The hard working Bletchley to Bedford Bubble Cars (unseen lockdown video No 8)
antman09ful1
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Some footage of 2 class 102 Bubble cars on the Marston Vale Line working for Silverlink which had four of the sixteen which were built. Also you will see 47300 in this video.
SOME OLD FOOTAGE TO WATCH ON A WET WENDESDAY MORNING.
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@BibTheBoulderTheOriginalOne 5 years ago
These single car units also used to work between Leamington Spa and Stratford-Upon-Avon. Great little trains.....
@pmallenuk 5 years ago
Enjoyable trip back in time. Thankfully a lot of the bubble cars have been preserved.
@petersmith4455 5 years ago
hi. we used to have these 121s on the henley on thames branch in 1967, as children we would sit near the driver. no overcrowding in those days,
@jefflloyd7308 5 years ago
That was really good at Millbrook watching the signalman going about his duties thanks Mike
@AndreiTupolev 5 years ago
Rare sight of 47300, which was converted from 47468 of course. That was a pretty labour-intensive branch line though wasn't it.
@StevieAthers 5 years ago
Evening Mike. Home at last 👍🏻 So nothing better that one of your videos for relaxing for the weekend. Love them bubble cars. It's on my wish list for my model layout. Hopefully next year when this retched Covid-19 has passed 😖 Not a lover of the Dutch livery but all the same nice seeing a brush with a uninformed rake of mineral wagons. Have a great weekend cheers Stevie 😎
The hard working Bletchley to Bedford Bubble Cars (unseen lockdown video No 8)
antman09ful1
3,359 views
Some footage of 2 class 102 Bubble cars on the Marston Vale Line working for Silverlink which had four of the sixteen which were built. Also you will see 47300 in this video.
SOME OLD FOOTAGE TO WATCH ON A WET WENDESDAY MORNING.
Incidentally, when I did my training to be a freight guard all those years ago it involved a trip to the signal box at Forders Sidings. What a cracking little box it was. I can also recall the short time a class 31 plus 2 coaches was used to do the Bedford to Bletchley service.
In the intervening years I have been lucky enough to go inside numerous 'boxes', the highlight of which has to be the 3-4 visits I have made to Melton Mowbray box, sitting high in the air. I did used to also frequent the box at Polesworth, sadly long gone. It sat in the ten-foot, between the up and down fast lines, perched up in the air on a narrow base, the box hanging slightly over the fast tracks. When a train passed under at speed the whole box shook. Happy days.