Rambling Railwayman's Recollections - Epilogue
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- This video is part of 'Rambling Railwayman’s Recollections’ a book written and self-published by Geoff Burch - part of The Rambling Railwayman Series and this is the final chapter: ‘Epilogue’
Geoff has now retired from South West Trains but still retains a strong interest in railways.
Apart from creating his own website, writing and self-publishing four railway books and other DVDs he presents a series of illustrated talks featuring his railway life, some of these presentations held jointly with good friend and local historian David Rose.
This epilogue contains a selection of photographs that span Geoff’s career on the railway which bring back all sorts of memories for him.
Awesome Geoff, fantastic video's wonderful to hear about your life on the railways and see many of the trains that I grew up with in the 1980's.
Thanks for all the memories, Geoff. It's definitely a world I wish I'd been part of.
An absolutely outstanding series Geoff. Well done. Extremely enjoyable and brought back many memories. Thank you!
Hi Merv
Thanks for your kind words and to be honest, I don't know if I would have ever embarked on such a venture without you and a few other's help so thanks once again!
Excellent collection of memories of the railway. Thanks Pete
Another excellent video. I was a Secondman at Woking from 1985 to 1987 and my favourite bit of this is where the escape route from the mess room via the kitchen window is mentioned. Fred Garnham opened this window and shut it behind me so I could get away when Peter Bunce who was the Foreman wouldn't let me go home early! 😉
Those were the days Mick! Glad that you are enjoying the videos.
I'm a British railfan from Canada and I very much enjoyed all your videos. Please add more of them when you can!
Thanks Ian, will do!
Thank you so much Geoff for taking the trouble to produce this excellent series. I thoroughly enjoyed every single episode. I felt quite sad when I realised you had reached the final chapter. It had become essential viewing! Thank you again & best wishes.
Hi Ian
Don’t worry, there's loads more to come!
Next project will be the late Dave Salmon's photographs (Dave Salmon - a Man and his Camera - Part 1 Railways) and then I'm thinking about uploading my second book ‘Further Ramblings of Railwaymen’ so should keep me busy!
All the best
Geoff
@@geoffburch7959 Thanks for your kind reply. Great to hear that there is more to come and now looking forward to the next instalments immensely.
Very good. I've enjoyed watching your series of railway ramblings. Thanks for sharing them. 👍
Thanks for posting these recollections. Not only am I a lifelong Railway enthusiast, I’m currently based at Woking (on the Gateline) so have found the series both entertaining and informative.
Thanks for your comments Michelle, I'll look out for you when i next visit to Woking Station.
Best wishes
Geoff
Thanks for the great series! and thank you for the service you gave to the public.
Thoroughly enjoyed all of your videos, thank you for taking the time to share your recollections with us. As a child of the 70s growing up in South Wales my only exposure to the southern region was watching the trains go past my Aunts house between Epsom and Ashtead which I remember seemed to be all SUBs and EPBs which seemed very exotic! Your videos have made me dig out my Motive Power recognition 2. EMUs book to learn more about I would have been looking at and all the other SR units of that era.
Many thanks to you as well, Geoff. Excellent content, bring back many memories from "back in the day".
Wonderful. You read so well and, though I have both Rambling Railwayman books, it is lovely to have them read to me again. Thank you. Tell us some more about your driving days and the Westinghouse brake.
Yes Geoff as I've said before, a great series and the content detail is superb. It brings back many happy memories for me at Southside.
Hi Mick
Really glad that you've enjoyed the videos so far and thanks again for your kind comments. I'm going to post some steam stuff soon and hope that you like them.
All the best
Geoff
Thanks for posting. A mine of interesting information about a collection of excellent photographs presented in a very professional manner.
What a wonderful series of videos. Again the memories they have conjured up are priceless and I am grateful. Thank you Geoff, your hard work is greatly appreciated. Hmm, I wonder what’s next? Can’t wait! All the best. Simon
Thanks Simon for your kind words and I will be posting some more material soon!
All the best
Geoff
While I haven't seen all the videos in this series, the two I have watched have been fascinating especially the mid to very late 1970's as that was when I lived at Highcliffe and often watched trains at Hinton Admiral station
Thank you. Very enjoyable to sit back and listen to.
Thanks so much for your excellent videos. They bring back so many memories from when I was a nipper. I lived in Farnborough and Andover, and saw a lot of varied Diesel and electric stock in my spotting years. Some of my earliest memories were of the maroon Warships passing through Andover. When I lived in Farnborough I had the choice of visiting the main line station with its mix of EMUs and Locos. I could also go to Farnborough North and see the “Tadpoles” & and the occasional Crompton on the boat train. Finally there was Frimley, with its stream of EMUs. I find your experiences of driving really interesting and it clearly reveals what it must have been like to work for BR. Your stories are wonderful & the pictures are fantastic. I understand so much more what it must be like to drive a train & the knowledge needed of the routes and also the train itself.
Great set of films Geoff.
Brilliant Geoff I can remember all them blokes at Woking when I had my PNB breaks 👍👍
Yes, all the 'characters' of the mess room are gone now and it's a different job altogether.
All the best
Geoff
@@geoffburch7959 hi Geoff yes very different now from what I’ve been told not like the good old days when you could have a laugh and joke best years of my life 👍👍
That shot with the 33 and Battersea is unreal, one for the wall that
I'm indebted to Timothy Saunders for letting me use his powerful shot of the 33 for the opening sequence. Glad you like it.
When I was about eight years old my school class used to play football in a park by Radipole Lake near Weymouth. We'd hear a craclkling noise and we'd yell "The new diesel!" then 10001 (I think it was 10001 and not 10000) would pass with a passenger train making a very loud noise as if it were continually backfiring.. That would have been around1953. It was painted black at that time. All the other trains would be hauled by SR or WR steam locos.
Great set of photos. Thanks for sharing. In fact I think I've probably seen half these before on Flickr, but didn't realise they were all taken by you!
Hi Mark
Most of the photographs in my videos weren't taken by me I'm afraid. If it wasn't for the kindness of other Flickr members, I wouldn't have been able to have put any of my videos together.
The most difficult part of creating the videos is finding photographs that are relevant to the story I'm telling. It's very time consuming hunting through thousands of photos, finding the right ones and then asking permission to use them etc.
It was so much easier when I was publishing the stories in book format as I only needed two or three photos per page at the most to illustrate the story.
Look out for further productions coming soon...........
Best wishes
Geoff
@@geoffburch7959 Ah well. Still good to see them and have your stories laid on top. Brings it to life!
Great insights of the railway and what a full career you had. Thank-you so much for sharing it with us, Geoff.
Love these Videos
hi, great video.do you remember electric locos 2001.2002 and 2003.i remember them on the Newhaven boat train as a child.sadly all 3 of them went for scrap in 1969
Yes I do!
I remember seeing one of them working away from Guildford up Stoughton bank with what looked like a Royal Train in the early 1960s. I'm not sure which one of the three it was though.
Geoff: thank you very much for all the videos. It's interesting that your entire career was triggered by our Northmead classroom proximity to the Woking/Guildford line. I have many happy memories of that period including trainspotting at Guildord and Woking. I still have a great interest in trains and found your career videos very interesting and a glimpse into a world the public was probably not all that aware of but who totally relied on your skills and knowledge as a cleaner, fireman, driver and subsequent trainer. I will continue to monitor your channel for any future videos. Sincerely, your school pal Nick Burbidge,
Hi Nick,
Thanks for your kind comments and when I think back to our schooldays, who would have ever believed then that I'd have been able to produce these videos - certainly not some of the teachers that we had then!
I'm going to post some more stuff soon so keep your eye out!
All the very best
Geoff
Thanks very much for such an interesting, informative and entertaining series. I was wondering Geoff, out of all the different types that you have driven, was their a favourite of yours ?
Hi
If you're referring to steam traction, a Bulleid Pacific would probably top the list and if diesel/electric traction, the Class 73 1600/600hp electro-diesel is an amazing piece of engineering and still running today.
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