BR in the 1980s London Waterloo to Portsmouth Harbour Cab View in 1986

Filmed on a pleasant summer's day in June 1986. I rode up front with driver Steven West from Farnham EMUT Depot and accompanied by Inspector Tim Crowley on the 09.55 from London Waterloo to Portsmouth Harbour direct route. A journey of 74 .5 miles approx.
The train was formed of 3 X 4 CIG Units (Class 421) with a converted buffet coach near the middle of the train. Common formation for the fast "Pompey's" . The train left on time and was held a little by a proceeding service and called at Woking, Guildford, Haslemere, Petersfield, Havant, Portsmouth and Southsea and finally arrived into Portsmouth Harbour at 11.32. There was still a Sealink connection for the Isle of Wight then and also the ferry to Gosport.
The route had a pretty intensive schedule up and down with headcodes 81 for the fast, 82 for semi-fast and 83 for the stopping services and some services ran via the "New Line" via Effingham Junction and Guildford. At the time cross country trains ran from Portsmouth to the north via Guildford and Reading, usually class 47 hauled and services to Salisbury, Bristol and Cardiff were class 33 hauled. There was even an afternoon service to London Waterloo hauled by a class 50 in that period. This line is now sadly taken over by modern EMU classes and 2nd generation DMU's from Portsmouth to Bristol and beyond. Some steam specials do break up the "monotony" now and again. Sit back and enjoy this ride.