British Rail Network SouthEast-Basingstoke, Woking & Andover Class 47, 205 DEMU & InterCity 125 HST

We are back to October 1992 and it's a Saturday, and another special NSE Rover Day. I'm out on the West of England line, riding around behind class 47s to get some Sulzer thrash! As well as the booked ex Scotrail 47/7's there are a couple of Res 47/4s in service. We see the action at Basingstoke, Woking & Andover, and as well as the 47's we see a class 205 Thumper DEMU and an Inter-City 125 HST. If you liked the video please subscribe to my channel, there are lots more transport & quirky vids to upload!

[@peterharvey1762]

Love the noise of the Thumper idling away in the background as the HsT comes in

[@brianroper5626]

Wow, those were the days. NSE and black clag! Watching the first frames of the HST approaching Basingstoke made me think about today's trains. 20 years ago a nine coach (luxury) set and today a 5 coach voyager that is usually rammed. So much for progerss.

[@s125ish]

But the frequency was doubled

[@alanmusicman3385]

And the facilities in the train are far far better - and most of them look very well cared for - most of these do not.

[@pj6641]

Totally Agree I remember the HST's had services called the Pines Express (To Manchester) The Wessex Scot (To Glasgow via WCML) The Dorset Scot ( To Edinburgh via ECML) bring back wonderful memories especially when the class 205/207 failed and we put stop orders for HST's to call at Bramley and Mortimer

[@neilbolger2679]

Excellent old school footage. Love it with loads of clag lol

[@squarewheelsorguk]

I love these old trains, and the Class 47 haulage brings back some of my earliest memories of pre-electrification Cambridge to London Liverpool Street expresses. But my goodness, the black clag that some of these made... that's actually quite revolting. Maybe it's just as well that things do eventually move on a little, but with a courteous nod to preservationists too.

[@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus]

A lot of the locos were long out of works and had high engine hours.....

[@djpeekay25]

I enjoy a good thrashing on a Saturday morning!😂. Another great vid Soi!

[@ChannelReuploads9451]

Ahhhh gone are the days of heads out the window :) I had a Girlfriend in Fareham when I lived in Portsmouth, and I used to catch the Cardiff Express from Portsmouth and Southsea, and head out the Window when the train expressed through Fratton, yelling out "Argh !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" as we passed :) Of Course it is all electrified now apparently..

[@paulshorney3465]

Ah Basingstoke station, went in and out of there many times 👍

[@rocksreynolds3642]

Love to hear 47's powering up after a stop. Thanks!

[@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus]

My pleasure......

[@dgattenb]

best thing we used to on " network days " started with the 5.00 from Fratton and do odd things all day , so on one we went furthest east, furthest south etc another one we went to all the odd named stations.... eg: bat and ball...etc .. awsome times

[@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus]

Yes, those NSE special rovers were great fun!

[@trainrover]

mmmm...of all the raininess there, never had I pouted to myself from being deprived opportunity to hang out of the window during some train ride...plenty of thrilling journeys nonetheless 🍸

[@ccjelley2390]

I remember not long before that there were still a few ancient goods wagons dumped in the Woking bay seen at 5:50 and 9:20. Certainly around 1990 they were still there. Great footage, brings it all back

[@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus]

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

[@going2thedogs]

Another great upload. Loved the start up of 47,712 ‘Lady Diana spencer’ at Woking (@ 7.47)

[@ClydebridgeStation]

Seen three of my 47s in this video. 47701 and 47712 both in the liveries they carry on my layout (NSE and Parcels), and also you caught 47535 in parcels red; I have it in large logo blue!

[@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus]

I seem to recall 47 535 was one of the early ones in Parcels livery.....

[@ClydebridgeStation]

@@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus it certainly was. 47474, also on my layout, was the first, June 1990.

[@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus]

@@ClydebridgeStation Ah, a loco with a palindromic number..... Bit like 37 373.....

[@CLASS33106]

Absolutely fantastic. A real railway.

[@trainrover]

the Reading/Basingstoke run would've fascinated me, it's a route I wish I'd ridden

[@paulshorney3465]

Between Basingstoke and reading is really nice countryside 👍👍

[@trainrover]

awww, I believe it...thanks for telling me...I've always imagined it both quiet & cozily seductive

[@paulshorney3465]

@@trainrover nice villages of Bramley and Mortimer on the line well worth a visit 👍

[@Pmjs]

I've got a model of 47712 Lady Diana Spencer in the same red livery.

[@EM-yk1dw]

Lovely Soi, when the railway was a railway and not a business.

[@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus]

Happier days indeed!.....

[@craigsibley8161]

Excellent video 👍👍👍

[@trainrover]

wow...virtually everybody in the countryside owned at least one of those paraffin lamps (blinking tail light), I miss those steals

[@david-stewart]

Great 😊👍

[@Sophiebryson510]

These vieoas are gread insparation for OTTD games (Transpot tycoon deluxe)

[@busestransporta-z781]

I unlocked community

[@s125ish]

Unlocked what

[@busestransporta-z781]

@@s125ish what?

[@trainrover]

low platforms outmatch high ones here, and I'd swear that the friendly presence of a train be snuffed out and even become alien if you will when lording over our STUPIDLY short platforms

[@AndreiTupolev]

🤨?

[@dieseldave3879]

🚂👍

[@Keithbarber]

1️⃣ st 🏆🥇 2️⃣ nd 🥈 3️⃣ rd🥉

[@frazbee1]

Class 47 5s no 4s?

[@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus]

You would get the odd one perhaps when the regular booked locos had failed......