50022 v Hst

[thegigpig35]

Yep, the Class 50's are(were) great, but so is that classic original livery on the 125..

it was good to be reminded again after all this time. Nice upload, thanks

[meirion500]

Superb. The video made my day. What year was it?

[Damocles178]

@meirion500 1985 (Says in the description) :)

[TimeMeddler]

Another thumbs up here. I remember the great days of BR but I had no camera so videos like this are a godsend.

[thehoff1982]

yeahhhhhhhh!!! i miss the old days of br when they didn't give a shit as long as trains ran! i bet the rule book just said 'fucking turn up - we don't care how pissed you are!' drivers raced each other and the public enjoyed some decent thrash! when i was a guard at piccadilly we used to race virgin expresses out of stockport towards picc on 323's - mild compared to this!!!

[Intercity47GBRail]

Listen to that Valenta scream, beauty!

[MoonwalkerG]

Awesome footage, had to admit my money was on the HST though! Top video!

[2000Ajjet]

That was getting good...the 50 seemed to gain for a short while, but the 125 must have been teasing, man did he put his foot down.

[vorlonb3]

Love this vid a nice proper race between a 125 and 50. And amazingly the 50 starts to gain.....what shame for the 40mph restriction for the curve :-)

[mrgrahamhearn]

@FlyingEnglishman 148.5 mph

[legomanbiffo]

Excellent video :-)

[dampFreddie]

Nice to hear west country accents in a deltic cab!

[bcm409]

thanks for this upload, a pleasure to watch!

[4fsake]

Excellent!!!!!

[xxxChrist]

Awesome awesome awesome!!!! Thanks for posting, and thanks to whoever found the footage.

[broomboi]

what makes me chuckle that they both look like they racing down the paignton branch ( i know there not but nowadays the train go on the right side of the 50 dont they apart form nice footage wish it stayed that way =)

[prosey]

What a fantastic video. Lovely : )

[e575fho]

Lovely video, thankyou. Such a shame it's all in the past. Privatisation ruined the railways.

[SilsdenCougar]

Good video. I like the driver asking: Do want me to catch him or let him past?.

[Reorte]

Real trains and lots of semaphore signals. It's amazing that the railways still had most of their character as recently as this. Pity about their state now.

[Cheese391]

what do you mean pity about heir state now?

[Reorte]

Mostly the lack of character - semaphore signals look much better (practicality doesn't come into my views!), and nowdays it's pokey, cramped multiple units everywhere where once we had real trains.

[Cheese391]

when you approach newton abbot station their is a big raised platform with about 8 semaphore signals but i do agree i like old diesel locos the most!

[faulcon1]

Isn't that a Railscene video filmed by Jeremy English?

[deltic45]

Yes it is. Nice to see it again

[cov73]

Take the 40mph speed limit away and the vac would of kept up.

[ghawk2005]

how do you work that out? its 40mph on both lines. plus top speed of HST is 125mph, the HST acceleration would out do a class 50 any day

[GreatWestern175]

Much of Newton Abbot has changed! The semophores, signal box and many of the points have been long gone!

[bobtoo07]

Stunning! Thanks for posting.

[ITW84]

absolutely awesome video

i am suprised the 50 kept up so well till he blew his horn and the 43 walked it

[Slarty252]

The horn was the Aws Btw

[Jonnyvalenta]

Fantastic film!

[ladymargof]

amazing film! should be in the national archives.

[jeff45064]

lovely vid, when Newton Abbot had real trains and real signals. How much has the lineside vegetation grown!!!!

[Jord37425]

Great footage!

[ay76]

Nice one, cheers.

[lyprc]

Back when Newton Abbot had a proper layout. Classic stuff!!

[type2thrash]

There is some serious vac thrash here! *****

[dieselmanmike]

excellent stuff, it was close till the hst found its legs!!!

[argenvia]

5 stars vid !!!, bye bye , gustavo Argentina

[theamateurbasher]

Some absolutely classic stuff; one English Electric Class 50, up against two Valenta powered HST Cars? Quite a contest there. Thanks for sharing this priceless five star footage!

[Victorialine67]

AWSOME 5 STARS

[ValentaLamenter]

Ace bit of footage there! Many thanks for sharing. Favourited and 5*.

[blade5859]

Many thx to all for the great comments. Cheers

[NatRailwayMuseum]

Great video!

[mststv]

55022 wasn't trying, it would of left the HST in a cloud of clag if it was on full power!

[Victorialine67]

Yeh without a doubt the 50 is a beast

[mststv]

Class 55, class 50 sounds like a hoover!

[Victorialine67]

aye tru indeed, out of the 2 i love the HST the 55 is a beast and the 50 is cool i must say (with exeption to a few eg 175 and the ones that NOONE likes) i love all trains/locos

[mothity]

Is it a 50 or a 55?

[mststv]

The cab thatu the camera is in is a class 55.

[blade5859]

It is a class 50 50022

[mststv]

Whoops, sorry abou that, slip of the mind !

[kevatcrewe]

@mststv 55's have a bonnet at the front - so clearly this is not the case

[TheXtremeEnthusiast]

great vid 5*

[robmasterman]

An excellent and unique piece of vintage footage David. Well done and thanks for sharing and to Dafydd (Loonies 125) for bringing it to my attention...5*..Bob

[HSTHoward]

i meant 50s!

[HSTHoward]

awsome hsts rule but so do deltics!

[widerangevideos]

If only that were to happen now..

[loonies125]

Fantastic vid mate! 5/5 and favouriting! It's great to see vids of what our railways used to look like!

[blade5859]

Thx again nice to see interest in archive footage.

[GJDobbzy]

lovely video there, what a nice look in to the days gone by

[blade5859]

Thx will be uploading more footage soon.

[Hyperen]

Great footage

[blade5859]

Thx for the comment, I was begining to wonder when the vid was going to get noticed. Watch this space for more coming soon. Cheers