Silent Workhorses - The British Rail 1972 PEP Units

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• DS

  @ds_e5202 · 1 year ago

  Technically speaking, the 455s with 508 carriages are still currently running. So at the moment there are still some traces of PEPs in regular service

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• JO

  @johncastle3613 · 1 year ago

  Some corrections - the 4PEP door problems were due to passengers trying to force open the doors before the train had stopped. The production units were not produced in larger numbers because the 317 Mk3 carriage-derived design was cheaper to produce with 4 motors not 8 (but slower acceleration), and all steel bodies but narrower sliding doors.

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• CO

  @contrapunctusmammalia3993 · 1 year ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfynlUtRYxo&amp;t=676">11:16</a> minor correction: the Chingford and Enfield branches had been electrified back in 1960 at 6.25kV AC. What I think is being referred to here is the upgrading of those routes to 25kV AC that happened sometime in 1982-3. This was the reason behind the intent for dual voltage class 315s - as in dual AC OLE voltages not AC and 3rd rail DC as with 313s - this probably wasn&apos;t clear in the video if anyone didn&apos;t know about the 6.25kV thing.

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• DI

  @dino71264 · 1 year ago

  I&apos;m an American, but the PEP units will always be my favorite UK EMU. Amazing video like always

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• JO

  @josephkarl2061 · 1 year ago

  Starting off strong with that flat spot 😂

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• TR

  @TrainspottingPerson · 1 year ago

  I Do love the Peps Especially 313s in Nse<br>I LOVE Network SouthEast

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• LO

  @lordmuntague · 1 year ago

  Excellent to see these fine units represented here. 👍<br><br>Couple of points: The Merseyrail 507 and 508 units had extensive refurbishment in the 2000s which gave them a notably different look and feel from other PEP units. The 507s differed from the 508s in being built with no passenger operated door controls, these being plated over when 508s were moved to the Wirral line. Initially the 507s exclusively worked the Northern Line and 508s the Wirral, although they became more mixed later on.<br><br>And as someone who grew up there, Kirkby is pronounced &quot;Kerrbee&quot;. 😉

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• SI

  @SillySnake28 · 6 months ago

  Trains of my childhood. Truly the first EMUs I got to study up close

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• MI

  @michaeloreilly657 · 1 year ago

  Nice to see your own work included in the video.

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• SQ

  @squeaksvids5886 · 1 year ago

  I’m pretty sure the Class 508s were always supposed to be a stop gap until the Class 455s were introduced. The 455s used reconditioned traction motors from 4-SUBs to 2-BILs. The 508s were used to cover the diagrams of the SUBs until enough 455s were in service.

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• FP

  @FPSLiverpoolgamingchannel · 1 year ago (edited)

  god, the sound of the 508 setting off from Liverpool Central at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfynlUtRYxo&amp;t=1068">17:48</a> sent sudders down my spine and a smile on my face.

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• BE

  @Ben-xe8ps · 1 year ago

  I remember travelling on one of those experimental units on a Charing Cross - Dartford service in 1973.

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