Bonus video. Piccadilly Line view from the rear cab. Acton-Earls Court. Plus a glimpse of Aldwych 

Absolutely no reason to apologise for anything Dale - this is a unique view which we’d probably never get to see otherwise. Thanks for sharing! 🙂👍🏽

Nearly 15 minutes of extra wittering on and views from the cab of a train? YES PLEASE!

They 'stole' your train! 🥰🥰 Well, good for us lot, as we get a bonus video! 😁

Great bonus Dale, came out fine. Different perspective going backwards. Nice one! 😊 👍

Love that glimpse down the Aldwych branch towards the disused platform at Holborn.

You certainly get a different perspective of going uphill and downhill from the back cab. Great little bonus Dale...thank you, all the best.

Great stuff, Dale - most definitely a novel view for me and probably many other viewers of yours... i.e. "us lot"! I'm one of those people who prefers to travel facing backwards on main line trains, so I found this strangely relaxing. Thank you for seizing the opportunity to record that journey, and in particular the view of the Aldwych branch line near Holborn (especially as it's something I didn't get to see in my time with LU). I hope you're having a good week!

In 1982, I boarded a central line train at Epping bound for Heathrow via Holborn. I was in the rear car, and the driver who was changing ends, left the rear cab door open for me so i could observe the rear view. He asked me to close the door when id had enough. I decided to shut the door around leytonstone when the carriage became busy. It was a. great view and i really appreciate the drivers trust in me. i was surprised to see an indicated 65mph on the speedo between Loughton and Snaresbrook even though traveling in reverse. I'd really love to experience a cab ride from the front, but i'm rarely in the essex area these days, Thanks Dale for these videos. very eye opening.

Sensational view, something I wasn’t expecting and wouldn’t know what was like until I saw. Absolutely surprising, which is good, thanks Dale.

Thanks Dale, a fascinating alternative view, and the glimpse of Aldwych was a bonus!

Ooo a drivers view, in reverse!!! Well, rear cab that is. It's like you're going back in TIME!!

Love the warm yellow lights from passing trains. 💡

Enjoyed that, thank you. Excellent quality too given the impromptu nature of the filming!

That's a great view of the Aldwych branch. All those years I worked by Holborn station and never used the Aldwych train.

I did the tour of Holborn disused platforms a few weeks ago. We all stood on the platforms craning our necks to watch the Picadilly train pass the junction.

Wow I loved this, especially the tunnel depth from Barons Court, which also used to amuse me as people lost mobile signals!

hi dale what a great video it was nice to see a bit of the Aldwych line what a lovely bonus for a Wednesday

Really cool getting a view out the back such a different perspective. Thanks Dale

Nice bonus video especially having that slowed down glimpse of the Aldwych line with the lights on... Cheers.

wow great view of Aldwych thank you for that plus great to see the view from the rear of the train

I always get excited when you pass my home station, Barons Court. I've travelled on the Piccadilly Line all my life, first on the 1938 stock ( my favourite). It never occurred to me when I left school to apply for a job on the Underground, I wish I had though. I do enjoy watching your videos. I did once get a view from the front cab of the 1938 stock on a heritage run as it came out of the tunnel and into Barons Court - I was so happy I forgot to film it.

How fortuitous. Thanks for thinking of us lot Dale. 👍🏻😀

Ooh the back end (trailer). That's a great alternate. And good reason to get assigned to the end cab. Instruction is always quality, and love that change of scene.

Nice video Dale - thanks. The evening light above ground is great. The slow-mo view of the Aldwych branch junction came out well too. I cycled over that bridge with the entrance to Barons Court most days when I was at college in 1983-4.

Great video, a whole new perspective, the underground backwards . Hope the trainee didn't spill your coffee 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Always nice when you are told “Can I take you off? I’m a DI”😂

Loved going backwards, thank you. Both video and sound quality excellent.😊

Very interesting video seeing things that you normally can't see from the forward facing camera Dale. Thanks for recording, they're always enjoyable.

Great stuff Dale, thank you. Nice change to have a view from your rear end so to speak. Cheers

Thanks for this - I think you did a good job of holding the camera steady. A rear view is an interesting change to the normal forward views, and it was very interesting to see that view of the Aldwych branch especially!

Brilliant video seeing things from the rear view. I used to love travelling in the rear of the old DMUs watching where I'd come from! A fan from South Yorkshire. I don't get to London very often but I love travelling on the Underground. Always fascinated me from being a child.

Really enjoyed this alternate view. Amazing how the rear view appears to be faster.

Brilliant! That was something different and interesting. A good view down the Aldwych line, they even had the lights on! Your phone takes really a good picture.Pretty exciting things happen during your working don't they? Not many times a driver gets his train stolen! 🙃🥴🤔

Thanks Dale I really enjoyed this 👍

Brilliant bonus!

Hello Dale. Happy to ride a long with you. There's nothing wrong with the camera of your phone. Funny to drive reverse. Thanks for the bonus video. I wish you a good evening. Until the next video

That's much better than the GoPro (they were first, but they're not the best...) Thanks for the interesting videos!

Thanks, Dale. It was fascinating to see the from the other end. Presumably the now-disused third Holborn Picc Line platform was down that spur somewhere.

Cheers Dale. 👍

Brilliant Bonus, If you were holding that all the way you have a super steading hand, Amazing the quality of phone cameras these days. Thanks for thinking of us lot when you have the chance to film something different

Nice one Dale Big difference going backwards and great look down the aldwich branch, thanks for doing that off to the canaries tomorrow for couple of weeks so I'll have to catch up on return, if I'm not wrong you are due to fly to NYC so have a great time all the best Mark D.

Hi Dale, look forward to your videos from New Zealand, this one is a unique look from the rear end, certainly different, seems pretty good to us👍😃

Thank you, Dale , an interesting and unusual perspective

Great bonus - interesting to see trains in the west direction and the signals changing from red to green when the track ahead becomes clear (just like you've described when you're driving).

Dale "I'll try keep the camera straight" Me "it's not the camera it's the operator" 😂

I work on SWR and i always enjoy the view out of back cab. Nice one Dale

l always watch your vids multiple times, and have just watched this one for the fifth time, there is something fascinating about the rear view. (No, stop it.) l will be watching again later.

I think your phone actually shows (at least the outside) a lot better than your GoPro - shame you can't use it in the cab... A thoroughly enjoyable video though all the same; thanks very much!

Enjoyed this bonus, your brain was probably freaking out visualizing going forward but seeing the opposite where you been.

Greets from Greece

Many thanks dale very enjoyable and rare

Actually really cool to see a way different perspective of the tracks and tube. I agree that your phone does a better job than the gopro camera, you can see a lot more in the darker tube shots. Thanks for your videos, fun and informative!!

Loving the footage dale hopefully see you at some point in the future 😊😊😊

Nice video. Cool to see the Aldwych branch platform.

Another amazing video, Dale, tnx. My friends and I in Toronto can't get enough. I just wish we had a transport system like the London Underground here. The TTC or Toronto Transit Commission only has 3 lines, and they are all sub-surface

Great insight Dale, different going backwards, hope they looked after your train😂

Brilliant bonus video

I enjoyed this a lot. Somehow seems so much smoother from the back 😅 Thanks, Dale.

Awesome video Dale love the view from the rear cab ❤

Excellent video. I learned that (1) The platforms at some of the stations (such as Barons Court) are much longer than the trains (I assume this is to accommodate the longer District Line trains) (2) I didn't know that there was a stop sign or a fixed red signal at the end of every platform heading in the "wrong" direction. Great footage of the Aldwych branch as well.

Hi Dale, quick question. If you could drive on any other line, which one would you choose? Thanks for watching your videos and I highly recommend doing an Arsenal home game video. Love your videos, Freddie.

Thank you for another great video, Dale. It may have been better to actually turn the cab light off to stop the glare in the top right hand corner of the screen. But as you say, seeing the train travel in reverse is certainly a new experience.

thanks Dale got aldwych. caroline

thanks for making that for me. not for everybody, but I liked it... but I guess you messed up the members first bit.

Loving the different perspective Dale, it must have felt weird having your train hijacked (All be it for a good reason) and you end up watching where you have been rather than where you are going. Has that ever happened to you before🤔. Bonus for us though we got this extra video. 👍. Considering you were using your phone the picture and sound quality was excellent (The lens quality is usually somewhat better than a Go Pro) and you must have a "Gimble hand" hardy any shake at all. 😲.

Great footage, I think I like it better. Have you looked into extra lenses or mods for the GO PRO that would give the same Depth of Field/Focal Length as your mobile. Some video makers use the phone as Camera and it serves no function as phone ( no service ). You can get all manner of mods and attachments which would make it more or less a camera rather than a phone. Of course your job comes first so it may not be an option to ask managers to pass such a device. Anyway, thanks Dale, the video is looking fab.

That Aldwych branch is SO CLOSE! It must be just behind a wall from the Holburn platform.

Great video dale

Brilliant Video Dale 👍

Now, that's a different perspective!

Brilliant video thank for taken the time to make it. I would be worried if you where driving the faxed you are going backwards 🤣

Piccadilly Line 1973 Tube Stock

I am impressed that there is no grafiti at the stations. There are video monitoring so the criminals never dare trying. I wonder what are drivers doing if you spot unauthorized people near the track?

Very good. Thank you.

This view makes the train seem much smaller with the view much closer to track level. Funny how a different camera makes for a different viewing angle.

Hi Dale. Nice POV video. You don't often get this type of video. The "footage" from your phone was great. The trainee seemed to be doing a good job of driving. "Two red lights in front of us"? I think you meant behind us!

Great rear cab view camera work 👍

Brilliant idea and effort!: thanks!

I really enjoyed this thanks Dale

Cool view. And you were right when you said shakes the rear😅

another new insight. Just before 9.15 into the video you see just how the signals go to red very shortly after the front of the train passes on green, You also get a great perspective on the amber warning of red ahead doing the run in this direction, and how close some of those are to the red coming next. thanks.

Great Dale 😊😊😊

Great video, came out really well,

Marvellous, great stuff 👍

r.e. Hammersmith, fellow you-tuber Geoff Marshall has covered the station(s) and explains the redundant arches as you approach from the west. Good shot pf the Aldwych spur too dale.

Thanks to you, and also thanks to TfL for allowing it.

Captured Aldwych well Dale

Shows the superior sensor on your phone camera is able to capture and process the available light better than a go-pro 👍

Good evening Dale. I found out yesterday I wasn’t successful in the Train Op campaign. Very disappointed but hope to pass eventually.

I enjoyed the video Dale 😊

So....famous RU-vid Tube Driver reaches 25k+ subscribers and is assigned a personal chauffeur 😅

Thanks, this was fun!

Really interesting and different perspective thanks Dale. Intriguing how much better the phone camera is at picking up the difference between yellow and red signals when they are some distance away - on my laptop screen you have to be pretty close to them before it becomes clear if the signal is yellow or red on the GoPro, usually long after you have told us.

Quick thinking to use your phone. Makes a very interesting video!

Excellent bonus but must feel strange travelling backwards

Your videos got be back into playing train sim

Great video Dale, the iPhone did it well. Thx 🙏

You told them not to stop at Turnham Green, right?😂 Great video! Keep 'em coming. Greetings from Hamburg!

Can’t believe how much better the phone is compared to the GoPro

Amazing.