"End Of Tube" Event @ Ongar station with 1980's-2014 Contrasts

Trains at Ongar station as seen between the early 1980's and 2014.

The 2014 footage was filmed as part of the Epping Ongar Railway's "End Of Tube" event commemorating it being 20 years since London Transport closed the railway line between Epping and Ongar.

2014 footage includes two trains - these being diesel locomotive Class 33 202 Dennis G Robinson with a rake of preserved ex-British Railways Mk1 and Mk2 passenger carriages, and the preserved ex-London Transport 1960 tube stock "Craven" train. This is painted in 1938 tube stock red and cream livery and comprises two driving motor (DM) cars from 1960 plus one original 1938 tube stock trailer car. As the Epping-Ongar route is no longer electrified the train is powered by some Schoma diesel engines which were at the far end of the train and therefore are not seen.

This film also shows the same train taking part in the April 1990 celebrations of it being 125 years since the Loughton - Ongar railway first opened.

Also seen in this film are some 1962 tube stock trains as filmed over several visits in the 1980's. This includes both silent super 8 film (with authentic sound taken from videotape filmed elsewhere) and 35mm still images.