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| 1960s London Termini 19/01/2010 at 20:28 #566 | |
AndyG
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Bit of nostalgia here, MattyQ (Brisbane) sent me the link, worthy of a wider audience. Enjoy! http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xb7vys_londons-termini-in-the-swinging-60s_auto I can only help one person a day. Today's not your day. Tomorrow doesn't look too good either. Log in to reply |
| 1960s London Termini 19/01/2010 at 20:28 #5990 | |
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AndyG
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Bit of nostalgia here, MattyQ (Brisbane) sent me the link, worthy of a wider audience. Enjoy! http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xb7vys_londons-termini-in-the-swinging-60s_auto I can only help one person a day. Today's not your day. Tomorrow doesn't look too good either. Log in to reply |
| 1960s London Termini 20/01/2010 at 11:03 #5998 | |
postal
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That brought back some memories (and so did the sound-track). I could almost do the play-list from memory. Loved it. JG “In life, there is always someone out there, who won’t like you, for whatever reason, don’t let the insecurities in their lives affect yours.” – Rashida Rowe Log in to reply |
| 1960s London Termini 20/01/2010 at 11:05 #5999 | |
moonraker
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Wow !!. Really good footage there. Did anyone notice the "Baby Deltics" at Kings Cross ? Haven't seen much footage of those so a good find. The commuters opening the doors before the trains stopped in the platforms would give HSE nightmares these days 
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| 1960s London Termini 20/01/2010 at 12:55 #6000 | |
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kbarber
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moonraker said:Wow !!. The commuters opening the doors before the trains stopped in the platforms would give HSE nightmares these days :) Well known phenomenon on many London commuter routes... when I was station supervisor at Barking (early '80s) it was common for every door down the train to be open before the train was halfway into the platform, usually still doing 30 or 40mph. And there was a large splash of white paint on platform 4, apparently the consequence of someone getting off just a bit too early while carrying a large pot of the stuff :lol: Log in to reply |
| 1960s London Termini 20/01/2010 at 13:20 #6003 | |
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moonraker
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Hehe :). I can remember going through Barking. I have relatives in Dagenham and I used to regularly catch the District Line from Dagenham East to Barking and jump on the DMU to Gospel Oak. Happy days. I remember seeing the Class 302's stopping there in the rush hour and you're right, the doors were open long before the train stopped.
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| 1960s London Termini 20/01/2010 at 17:05 #6007 | |
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Tristan
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It was the Misery line, people were probably just trying to get away as fast as possible.
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| 1960s London Termini 20/01/2010 at 17:37 #6009 | |
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moonraker
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C2C is now one of the more punctual TOC's so I understand.
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| 1960s London Termini 20/01/2010 at 20:52 #6018 | |
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ozzyd9001
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wow!!!!! thanks for all those wonderfull memorys not only baby deltics but spotted the lesser spoted clayton in the kings cross section right in the back ground?? loved the music too but would have been better with the real thing??? yours paul Log in to reply |
| 1960s London Termini 21/01/2010 at 09:59 #6024 | |
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kbarber
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(Re: Barking & the LTS) Tristan said: It was the Misery line, people were probably just trying to get away as fast as possible. :) Not in my day. We considered ourselves a definite cut above that other railway from Liverpool Street (this being east London it was, of course, expressed somewhat more colourfully). And we managed a 100% right time peak on one occasion to prove it! Seriously, there was still a lot of pride in the job in those days. Just about everybody on the line wore an enamel badge of the old LTSR crest, all at our own expense, a Tilbury driver had got them made up. I've still got mine. It could be a rough area - West Ham at home always made Saturday late turn interesting and the dockies going down to Tilbury used to regard bunking fares as a great game (the Travelling Ticket Inspectors likewise, they often took an early ride down that way in anticipation of a good haul). But we ran 24 trains an hour between Fenchurch & Barking in the peak, a mix of fasts & stoppers, and for the most part (amazingly) it worked. Happy days. Log in to reply |
| 1960s London Termini 21/01/2010 at 10:20 #6026 | |
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postal
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ozzyd9001 said:the lesser spoted clayton in the kings cross sectionPaul IIRC the Claytons were double ended designs with a central raised cab. Is it not one of the BTH Bo-Bos in the D8200 series - TOPS numbers 15 XXX. JG “In life, there is always someone out there, who won’t like you, for whatever reason, don’t let the insecurities in their lives affect yours.” – Rashida Rowe Log in to reply |
| 1960s London Termini 21/01/2010 at 12:42 #6031 | |
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moonraker
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I agree with Postal. Definitely BTH Type 1 D8200 (Class 15 ?) I do believe. There were a couple of those still about at Stratford Depot for a while in to the early 80's. They were numbered ADB 968xxx if I remember rightly and used as carriage pre-heating units. I seem to remember one at Marylebone as well which I think was used for the steam specials that were run from there also as pre-heating for the coaching stock.
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| 1960s London Termini 23/01/2010 at 10:59 #6098 | |
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Mikey
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One thing I noticed is there were a few rail staff walking on the track without "hi-viz" clothing. Like the people jumping off moving trains, another HSE nightmare.
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| 1960s London Termini 25/01/2010 at 01:44 #6152 | |
flymo
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Crikey, I remember those days gone by where we used to actually carry suitcases ! Lovely vid though. What service did the Pullman run from Paddington? Log in to reply |
| 1960s London Termini 25/01/2010 at 07:50 #6154 | |
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Haraubrad
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Hi There, I can remember Marylebone in those days. Pity they didn't show one of the steamers which were still operating the semi fasts to Nottingham. The Blue Pullman ran from Wolverhampton Low Level to Paddington and return. Aubrey Log in to reply |
| 1960s London Termini 25/01/2010 at 11:38 #6155 | |
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postal
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Western Region Blue Pullmans also ran Padd - Bristol and later Padd - Swansea. There is a history of the trains at http://www.railcar.co.uk/hisOthers/BPintro.htm JG “In life, there is always someone out there, who won’t like you, for whatever reason, don’t let the insecurities in their lives affect yours.” – Rashida Rowe Log in to reply |
| 1960s London Termini 25/01/2010 at 20:13 #6177 | |
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ozzyd9001
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hi all ok ok ok so i got them mixed up i knew what i ment lmao brill clip though i remember the cross in those days just as a youngster we were reguler visiters to relatives in london and my uncle was a superviser at i think fern park carrige sidings me and my dad went to visit him at work on a few occaisions, and could walk were ever we wanted, without escort and no hi-viz? and cab any thing stood still?? no those were the days yours paul Log in to reply |