The deep hum of the traction motors on the old emu stock is so much more pleasant than the horrible high-pitched whine and screech of the new classes. It's the same on the older underground stock as well. Very nostalgic. Thank you again, Soi.

That first view of the sea each summer from the window of one of these old English Electric driven slam-door units : priceless.

Great film - I miss travelling on those old units

Nice one Soi. So much more variety then, and the railway was a service not a business like the civil servants go on about now.

Ah the great days of EPB, VEP, CEP & CIG dominance. I'll never forget the horror I felt on arrival at Charing Cross to see a Notworker forming my train to Hayes for the first time. I avoided it by jumping on the first train to London Bridge and changing for a lovely EPB ride home! Couldn't avoid them forever though. I used to love the odd fast run on a 2-EPB attached to an 8 carriage VEP or CEP rake from London Bridge to Chatham, especially on a warm day with all the droplights open and a cool breeze on your face. Now we have these awful hermetically sealed plastic things which screech along with motors sounding like a cross between a lawnmower and a hairdryer. Keep up the good work in posting these fantastic vintage videos Soi.

Brilliant footage. Very enjoyable! Keep it up!

Loads of memories! Thanks Soi 🙏

Great to see these old ladies of the southern regions, being a northerner I didn't manage to do them. Such a bewildering mix of classes and a numbering system we weren't used to. They were fascinating to me and they still are . And I still get CEPs and VEPs and REPs mixed up!

Was due to make an appearance in the country the very next year this was filmed😂 And who knew he’d grow up to love trains😍 I only been on one those slam doors once and once only from margate to charing cross - good memories, they could move boy, obviously it was a semi fast service but yh that was ages ago man around 2004/5💭💭💭💭😔

Brings back memories of getting either a 455 or 456 or sometimes both from Forest Hill to Charing Cross when NSE ran stoppers from Caterham via East Croydon in the off-peaks and all day Sunday when I'd go to CHX for the meet-up to go to Boarding School. Southern decided to muck about with the CHX slots by sending daytime services I think to Reigate, then Horsham with only evening and Sunday services being stoppers to Caterham. These finally stopped in 2009 as part of the remodelling of London Bridge. (Except for the recent 455 farewell tour which saw a unit return for the first time since then).

My short hops on EPBs from Strood to Rochester in 1989. And the duff named Guns n Roses.

Posted two years ago. In the two years since you posted this, we've lost the 442s, 456s and Southern 455/8s to the scrap man. Love the BR Southern region, brought up watching trains on the Chessington branch. Love the versatility of the EP stock plus the 73s and 33/1s. I've seen a 33/1+VEP at Tolworth once on a heavy snow day. VEPs or CIGs with 2EPBs or SAPs weren't unusual on the 42 Guildford via Cobham services. Got to agree with another comment, just love the sound of those EE traction motors. I do dislike the sound of the Networkers, (or for that matter the 323s that Northern now have). As for variety, the Southern franchise today plus GatEx is predominantly Electrostars, with a sprinkling of 313s and 171s to break the monotony. The 313s being on very limited time if the whispers going around are correct. I still get to see a little slice of ex BR-S at Southport with the 508s and 769s (ex 319s). Great video as usual and lovely record of SR EMUs and Network Southeast.

awesome video

Brilliant video. Never seen a video of a loco on a passenger working at Tonbridge. That has to be very rare

Nice one Soi 🙂🍻👍🏻

Can not beat the old slam doors much better then the modern stock we have today.

What station is that at 3:54? What's with the 117 in the other platform?

Miss the 319s

Generally I hate all karts, but the best were 4CEPs if you wanted 90 mph running to Dover for the 02.00 sailing to Calais and a CC72000 to Amiens ! Having a 73 on the rear would be acceptable !

Having the covered gangway at the ends of the train is odd to my eyes. Those deep cam sounds of the older stock are familiar however. Third rail power is also alien to someone used to overhead catenary.

4:40 were EPBs and CEPs coupled together rare?

You see that class 582, it looks like a 317, was going to say did they run on that line back then ??

VEP propelled by a 73? had there been a breakdown? And a HAP leading an 8CEP on an up Kent Coast fast, would that be? Rad! The 2 EPBs with bars over the windows didn't look very inviting; looked like the prison train. I think they were fitted for working on the North London line weren't they.

I thought the Class 319s did not go to Sevenoaks until 2009 when the Class 377//5s were introduced on the Brighton Main Line and when the 2 platforms at Blackfriars closed and when the Class 465s and Class 466s got replaced on the Catford Loop Line by Class 319s

Why that Kent Link logo?

Why was the Class 319s going to Sevenoaks in the 80s and 90s?