I forgot how BUSY Lewisham can be (just amazing it was) 01/06/23

[@oldfart6318]

Brilliant video Mike, I could watch traffic at Lewisham all day long. At the end of the 90's I lodged in the Anchor pub at the bottom of Lewisham Hill on the opposite side of the road to Maggie's and used to dine there every Saturday lunch, best food and helpings ever.

[@antman09ful1]

Oh right thanks for sharing that info mate, thank you for having a look at my video again. Its all seams a small world sometime.

[@overnightplayer]

Lovely picture quality. Creative, Brilliant video. Thanks.

[@antman09ful1]

Glad you enjoyed this video pal.

[@stevegarnham4632]

Dont always comment Mike but i always watch Another great vid 👍

[@antman09ful1]

I appreciate that you watch my videos Steve, but no worriers if you don't feel the need to comment. Regards Mike.

[@jc441-i3q]

0:15 Maggies is great, probably the best cafe in Lewisham and has been there for years. Every time I walk past it the smell of the food makes me hungry.

[@antman09ful1]

So I picked the right cafe then, thanks for taking a look at my video. 😊

[@timwilson9882]

Great video Mike. That's my Son (about 5 mins in) shouting with joy at the freighter coming through with no coaches!

[@antman09ful1]

Oh right Tim, that is great, yes I remember that morning with his mom, he wanted to see freight trains. Cheers Mike.

[@soupdragon12345]

Great too see the 73s still being used . I miss the 37s and 40s . Thanks .

[@antman09ful1]

Same here mate, we still have two class 40s which can work on the mainline, and a fair few 37s.

[@Highland_Moo]

What a dump. I’m from the Scottish highlands and I try to avoid travelling to cities and towns because they’re so busy, dirty and just depressing. I don’t know how you London folk manage to live somewhere so busy…..I’m in awe of you guys. Busy where I live means 2 sheep on the road! We have a lovely train line that starts in Inverness and ends in Kyle of Lochalsh. If you ever get a chance you should make the journey - it’s really pretty.

[@antman09ful1]

Yes I get how you feel MJ, I live on the outskirts of a city and I only have to drive a few miles to be in the countryside. I know the line you live by which I have travelled on a few times, and the first time was in the late 70s. I have also drove the road to Kyle of Lochalsh three or four times so I know what a lovely area you are talking about Thank you very much for watching and your comment, regards Mike.

[@matt154uk9]

Excellent Mike, what a busy time you had there. Great to see the tug tugging and sounding great

[@antman09ful1]

Oh Yes that was something very special.

[@stephenpearce5415]

I remember Lewisham in the 60s and 70s very evocative as I was at school near there. I also well remember the night of the train crash and the rebuilding thereafter.

[@antman09ful1]

Oh yes now you mentioned the train crash I too remember that slightly Stephen, thank you for this comment and your interest in watching my video.

[@shanghai264359]

Lovely video! They made a nice job of renewing the crossings which get a heck of a hammering 24/7. I live just down the line in Welling.

[@antman09ful1]

Thank you very much for watching this video.

[@secondarymainlineproductio3033]

Those rock trains are amazing, they have quite an incline to climb.

[@antman09ful1]

Yes and we get great sounds from them, cheers for watching, and commenting.

[@scruffwoodscruffwood6505]

Nice shots including the when i'm cleaning windows bloke thanks Mike

[@antman09ful1]

Well you know I like to share what about Owain. 😊

[@LiamsLocos]

Fantastic location Mike! I reckon with that climb into the station would be alright for steam cheers, Liam

[@antman09ful1]

Yes Liam.

[@colingarwood9971]

Well what can i say Mike, you never cease to amaze me where you are going to pop up next with your trusty camcorder, which looked like it was going to hit the deck as you were filming the 73s coming down the bank. If that was all filmed in the space of 2 hours then it really has gotten busy there, Great footage Mike, thanks for sharing and take care, Colin.

[@antman09ful1]

Will Colin that is good for you and the guys who watch my videos, also it’s good for me as I love to try different places or go back back to places I haven’t been to for years like this Lewisham visit which turned out better than i expected. Thanks for your kind comment Mike. 😊😊

[@johnwillatt7162]

I used to train spot there !

[@pmallenuk]

Interesting watch from a different location on your channel

[@antman09ful1]

Its was a poplar video this was.

[@ACETrainsUK]

Great video Mike, especially liked the 60 and the 73s!

[@antman09ful1]

Yes when I heard the 60 I wondered what is this coming, cheers Andrew for the comment. Mike.

[@ollymid]

16:42 "If you see something that doesn't look right.." Then a Class 73 in Southern Railway colours rolls past a minute later Poetic

[@antman09ful1]

Well spotted Olly😊.

[@558vulcanxh]

Fascinating Mike, it would have been a Signalmans nightmare in the old days. Thanks for the lookround, too it's a different world down there 😮

[@dodgydruid]

It was, hence why they had the big box at Lewisham and the small box at St Johns, St John's covered the St John's platforms back when there was still 4 platforms and the junction bypassing Lewisham for the fast stuff. It was unusual the one box me old man never passed out on and they took him off the whole area when the Hither Green accident happened and he was moved to quiet boxes in Kent, HG proved to be a terrible thing for him as he had worked there relief in the week it happened and he got carted off by the old bill to answer questions etc. He was also one of the first to arrive at the Lewisham disaster literally running all the way down from North Kent East signalbox to a scene of utter carnage, only a box boy then what a way to start a career. St Johns incidentally also signalled for the old Blackheath line before its closure making it quite a busy box, the dive down from the bridge was originally Hither Green's continental sidings where boat train freights were placed for express movement to the train ferries.

[@antman09ful1]

Yes Ian it certainly is a different way of life in London, cheers for your comment and for watching, pleased you enjoyed it. Mike.

[@558vulcanxh]

@@dodgydruid Thank you for these fascinating chapters Sir, the human side of the workers is too often taken for granted .Your Dad certainly went through it , poor Soul .if it happened nowadays, I bet the line would still be shut 😊👍👍

[@mrhaggit]

excellent shots, the 73s were a nice catch. enjoyed watching some southeastern based footage too

[@antman09ful1]

That is good mate, I need to catch up with what you have been filming.

[@Shadow_x12]

Great video.

[@antman09ful1]

Glad you enjoyed it Josh. 😊

[@bluedoris88]

Lived in ladywell in 73/4:trains were green with slam doors,none of those flats existed,strangely station is unchanged

[@antman09ful1]

Oh yes in them days I call them proper units, cheers for taking a look at my video.

[@TrainTraction]

Plenty of good action on offer in this one Mike. You did well there! Superb shot and capture there! Glad you caught these! Nice gbrf engineere including duo 73s. Excellent detailing and camera work! Another gooden from you! Good to see the DB and passenger action as well. Very nice indeed! Really enjoyed, thanks for sharing! Take care, have an awesome day and all the best! Jamie

[@antman09ful1]

Yes a Exciting visit for me with getting more freight than I expected Jamie😊, and all In around two hours. ATBMike 😊😊

[@sk1nzsk1nz34]

Makes Clapham Junction look like a wayside halt. Freight, passenger and death defying window cleaners. It's got it all..... subscribed :)

[@antman09ful1]

Thanks Pal for checking my video out, and cheers for subbing.

[@davethatcher4954]

Not as busy as Gloucester Rd Jnc Signal Box where I worked in the 1960s.

[@tracksidemike]

Awesome video great share 🚂👍🏻😎 Have a great day cheers

[@antman09ful1]

Thanks, you too Mike.

[@matthewcrump8213]

The track's great as well, with the double scissors crossover at the west end of the station.

[@antman09ful1]

Oh yes a very interesting junction Matthew, cheers for watching.

[@EntertainmentWorldz]

Excellent video bro 👍

[@antman09ful1]

Thank you for checking this video out. 😊

[@MervynPartin]

You were right-it was just amazing! The variety of train types and liveries was surprising. You even captured that atrocious "See it, Say it, Sorted" announcement that puts people off train travel. Nice touch with the window cleaner- I couldn't do that job. I almost have vertigo with our bungalow windows😃

[@antman09ful1]

Thank you very much Mervyn for taking a look at my video, and your comment.

[@TheCyberSalvager]

Nice mix of traffic there. I had to laugh when watching the class 59 as I could hear a child saying 'I've just seen a freight train without the coaches!'

[@antman09ful1]

Yes a young lad trying to tell his mom, I told him the class 73s were coming but I don’t think his mom wanted to wait. Cheers for your interest. 😊

[@ChrisUrenRail]

I love the layout at Lewisham.

[@antman09ful1]

Yes it’s looks good now when I last went there it was covered with weeds. Thanks for watching 😊

[@j3xk72r9]

Nice to see some third rail action!

[@antman09ful1]

Yes ok. 😊

[@benGBRf]

Very good video Mike. Its a very underated location. With all the extra aggregate trains its very busy these days. Especially as the station is busy with units as well.

[@antman09ful1]

It’s seams you knew about this station Ben, I didn’t expect this amount of freight. Cheers Mike.

[@benGBRf]

@antman09ful1 Yes it's a busy location for us at work as you could see this day with GB traffic

[@JacobsTrainVideos]

Excellent video Mike!! Looks like a absolutely brilliant station and after seeing this I might visit next time Im in London!! Its great to see the 465s as well before they are withdrawn even if they did get in the way a bit!!

[@antman09ful1]

You should give it a go Jacob, but if you can go on a weekday. Thank you for your comment and for taking a look at my video, I see you have a busy day next weekend. ATB Mike.

[@jameshatfield1194]

loved the sound of the 60

[@antman09ful1]

Great wasn’t it, cheers for watching. 😊

[@deanmatthewclegg28]

So 73202 is now a GB Railfreight loco? Anyone know when this happened? And why it lost the 'Graham Stenning' nameplates? Great vid, thank you.

[@antman09ful1]

its on hire to GBRF till September.

[@SimonTog]

Great video Mike :)

[@antman09ful1]

Thanks Simon 😊😊

[@cidertom5140]

Those trains with the car alarm sound drive me mad. Give me a 37 on passenger duty any day if the week or even freight for that matter. Love a tractor, growler,slug - flailing!!!!!!

[@antman09ful1]

Must agree with you when it comes to 37s on passenger trains, thanks for watching and your comment pal.

[@cidertom5140]

@@antman09ful1 you are welcome

[@LincolnshireRailMonkey]

Great catch on the 73s!

[@antman09ful1]

Thank you for checking out my latest video. 😊

[@ЛЬВИНИ]

Very nice video, likes from me !!!

[@antman09ful1]

Thank you very much.

[@ormondsworld3947]

Great catches Mike!

[@antman09ful1]

Thanks Thomas, didn’t expect that many freight 😊

[@petersmith4455]

hello Mike, i used to go to Maggies cafe in 1996 when i was seeing a young lady in lewisham, food is good, i think an irish lady owns it or did, love the cl 73s not so sure about the colour schemes though. a lot of high rises since 1996 !

[@charlescocks9292]

Yes, back in the early to mid eighties Maggies was excellent with Maggie herself " how are you darlin' " presiding. Looking a bit posh now 😮

[@antman09ful1]

Thank you Peter for your comment and for watching my video, It seams that Maggies is now run by some Europeans, but it very good but a lot more expensive these days. Cheers Mike.

[@RailwayVideos.]

I like it when diesels stop at red signal and then powers up that bank , specially when they are loaded

[@antman09ful1]

I do too mate, its great to hear them working hard.

[@dodgydruid]

BTW that emergency bridge they put in via the army was only supposed to last 2-3 years... Think its done quite well considering :)

[@maidsandmuses]

You mean the emergency/temporary bridge put up in the days after the train crash in 1957? I think we can safely conclude that "temporary" bridge turned out to be permanent 😁

[@antman09ful1]

A good bridge then.

[@michaelashall4523]

With all this freight on the tracks, you can see the need for HS2 and the reopening of existing dormant tracks.

[@antman09ful1]

Yes I agree with you Michael about reopening of old tracks but not HS2. I don't know if you live by the HS2 project as I do, because the amount of land its using for two tracks in the countryside is a disgrace and the reason its costing Billions is nobody seams to do any work.

[@willowgroveweathercenter2686]

NICE VIDEO 👍👍👍

[@antman09ful1]

Thank you very much. 👍

[@keynsham-trains]

Nice video . A Place i have never been too .

[@antman09ful1]

Oh right, we’ll it’s been a long time since I went there, but on this occasion it was well worth going as you can see with the freight pal. 😊

[@mattaikay925]

fond memories

[@antman09ful1]

Thanks for checking out my video.

[@BibtheBoulder]

Always think it looks strange seeing freight working through built-up city centres. Seen a few passing through New Street too, but not often. Were the suburban trains very busy down there?

[@antman09ful1]

Yes they were busy which surprised me as the services come often. 😊

[@patrickspeaight9154]

May I recommend, for those who not know the area, that you give the viewer as to the layout of the tracks and where they lead to. Thank for agood vide.o

[@antman09ful1]

Thanks for your comment, but I'm sure these days with all the information at our fingertips that can be found sir.

[@arnoldspottingvideos5269]

Very good catches at Lewisham Mike. 60028 and Double 73s was your highlight of the video 👍

[@antman09ful1]

Yes it was great to see the 60 working hard Arnold. ATB Mike 😮😊

[@joegrey9807]

Great video, used to bypass Lewisham on the daily commute (pre-HS1 days), might have to drop by there again soon. Sounds like the EDs were in diesel mode, which seems a bit of a waste, or was that just to pass the gaps in the scissors?

[@antman09ful1]

I believe it operates on 3rd rail on most of its journey Joe, cheers for making a comment.

[@tonygrant06]

I was born in Lewisham hospital lived in Catford for 30 of my years but now I would never step back in lewisham it’s a dump now.

[@antman09ful1]

Ok Anthony, thanks for your interest in my video.

[@twofoottaylor1]

Please forgive me asking but where is this locaiton, country, city, county, I'm not familiar with it.

[@antman09ful1]

South East London.

[@chris-io1ki]

Fantastic vid Mike. Always seemed quite whenever I went. What time of the day were you there for and how long.

[@antman09ful1]

Hi Chris, 10.30 to about 12.35. Thanks for your interest. 😊

[@tattoo1084]

Thats a lot in two hours.👍👍

[@antman09ful1]

I was very pleased I got that many freight on film David 😊

[@ernestbailey9194]

Great video love the freight. How on earth do they get to graffiti the wagons without being seen,with all the cameras about today you would think they would think twice, they must also take some ladders looking at the height of their painting. They can come and decorate my walls if they want. LOL.

[@antman09ful1]

I agree how the hell do they get to deface these wagons, at night ? Possible.

[@qwvxz5652]

Just wondering why the freight have to go so slow, i understand its in the city but its rlly slow

[@antman09ful1]

It was a bit of follow the leader situation.

[@TheDaf95xf]

Hi 👋🏻 Mike. Fantastic video as always 😊 Great seeing that tug had at work and those class 73s works. Shame all those tugs are rotting at Toton yard 😢

[@antman09ful1]

I also enjoyed the sounds of the class 60, but some of the 66 sounded like they are working very hard Stevie😊.

[@burtonupontrentrailwaystod8589]

Do you use Auto or Manual settings Mike

[@antman09ful1]

Auto setting.

[@burtonupontrentrailwaystod8589]

@@antman09ful1 cheers Mike

[@alcole6511]

Ain't what it used to be in the 80s and 90s.

[@antman09ful1]

Nowhere is like it was in the 80s and 90s.

[@alcole6511]

Correct

[@alcole6511]

Correct, lewisham/london is full of white uni yuppies from the counties that wouldn't have a clue how the Sham was in the 80s and 90s. When everyone went down the market or pub and mixed.

[@BJHolloway1]

As you say very busy - of interest is the fact that all of the freight appears to be on aggregates business.

[@antman09ful1]

Yes Brian that made going there even better as I tend to film a lot of boxes which I don’t mind. Cheers for the comment Mike. 😊

[@allabouttrains6027]

466 sandwiched in the middle there, usually they are at the ends, but a dying breed anyway.

[@antman09ful1]

Yes in a few years they will probably be going knowing how thing are, thanks for your comment.

[@I_like_planesandtrains860]

4:42 Spider Man

[@antman09ful1]

Oh yes a window cleaner.

[@davidowen6977]

😮 👍

[@antman09ful1]

Thank you David for checking out my video. 😊

[@dieseldave3879]

🚂👍

[@antman09ful1]

Cheers Dave. 😊

[@AndreA-ke2id]

Haven't the railways become very boring these days.

[@antman09ful1]

I think I must agree with you Andre, thanks for commenting.

[@AndreA-ke2id]

@@antman09ful1 Thanks, but still appreciate you taking the time to film and share. Sadly, the great sounds of everything that came out of Vulcan Foundry is disappearing. Everything sounds like my vacuum cleaner these days 🙂

[@dodgydruid]

Aw I see what they have done to poor old Lewisham, what a terrible mess of ugly buildings it has become, spent many years of my growing up years in and about the place and it is unrecognisable to me today :(

[@maidsandmuses]

Yes, unrecognisable indeed. I've seen it develop like that as for years I went through there by train every morning until a couple of years ago. I went through there again recently; in the last two years it really has changed a lot.

[@antman09ful1]

Oh really ok, I think people call it progress mate, but thanks for your comment.

[@maidsandmuses]

@@antman09ful1 Lewisham station is located at a very strategic spot where many different railway lines serving central London (& one light railway line serving Canary Wharf) come together, so an attractive spot to dump as much commuter housing as possible. The first few redevelopment projects were OK; they kept it spacious. During the next few development phases they put housing density above any other considerations; it now looks very crammed-in like a mini-Manhattan. The investment may be welcome for sure, but architecturally it could have been done much better; it looks a real mess of mis-matched modern architectural styles. Pleasant aesthetic design doesn't have to cost much.

[@jc441-i3q]

Was Lewisham ever beautiful though? I actually like many modern buildings and don't automatically hate them (and I genuinely love the Barbican) - but I don't like the look of the highrises around Lewisham station at all. They all have the same brightly coloured cladding that makes them look very plastic. I thought that this was the style of a particular architectural firm but no, many different architects seem to design highrise buildings in this way so it must just be the current trend.

[@carolinecleaveley]

if you include the dlr it is busier.

[@antman09ful1]

Well yes I agree, thanks for commenting.

[@johncalvert9331]

Lewisham is a bottleneck on the system.

[@antman09ful1]

I bet it is in the rush hour John, thanks for watching my video.

[@everythinggaming7938]

Surprised you didn't get stabbed.

[@antman09ful1]

Oh really.

[@sunglassesron9464]

A lot of ballast going to London... Is there a big project happening?

[@antman09ful1]

Probably yes Ron.