London Underground 1994-Central Line Guard at Work on 1962 Stock

[@RailwayWorld_2023]

This is brilliant, i love seeing all your old videos of Malcolm. I think the guards were great on the Underground and we should have them back :) Also lovely to see the 62 stocks when they were in dull swing

[@briangrover9999]

I started as a guard on the northern 59 stock in the 80's this vid has sent me straight back there fabulous to watch 👍🙂

[@JettisonTheSupreme]

you know when soi posts one of these old gems once in a blue moon it's gonna be a good one

[@markgatland977]

I can smell these trains through this video 😄...I really miss the sound of these as they leave a station. Woodford was my home station growing up, so spent A LOT of time on these ♥️

[@Londonbuses179]

Woodford was my home station aswell!

[@CoxallK]

Add me to the Woodford list 👍

[@wadeslea]

And me Chaps. 👌

[@zebedep]

Great footage from a bygone era! Thanks for sharing.

[@CoxallK]

Fantastic video. 👍 I often used to wonder why the guard sat in the carriage and not in the end cab. I was glad they did though because my first few years I was terrified of the tube, being stuck in a tunnel was my biggest fear but having the guard there was always reassuring. Just as well I'm completely over that fear now though.

[@cedarcam]

Really enjoyed this. I have not seen the guards position before.

[@Sam_Green____4114]

I remember Guards on the Northern Line on the Northern line stock in the 70s and 80s !! They used to put a bar across the gangway to stop passengers using their doors / space !

[@tomhami]

Great Vid, as a very early 1980 kid I remember these and miss them. Remember the sounds, the smell, comfy seats and plentiful woodwork on them and the 60/38 Cravens unit that served my home town for some periods.

[@jamesfrench7299]

They looked ancient though.

[@davidchilds9590]

Love the way the guard opened the door early, so he could be ready to open the doors the moment the train stopped, and could observe his train then departed safely.

[@markcf83]

How things used to be. A time when we were responsible for ourselves instead of the nanny state......

[@Nicotc95]

Amazing video of old day on LU. I like this Guard !

[@MrVxrman]

I was up town yesterday for a day out in London. I still enjoy going on the underground as opposed to sitting in traffic 👍 Thanks for sharing Soi 🤜🤛

[@GoingUnderground23]

I do miss the guards on the London Underground

[@DistrictDriver]

Another amazing video! Have sent the link to a few of my old LU colleagues I know were Central guards!

[@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus]

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[@West.Ham1964]

Used to live in Hainault so this brings back a few memories. Sometimes frustratingly the train would stop short of the station for quite sometime due to lack of platforms.

[@norberthorvath807]

Even I feel the nostalgia and Im hungarian....and didn't even born yet when it was filmed....and only been in London once in 2018 😂😂😂 Thanks Soi!!

[@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus]

My pleasure...... And Malcolm is still going last i heard, out in Essex in retirement.....

[@norberthorvath807]

I'm happy to hear ❤

[@TheBadCivilServant]

It wasn’t that long ago that we in the public transport business were furnished with uniforms that presented a professional image, instead of being made to look like we work the drive-thru window at MxDonald’s.

[@nickgower8681]

Excellent video

[@bingbong7316]

I knew someone who became a guard, taught me the art of drinking tea while on the Bakerloo by standing on the balls of the feet and slightly bending at the knees. It was a trick not to spill a drop, for sure.

[@mattbicazette502]

Opening the doors like that at 1:27 would be a straight P45 these days as you'd need to isolate it to avoid setting the Brakes off.

[@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus]

The guards door was on a separate circuit once the Guards Key was inserted into that panel, same with 1983 or D Stock, the guards would often leave the door open when going along in open sections on hot days, as indeed would the drivers!

[@Richardsrailway]

Malcolm !

[@borderlands6606]

I always thought guards deserved a slightly more substantial vestibule than the one offered on underground trains. Being in close proximity with the punters on a long shift couldn't have been easy, especially at night.

[@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus]

It was ok, when the rear car wasn't too full, the guards would sit down next to the gangway on the passenger seats. When busy, and with the Guards Bar up, they would look longing at the empty space you had compared to a rush hour crush load!

[@ACELog]

@@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus He had a flip-down seat, too, if i remember correctly.

[@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus]

@@ACELog Yes, all locked out of use when the guard wasn't there....

[@ACELog]

@@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus Are you sure it was locked? I seem to remember sometimes sitting on it when travelling in the 1960's (Northern line - presumably same stock).

[@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus]

@@ACELog They were locked with the Guards Key although a loose lock could be undone with your hands. It's possible the red 1938 stock seats may not have been lockable so able to pull down at will.....

[@harryelliott4310]

Central Line 1962 Tube Stock

[@genericfootyfan]

It says it on the title.

[@Joshthetrainspotter85]

WOW REALLY!?? I thought it was a 385

[@milkandduckrailway323]

The prequel!

[@Annesleya]

Was that a tea warmer he had or just a compartment with a shelf? Didn't notice that before.

[@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus]

That was the Guards Table, you could use it for putting things on, or writing in your notebook, with the lid up your cup or tea-can wouldn't slide off the edge on rough track!.....

[@jasonday7378]

I live and am from Ongar I wish they would open the line back up

[@kojo8770]

Imagine it would be well used nowadays with people from Chelmsford/Harlow et al

[@jasonday7378]

@@kojo8770 exactly mate

[@almuric1baggins337]

He made sure he got his priorities right; cup of tea first, doors second LOL!

[@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus]

An old school guard right enough..... started 1974 on the District Line on CO/CP and R Stock trains.....

[@johnrafferty8087]

A job I wanted to do as a kid

[@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus]

Same here... always sat by the guard and watched them at work... on all lines except the Vic of course, that was always ATO.....

[@davidfalconer8913]

The ( sad ? ) fact ... I have had to refurbish ( some ) of the motor controllers for these ( legacy ) rolling stocks , for use by engineers ( overnight ! ) ... DAVE™🛑

[@43dl3ntil]

Do you have any footage of the 1992 stock?

[@jamesfrench7299]

Sayonara Robocop!

[@cannadineboxill-harris2983]

I needed to know why they couldn’t dig a tunnel and do an extension for most of the mainline Trains so that they could extend the unused abandoned underground train stations. Why couldn’t they use the part D78 Stock train doors on the sides and also restructure the front face of the A60 and A62 stock which will include the class 507, class 508, class 313, class 314 and class 315 remix and make them all together and also redesign all of them into an overhead wire line trains and also make most of them into Five carriages per units and also having three Disabled Toilets on those Five cars per units A60 and A62 stock trains and also convert the A60 and A62 stock trains into a Gardner 6LXC, Cummins M11, Volvo B10M, Gardner 6LXB, Scania N112, Gardner LG1200 and Gardner 8LXB Diesel Engines and also put the Loud 7-Speed Voith Gearboxes even Loud 10-Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Gearboxes in the A60 and A62 stock, class 507, class 508, class 313, class 314, and class 315 and also modernise the A60 and A62 stock and make it into 11 carriages per unit so it could have fewer doors, more tables, computers and mobile phone chargers? A Stock Train and 8 Disabled Toilets on those A stock trains. why couldn’t we refurbish and modernise the waterloo and city line Triple-Track train tunnel and make it even much more Larger and extend it to the bank station, making it into a Triple-Track Railway Line so those Five countries such as Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden to convert the waterloo and city line Triple-Track Railway tunnel into a High-Speed Railway lines? The Third Euro tunnel Triple-Track Railway line to make it 11 times better for passengers so they could go from A to B. Then put the modernised 11 carriages per unit A Stock and put them on a bigger modernised Waterloo and city line Triple-Track train tunnel so it could go to bank station to those Five countries such as Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden. The modernised refurbished 11 carriages per unit A stock could be a High Speed The Third Triple-Track Euro Tunnel Train So it is promising and 47 times a lot more possible to do this kind of project if that will be OK for London Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden. oh by the way, could they also tunnel the Triple-Track Railway Line so it will stop from Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex so that the Passengers will go to Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland and Sweden and also extend the Triple-Track Railway Line from the Bank to Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex Stations so that more people from there could go to Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden more Easily. Why couldn't they extend the Piccadilly Line and also build brand-new underground train stations so it could go even further right up to Clapton, Wood Street can they also make another brand new underground train station in Chingford and could they extend the Piccadilly Line and the DLR right up to Chingford? All of the classes 150, 155, 154, 117, 114, 105, and 106, will be replaced by all of the Gardner 6LXC, Cummins M11, Volvo B10M, Gardner 6LXB, Scania N112, Gardner LG1200 and Gardner 8LXB Diesel Five carriages three disabled toilets are air conditioning trains including Highams Park for extended roots which is the Piccadilly line and the DLR trains. Could you also convert all of the 1973 stock trains into an air-conditioned maximum speed 78 km/hours (48 MPH) re-refurbished and make it into a 8 cars per unit if that will be alright, and also extend all of the Piccadilly train stations to make more space for all of the extended 8 car per unit 1973 stock air condition trains and can you also build another Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive Companies and can they order Every 87 Octagon and Every 48 Hexagon shape LNER diagram unique small no.13 and unique small no.11 Boilers from those Countries such as Greece, Italy, Poland, and Sweden, can they make Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive speeds by up to 147MPH so you can try and test it on the Original Mainline so it will be much more safer for the Passengers to enjoy the 147MPH speed Limit only for HS2 and Channel Tunnel mainline services, if they needed 16 Carriages Per units, can they use those class 55’s, class 44’s, class 40’s and class 43HST Diesel Locomotive’s right at the Back of those 18 Carriages Per Units so they can take over at the Back to let those Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive’s have a rest for those interesting Journeys Please!!!!!!!!, oh can you make all of those 18 Tonne Boxes of Coal for all of those 147MPH Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive’s so the Companies will Understand us PASSENGER’S!!!! So please make sure that the Builders can do as they are told!!!!! And PLEASE do something about these very very important Professional ideas Please? Prime Minister of England, Prime Minister of Australia, Prime Minister of Sweden, Prime Minister of Germany, Prime Minister of Italy, Prime Minister of Poland and that Includes the Mayor of London.

[@Keithbarber]

Erm, way down the "ranking" today 😅 *DEFINITELY **_NOT_** FIRST* 😂