**MEGA RARE** Thumper 1001 departs Maidstone East with thrash and tone

MEGA RARE Thumper 1001 departs Maidstone East with thrash and tone

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12 жыл бұрын

Saturday 3rd December 2011.
BR Green Hastings DEMU 1001 departs Maidstone East at 15:35, 1 minute early, on 1Z83 Ashford to Rochester via Swanley with 73 213 on the rear.

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@ridefast0 Жыл бұрын

One of these went under a passenger footbridge in Suffolk, I wanted the 'thumper' experience and it knocked my hat off! Mission accomplished.

@HSTPaul Жыл бұрын

Ah nice, glad you got your mission accomplished. My hat got blown off by a train a few weeks ago, even though I wasn't very close to the edge of the platform

@neilbolger2679 2 жыл бұрын

I saw it in Portsmouth back in January. Brought back memories of the old Hampshire units in the town. Great vid , glad to see this still running

@HSTPaul 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah I saw it on that tour, and thank you. Yeah it's good to see it out on the mainline

@trevorfleisig9056 2 жыл бұрын

Used to travel on them from Charing Cross to Orpington occasionally. Very civilised and comfy seats Plus a buffet bar

@HSTPaul 2 жыл бұрын

Nice. I've only been on this unit once, and yes it's very comfortable. The old seats are always comfy. Buffet bar is always a bonus as well

@rogerfroud300 11 ай бұрын

I never thought I'd sit and watch a video of one of these. I used to take one from Southampton to Portsmouth through the winter months when it was too cold to take my motorbike. They were such a capable and reliable machine, I really liked them.

@HSTPaul 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching, and yeah I seem to remember them being reliable although I was very young

@OlafProt Жыл бұрын

I grew up riding the 3R ‘Tadpole’ units on the Reading - Tonbridge line. The line ran behind my house too. They sounded exactly the same so hearing it is an instant jump back 45 years! I hope I’ll get to ride this unit one day!

@HSTPaul Жыл бұрын

Ah nice, yeah I believe the 3R units had the same engine. It's a nice unit, if you get the chance go for it. Here's a link for their website www.hastingsdiesels.co.uk/

@Ritualbern 7 жыл бұрын

I can remember going to Hastings from Sevenoaks on those when I was a younger. Happy days!

@BegudMaximan-zp2tc 11 ай бұрын

Great machines, all considered, sometimes the older units seem better than their more modern replacements! Long may they continue in preservation. 🙂

@HSTPaul 11 ай бұрын

100% agree. Stock built in the last few years is definitely a downgrade in comfort.

@TrainTrackTrav 7 жыл бұрын

0:57 Ding Ding. Buzz Buzz. Tootoot! The thumpers are such happy sounding trains. I mean just listen to her revving up at 1:28. Great upload!

@HSTPaul 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you and yeah, it's a shame this is the only mainline certified one running

@gb5uq 5 жыл бұрын

You summed it up there mate. They are beauties. Kudos to Hastings Diesels.

@rubyait 4 жыл бұрын

Paul Dean What about Tunbridge Wells and Mountfield?

@black5f 3 жыл бұрын

So glad there's a survivor. At the tender age of 18 (in 1980) I went to university and found myself plunged into a world suddenly stripped of peaks, 25's, 20's and Deltics. An insane desolate world where railway trains just hummed, smelt of ozone and sometimes moved over 20mph ... devoid of prime movers .. also known as the Southern region. These were the only trains with character, chugging along, throwing you around inside their slab sided proportions. Lovely. Was in Fort William in the summer ... and there.... was a pair of 73's! Build date 1962! Same age as me? 57!

@HSTPaul 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I'm glad too. And I grew up on southern region stock so I enjoyed the old stock, although I admit the peaks and 25s were great, and I love the Deltics. And yeah first built 1962, the ones in Scotland were rebuilt a few years ago

@maimadha Жыл бұрын

Thrash and tone was awesome

@stephenpowell5912 6 жыл бұрын

Love that Panpipe Toot toot ,Classic sound also ☺Miss those days when Privatisation took over and Messed everything up by Retiring these Classic locomotives

@HSTPaul 6 жыл бұрын

Stephen Powell Yeah I agree, shame there's not more of them still left

@stevehillier7018 5 жыл бұрын

Stephen Powell the actual Hastings units the class 201 were withdrawn from service after the Tunbridge Wells electrification in 1985 86. This was still in the days of BR. Most were scrapped soon after. They were then replaced by the mark 3 stock 1066 electrics.

@scopex2749 5 жыл бұрын

CORRRRRRR! We had a beautiful bright yellow departmental one of these based at Wimbedon depot as a leaf blower! I got to shunt her in the yard a few times!

@curlewatblacktoft 5 жыл бұрын

Fantastic.

@carlteacherman194 Жыл бұрын

That Napier turbo charger and 4SRKT engine. 'The English Electric light orchestra'. ☺

@HSTPaul Жыл бұрын

It's a great sound

@Foxys-Collective-Videography 7 жыл бұрын

Very good video :-). I like it :-). I liked the BR class 73 Electro-Diesel at the rear end of the Hastings DMU which the Hastings Diesel is originally a BR class 201 DEMU did you know that? :-). Have a good evening :-). Foxy :-).

@HSTPaul 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you and yeah I never saw the 201s in daily service unfortunately though, and you too

@Foxys-Collective-Videography 7 жыл бұрын

Oh ok, they were in dailey service until 1986 Paul :-). I've seen the Hastings Diesel before, did you watch my video of the Hastings Diesel. I sent you a link of my video of it :-).

@HSTPaul 7 жыл бұрын

+Foxy313 Yeah I wasn't born until 1994 so I missed a few good things on the railway, and no I haven't received it

@Foxys-Collective-Videography 7 жыл бұрын

I sent a second comment to you a few days ago. If you check my second comment it has the link of my video of the Hastings Diesel I saw back in September 2016 :-). Not the first comment the second comment of mine :-).

@awesometrainsandbuses 6 жыл бұрын

Cool video

@HSTPaul 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome Buses and trains Thanks dude

@awesometrainsandbuses 6 жыл бұрын

Paul Webley NP

@HSTPaul 12 жыл бұрын

@EastCoast225 It does have a proper horn, but that driver always uses that whistle

@willicr 6 жыл бұрын

All the earlier DEMUs, Hastings and Hampshires, had air whistles,

@rubyait 4 жыл бұрын

Love the Hastings, but I don’t hear the thump.

@AlanAlanAlan161 4 жыл бұрын

Restriction o at its best even with a class 73

@user-ub2xi9wc7o 2 жыл бұрын

何で後に機関車付けてあるんだろう❓

@Greenjuiceman 4 жыл бұрын

why did they put a diesel loco on the back :-( ??

@HSTPaul 4 жыл бұрын

I don't know, I can't remember. It wasn't powering in this clip but on one of the outward legs of the journey it was leading

@rubyait 4 жыл бұрын

Lookin after it leaving the platform you can really see that it is narrow.

@JaredRouse8465 3 жыл бұрын

That sounds like an old London Underground whistle.

@HSTPaul 3 жыл бұрын

It's called a shunt or depot whistle if I remember correctly, and yes it does sound like an underground whistle

@TheEasterling 5 жыл бұрын

HaHa! 1 minute early! Ours was 45 minutes late, Because of swans on the line! :)

@HSTPaul 5 жыл бұрын

Was that yesterday's outting to Norwich?

@TheEasterling 5 жыл бұрын

@@HSTPaul Yes, I saw it at Lowestoft.

@danielsellers8707 4 жыл бұрын

Sounds a bit like a Class 20!

@HSTPaul 4 жыл бұрын

It's a similar engine, both being made by English Electric

@stuartrathbone5403 Жыл бұрын

That was my 1st thought

@PoxyMoxon97 10 жыл бұрын

Sorry, buuuuttt, it's not Mega rare ^-^

@HSTPaul 10 жыл бұрын

I've only ever seen it happen once and I've lived in Maidstone for 20 years

@PoxyMoxon97 10 жыл бұрын

It goes else where..

@HSTPaul 10 жыл бұрын

George-David Moxon Yes but it's rare for it to be at Maidstone, that's what I was talking about when I put "mega rare" in the title

@trainmaniacstudios8216 9 жыл бұрын

It's still pretty rare