London Travel Carding Around: Simon's Great Britain Tour Part 2 (26th April 2014)

• Report rights infringement
• published: 10 May 2014
• views: 1145

This Part 2 out of 11! This journey starts from Uxbridge and finishes in Uxbridge, this is a day in London, the first length is travelling down the Metropolitan Line to Baker Street on S8 Stock but at Finchley Road, decided to change trains and travel on 1996 Tube Stock to Green Park to change onto the Victoria Line 2009 Stock to London Victoria for the first bit, The Great Britain VII Railtour which started at London Victoria, worked by 34046 Braunton, after departure of the GBVII, went to find my train and traveled to Battersea Park to film some Southern and Gatwick Express EMUs stopping and passing through the station, after an hour went back to London Victoria and boarded an SouthEastern service to Herme Hill and met up with Toby Connor and Joseph Burrows and filmed some SouthEastern Class 465 and Class 375s with First Capital Connect Class 319s. After filming at Herme Hill, boarded another SouthEastern service to get off at Petts Wood which was recommended by Toby Connor and filmed some more SouthEastern EMUs and also Battle of Britain Class 34067 Tangmere working the Golden Arrow Statesman from Derby but the locomotive was put on at Hanwell to Canterbury West, after filming at Petts Wood, went back to Herme Hill to change trains from SouthEastern Trains to First Capital Connect to Tulse Hill to filmed First Capital Connect class 319 and Southern Class 455s until it was time to leave and boarded a Southern Class 455 to Queens Road Peckham to film Southern Class 455s and London Overground Class 378s, during the time you could the London skyline in the background. After an hour filming, boarded a London Overground Class 378 to Clapham Junction to change trains to a South West Trains Class 455 to Wimbledon but when I got there, there was a huge suprise waiting for me which was that they were fencing off the fast lines with a fence which filming was difficult but managed to get some footage of EMUs stopping and flying through, also at Wimbledon seen some D78 stock, S7 Stock and the C69/77 Stock which are nearly all withdrawn with a few in service on the District Line. After leaving Wimbledon, went to London Waterloo which is where I left Toby Connor and Joseph Burrows which they went back home, while myself and Ian travel on the Waterloo and City Line to Bank worked by 1992 Tube Stock and then change onto the Central Line which is also worked by 1992 Tube Stock to London Liverpool Street and change onto a Greater Anglia Class 315 to Bethnal Green to film Class 90s and other EMUs including Class 321, Class 360, Class 315, Class 317 and Class 379. After an hour left Bethnal Green and went back to London Liverpool Street on a Class 315, at London Liverpool Street to bet back on the Central Line to go across London to Shepherds Bush to get 34067 Tangmere on her run back from Canterbury West to Derby but the locomotive was to be taken off at Hanwell. After getting the Steam Locomotive flying through and seeing the remains of smoke it left, went back to the Underground station and travel on the Central Line to West Ruislip to change transportation from Trains to buses, caught the U1 back to Uxbridge to end the show