Waterloo & City Line (1) - Class 487 (built in 1940)

The Waterloo & City Line trains which were introduced by the Southern Railway in 1940.

Here they are (mostly) seen in Network SouthEast livery, although there is a still image at the end showing a train at Waterloo in BR Blue.

We also see the surrounding station areas at Bank and Waterloo and a DM after it had been withdrawn outside the National Railway Museum at York.

The Trav-o-lator tunnel at Bank is a mess. For a station in the wealthiest district of one of the planet's wealthiest nations this was a disgrace. Apparently the City Corporation (local govt. for the area) wanted to invest in the station and make it look respectable, but not only did Mrs Thatcher's govt. forbid this but they threatened the City Corporation that if it tried making this information / dispute public then it (Mrs Thatcher's govt.) would have taken revenge, with one of its actions being to increase taxation on the vast profits made by the many the financial institutions.

(Information sourced from a private meeting I attended in the 1980's where a former Lord Mayor was guest of honour).

This was filmed in December 1989, during the period between Xmas and the New Year when fewer than normal people go to work.

This was my first ever filming session with my then brand new s-VHS-C camcorder.

More information on these trains can be found here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_...