Front Cab view of British Railways 151 Unit out of East Ham Depot 1991

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This film was kindly donated by John Brown, driver at East Ham Depot from 1968-95. Front Cab view out of East Ham Depot towards Fenchurch Street passing Plaistow. This is then followed by Guards view down Road to Grays with view of the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge near completion.

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@vicsams4431 Жыл бұрын

It is the legendary Ken D'Ath at the controls of 308 151. Being a good friend of his, I am sure he would have preferred driving Thundersley ! I first met him at Ilford Training School, whilst I was at Kings Cross. Then he and I worked together at NSE Great Eastern at Hamilton House. A true gentleman in every sense of the word. He was a keen Deltic man too, but I preferred Peaks. Many years later I ended up as the National Operations Standards Manager at Euston HQ. But I owe Ken a lot, and I fondly remember him.

@johnarcher7582 4 жыл бұрын

What great memories of the old British rail slam door trains I really miss those old trains and the sound of the engines too.

@CREPELLO12 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely fabulous footage, I was so sad to see all the slam doors go from the railway, loved East Ham Depot and was never refused a look round, lovelly footage of the train journey and the jointed track ,wow.

@nickymcallister682 4 жыл бұрын

The good old British Rail Days how i miss them so

@ronnoman61 Жыл бұрын

Loved the accent, old school, humorous, self depreciating, up there with the North Eastern accent. Do they make men like that any more ?

@Chucklesrailarchive 3 жыл бұрын

The Old units take me back. (Retired S/Vic driver)

@jasonl4411. Жыл бұрын

Nice to see a view leaving a depot. Good little video

@GuanajuatoUK Жыл бұрын

That's definitely NOT a (the) 151. The 151 was a prototype diesel unit. Only 1 was made, by Metro-Cammel as an alternative to the class 150 sprinter. It Spent most of its life around Derby. I rode on it several times in the late 80s between Derby & Crewe.

@vicsams4431 Жыл бұрын

I remember the Class 151. This is 308 151.

@droge192 Жыл бұрын

@Adrian North - You're getting confused between the Class 151, and this train which is a Class 308-151 (serial number 151) . To be fair, the title of the video is a little misleading "BR 151 unit". Nevertheless, a fantastic video.

@ChangesOneTim Жыл бұрын

Great vid of the rugged, rough and bouncy but reliable class 308s. The newer 310s (cascaded from the LMR's Euston suburbans) that replaced them were more refined and rode a lot better.

@markcf83 Жыл бұрын

The Class 312 and 317 units would subsequently replace them too.

@ChangesOneTim Жыл бұрын

@@markcf83 It's a tribute to the 310 that a whole ten years later BR blew the dust off its design to build the 312 [it was a 'safe' option politically at least, avoiding certain IR problems if BR had instead gone for a power doors design with scope to introduce DOO!].

@ramblingrob4693 Жыл бұрын

@@markcf83 312 were better than the crap 357 C2C got now

@Keithbarber Жыл бұрын

@@ramblingrob4693 A class 357 is C completely R reliable A and P powerful And I like them

@MetroTitanD78 6 жыл бұрын

Many great memories here.

@neildahlgaard-sigsworth3819 6 жыл бұрын

308 151.

@ashbickley Жыл бұрын

Thats the LTS I remember :)

@iamlinxx_ 4 жыл бұрын

Was that the Dartford Crossing under construction? wow.

@ramblingrob4693 Жыл бұрын

Yes

@dannypaulread1023 3 жыл бұрын

Can I hav a bell next time please? (Ring) thank you. That cracked me up laughing 😂😂😂

@danwoodhouse9290 5 жыл бұрын

rare glimpse of an unrefurbished C stock at Plaistow

@waleedarif6740 3 жыл бұрын

Apart from the trains, cars and buses, there is absolutely nothing that looks different in this video compared to in 2021. Apart from the picture being a bit blurry, it just looks as if it was filmed 30 hours ago, rather then 30 years ago.

@EssexGayBoi Жыл бұрын

You have got to be kidding, it has changed immeasurably in 32 years!!