British Rail 1992-Exeter St Davids with Classes 33, 37, 47 & InterCity 125 HST

It's a cold, misty day in January 1992 and i'm at Exeter St Davids. It's a busy afternoon and we see Network SouthEast, Inter-City and Parcels workings plus some light engine moves with locomotive classes 33, 37, 47 & HST. If you liked the video please subscribe to my channel, there are lots more transport & quirky vids to upload!

[@djtrainspotter]

Great catch of 2 historical 47's together. 47706 the last 47 to survive in Scotrail livery and 47463 (which i modelled) being the last 47 surviving in all-over corporate blue without any kind of embellishments (orange strips, motifs etc), both loco's gone by 1995.

[@going2thedogs]

Hi Soi, Another trip down memory lane - great stuff. The class 47,706 in de-branded Scotrail livery (@3.05) was/is available in model form from Kernow Model Railways.

[@roberthill6216]

I have that model. :-)

[@markdunwell3288]

Just had a set two with the trouble and strife. This video has cheered me up immensely. Thank God for proper trains. Thank you Soi. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟ESPECIALLY CLASS 47'S 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

[@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus]

I'm pleased you enjoyed it......

[@ClydebridgeStation]

It's not often a locomotive becomes a celebrity due to it being tatty, but 47706 certainly was! In her push pull days, I travelled in front of her between Edinburgh and Kirkcaldy!

[@craigsibley8161]

Excellent video 👍👍👍

[@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus]

Thank you 👍

[@Andrewjg_89]

I like how the Class 43 HST screams when departing from a station.

[@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus]

The Valenta engines were good for that......

[@AndreiTupolev]

That first HST was a CrossCountry service, with ex East Coast power cars, but it was eight car with two first class. That's mildly unusual

[@AMK1000]

Spot the ex HST prototype MK3 in the first HST set that passes

[@nelson408.]

The first 1st class coach, no silver trim round the windows.

[@Titan604]

Good spot, I travelled in one of the prototype TSO's about this time, one other feature that they kept was a partition half way along the saloon.

[@AndreiTupolev]

Also 47823 there, one of the lesser seen 47/8s, it became 47787 in 1994

[@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus]

One i had for haulage once, on the Penzance Sleeper to Plymouth....

[@christopherhood9241]

great to see 706 again - one of the last 47/7''s in the Scotrail livery.

[@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus]

Yes, it ran with NSE in that livery until withdrawn.....

[@djtrainspotter]

Ooooh and 37254, the 37 me and her spotted at Spa Valley, quite historical too then!!

[@nelson408.]

47706 looks in a worse state than some of the 50's it was sent to replace....😄

[@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus]

But the 47s were cheaper to repair when they failed.... Plus being a tatty one probably meant is was so reliable they could never take it out of service for a repaint....

[@limeyfox]

47706’s train is an all-first class set?!

[@AndreiTupolev]

Six of the eight coaches were I think. Must have been assembled from what spare coaches they could find at Eastleigh (where the stock was maintained by then)

[@AndreiTupolev]

That dude strolling across the crossing at3:21with not a high vis in sight; was he a railway employee?

[@s125ish]

Don’t think in 1992 hi vis were mandatory yet

[@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus]

Either railway or maybe post office staff.....

[@Sophiebryson510]

125!

[@dieseldave3879]

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