35018 British India Line & two Class 37s in a torrential Carlisle 15 10 22

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As the special train season draws to a close in Carlisle, Saturday saw two arrivals - both postponed from previous dates - on an afternoon when the weather gods proved unkind to our visitors.
The Cumbrian Mountain Express had left Euston, electrically hauled, 42 minutes late - sorry - I don't know the reason. The diesel hauled (two Class 37s) Settle and Carlisle had departed from Newport, South Wales at 05.04 to travel north by the Settle & Carlisle line, returning via Shap.
It wasn't only the weather that was unkind to us - the Carlisle signalmen sent several trains into platforms other than the ones scheduled, thus playing havoc with our filming.
The next couple of months are looking very bleak from the steam train perspective with little for me to film so - enjoy this longer than usual episode.

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@bobnweaver Год назад

A busy day at Carlisle Tim with plenty charter activity. Enjoyable video. Cheers, Jeff.

@schoolshorts Год назад

Thanks Jeff - an interesting (if wet and windy!) day!

@gsx1250fast Год назад

Great content Tim as always, quality filming. Thanks for sharing all your vlogs in 2022 have a happy and healthy New Year. Looking forward to more content in 2023. :)

@schoolshorts Год назад

Thanks Mike. All being well, there'll be more to come in 2023 - despite the present rather gloomy outlook. Let's be positive!

@gsx1250fast Год назад

@@schoolshorts Spring will be on the way in the next 9 weeks Tim and will help uplift everyone's views on life. January in particular can be very gloomy.

@bobcholawo6787 Год назад

Lovely. The rain made it more dramatic too. God bless you.

@schoolshorts Год назад

Thanks Bob - I hope He will - I could certainly do with it this coming winter - couldn't we all?

@tattoo1084 Год назад

Another good day's work Tim. A wet day for it, but good to see two tours. Cheers.

@schoolshorts Год назад

There was a third tour which used the Upperby chord to access the West Coast Main Line southward - but both the weather and the timings militated against heading down to the depot to try to catch some footage. Still - two out of three's not bad!

@tattoo1084 Год назад

@@schoolshorts yes I heard it was two 47's on the third one.

@colin10ten83 Год назад

Amazing piece of film. You did well to keep up with everything the signalmen were throwing at you.

@schoolshorts Год назад

I'm afraid that's something we get used to at Carlisle!

@alantoms3263 Год назад

Each one of your videos is like a mini-documentary!! Thanks and great entertainment. Hope you didn't get too wet, or catch a cold! Love BIL's departure - classic MN! Al.

@schoolshorts Год назад

Many thanks Alan - I thought the driver handled BIL quite well in the circumstances - it could easily have become quite explosive!

@alantoms3263 Год назад

@@schoolshorts I thought it was superb! Agreed. MN's are known to be superb steamers - excellent job. Al.

@thirdengineer Год назад

Thanks once again for your epic coverage of a day of the railway at Carlisle ,your eye for detail is second to none. Yes a classic slippy start for the MN I was at the other end of the S & C at Settle.Thanks for sharing Tim. all the best Brian

@schoolshorts Год назад

Hi Brian - good to hear from you. I'm afraid there won't be a lot to come during the next three or four months - the steam timetable for this part of the country is looking very sparse. I'll just have to take up gardening - or housework - or something!

@macjim Год назад

You’re say what a day for a trip over the S&C… I remember the only trip I had of the S&C behind steam and, as we climber ever higher going southbound, the rain was entering the left side sliding ventilation window, and exiting through the right hand one… no kidding!

@schoolshorts Год назад

Up in the Three Peaks country I can well believe that.

@LeslieGilpinRailways Год назад

Well you certainly had a dramatic day, with that monsoon! Nice variety of trains too. New Yard not North yard - even though it's nearly 60 years old!

@schoolshorts Год назад

Thanks for the correction Les - I was never absolutely certain about that "N"!

@LeslieGilpinRailways Год назад

@@schoolshorts I've since found out its Network Yard! Interestingly the two signs on the road access each refer to Kingmoor. You can't win!

@sydwoods.woodsendjunction9492 Год назад

great video Tim, not a very nice day for you but some great captures matey , hope you managed to keep dry thats one hell of a journey Carlisle to newport but hey behind two tractors cant be that long a trip 👍 thanks for sharing take care A T B Syd 👍😁

@schoolshorts Год назад

It IS a long trip and B.R. Mk 1 coaches become extremely uncomfortable after several hours - I speak from experience! Mind you, I'm not sure that the present generation are any better. Best wishes.

@cedarcam Год назад

What a variety of trains and weather. It was good to see you got the pantograph being raised on the Azuma, I don't think the passengers on the steam charter will of seen much over the top but would be cosy and warm in the train. My journey home was longer than expected. The Azuma was following a local service and had a 15 minute stop in Newcastle, still it was a nice change to go that way.

@schoolshorts Год назад

Curiously, Stephen Brass's video of the trains up on the high fells shows completely different weather - perhaps the passengers saw more than we expected. Glad you enjoyed your trip, even if it was a bit slow.

@cedarcam Год назад

@@schoolshorts I will have a look on that video. It must of been the heavy rain laden cloud kept it over the lower ground. It rained a lot of the way on the route I took.

@williamsanger3868 Год назад

Thanks for your commitment and dedication to uploading amazing and enjoyable videos.

@schoolshorts Год назад

Thank you William - just glad that you enjoy them. Best wishes to you.

@Blackburnian737 Год назад

Seeing all these trains through Carlisle is quite nolstalgic for me even though I was there this summer. Took the pendolino's and 397's down to there while I was in edinburgh and enjoyed seeing everything going on on the WMCL. These days I'm lucky to see the Amtrak that comes through twice a day- one in each direction! Also I actually like those 37's in the maroon- West Coast Railways?

@schoolshorts Год назад

I'm glad that you enjoyed your visit to Carlisle - it's a good centre for anyone who enjoys railways and, during the summer months especially, there's a lot of steam activity. My only experience of Amtrak was a return trip from Toronto to Niagara Falls in 1997 - yes, I know that's in Canada but the train was labelled Amtrak! Best wishes to you.

@MrOldmeg Год назад

The empty steam train stock appeared to be taken back down the WCML for reversing, is this normal practice when a full train reversal is done at Upperby, I don't think I have have ever seen that before, could be wrong of course.. Other than that 30 mins of wonderful train movements. Many thanks again Tim for all your videos this year.JohnK

@schoolshorts Год назад

It's quite common for the entire train to be reversed at Upperby - it avoids all the shunting which is otherwise necessary, the coupling and uncoupling of the locomotive and support coach etc. The problem is - we never know in advance what is going to happen - even the train crew frequently claim that they don't know until the last moment just what they are going to do!

@MrOldmeg Год назад

@@schoolshorts Hi Tim, thanks for your response but that is not what I was failing miserably to convey. When the when the empty stock is left in the station and the engine is taken back to Upperby it normally goes out on the Newcastle line then forward into Upperby. On this occasion the entire train is reversed back on to the main WCML rather than the Newcastle line and returns via the Newcastle line. Looking back on your videos have seen the same thing happen before. Just wondering if there is insufficient room to turn the whole train from the Newcastle line, that is my line of thought..

@schoolshorts Год назад

@@MrOldmeg I'm not aware of the locos ever reversing out onto the Newcastle line and then going forward into Upperby - during the time that I've been filming here the train (or loco and support coach) has invariably reversed down the WCML to access Upperby and then reversed into the station from the Newcastle direction. I don't know whether there's a reason for this or it's simply "how we've always done it". There's one more steam special this month - I'll have an ask around the regulars that day to see if I can find out some answers.

@MrOldmeg Год назад

@@schoolshorts Thanks again Tim it has obviously changed from when I used to go down to the servicing point at Upperby the loco always as far as I remember came forward from the Newcastle line to stop beside the milk tanker and or the coal wagon with large builders bags which were lifted over the tender and the bottoms slit to deposit the coal. No need to ask others quite happy with your more up to date knowledge.😀Never ever waited long enough to see what happened next always wanted to get back to the station before the loco returned, but always came back from the Newcastle line. Never seen a full train reversal take place

@CrossfellRailwayVideos Год назад

Wotta lot going on! And why is there a barrier between platforms 2 and 3? Well done, anyway. Now you can get back to your garden for a while!! :)

@schoolshorts Год назад

Platforms 2 and 3 are no longer on the same level - there's a step between them which could presumably lead to accidents if not physically separated. Gardening - don't!!!!!

@CrossfellRailwayVideos Год назад

Thanks Tim, I hadn't spotted the vertical separation! As for gardening - I'm no enthusiast but what you gotta , you gotta do!

@dennislawther1414 Год назад

For future reference "Newbiggin" is one word not two.

@schoolshorts Год назад

Interesting - like many of the Carlisle regulars I use realtimetrains.co.uk for up-to-date information on railway activity throughout the area. This site invariably quotes New Biggin as the source of the trains, the Ordnance Survey shows the village as Newbiggin but British Gypsum only ever refers to the location as Kirkby Thore which is the name displayed on the signal box at the entrance to the plant. In future I shall play safe and use the latter name.