Some shots of the class 373 GNER Eurostars taken April May 04 - these are some of my early shots as only started using a video camera on 3 April 04
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@daleksvscybermen14 жыл бұрын
the ECML is the RIGHTFUL home of the north of london 373s. not slaving away on SNCF services. bring them back right now!
@JackBowley9515 жыл бұрын
I have to say, the 373 shape is unique! The carriages are so box like. I love it! And their pantos can go very high!
@Welwyn2216 жыл бұрын
It's amazing how much changes in four years! I remember seeing the Eurostars at various locations along the southern ECML. I liked them! Now both the Eurostar sets and GNER are gone!!! I have a good mind to march straight to the Transport Minister's office and demand all of the old stuff back on track! (And don't you shake your head at me!!!) Still, you've done good videos!!! 5/5!
@thesavageone_36054 жыл бұрын
Welwyn22 here’s your first reply after 12 years (older than my sister 😂)
@oaz83 жыл бұрын
sad now most 373s scrapped :,(
@ShoaibKhan-bz5qm3 жыл бұрын
AFter 13 years god damn
@Welwyn223 жыл бұрын
@@ShoaibKhan-bz5qm Haha, god I was sooo cringey back then xD The mind of a teen emigrated away from his hobby, who even before that was so sheltered he couldn't go out and do what he wanted.
@ShoaibKhan-bz5qm3 жыл бұрын
@@Welwyn22 Haha good to see you’re still around - around back then I probably first remember seeing the Eurostar at Beckenham Junction when it started at Waterloo - only 2 years ago I went on it the first time
@Welwyn2211 жыл бұрын
The Class 373 sets were actually used to cover for GNER 125/225 sets that were being refurbished at the time. By 2005 these had all been completed, and the 373s all went back to Eurostar.
@HSTHoward16 жыл бұрын
i love the flap that goes in and out the train as you see at petobourgh
@soundseeker6316 жыл бұрын
Wow I love the sound they make as they go by at high speed!! It sounds like a series of superbikes rushing by. Shame they're not around here anymore, but at least they can run as they were intended on high-speed 1 now.
@Persephone_12 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR FOCUSING ON THOSE STEPS!!!! I can't find any other vids with that!
@AnthonyRailwayBVideos11 жыл бұрын
The GNER eurostars had a nice livery. Too bad they didn't keep some of them in that livery.
@EchoAlphaRomeo16 жыл бұрын
They are hellfire fan sounds coming off that Eurostar!
@NapierNimbus12 жыл бұрын
no problem - another feature of these unique wonderful machines and much missed on the ECML
@NapierNimbus15 жыл бұрын
the wires are raised on approach and over level crossings to give enough safety clearance for high lorries and buses to prevent the high voltages from jumping/arcing on to the vehicles
@itfcsam14 жыл бұрын
@itfcsam just seen the departure amazing tones! For early footage, thats mint!
@NapierNimbus14 жыл бұрын
@macaniza7 No - the contract/lease for GNER to use Eurostars finished December 2005. National Express East Coast subsequently took over from GNER. NEEC then had the franchise taken off them by the Rail Regulator with a temporary company formed called East Coast Trains to run the east coast service. ECT still run trains to Leeds and York of course but am not aware of a 'White Rose' service as such like there used to be in the much missed Eurostar days
@NapierNimbus15 жыл бұрын
GNER Eurostar sets finished on the ECML in Dec 05 - a sad day indeed - the sets in question I understand are now operating TGV France. You can of course still see Eurostars on the Channel Tunnel Rail Link
@owenchuarbx9 жыл бұрын
They're louder than even the Japanese Bullets
@uhegbu12 жыл бұрын
I think the reason for providing these class 373s was to increase capacity on the busy East Coast Main Line between London Kings Cross to Leeds and Edinburgh Waverley via York. It was not successful and customers are still putting up with the class 91 and HST although things will change in the next few years hopefully when the new express trains will run on one of the busiest lines in the United Kingdom.
@manomaylr Жыл бұрын
It’s weird seeing this now that all the InterCity 125s have gone, and there are only a few InterCity 225s left. All the rest are the new Azuma trains.
@ttvvideos2050 Жыл бұрын
@@manomaylr no soul left on the ecml
@YukariAkiyamaTanks2 жыл бұрын
Great footage!
@Hyperen16 жыл бұрын
Fantastic filming - 5 stars
@NapierNimbus12 жыл бұрын
@EMT43055 thanks mate - I have many happy memories of them especially on warm summer evenings when given the right wind/weather conditions could hear them approaching from way off sometimes even before the warning claxon sounded for the dropping of the level crossing barriers - there are some more clips of them on my youtube site
@tkzz215 жыл бұрын
Great video! The eurostar looked great in GNER colours. Just a shame that someone decided to put grafitti on that last one.
@williamradford88172 жыл бұрын
Eurostar class 373 "Yorkshire forward" in G.N.E.R livery with 4 front and rear 2nd class coaches
@itfcsam14 жыл бұрын
amazing video! I've been looking for footage like this! Wish i was taking videos when these were about on ecml! 5* and fav'd
@williamradford96315 жыл бұрын
May 2004, GNER "Euro star Yorkshire forward" trains with 4 standard class coaches at the font and rear of the train.
@williamradford88172 жыл бұрын
373's awesome sound when they power up and leave the station
@voidjavelin23 Жыл бұрын
Theyre AC electric that makes the power up roar
@NapierNimbus15 жыл бұрын
Sorry my comment is mis-leading - there were stretches where they could run at 125 but there were significant stretches where they were restricted to 110 due to issues with the way the pantographs reacted with the overheads. As I understand the 373 pantos were designed to work with catenary designed to handle extremely fast moving trains and the pantos had a higher pressure contact on the wire
@Welwyn2211 жыл бұрын
Oddly enough I only started using a video camera one day before you did. (2nd Apr. 2004). Only difference is I didn't use it for trains until a week later
@NapierNimbus15 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much
@themightyzanoss84093 жыл бұрын
very cool
@NapierNimbus15 жыл бұрын
GNER operated the sets on the Kings Cross to Leeds run - I understand they are now back in France on the TGV services
@NapierNimbus15 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the comment. I've put together a dvd of all of my GNER eurostar footage for a mate of mine who used to drive them. If interested in getting a copy then send me a message.
14 жыл бұрын
@NapierNimbus: Wow! I didn't actually know that.. Many thanks for the information.. Appreciate it!=)
@matheo92464 жыл бұрын
Be extremely careful !! GNER and Eurostar are two distinct companies !! A GNER train can NOT be a Eurostar train. It is named Class 373. (BRC373).
@Cazkumali14 жыл бұрын
thank you mate
@NapierNimbus14 жыл бұрын
@itfcsam thanks for the comments mate - there is another clip of the eurostars on my youtube site called 24 to 31 July 04 GNER Eurostars
@NapierNimbus15 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@NapierNimbus15 жыл бұрын
Yes they did the lease ending December 2005
@NapierNimbus15 жыл бұрын
Thanks mate - I have put some more 373 E* up on my youtube site - see the clip "24 to 31 July 04 GNER Eurostars and more"
@NapierNimbus14 жыл бұрын
@Cazkumali no they were filmed on different days in April and May of 2004
@NapierNimbus15 жыл бұрын
Yes they did.
@NapierNimbus15 жыл бұрын
Believe they are now operating in northern France on TGV workings
@Cactus73214 жыл бұрын
seems like a step backwards getting rid of these when they are still running the class 91s
@DANEBLUEGNOME Жыл бұрын
No way!!! How did you create made these from?! See 1:54sec... Jeez!! 😲
@NapierNimbus16 жыл бұрын
The lease ended Dec 05 - perhaps finances dictated not renewing it or GNER felt did not need them? Also the 373s were restricted to 110mph as against the 91s and HSTs 125mph. On a quiet evening you could hear them approaching way off.
@soundseeker6312 жыл бұрын
They were fine units, but it was a bit of a waste of a 186mph train being restricted to 110mph stop-start services on the ECML. It wasn't their ideal habitat.
@Cactus7324 жыл бұрын
soundseeker63 not as much of a waste as having them trundle along at 60-80mph between Waterloo and Ashford.
@TheosTrainsWalesOfficial3 жыл бұрын
I thought they did 125mph?
@ttvvideos20503 жыл бұрын
@@TheosTrainsWalesOfficial they didn't only 110.
@re57k2 жыл бұрын
@@ttvvideos2050 wait, why don't they go 125?
@voidjavelin23 Жыл бұрын
@@re57k theyre power cars get too OPed
@jamesrobert994 Жыл бұрын
Also they could not run 2 sets on the same set of tracks as they were power hungry, they never ran either to as far in York due to the gauge problems and signalling
@HitchinTrains14 жыл бұрын
I used to love these and commute on them... but now theyre gone :(
@thomsonfly645k10 жыл бұрын
What is the speed limit along here?
@tobias46688 жыл бұрын
If you mean the Eurostars then there only allowed up to 110 mph because of the way it's pantographs react with British overhead lines
@daleksvscybermen14 жыл бұрын
we should make a petition to get the class 373s back to there rightful home on the ecml.
@thatoneguy98083 жыл бұрын
but they were designed for highspeed lines such as HS1 were they can really stretch there legs
@NapierNimbus16 жыл бұрын
You've lost me - not all of the 373 eurostar sets operated by GNER were painted into the GNER livery
@Persephone_12 жыл бұрын
Sorry, I really don't know a thing about trains... What does ecml mean?
@swagmaster42096 жыл бұрын
East Coast Mainline
@NapierNimbus12 жыл бұрын
East Coast MainLine
@CIJR914 жыл бұрын
Class 91's Are Good But The 373's Were Better
@NapierNimbus15 жыл бұрын
thought would let you know have put together dvd of all my eurostar footage for a mate of mine that used to drive them. if interested in getting a copy send me a message.
@transporthub72063 жыл бұрын
something about this makes me sad seeing trains that once traveled on high-speed routes between countries now working up and down the ECML... :(
@GWVillager Жыл бұрын
Eh? This was 2004, before they were even running on HS1. They no longer operate on the ECML and still run Eurostar services, albeit at a reduced frequency.
@blastzgaminghd69286 жыл бұрын
Does anyone know why they have the generators or what ever they are at the front carriage I always thought it was an extra engine
@frank27a3 жыл бұрын
They are built as twin power sets for the Channel Tunnel without a DVT unit. If one trainset gets into trouble they can be broken in two midway the other power set can be driven by the second driver out of the Tunnel once all the passengers transfer from the broken down set.
@Cazkumali14 жыл бұрын
Its a shame that the eurostars in the UK operating on the ECML have gone to France. Why did they go back to France anyway?
@TheRealDorran Жыл бұрын
3:05
@Cazkumali14 жыл бұрын
were all these filmed on 3rd april 2004
14 жыл бұрын
Are GNER White Rose trains still in service?
@voidjavelin23 Жыл бұрын
Not even anymore now They mostly operated at the eurostar service