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Very interesting video and well presented.

How do they check circuits at night with all night running?

Very informative

This information is so gripping! So many aspects covered on the four rail system. I really appreciated this video. Many thanks indeed.

if underground is unearthed ... isn't underground then ungrounded? *snicker*

Interesting to see shots of Picc Line 1973 stock! I remember these works taking place, i was a bus driver at this time and was on the Stanmore to Wembley Park section of Rail Replacement. I remember the service did indeed start early, on Friday 30th as i recall... We sat in Stanmore station car park in case of problems and we were needed but we weren't happily.....

Chuggington has a lot of #Jubileelinetrains

Oh, nice one! Nice video. Classic song! (I doubt many watching this would realise the local significance to where you shot the video & the RNI Offshore Pirate Radio tune, once off the coast just a few miles away).

so they just made everything needlessly complex just because they wanted something different than every. other. country. typical britan

Not just the South of England, Liverpool also has third rail.

How do bleed resistors work? Is it from positive or negative rail!?

I remember when the 92TS trains were introduced on the Central Line. There was an issue with tripping breakers when these new trains were on the Hainault loop. Everyone and his dog were out on the track looking for the signs of a faulty cable: it turned out to be a fault on a cable leaving Lotts Road power station.

Yep. Perhaps the whole of the British railway has lost its charisma with these new "trains".

Thos looks like 1920's stock.

48 seconds intro a bit excessive 😳

TTC had for New Subway TR type .

I am in Australia now but worked out of Watford Junction Power Box, S&T Lines T/A. 1970/71/72. Just wondered if your name has anything to do with the Town of Watford?

What about underground Subway Signals lines

Thanks for curing my insomnia.

I bet compared to the video editors of today, that 1997 video was more tricky to edit than it would be today. :)

This film was made around the time that LUL were moving from their own power station to power from the grid, at that time the local supplier being the South Eastern Electricity Board (SEEBOARD). That meant that their generating station at Lots Road could be sold off, bringing a huge cash windfall. A large riverside plot in Chelsea can not be found in the average estate agent's window.

It’s not only the Underground. The Ex LMS d.c. lines in London, the Watford new line and the North London line were originally 4 rail, but were converted to 3 rail around 1970. I don’t know about the Merseyrail d.c. lines.

Why is rope tied to the door? Is it some sort of advanced grounding in your house?

7:35 isn’t 11kW an error - they need to re-issue this film!!! By Ohms law (V^2)/R the power would be 630^2 / 300 = 1.323kW. If it was 11 kW the little wooden enclosures would be pretty toasty!

Would like to get this on a disk

Fascinating - a whole extra dimension of system detail

What happened to the Braintree branch line? I had heard they were considering an extension to Stansted alongside the A120 dual carriageway. And did Cressing get it's passing loop? Did they finally get rid of the 321s from that service?

And just in case any wannabe graffiti artists or other would be trespassers are watching this, beware, the tracks are LIVE 24/7! They DON'T switch it off at night as is too commonly believed in some quarters, except for short sections being worked on.

All very interesting, but how do they manage on other underground systems like merseyrail and glasgow undergrounds where they only have the third rail? And isn't it the same on other systems abroad like the New York subway system?

Fast forward to 2:20 to actually get past pifgle to video....

Its subtle, but does anyone think this is produced by OPP?

I agree with your sentiments / intro' comments wholeheartedly! The entire operational, financial & procurement situations with today's British railways is very sad.

Yeah, for the London - Walton runs give me an AM9/2 (Class 309) set any day. They were gr8 & had Buffet Cars capable of serving eggs on toast & coffee etc. for breakfast. Mk1 clean warm comfort. Heaven.

It'll be a shame to see these trains go. But, then again, I said that 45 years ago with the lovely Mk1 Class 309s. And they were PROPER trains, initially with a Buffet / Griddle Car! (Mmm. Cooked breakfast at 100mph to London - yummy yummy!!!).

Red Arrows magnificent. Gt.Yarmouth nice resort.

So, that's how the Underground is powered. Interesting. Thanks.

I did not know that

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This is almost Military-style Discipline, Motivation & good Reguations - love it! If only Society in general was subjected to such Common Sense hard & fast Rules & Discipline the world wouldn't be in such a DREADFUL state.

Fab! Seriously, I remember it being a GREAT day and the Marine pub was a great place to be (still is). They had "The Honeycombs" group & other bands playing live in the Function Room upstairs, Offshore Pirate memorabilia stalls downstairs, and good beer & snacks in just about every part of the pub too. Brilliant!

Christ! - that is short. No margin for ANY error there Finchley. Clearly a Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA) needs to be undertaken there before the Undertakers undertake a sad duty there, God forbid my being morbid.

Sadly, we'll never see the likes of such luxury / "wicked" haulage ever again.

Such a shame the latest Mk5 Sleepers are so relatively rubbish.

Horrible trains to commute in.

Shame the Anglo-Scottish Sleepers have "gone to the dogs". These days, if you're running late on those trains you pretty much STAY late, bar Pathing & other timing allowances!! I'm not surprised the train is treated with contempt by NR Signallers with yet another "Freight Train" to Regulate on the WCML in the morning Peak. CRAZY!! SERCO should pull out. As should GB Railfreight for slowing down the WCML. Bring back the Class 90s and go build some BRITISH Mk3 Sleeping Car equivalents. Otherwise, best walk, coach or fly to Inverness.