British Rail 1991-Exeter St Davids with Network SouthEast & InterCity 125 + Class 47, 50 & DMU

It's mid January 1991 and i'm at Exeter St Davids. We see Network SouthEast West of England line services in the hands of class 50s while Valenta powered Inter-City 125 HSTs are covering the Inter-City services. Local trains are worked by BR first generation DMU's, a freight working is hauled by a BR blue class 47 and there are light engine moves with class 50s including Large Logo 50 036 from the engineers pool. Plus a there's a HST power car works move hauled by an Inter-City 47. If you liked the video please subscribe to my channel, there are lots more transport & quirky vids to upload!

[@SpoonyMcSpoonface]

That Waterloo terminator never had a tail lamp going out New Yard. P828 not long until it went up in flames near Totnes. Posing in the guards van with the door open. HSTs with Valentas and no CDL. Tugs loaded with parcels. When the railway was interesting.

[@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus]

Exeter St Davids was always a busy place with lots going on......

[@craigsibley8161]

Excellent video once again Mr B 👍👍👍

[@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus]

Thank you..... A day out on one of my annual leave weeks.....

[@IainG81]

Thanks for uploading. Good to see all the trains of the time in full swing.

[@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus]

My pleasure.....

[@AndreiTupolev]

I must say that once it came under Network Southeast the standard of cleaning of the rolling stock of the Waterloo trains went really downhill. I know it was winter, but that's really no excuse. You could say they were running down so that people would welcome the new trains, but the new trains were still two years away at that time

[@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus]

I recall cleaning standards went up under NSE. Although winter time isn't too goood for trains. Washing plants freeze up at night when you need them most, and wet trains and brake block dust produces a nice thick gunge that sticks like glue!

[@johnlladron735]

Great video, thank you very much for uploading. Some classic traction that makes me realise even more what we are missing today.

[@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus]

I'm pleased you enjoyed it...... A very cold day as i recall......

[@Keithbarber]

Great to hear the throb of the class 50s again after all this time - and some impressive "clag" Alongside an iconic ic125 of course

[@steveluckhurst2350]

By "clag", do you mean the highly carcinogenic plume of unburnt hydrocarbons? 😊

[@JJthrashing]

47826 pulling Mk1 with failed HST on the end presume the MK1 had special coupling fitted acting as barrier coach ?great footage as always 👍

[@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus]

Yes the MkI was a special coach for hauling HST power cars. It could have been a stock move or perhaps taking a failed one for maintainence at Laira......

[@AndreiTupolev]

1:10is a good reminder of how pungent HST exhaust was on a cold day 🤧

[@bobcholawo6787]

Lovely. I remember it well. God bless you down there.

[@roberthill6216]

Wow. You have some extremely rare footage of 108828 there. It's the 3 car dmu at 7:05. Less than a month after this was shot, the leading vehicle caught fire and incinerated itself going down Rattery Bank. It was scrapped in Totnes by Gwent Demolition.

[@SpoonyMcSpoonface]

The rear car had a final drive in reverse which overheated the fluid flywheel hence the blaze. During line clearance at Totnes whilst being craned onto the up refuge siding the car moved causing the LA breakdown crane to tip and fall onto the burnt out shell.

[@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus]

Thanks for info, i don't recall the sadl end to 828.....

[@theimperialist2686]

Nice railway video Soi Buakhao

[@jamesfrench7299]

It was hard to tell whether those were diesels or steam at the end there. It was a sight seeing the DMU pushing through the smoke of another.

[@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus]

Always lots of smoke from idling diesel engines, especially noticeable in winter.....

[@jamesfrench7299]

@@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus I have Rob Curling's Metropolitan And District Driver's View on VHS and there's a shot of a DMU with enough smoke to alter the world's weather! Must have had a 510 under it.

[@EssexGayBoi]

Ooooft Proper vid, & the Clag of the 2 50's at the end, wow. Cracking

[@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus]

I'm pleased you enjoyed it......

[@hermitageroad4713]

great video so many memories

[@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus]

Thank you.....

[@waltertownsend3821]

Quick question; right at the start of the video you have the Network South East train leaving I assume for Waterloo and then seemingly immediately thereafter the HST departure I assume for Paddington? I know both call at different intermediate stations but if that were the case that’s pretty odd timetabling! Unless there was some editing there I failed to spot?! Oh, it happens again @5:49 both trains leaving again more or less simultaneously, unless the HST was a Cross Country service that would make sense…I might have answered my own question there…

[@ChazDude]

The HST would be heading south, away from London.

[@SJTrains2024]

the hst would be going to Penzance presumably away from london

[@nathanw9770]

At 5:49 The class 50 has terminated and is parking in the sidings

[@waltertownsend3821]

Ok thanks for clarifying!

[@roberthill6216]

The class 50 was heading down the old southern railway route towards Exeter Central and ultimately to Waterloo. The hst is on the gwr route to Penzance.

[@Keithbarber]

First comment

[@jamesfrench7299]

I second that.

[@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus]

LOl......