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The Hastings Unit 1001 ran From Hastings to the Mid Hants Railway. When on the railway it was joined by Thumper 1125

[@Wally-H]

It's funny to watch how serenely these are driven in preservation. When they were used on the express Charing Cross - Hastings service, you'd have the power units at both ends working flat out. To get such a heavy train moving, the driver would really open her up and they made one hell of a racket - if you were near one at the time, the sound would go right down through your body to the core. It really was like diesel enthusiast porn! I grew up in Paddock Wood, just down the line from Tonbridge. I used to go spotting at Tonbridge a lot and always enjoyed watching these fill the station with noise and fumes as they pulled in and out.

[@boosteraxledoesstuff2769]

Seeing these old units still in use makes me happy that they preserved those units

[@billyshearer1]

What an amazing sound!

[@SussexHistory]

Atmospheric footage. I used to live in a flat by the railway and I hated the 'Thumpers' because they made so much noise and fumes. They seem much quieter in preservation - like horses which have been put out to grass!

[@trainmaniacstudios8216]

Probably because they are going at half the speed

[@SussexHistory]

Train Maniac Studios My view point was near the platform and the speed was slow as depicted in your video. I think it must have been a maintenance issue in BR days. Preserved DEMUs are in apple pie order, but poor old BR DEMUs suffered terribly at the end as BR locos did at the end of steam. For some pics, see 'Unseen Hastings'.

[@trainmaniacstudios8216]

Haha, you can say that again. I remember them in Connex days when i was a little kid. God, they were bloody falling apart at the seams! :D

[@Martindyna]

@@SussexHistory What a nice expression `apple pie order', never heard it before !

[@Wally-H]

@@SussexHistory Actually I don't think that is it. When they were used on express trains back in the day, you had a much longer train and far heavier, especially when stuffed full of passengers. This meant two things; firstly, the power units at both ends would be used at the same time and second, to get the train moving from a standing-start the driver would have to open up the regulator and give it some beans. That's why they were so noisy pulling away in the old days.

[@davidmeachen2896]

I hope you can extend the line, maybe even join up with a mainline station?

[@stuarthall6631]

1001 is in the Southern Region green that I remember. Would someone comment upon why 1125 is in a much paler shade, please? Thank you!

[@G5BTB5G]

Video made by me on my other channel, which just does railways kzbin.info/www/bejne/aIXUf519eMSWnKs

[@AlanAlanAlan161]

“I001” the Carpet cleaner

[@srfurley]

Do these have EP brakes?

[@danielsellers8707]

The Thumpers should have been bi modes like the 73s (same engine)...

[@AGNETHAFALTSK0G]

Lovely units. What does the yellow area with a triangle mean on the leading end of the unit?

[@bishwatntl]

It means that is the end of the train with the guard's compartment. It was relevant back in the days when parcels and other traffic were loaded into that compartment. Before yellow ends were introduced, the sign was a V shape.

[@AlanAlanAlan161]

Guards van end had black triangle on the Hampshire,Berkshire,Oxted ,and Tadpole units but not the Hastings DEMUs

[@SpottingWithSam]

These your favourite locomotives I’m guessing? My favourite is the class 101

[@AGNETHAFALTSK0G]

When were these units built?

[@preservedthumpers]

They were built in Eastleigh

[@AGNETHAFALTSK0G]

What date roughly?