Class 312 Slam door Stock on the Clacton Branch in 1997 & 2000

Footage taken from my VHSc Camcorder of Class 312 Slam Door EMUs on the Colchester to Walton-On-Naze daytime stoppers and a 12 Car on peak hour Liverpool St to Clacton Service passing Giles Crossing near to Clacton. Other Stations include Walton On Naze Kirby Cross Thorpe Le Soken Great Bentley Thorrington Wivenhoe Hythe Colchester. Liverys include NSE and First Great Eastern. Note the search light signals and mechanical banner repeaters at Hythe Station all now removed.

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[87006]

Great video and superb units like all the 1st GEN Overhead EMU's great sounding and I imagine a very comfy ride too 87006.

[86501freightliner]

Finest units in Britain!

[reynardbizzar]

This is a damn good video and thank you for sharing it. They had no right to get rid of these old units; there was plenty of life left in them. They run 1938 trains on the Isle of Wight for God's sake!

[dj205205]

miss these units what they have now dont have half as much character

[davidleepriest]

tha's great work. some really unique footage =)

[Tepic]

That brought back some memories.

[smleonard55]

a fantastic document of these work horses in their last days.

clear with plenty of action from all angles.

[gmnauk]

So nice to see some 312's in action.....

[9tigertankrhys]

great footage ,very hard to find videos of class 312's

i allways remember travelling down to walton on the nase,great times

[alexandermadden1987]

Yo can you make more video of the class 312?