Southern EMU 1

EMU's (mainly) at various locations including Paddock Wood, Rochester and Battledown. Taken by me about May 1992.

[@toddhunter3137]

It always amazed me the speed these units used to go at, considering how old and flat fronted they were, I mean, they're about as aerodynamic as a block of flats. Great video. 👍💯

[@andrewparkinson9667]

And how good they were at stopping, with an 8 car you could generally hit the end of the platform at around 50 and stop nicely on the mark (unless you had one with non ferrous blocks then you were in trouble!)

[@OlafProt]

1992 is like last week. And yet it’s 31 flipping years ago. These EMUs and their squeaky brakes and slam doors and motor noises and track noise are so familiar. Thanks for posting

[@robtyman4281]

When I see videos of these trains, it reminds me of long forgotten smells - of a combination of rust and stale tobacco. And of how they 'crept' out of stations (unlike modern trains), sometimes lurching forwards with a violent jolt before moving off! I do miss all of this....the clp, clp, clp of doors slamming, the frantic guard's whistles, and the 'clickety-clack' of fast trains passing through on unwelded rails! ...those are now distant memories of a lost world. A pre- digital age where I remember as a small kid, the station guard actually putting in wooden destination slots (with the stops) into a holder before the arrival of each train. No dot matrix displays or computer screens. This wasn't the 1960's, but the early 1980's!

[@OlafProt]

@@robtyman4281 agree entirely. And yet back then we cursed how crap they were 😂 Nostalgia is a funny thing isn’t it! 👍🏼👍🏼

[@robtyman4281]

@@OlafProt ....it certainly is! I suddenly feel really old! 😆 lol

[@OlafProt]

@@robtyman4281 I’m kinda happy to be 51 (that’s getting old right? 😂) The railways def were a lot More varied in terms of loco’s and rolling stock, when I was spotting as a kid. And also staff were more willing to let me have a cab ride, or go in the signal box or guards van or clip tickets or whatever, without h&s fear or fear of ppl having the wrong intentions. Ah bollocks I’m One of those people.. the good old days. They were not all good that’s for sure.

[@KarrrRep]

I was born in 1968 and raised in the 70s and 80s. Our railway station was called Tring which is in Hertfordshire on the west coast mainline. I remember the old 310 emus 25kv overhead. Slam doors when the train pulled away you felt every notch applied on the power controller and when the brakes were applied coming into a station you got your ears Pierced with squealing and nearly thrown to the floor. All said and done though we experienced history that modern day travellers won't.

[@jonathanbutson1385]

Thanks for the step back in time! I was living near Rochester at this time, so it was lovely to see the old EPBs, VEPs and CEPs

[@jasonl4411.]

Super video

[@corinheathcote9868]

Great videos, remind me of the days I spent on the south region, chase class 414s and others.

[@GNTel313]

Thanks so much for posting this video. Such awesome trains going about their tasks on a daily routine. I never thought for a minute, in the late 90's and early 00's that they wouldnt be around. I miss them so much. Just quality trains.. never to be equalled 😒

[@pajotero4219]

Nice reminders of better times.

[@astrostrotch]

Ah, Kent link and Kent coast, wonderful times.

[@train4905]

Awsome 😊

[@trainrover]

priceless recordings, you know what you're doing and how to accomplish it 🍸 the settings, vistas even 🍺

[@markjohnson9301]

Brilliant days and much missed.

[@nicksrailwaymad4271]

Very nice video back when trains was trains. Paddock wood station looks very different today but how lovely seeing it with the old slam doors. Thanks for the memories.

[@JayJay-nc7pr]

Loved these trains! When the Networkers arrived they still had these slammers on the Woolwich line fast service to Gillingham, The Sidcup line and the Hayes line still had them In service until about 1996

[@TheZacDJ]

Good ol' 61 Strood - Paddock Wood. If you were really lucky you might get a 55 Strood - Tonbridge - Redhill - Three Bridges! Proper trains, driven by Drivers with a capital D. Good ol' EP Brake stock. Course, the EP Brake WAS a DRIVERS brake. Got a few of us out of a few jams did the EP Brake. Just a perfect Brake. Happy days - thank you for sharing.

[@4vepvik781]

Good capture of Good old days.

[@keithturner3602]

Good shots! Like the Thumper/HST cross.

[@brucestrong5942]

Some interesting things. The sound doesn't seem quite in sync with the pictures at some point but probably not that important.

[@garycard1456]

These trains should be brought back! Complete with the charactistic sounds and aromas. The modern ones have no character to them. I would have been 8 years old at the time of this film. I recall, as a child, the trains going into London Victoria station. You could see a haze lingering over the parked trains at the buffer stops, as many of the just-disembarked passengers simultaneously lit up a cigarette! (you were not allowed cigarettes on the trains, but back then you were still allowed to at the stations and concourses). Is the LushShop still at London Victoria train station? The strong aromas of the various soaps is permanently engraved into my memory.

[@johnrichardson6606]

Thanks for this, love watching videos like these.

[@EM-yk1dw]

What a great film!

[@6666steved]

A nice bit of nostalgia. Thank you for sharing.

[@lewisculverwellvlogs9789]

This was the same time the Class 465/466 Networkers entered service on the North Kent Line

[@Myownuniquestyle]

Excellent video, thank you. Interesting to see Paddock Wood station.

[@AndreiTupolev]

Paddock Wood before it was taken over by Ashford IECC. Don't often see views from the other side of Battledown flyover

[@mattmaz2]

Brilliant video, some great nostalgia there 😊👍

[@jlctrainspotting5812]

excellent

[@OlafProt]

Nice bit of Thumper action at 6:00! Love seeing them flying along with the guard van door open. You knew it was hot weather then! What station is 13:20 and thereabouts? Lots of 12-car VEPs!

[@maryginger4877]

By the way, if you are looking to build a model railway, 2 cars was typical carriage length pre war, along with 300' platforms which is 47" in OO

[@TransmissionEpicts]

Good shots! Did these EMU's also serve Coulsdon?

[@4vepvik781]

I have noticed on viewing this great capture that the sound is about 1 n a bit seconds behind the action.😁

[@smallrails6831]

Nice. I am going to model this area. Hi from NZ

[@tranmere292]

A lovely bit of nostalgia, although when I lived in the UK it was up north, so this was foreign territory to me. That might be why I've always found that lethal third rail a bit of a worry.

[@markknight1011]

When did the class 73s stop running on these lines ?

[@trevor20988]

I'm mystified by the HST shots... Where were they taken ? I can't imagine where you'd get a 3 car DEMU and an HST in the same shot.

[@brucestrong5942]

It's at worting junction just west of Basingstoke. The DEMU would probably have been on a Salisbury service and the HST on what would now be a cross country Bournemouth. Service.

[@mattjones1992]

Where is 8:33?

[@aviman2010]

I can't be 100% sure but it looks like the run down to St. Mary Cray from Chislehurst Junction. I commuted into Holborn Viaduct via Catford Loop from SMC. 1979 - 1988. This video brings the memories flooding back.

[@RedArrow73]

Ye smell a bit!