The HST Power Car Resting Place - Ely Papworth Sdgs now including XC 43007..!

[@mt5144]

Great Footage for all enthusiasts as most of us would never see these in store if it was not for yourself and the drone, Well Done on You & Thank You.

[@gwrdriver1660]

Drove HSTs since 2003, now drive 800s. Miss HSTs everyday, won't miss 800s

[@SimsHandle]

It is sad to see, I remember them being introduced on the Midland Mainline. However, time marches on and 40 years was a decent return on the development and investment. Luckily some will retire into preservation.

[@AidyJames]

I'll never forget hearing the immense roar of them passing over The Sounding Arches in Maidenhead as I stood underneath. I'm glad some are being preserved.

[@SimonWhovian]

Pleased to say a select few still run from Truro to Penzance!

[@andrewwilson6240]

I first travelled on the gwml in South Wales during introduction. To say that they were transformational is an understatement

[@pinkbuildingphotography3793]

Get up to Scotland, Still used here for next 10 years or so I think until the main lines to the North are electrified.

[@SimonWhovian]

@Cavaliers7805 Sorry to hear that. Guess it had to happen eventually.

[@The_Untitled]

I lived in Ely for my first eleven years of life, I remember always seeing lots of trains all grouped together as we drove down that road next to the sidings. I never knew what it was and why there were so many trains there. After my family moved to Lincolnshire I learnt pretty much everything there is to know about British trains over two and a half years, through simulators and my own research. Seeing this has made the realisation hit me like a truck. All that time I lived there, the countless times I saw this place and I never knew what it was. Now I wish I could go back there and see it again with the knowledge I have acquired over the past couple years.

[@deanobucket123]

The Class 43 is just the upgrade that GWR need to replace their 800's with.

[@ianmayes8072]

I had the chance to travel on the HST (as it was called) before it came into service as I was working for the advertising agency which handled the advertising for Inter-City. We were on the shiny new train on which Minister of Transport Dicky Marsh hosted the american Secretary of State Coleman for a demonstration trip. Needless to say our photographic trip took place well away from the VIPs. I still have in my mind, but only in my mind, a beautiful picture of the clean new Intercity 125, as it came to be known, drawing into the great station at Paddington. Wonderful trains.

[@landhopper4296]

Like Woodham’s sidings in Barry back in the day. Oddly though these HSTs are older than some of the retired steam engines were when I saw those pictures in the early 70’s. They’ve done a lot more miles too! Paxman Valenta and MTU replacement-the soundtrack to our lives.

[@WhiskeyGulf71]

These have mostly been re-engined twice though. Mostly just the chassis & body work is original, the rest has been replaced over the years, a bit like Trigger’s broom.

[@lewis72]

What I will always miss is travelling on a HST because it was something that I _had_ to do as part of what I was doing. Travelling on one now would be just for the sake of travelling on one, not because it was an integral part of my life's activities. I feel that it's the same with classic cars; although you can still drive an old Rover, Triumph, Jaguar etc it will never be quite the same as driving one because you _had_ to and enjoying it.

[@audigex]

I'd love to see this kind of video uploaded occasionally so we can see what's being laid up or withdrawn - even if it's just once every 6 months, it would be nice to be able to look back on later

[@JJthrashing]

Surely those repainted intercity HST sets are not being scrapped ? Also that massive rake of MK3 GWR coaches with power doors real shame 😢 great drone shots thanks for sharing 👍

[@swanvictor887]

awesome video, thanks. rather sad though, seeing perfectly good engines just sitting there when they could be still working....

[@GeorgeLumkin]

This is a pile of locomotives that used to take me to and from school in somerset every day 20 years ago! sad to see them sitting but I am glad that many have been preserved at least. both the DMU's and HST's make good options for heritage lines, especially those who could benefit from an easy early morning and late evening scheduled service for people who'd like to see the steam locos steaming up. hope more go to good homes

[@MalcolmBoughen]

Thanks for this super footage, I pass this facility most days and you can see so much from the road or the adjoining field where I walk the dog. So this overview showing all the Locomotives and rollingstock held on site is brilliant but also very sad seeing all the Class 43's mouldering there.

[@nickedwards2904]

what is the site there for? What was it before we started dumping old locos there? It looks perhaps old mod site?

[@MalcolmBoughen]

In the days before the site became Potters Storage facility this was Ely sugar beat processing factory. @@nickedwards2904

[@glpilpi6209]

Interesting , and a secure location at least for now. Nothing made today will have the longevity of these old units for sure !.

[@BritishRailwaySpotter]

i grew up in ely. my father took me to the train station and thats where i picked up my love for trains

[@nstheboss]

Great footage. Thanks

[@tkkbxf]

43007 43008 and 43184 are due for export to Nigeria according to sources online

[@PaddyWV]

I have a feeling Sprinters will be disappearing with little fanfare. I was never a great fan of them, but as one of the last hurrahs for British Rail you have to admire the sterling service they gave. Ditto the Networkers. The short journey "South London Metro" versions were relatively horrible, but the Ramsgate tarted up versions were quite pleasant. Again another faithful BR legacy.

[@DENPTrains]

I loved the 156s, and the 158s are definitely good (maybe not so the northern ones, but the EMR ones are quite nice in my opinion

[@lewis72]

The 156s were certainly a vast improvement over the cattle-truck 101s and the like, even though they still suffered from quite a lot of engine noise intrusion. The 158s were far better and I thought and still think that they're good for service for many years to come. Certainly still felt modern the few times I caught them in the last 5 years or so.

[@DENPTrains]

@@lewis72 Definitely. Hopefully some will be saved before it's too late, but will the same nostalgia be carried with these modern units? 🤔 One can only hope

[@lewis72]

@@DENPTrains Looking at the Wiki article, a lot have been placed in storage or are still in service. Only a few seem to have been scrapped, so they must still have some intrinsic value. By the same token, many Class 37s still seem to be doing stirling service, often rescuing these new Stadlers when they die.

[@ashleyjiscool]

I want 155 343 to be saved as it would unfare for them to go without justice Also class 156 478 is a MUST SAVE for sprinters with the og seats 150 001 is a nice one to save with the og seats as well But idk if that will happen

[@butikimbo9595]

Typical british weather is a killer when rolling stock in cold storage conditions is left open air exposed to the elements. No matter if brand new or old. Luckily a few class 60s were kept at crewe inside a shed for many years, being the most well kept compared to the majority of stored classmates. Thank you for sharing another interesting video.

[@richardmarshall4322]

Lets hope some are sold into preservation. Looks like the 2 blue/grey examples are there from the 'Farewell Tour'. The stock stored on the curved sidinds looks like a huge 'fiddle yard' on an exibition layout!!

[@thedepot7416]

All good things must come to an end, still sad to see though

[@MinifigJez]

Great footage, especially the close look at the 125 in its original blue/yellow livery - I remember saving up for MONTHS as a boy, to buy a model one of them in N-gauge, and then as a teenager in the 80's, catching them from Kings Cross to visit my brother in Newcastle. You've gained a subscriber here!

[@Gwril76]

Sad site. Great footage!

[@ademorris82]

I’ve driven most of those individual locos and units sat in there during my time at EMT/EMR, weird to see them sat rotting like that 😢

[@charlie8562]

Lets hope the 125 group can save some of them, maybe 1 of each livery would be amazing!

[@trainsplanes]

It’s unlikely unfortunately - We can only wish 🙏

[@stephenchecksfield632]

Granted a sad sight to see but hopefully some will find their way in to either preservation or further usage my opinion though they are almost 40 years old some of them they are potentially still useful better than my humble opinion on the class 802 and other Hitachi iet units 😊

[@markskoda8862]

Hitachi is what you get when a country surrenders its railway heritage in design and manufacturing. I admire the Czech and Polish manufacturers now producing remarkable trains.

[@TrainTrackTrav]

Who on Earth would have thought there would ever be a day when there were storage lines of dead HST locomotives. Crazy these modern times!

[@johnstuart8511]

It's like watching airplanes in the boneyard. This is the End of the line. "Life goes on". R.I.P.

[@buenoparanada6795]

Welcome to Mexico!

[@trainsplanes]

Vamos! 👌👍

[@DarrenJones-l4x]

What a scheme to see all the those old classic hst parked up there . I'd love to buy one .

[@calvingrondahl1011]

Memories on rails… 🇬🇧🇺🇸❤️👍

[@trainspottingwithdanYT]

It really is such a shame to see all them powercars and sprinters stored and rotting away even the BR intercity ones! It really does bring tears to my eyes…. I started spotting just as the faze was about to end with HSTs and only managed to see two HSTs in service in the midlands one of which being the farewell tour with 102 and a tomato but even though I was and tbh still kinda am new it this really does quite upset me looking at the state of these locos

[@bfapple]

The Sprinters in this video were ‘rotting’ before they were even withdrawn. With the state of their bodyshell corrosion, they’re not economically fit to continue in service.

[@ngiallag2792]

that's the ultimate boneyard !

[@Team_e_cola]

Amazing i saw an xc hst go there from laira

[@marksmatchboxmemories-xd6qp]

such a shame to see, and still built better and lasting longer than any of the new crap

[@borisbentley2296]

Brilliant, love it

[@standrewpics]

The best rail tour locomotives, two at each end , no run around needed! I hope many of these HST power cars get saved . Much better then a loco run around at many UK branch lines , and main lines . The UK’s most successful locomotives the HST power cars. This has been proven in some respects with the Midland Pullman continuing in service.

[@bradleyradbourne4928]

this hearts me in the soul AND SINCE WHEN WERE THE 156'S AND 153'S BEING TAKEN OUT!!!

[@andrewreynolds4949]

Most of the 153s have been out of service for a long time now. The 156s here are the absolute worst of the class, many with severe corrosion. Otherwise Northern would have taken them

[@SpoonyMcSpoonface]

How refreshing to see a weed free railway. A shame that many mainlines look like overgrown abandoned garden centres. All these units stood idle whilst the passengers go without!

[@trainsplanes]

Agreed there.. Must be the cleanest section of the rail network currently! 🙈

[@bobcannell7603]

I remember the first time an HST went past me at Swindon station. I was 18? it was frighteningly fast. And then my first trip on board. Heart thumpingly fast. Nothing else on the ground went at that speed then.

[@2010ditta]

Sad to see. I took my last shot of 43007 on the 28th August. Apart from the ones going/gone to Mexico I was told today that 11 powercars were on their way to Nigeria by boat. Nice flying too.

[@EpicSpeed5222]

It's going to be sad with the HST's being retired, but there are still some companies that run them, meaning they might not be done with their story yet. I also think many may be saved.

[@Spark-jq2gf]

There are a couple of GWR 125's, from what I could see anyway, at great yarmouth sidings. Sad to see them out of action. Seen videos of one on a heritage line, but they look so out of place on those, they belong on the main line going full throttle.

[@davidespinosa236]

Those may be on their way to Mexico for use on the Trans Isthmus Railroad. The HSTs in Mexico were shipped from Great Yarmouth and we're former GWR machines.

[@TheLondonTransportDroid]

Do South Eastern still lease the 465s/466s stored here or that's it, there time with SE is finished? Only 2 317s left I see.

[@graemekornicki6810]

This country is totally MAD,trains cancelled to shortage of rolling stock ,yet here they are rotting away, proper trains and we get people standing on 4 coach units overcrowding etc,who the hell could endure a journey from aberdeen to penzance on a voyager ??

[@stephenbromley2302]

I see some class 43s are going into service in Mexico

[@kevinwalton4538]

Saw 43112 power car on a low loader outside the exit to the facility last week. Heading to Yarmouth docks I understand ?

[@WesternRuler]

glad to see the back of 153's

[@devon896]

The logic of the current government. Loads of perfectly useable trains now sat doing naff all, whilst GWR and the like are short of rolling stock and and loads of new stock that wasn't needed can't do the job it was intended.

[@michelle47]

We need some refurbished sets for the Ivanhoe Line ( Burton to Leicester)

[@nigelarmstrong252]

I bet there are loads of lines across the country using stock that could be replaced by some of these and regarded as an improvement. Unless these had broken down, they were all servicable the day they were taken there.

[@andrewwilson6240]

Crosscountry has a dire overcrowding issue. Maybe a few of those HSTs would help 😊

[@billmmckelvie5188]

It would be nice if we could take two of these power cars and convert them back as a prototype set!

[@conceyullena]

Like 33 beautiful video, greetings 🚂👍👋

[@trainman86trainstramsandmore]

I hope at least one of each sprinter is preserved because they would be great for heritage railways

[@TheosTrainsWalesOfficial]

Oh yeah, they probably will be preserved, just like the Pacers were.

[@trainman86trainstramsandmore]

@@TheosTrainsWalesOfficial idk because no one has made any moves on the 153 yet. I thought that they would have preserved one ages ago. Hope they don't all go to the cutters torch.

[@DENPTrains]

@@trainman86trainstramsandmore Probably waiting for the scotrail or TfW ones to come off lease, as those will be in better condition

[@TheosTrainsWalesOfficial]

@@trainman86trainstramsandmore I highly doubt that'll happen yet. The 153's will probably end up like the 121's, in preservation.

[@trainman86trainstramsandmore]

@eddy673 oh yeah true.

[@NorthWestLevelCrossingsChannel]

Great video 👍

[@gb9727]

Hope they enter preservation

[@TheMisterB2u]

All those 465 s I used to drive now retired and more to follow eventually!

[@leonardobrown9941]

Very sad to see an iconic machine placed to one side, these where my childhood dream to drive. 😢 I hope one day they return roaring up and down the mainline.

[@bus131]

considering there are huge problems all over the rail network with overcrowding you'd think these would be put to better use. What's actually wrong with the XC & GWR HST sets as they had money spent on them not so long ago to bring them upto standards?

[@ArtiesMinitureTrainz]

The 156s are for sale on a website (including the 317)

[@Trafficlightsfan]

I like the very long class 153

[@kevfrombutterley]

Your drone footage is impressive

[@jameshardy4354]

Are they the 2 powercars that where on the full painted inter city blue hat a couple of years ago what happened to the coaches

[@Nate0493]

The coaches were sold privately to a person who wanted to convert them into camping coaches, never heard anything since

[@ChimpManZ1264]

I read some units are bound for Mexico as a stop gap for some of their infrastructure that is being upgraded for modern rolling stock.

[@railwayman100]

1 set already is in Mexico kzbin.info/www/bejne/pGqcnKqIatZrr6M

[@macnavi]

There is a recent video on YT of the Mexican HST.

[@SpoonJedi]

I hope they all get saved, this country stupidly scrapped far too many steam trains. Let’s not repeat history and save our HST’s!

[@frostedbutts4340]

Many have been preserved. If you think we need 50+ examples of a locomotive (Stored where? Used for what?).. get out your wallet lmao

[@peterthornton2396]

In 1998 I traveled from Wakefield to London. Do you reckon I were on a HST?

[@edwardfrancis9310]

I'd love to get in that yard, crank one up, force the points and see how far I could get with it before I was diverted to buffers. Lolol, no spike strips. Just being humorous

[@deborahhancock1369]

I hope they get brought by new railways

[@petecartwright1622]

all old 153's, hst's and class 156s are safe from scrap

[@bobmoneyman]

How much would it cost to buy an actual hst

[@Jacksonstrainandbusadventures]

What’s happening with the cross country HST’S

[@davidkelly8555]

Now to just replicate this scene in `OO` lol.

[@timblewee]

Such a sad sight for such an icon.

[@Nate0493]

Sad to see, hopefully the XC ones end up better off than the LNER ones

[@AquaFonic]

Off to Mexico like several others

[@devontrainspotting]

Considering they still have emt/lner powercars, hopefully it’ll be a couple of years til 007 gets scrapped and it’ll get preserved

[@c3gfboy7]

007 might be going to nigeria or mexico

[@supertrains156.66]

Power cars 153 and 156 hope they can be in cervice again

[@trainsplanes]

That’s very unlikely now unfortunately..

[@milehighclassics]

How many years will they rot there or will both scrapyard get em

[@davidadiwego4608]

With a bit of modification of coaches, you could put dinghy-divers on those disused trains.

[@MotoDesmo]

By any chance did you bring your drone level with a Freightliner 66 with a load of hopper wagons behind. I was sat at a red signal just up from here and a drone hovered nearby for a moment while I stood in the doorway.

[@trainsplanes]

Not me that one.. I wouldn’t fly anywhere near that close if you were driving at the time. I’ll fly closer to locos that are stabled but not at work 👍

[@MotoDesmo]

@@trainsplanes okay, thanks for the reply. I was sat still for a while at a signal nearby, would've loved to have seen the footage

[@WhiskeyGulf71]

So where are all the mark 3 coaches ?

[@transportationuk7656]

LNER, XC and GWR Class 43s with Mk3 Coaches, EMR & Northern Class 153 and EMR 156s. I did not know the EMR 180s had been withdrawn.

[@AquaFonic]

EMR 180’s were having tech problems again so they got withdrawal

[@Senna-xi1gr]

So what happens to them now?

[@trainsplanes]

Baring a minor miracle - Those that are ex ECML will likely be scraped at some point in the future.

[@ChristianMcDonald-pe9eu]

Sad to see. Plenty of room, for some 80x series are they getting withdrawn lol

[@buttonworld77]

Former British Sugar Factory 👍

[@mattdandex]

What’s going to happen to all those hsts, class 153 and 156 eventually? I assume they will meet the cutters torch. As well the 465 and the 180

[@andrewwilson6240]

I hadn't realised that the 180s had been stored. I just thought some other unfortunates has inherited them following the EMR withdrawal. I won't miss them, or the 153s

[@frostedbutts4340]

Sounds like most them are going to be tin cans soon enough. Sad but that's life for ya.

[@davidoswald9253]

Interesting that they seem to be protected a bit by old DMU's!!

[@chrishartley4553]

Glad I'm not the only one to notice that.

[@signalpassedatdanger]

Wait are those sprinters going to mexico too? Or are they just there for storage or similar.

[@trainsplanes]

Storage only.. They’re not going abroad any time soon 👍

[@joshh-23]

Just came back from my travels and class 180110 has been put back into storage at ely today.. No gc stickers either still in EMR livery it followed me from donny must of came from crofton.. God knows what's happening to it

[@roberthill6216]

Are two 153's coupled together, a 155?

[@JohnSmith-qv3ll]

Cant they stick the 153s in the middle of the 156s or is that too simple

[@GrahamDent-ed7ub]

What location is this plz

[@Leonard_Smith]

The clue is in the title, this is Papworth Sidings, Ely, Cambridgeshire, England 😄

[@michaelward2082]

@@Leonard_Smith yeh, Ely Sugar Beet Factory Sidings

[@melissanewton7462]

A sad sight to see.

[@Someyorkshirelad]

Me and the lads after we find there:😮🤓

[@stevenperry7493]

It’s nearly as bad watching this as it was watching steam locos outside woodhams breakers in south wales .

[@frostedbutts4340]

At least this time there are a good amount preserved.. the amount of steam locos with no survivors of a class is awful

[@ChineseTrainGuy]

How depressing it is to see the 43s, 153s and the 156, all left there to rot in the salty air at Ely.

[@DENPTrains]

I wonder if 180 111 is set aside to transfer to Grand Central?

[@chrisrichmond403]

I worked the first class of 180111 on its first ever day in revenue service for FGW, It was on the 15.30 Paddington to Cardiff .

[@carltontweedle5724]

By the time the line is finished they will be a out of date needing repair or goosed. More then likely spray painted. In better colours.

[@michaelsandford1015]

What's going to happen to the HSTs

[@graffscoob]

Why are those newer one there

[@trainspottingwithdanYT]

If you are talking about the 180s in the purple and white then they have been retired from EMR and hopefully will have another life with Grand Central trains

[@gordonjohnson8432]

Why are the class 43s smothered by 153s???????

[@Dunco3550]

To keep them hidden from enthusiasts who may wish to take photos/video of them etc

[@fphtrains]

Great shots, how are you aloud to fly a drone over there?

[@trainsplanes]

The CAA rules allow for flight of certain drone sizes where no flight restrictions are in place.

[@johncas1]

​@@trainsplanesOnly authorised Network Rail pilots and specialist approved contractors are permitted to fly drones near the railway (when conducting railway related drone surveys) having been granted a qualification from a training organisation approved by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) unleas law has changed

[@johncas1]

Not legally when I did my caa training they said no

[@trainsplanes]

@@johncas1 Drones under 250g operate under a different set of rules.

[@BibTheBoulderTheOriginalOne]

Why not build new HST's with modern technological improvements? Instead we get a plethora of garbage new trains, uncomfortable (class 800's) unreliable (class 180's) and we scrap what is widely regarded as the best train ever seen in the UK. Makes no sense to me.

[@AquaFonic]

The 800’s are NOT uncomfortable!!!!! All these are in STORAGE !!!

[@dj_paultuk7052]

@@AquaFonic Exactly. I travel on them every day from Reading to Paddington in electric mode at 125mph. And great AC too which was very welcome in the summer. Didnt get that on the old trains. I remember Paddington being black and dirty with Diesel soot. Now its all white and clean with all engine units being electric driven for most of the south.

[@MrRailfan]

Beacsue almost every railway network on the planet operates under the premise : New = Best. HSTs and their designs are considered "old". The thought process is why would a company advertise to the general public that they have trains on an old design when the competitor has "New" trains.

[@BibTheBoulderTheOriginalOne]

@@MrRailfan Then their "thought process" is poor at best.

[@MrRailfan]

@BibTheBoulderTheOriginalOne completely agree.

[@Mr_wally]

Wait even the ones in inter city livery are getting scraped

[@TheosTrainsWalesOfficial]

No, I don't think so. I think the special liveried HST powercars will most likely be preserved.

[@DENPTrains]

​@@TheosTrainsWalesOfficialI'd be surprised sadly, they've been there a while. Maybe bought at scrap value and saved as static exhibit

[@DENPTrains]

​@@TheosTrainsWalesOfficialoops, didnt notice 43007 was there. 43008 did leave Laira on a low loader, so potentially preserved

[@c3gfboy7]

@@DENPTrains exported apparently

[@DENPTrains]

@@c3gfboy7 Yep, sadly. Wonder why it couldn't leave by rail 🤔