grahame Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 I'd be grateful to see pics of London Bridge station in the 80s and 90s. G. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 12th Aug 1983: 5001, first of the 4-EPBs on the Central side 73001 on parcels, passing a 33 ready for an Oxted line rush hour service Cannon St-Hastings train, with 1206, a reformed unit: 5732 leading a train in to a packed rush-hour platform Oxted line rush hour train with a 33 and Mk1s and the rush-hour view out to the country. Identifiable are 5243, 5433, 5757: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 Just found another, the preserved 2BIL on a shuttle to Cannon St for the Network SE day in 1986, at the London end of London Bridge. Just found your blog entry too. Very ambitious! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 And a 33/2 on parcels in the Central side, 1984, showing a run-round/loco release set of points. Fancy modelling that footbridge? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 And testing the new Gatwick Express stock (with a 73/1, before the 73/2s were adapted) in 1984: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dagworth Posted November 18, 2009 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 18, 2009 Grahame, I was driving through the SouthEastern side of it every day from CX in the late 80s, is there anything I can help with? Andi Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahame Posted November 19, 2009 Author Share Posted November 19, 2009 Many thanks for all the fantastic pic posted - they show quite an unexpected number of loco hauled trains. And for the offers of help and assistance - no doubt I'll be taking you up on specifics in the future as development progresses. G. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewC Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 Nice pics. Far more interesting then than it is today. Its my daily destination and its really boring. I really feel for the spotters on the SET platforms. 4 boring white classes of EMU with the odd First Crapital purple thing. Although the 465 and 466s are slowly losing their skirting. About 1 in 5 units are running without them now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajdown Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 Nice pics. Far more interesting then than it is today. Its my daily destination and its really boring. That could probably be said for about 95% of the railway network nowadays Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 Nice pics. Far more interesting then than it is today. Ta. Strangely enough, it seemed pretty boring then, too - worth a trip in the rush hour to underline some numbers in a book (or take "busy" photos), but for someone from Kent, it was just a place you passed through on the way to somewhere more interesting. All relative I suppose. As for the locos - possibly two East Grinstead and one Uckfield services per rush hour, and the parcels trains were just luck. The Gatwick Express was a trial run (a public one though - I had a tip-off and had a ride on that one I photo'd). I think they at one point expected to use London Br as an alternative if Victoria was blocked. Don't know if that ever happened once the service was up and running though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajdown Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 The Gatwick Express was a trial run (a public one though - I had a tip-off and had a ride on that one I photo'd). I think they at one point expected to use London Br as an alternative if Victoria was blocked. Don't know if that ever happened once the service was up and running though. I work in a building overlooking the line into London Bridge. Every morning, just after 9am, I see a set of the 442's that are now running some of the Gatwick Express services running country-bound. Possibly a route/traction learning, probably empty. But thought I'd mention it. I happen to like the old 'plastic pigs' and think they're very much underrated stock, so it's nice to see them being used still. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penrhos1920 Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 I'd be grateful to see pics of London Bridge station in the 80s and 90s. G. Have you watched the British Transport Films (Vol 3): Running a Railway which has Operation London Bridge (1975), a short documentary about the rebuilding of London Bridge? Lots of close up views of platforms etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burkitt Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 There's a few good videos of London Birdge in that era on Youtube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECxIBdJqSbo There's also a couple of longer features on Network Southeast that include footage of London Bridge A day in the Life of NSE NSE BBC Inside Story - Old, Dirty and Late http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-peIDOiTt8 Hope they are of use Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium cornelius Posted November 19, 2009 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 19, 2009 I work in a building overlooking the line into London Bridge. Every morning, just after 9am, I see a set of the 442's that are now running some of the Gatwick Express services running country-bound. Possibly a route/traction learning, probably empty. But thought I'd mention it. I happen to like the old 'plastic pigs' and think they're very much underrated stock, so it's nice to see them being used still. There is an Eastbourne - London Bridge service in the morning that uses them, and a reverse one in the evening peak. Ironically neither stops at Gatwick. They are a nightmare - very slow to load at busy stations and almost never keep to time which is a real headache trying to make the Hastings connection at Hampden Park. I'd rather they stayed on the scrap line to be honest. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted January 20, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 20, 2012 Here are a few photos taken at London Bridge in 2009 showing a train in platform 13 with the new Overground stock for the East London Line. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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