90 Not Out: Class 90s & The Great Eastern Main Line | Another Station, Another Mile EXTRA

[@vermillionhugh]

I was born in Norwich and my Mother’s side of family, staunch Norfolk. As kids I spent fabulous school summer holidays with Grandparents, who lived in Cromer. Travelled this route many times too, in the very late 1970s. A football mad young capital canary....fantastic times and memories! Class 47 locos and Mk 2 coaches. My first ever BR cheese and tomato sandwiches from buffet car .....hooked for life........cheese n tomato 🍅. Interesting the front of Norwich Station......was formerly named Thorpe Station. Great video and channel. Have subscribed. Thank you Adam 👍👋☕️☕️ Hugh.

[@rolandharmer6402]

What an extraordinary place Britain is, scrapping such serviceable, pleasant and comfortable coaches such as the Mk3s. Very sad. Enjoyable video, many thanks.

[@DonaldTrumpIsGreat]

I Like The Sliding Doors and Windows These Trains Have 👍

[@soundseeker63]

The first electrification between Liverpool St and Shenfield was actually at 1500v DC, completed in 1949! And later extended to Chelmsford and South End in 1956. The Class AM6 and AM7 (later class 306 and 307) EMUs were built for these services. Conversion to AC power commence in 1960, and extension of the wires to Colchester, Clacton and Walton, and the West Anglia line to Bishops Stortford commenced, for which class 305, 308 and 309 EMUs were built. The latter being the first 100mph capable units. Strangely, after long careers on the GE routes, both class 307 and 308 later found work on the West Yorkshire PTE electrified lines, while some 305s and 309s lived out their final days on local services out of Manchester. It looks set that some 90s may go that way too for use on services out of Blackpool!

[@jp-i]

Your point about the importance of the comfort of train travel is a very valid one. There does seem to be a sacrifice on seat comfort with every "upgrade". From Virgin's MkIII to Pendolinos, the Metropolitan A to S and, my biggest bugbear, the swap of the 321 for 350 (with the solid green seats) on London Midland. I only ever had to ride as far as Tring on those... Can't imagine how I might have ached if I had to ride all the way to Lime Street on one.

[@HeyItsAJOmega]

Oh, absolutely agreed. The Class 800s on GWR are my biggest bugbear - I cannot imagine taking a trip from London to Penzance aboard one of those the whole way!

[@declengray1889]

Such an iconic loco will definitely miss these here on the great eastern mainline had some great trips to Norwich on these

[@TalkingPlanning]

Always love seeing 'a proper train' as another prominent KZbinr likes to say... I only just watched this and thought SLIDEY WINDOWS, SLAMMY DOORS at the end- Class 90 is a solid bit of kit

[@p674mle2]

great video mate been a few times on the geml from London Liverpool street to Norwich to then catch a train to great yarmouth i love the class 90's and mk3's , this journey will never be the same again with the new flirt's they will make it feel like a horrible commute not a relaxing journey

[@JRJUK]

Fave thing about this video Ghost Coaches

[@HeyItsAJOmega]

*X Files music plays*

[@raphaelnikolaus0486]

Thanks for sharing. (Also a great example where you can see: sharing is caring.)

[@FromtheWindowSeat]

Great video. Love the Class 90. 😍

[@elnido4184]

Excellent video oh and a vintage Network Southeast clock

[@cassieSP]

Love that you bought "Ghost Ship" after getting off a train with a ghost car, that had me laughing so hard! Thank you for that specifically! Also another great video!

[@HeyItsAJOmega]

...OH MY WORD I DIDN'T EVEN CLOCK THAT. *ahem* I mean, yeah I totally meant that, and I'm glad someone spotted it ;)

[@cassieSP]

@@HeyItsAJOmega hahaha that makes it even better!

[@prof.hectorholbrook4692]

Really?

[@mikegillard7283]

Good to see you doing your bit, keep positive.

[@HeyItsAJOmega]

Thank you! Gotta keep on keeping on, right? :)

[@JRJUK]

Also what you've experienced here is a standard faulty Abellio Greater Anglia train...

[@Andrewjg_89]

Class 321s mostly because they always do break down lol.

[@HeyItsAJOmega]

@@Andrewjg_89 ...yeah, I'm not a massive fan of the 321s xD

[@JRJUK]

Don't forget the dreadful 317s....

[@iOmNoms]

Towards the end, when some had already been withdrawn, EMUs would frequent the route (though a few timetables ones ran). It also meant a mismatch of coaches from various sets, hence your declassified First Class one.

[@Roblilley999]

That's a great video, just amazing stock, so sorry it's all gone to the great railway heaven in the sky

[@HeyItsAJOmega]

Not all of it, thankfully - the 15 locomotives are as far as I know all still working, two with LSL (repainted into retro InterCity Swallow livery!) and the remaining 13 are now with Freightliner. Some of the coaches and DVTs have been saved too, I know the Mid-Norfolk Railway have picked up a complete rake of coaches. :)

[@Roblilley999]

@@HeyItsAJOmega yes, I've seen the swallow 90s, very nostalgic, I remember both the class 90s and 91 introduced back late 80s. Used to live in sleepy grimsby, but now live near slough on the great western line, so gone from hsts to class 800s last few years

[@grimpeursdusud1533]

Great video! The Great Eastern Main Line was always a bit of a Cinderella line, can't remember if it also had the old ex Scotrail DVT's? Glad I used this service over the winter as i didn't realise they were due for retirement so soon. I suppose that just leaves the Chiltern for proper loco hauled trains in the South (for now)

[@HeyItsAJOmega]

It does - and I've got a video coming on the Chiltern loco-hauled services soon, too! :D

[@grimpeursdusud1533]

@@HeyItsAJOmega looking forward to it; love the DRS 68's!

[@michaelgreen1515]

Lovely door shot. Well done.

[@jameshunt3924]

NICE TO SEE JOE PASQULY TRAIN SPOTTER

[@HeyItsAJOmega]

Who's Joe Pasquly? xD

[@yorkshirewanderer6176]

Still mk3's on East Midlands for the moment, so try a run out to Nottingham and get them while you can

[@HeyItsAJOmega]

Yup, I'll try my best! It's on the HST Trilogy list, as I've already ticked off their farewells on the GWML and ECML, now the MML to go!

[@yorkshirewanderer6176]

@@HeyItsAJOmega The other one to do is Cross Country from Edinburgh to the Plymouth.

[@deauvilledad07]

Excellent video. Yes they weren't perfect in the beginning but as you say, they have been the life blood of the service for nearly 2 decades. Class 90's were used briefly on the overnight postal services on occasion in the mid to late 1990's. Well done AJ 🤓🤓

[@HeyItsAJOmega]

Oh that's cool, I didn't know that! I have seen a few pictures of 90s in RES liveries, would that have had something to do with it?

[@deauvilledad07]

@@HeyItsAJOmega that possibly would have 🤓

[@ccjelley2390]

Love it. But we didn't get a last look at those fantastic, huge luggage spaces in the DVT, This route was perhaps the last on which one could take a tandem bicycle. Guards were always helpful and it was a pleasure to use the service with cycles. Unlike Virgin....

[@RJ-ge1kz]

I'm glad I stayed until the end for the Korn.

[@HeyItsAJOmega]

:') Well I guess it was a mix of that, Disturbed and Slipknot. SUCH A NU-METAL KID xD

[@RJ-ge1kz]

@@HeyItsAJOmega ooh my bad. I was thinking of "Twist" but it's not... Been a while 😅

[@cassieSP]

Also I feel like at the end you really learned how John Green feels while filming airports!

[@peak45]

You need a T key and switch the bloody lights on in the vestibule lol

[@maxeaves]

All good times. I think you put your finger on things when you bemoaned the lack of 'soul' and it being a nice place to travel. The same thing could be said of the IC125's and their MK3 coaches. A lovely place to be. I agree that progress is good, but the replacement Stadler units and all other modern trains have lost any soul. The Azumas on ECML look amazing; however they are terrible to travel in. Cramped, overly bright lighting and a horribly hard suspension. Us public are not immune from change, only it would have been lovely to have something compatible to travel in. Now, I travel by car because my car is comfortable and it doesn't charge me a fortune to get from A to B.

[@CallingAllStations]

YES. the seats, right?! People lament the GWR HST sets blah blah blah but god their mk3 sets were appalling. This was a proper train! I was sad to find out this week I’d missed the retirement due to lockdown. Good job getting one last trip!

[@HeyItsAJOmega]

Right? I like GWR a lot but their HST Mk3 sets were never the same post refurb. These ones, and the Chiltern Railway Mk3s, retain the old lovely reclined comfy seats! And thank you :) I was lucky in that I took the trip back in February, not knowing what was to come!

[@CallingAllStations]

Another Station, Another Mile taking a GWR mk3 was like taking a giant Pacer... I hope ScotRail have improved them

[@DonaldTrumpIsGreat]

​@@CallingAllStationsHSTs Are Better Then IETs

[@swrtrainspotter]

Very good video

[@JRJUK]

I remember seeing one of the old 86s catch fire years ago. They dropped like flies so they got the 90s in but they were just as unreliable at first

[@HeyItsAJOmega]

Yeah, I believe the 90s were suffering from lots of miles on the WCML at that point? And blimey that sounds pretty dramatic xD

[@JRJUK]

At least 2 of the 86s caught fire around the time of their withdrawal

[@soundseeker63]

That because the 86s had become run down from poor maintenance, as their replacement was immanent by that time, and they were pushing 40 years old too! Under normal circumstances 86s are very reliable locos....Freightliner fleet is still going at 55 years old, as are some examples in Hungary and Bulgaria. Virgin allowed the 90s to become run down too on the run up to replacing them with Pendolinos, so in the beginning you had one fleet of locos in poor condition replacing another. The 90s have since become a reliable fleet with proper maintenance and upkeep.

[@JRJUK]

@@soundseeker63 completely agree, I was just posting my memories as the switch happened while I was young

[@JackJackProductionsShorts]

What do you use to edit your videos

[@michaelgreen1515]

I hope you had your passport to cross the stour. It didn't reach Ipswich it reached Stowmarket, or more correctly haughley junction. Also Norwich was 1st reached from Cambridge because they could not get through one of the few hills in East Anglia in Ipswich.

[@norbitonflyer5625]

A DVT is a driving van trailer, not driving vehicle trailer. Electrification to Shenfield was 1949, not 1980. Converted to AC in 1960

[@mikegillard7283]

What's the title music called?

[@HeyItsAJOmega]

Dreamhour - Better Friends :)

[@Andrewjg_89]

If only Class 90 Mk3s would of stop at Shenfield. Hopefully Class 745/0 might stop at Shenfield and could also stop at Witham & Marks Tey. Whilst Class 321 and Class 360 trains operating to Clacton-on-Sea, Colchester, Colchester Town, Ipswich, Harwich Town and Walton-on-the-Naze do stop at Shenfield, Ingatestone, Hatfield Peveral, Witham, Kelvedon and Marks Tey and Braintree trains also stop at Ingatestone and Hatfield Peveral. And some also do stop at Romford including Southend Victoria trains but not Southminster trains. But I will be missing the Class 90 Mk3s. #FarewellClass90. Also the Class 321, Class 317 and Class 360 trains are to be replaced by the Class 720 Aventras which will be working on the Great Eastern and West Anglia services as well branch lines (including Crouch Valley Line, Mayflower Line, Sunshine Lines and Hertford East Line). And Class 379 to be replaced by Class 745/1 for the Stansted Express service which we are not sure when it will be in service from. As Class 379 could be cascaded to Gautrain and Class 360 cascaded to East Midlands Railway.

[@JRJUK]

They used to stop at Shenfield but due to timetabling restrictions they stopped. However the Bi-Modes from Lowestoft/Great Yarmouth should be stopping there once the timetables get overhauled

[@Andrewjg_89]

@@JRJUK Interesting. Be good to see a Lowestoft & Great Yarmouth trains stopping at Shenfield once again. Perhaps Greater Anglia should also start a new service to Felixstowe and Sheringham/Cromer from Liverpool Street.

[@jakegtr]

Idk why they would stop at Marks Tey tbh, passenger numbers aren’t that high when you take out passengers connecting for Sudbury.

[@iOmNoms]

There are one or two Intercity services a day that stop at Shenfield and Witham, normally the first and last ones during a regular timetable.

[@BritishRailProductions]

Would you believe I'm from Devon in South West England and I have had all 15 Greater Anglia 90s in the period from pretty much August 2019 to February 2020. 90003 was my First both AGA 90 and my First 90.

[@HeyItsAJOmega]

Oh wow!! Well done, were you up in East Anglia to bash 90s specifically?

[@michaelgreen1515]

😢 A regular user.

[@geoffcook1446]

You keep saying in all your videos as you speed through the country side "at a rate of knots" Can you come up with other similes for high speed?

[@prof.hectorholbrook4692]

A little tedious. I venture to aver: in need of a Director & Producer.