British Rail-Honey Monster Railtour to MOD Kineton July 1995

A BR railtour upload now, some shots i took on Hertfordshire Railtour's 'Honey Monster' trip on 29 July 1995. We start at Paddington where we see the stock arrive behind a 47 with a pair of calss 33's dangling on the end. These were our main tour locomotives (plus later on 47 358 was attached to the other end), and we ended up in MOD Kineton, near Fenny Compton. Here we were allowed off the train and to wander around the stored stock in there. I filmed there and we see the Cromptons shunting around along with a couple of MOD locos plus shots of the stored stock (including an ex Merseyrail class 508, at the same time MR were claiming they couldn't increase the length of their trains as there was no stock available! Total lie.....as this vid proves). We finish back at Paddington where the stock is removed off to Old Oak. If you liked the video please subscribe to my channel, there are lots more transport & quirky vids to upload!

[@davidleepriest]

Superb footage- so valuable, and brings back a lot of memories of when I was a teenager, didn't quite have access to the gear so I could film myself- and regretted it- but less so now that I can watch your videos, they are the ones I would have filmed if I could have done, so thanks very much- look forward to all of the new ones, esp AC EMUs

[@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus]

Thank you. It was seeing others cine film from the 1960s that inspired me to get a cine camera. That only lasted a year or so before i managed to get a video camera, on HP at that. I didn't want to wait and save up as i would have missed so many things that were being rapidy withdrawn at the time. I'm pleased you (and many others!) enjoy the films i took mainly for my own pleasure, it's nice to think they get a global audience now! And yes, plenty more AC EMUs to come.....

[@TheDaf95xf]

47816 looks absolutely splendid 😊 Great video 👍🏻

[@RichardW23613]

Stevie Athers. Last repaint job bath road did. Named on the last day too.

[@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus]

That would explain it's superb look!

[@davidfarrow44]

Superb video thank you for sharing. Loved watching the Class 47 in the Inter City Swift colours.

[@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus]

My pleasure. I notice your name, any connection to HRT? I do have plenty more video to upload with classic BR including more IC 47s.....

[@ericcraig8205]

Going Dutch,not a shed in sight,how times change eh,keep up the good work, great memories for you.

[@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus]

Thank you....keep watching i have lots more historic uploads to come.....

[@ericcraig8205]

@@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus Thank you bud,great stuff.

[@annescholey6546]

We were quite a sight jostling on the narrow New St platform for 33051 and 116 in 1997😊

[@duncansmith44]

Did you also do the trip ti Kineton to see the Nightstar rolling stock, which I believe was eventually shipped to Canada.

[@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus]

No, this was the only trip in here that i have done. And i didn't get round all the stock then properly due to time constraints as we had a trip around the site behind 2 Army locos.

[@paulconner115]

Yes think I spotted a class 307 DMPO that used to work Southend to Liverpool st parked behind the class 92 and a couple PMOS from class 302/304/ 305/308 in the sidings.

[@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus]

Yes, there was some class 307 EMU stock that worked the GE as well as other GE EMUs. The class 307s had the driving coaches removed to become Propelling Control Vehicles for working the Res trains into the Royal Mail Terminal at Stonebridge Park.

[@paulconner115]

Soi Buakhao super. Keep up the great videos. These old trains bring back loads of memories of my teenage days 😀

[@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus]

@@paulconner115 Thank you, i aim to please......

[@jamesbraithwaite478]

I think old EMU's like the ones in the sidings used to run through Timperley before Metrolink took over.

[@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus]

Yes, the Bury Line class 504s were similar, BR's standard EMU design from the early 1960s.

[@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus]

And the 304s which ran through Timperley, getting confused with the Bury line which also was taken over by Tramlink.

[@OlafProt]

Did you see the 502 stock? Was it there then?

[@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus]

No, never saw a 502 but there were 507s & 508s there even though Merseyrail said they was no extra stock available to increase services......

[@captaincool3329]

Did anyone else spot the old BR palvans? I wonder what happened to them.

[@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus]

I hadn't....but they are probably scrapped now.

[@petergarrett1852]

I was on that tour with my dad

[@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus]

I assume you remember how hot it was? The coaches were like sitting in an oven!

[@petergarrett1852]

@@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus yeah I do I was only 14 years old

[@jondv5278]

those were the days, when you could get close up and personal to a moving train, that just would not happen nowadays, everyone would be behind a bright orange fence, a marshall (safety officer) posted every 5 metres in a hi viz jacket (in fact everyone would be made to wear a hi viz jacket) giving everyone an evil stare and bollocking them if they dare touch the fence, and at least 20 metres away from the nearest piece of railway infrastructure

[@idonotlikeboats9328]

Jon Dv about accurate

[@annescholey6546]

Pottering about with moving locos? 😨

[@annescholey6546]

Jobsworths

[@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus]

It was always the case, i have seen photos (& cine film) of tours back in the 1950s with the same happening.....

[@aureol40012]

That railtour stock with the bars on the windows was rancid!

[@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus]

It was to stop us hanging out the windows but on this day it was around 35 degrees and we melted inside!!!

[@HFStuart]

Looks like Mk1 Footex stock - If you'd seen how they got treated by some of the 'fans'. No point in letting them trash good stock. Enthusiasts didn't usually tear them up but I guess you got what you were given.

[@Listenerandlearner870]

Are there tours of it these days ?

[@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus]

Pathfinder and Hertfordshire Railtours still run tours but i haven't seen one to here for a long time.

[@Listenerandlearner870]

It looks paradise for a train dood.

[@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus]

@@Listenerandlearner870 Unfortunately we didn't have too long to look round the stored stock. But we did a circuit of the base which was different.

[@bushyconn]

Great video. Pity there is no commentary for us non-geeks to understand the point of it all.

[@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus]

Basically it was a day out on an old train to have a run around a millitary storage depot, see the stored stock there and then have a run round some freight only lines on our way back to Paddington. An enthusiast's special rather than an excursion train to visit a place (ie York ect).

[@bushyconn]

@@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus Thanks