class 508s were introduced on the Medway Valley Line and the Sheerness Line to replace the Class 411s

[@paulswann76]

Around the time of filming I also recorded a full cab ride on a 508 from Maidstone West to London Bridge It was only ever ‘officially’ published on VHS but I have the original masters so I hope to be able to do something with it in the future