Splendid video, wonderful lighting - thanks! 2.16 Wimbledon Up St Helier Line 3.42 Haydons Road 5.30 Tooting 8.02 Streatham South Jn (lines from Mitcham Junction merges from R) 8.50 Streatham Common (water) Pumping Station ahead 9.24 Streatham North Jn (Brighton lines merge from L) Up Brighton Slow Line 11.31 Balham Jn (lines from Crystal Palace merge from R) 12.38 Wandsworth Common 15.48 Clapham Junction (Platform 16) 16.22 Pig Hill Siding on L Down West London line 16.54 Brighton and Southampton lines from Victoria and Waterloo above 17.30 Latchmere No 1 Jn (Ludgate lines from Longhedge Jn merge from R) 17.40 Latchmere No 2 Jn (Line from Clapham Jn plats 1 & 2 merge from L) 18.50 Chelsea Railway Bridge 19.42 Imperial Wharf 20.44 Stamford Bridge (Chelsea FC) on L 21.05 LU District Lines from Wimbledon emerge from R 21.20 West Brompton 22.01 LU District lines below 22.10 Cromwell Road crosses above 22.16 LU District Line from Earl’s Court arrives from L 22.52 Olympia on L 22.55 Kensington Olympia 23.06 former Motorail terminal to L 23.59 Shepherd’s Bush 24.40 LU Hammersmith & City line crosses above 25.02 A40 Westway crosses above 26.08 North Pole Jn (to sidings) 26.56 GWR from Paddington crosses below 27.06 Grand Union Canal crosses below 27.14 Mitre Bridge Jn (North London Line diverges L) 29.00 North London Lines cross above
As a german traindriver I alway get a little shot if you pass a signal at danger that is located to your right :-D In germany we ride the right side of the track ans signals are usually located to the right as well.
Wow! That's got to be the fastest transit between two points in inner London that you've managed to upload to date! All those green aspects...and presumably the 700 outside Wimbledon LBSCR side was deliberately put across onto the down Sutton so you could take precedence?
its track width pinching...mostly bends where rails can lean in due to weight...and heat \ cold...winter its usually less.. in cardiff the had to replace some rails in centre as it was pinching so bad every train was screeching and annoying people in adjacent flats and houses at night..some cases the gap was pinching by nearly 2cm which is a lot
why is there so much flange-squeal on even the slightest curve? is it modern track standards, wheel profiles in general or in particular the cl.66s? Great vids BTW, especially the lesser-known lines
What was the large steel "umbrella" you go under just North of West Brompton? Looks peculiar on Google Maps. PS I worked in London for 5 years, took the train to Waterloo every day but never knew there was a rail bridge at Battersea.
That " umbrella " is part of the base for Earls Court Two, which was demolished in 2015, the next door Earls Court Exhibition Centre has also been demolished...
I take it this is the 20.20 departure from Tolworth. How many wagons? I believe the max is 18 at Tolworth, and even then it has to be split to run round the stock as the loop's a tad short. I noticed the other week an ex Cliffe train got stuck between Malden Manor and Tolworth for well over an hour due to a points failure at Tolworth, stopping the train entering the yard. Obviously it stopped all morning peak services serving the branch. It must be hard not to nod off under the circumstances due boredom of sitting at red signal for all that time.
Yep 20.20 off Tolworth, not sure of number wagons on this one, it can be hard when held at a red for longer than normal to stay awake especially if its a early start !
@@freightrambler7199 Thanks for the reply. I used to drive construction plant. Excavators, articulated dumper trucks. I could fall asleep in the queue to be loaded. I did fall asleep once on an excavator using a concrete breaker. The rhythmic beat of the hammer made me nod off. It was only when it slipped off what I was breaking and the machine jolted that it woke me up. That said, hours aren't regulated like railways, a twelve hour shift with just two thirty minute breaks wasn't unusual. I even did a day night day once. I slept in the cab for a couple of hours between the shifts. Nuts when you think about it. I'll leave you in peace now.
When you come to a gap in the third rail as it changes sides, is there still power in the unit, or is it just the momentum that keeps you going until the next length of rail. I have noticed that at points etc, sometimes there is quite a sizeable distance between. Love these vids.
Passenger cars have pick up shoes on either side , all down the length of the train , so there will be some connection front or rear when moving across a dead section ... momentum is not needed , ( the train might have to start with the middle in a dead section ! ! ) ....
@@steveluckhurst2350 Freight ! ( of course ) that is why I watch your videos .. please offer the correct info on 3rd rail pick up shoes , there are a lot of folk ( UK and abroad ) that question the general layout of this 3rd rail ( on yours and others videos ) and why passenger trains do not lose power at points .....
@@davidfalconer8913 "Third rail territory" is primarily the south east corner of England. Train set multiple units consist of 2,3,4,5 cars. Each multiple unit has power pick ups on either side adjacent to the drivers cabins. Therefore each Electric Multiple Unit has four pick ups. If the train is made longer by coupling units together, the number of pick ups is increased. Any "dead spots" have been ironed out over the years. Remember, this is class 73 ED territory , so unpowered sections are as short as possible.
Not a freight related point but I always wondered why the change-over between third-rail power and overhead on the Overground line happens in the middle of nowhere between Shepherd's Bush and Willesden Junction, forcing an unscheduled stop. Why didn't they extend the catenary as far as Shepherd's Bush and have the change-over happen while the trains are stopped at the station, as is the case at Acton Central?
@@whitewalk3 Ok, good observation. In that case, couldn't they have extended the third rail to Willesden Junction station and done the change-over there? Maybe that would have made it really confusing for southbound drivers, who would either change-over to third-rail power at Willesden Junction or not, depending on whether they were bound for Clapham Junction or Richmond. To avoid that they'd also have to extend the third rail between Acton Central and Willesden Junction.
There would still be the problem for trains continuing ahead at Mitre Bridge Junction to join the WCML with its overhead power supply (e.g. the Southern services from Croydon to Watford).
Great video mate! Instantly subscribed! Obviously you are driving a Class 66 yes? One of my favourite British Freight locos. What was the load you were carrying? Containers, cars or what? Greetings from South Australia as well. I invite you to take a look at my channel when you have time too of course. Massive double stacked freight train videos from my home state of SA. I got a few big ones in the last week or so. Anyhoo great video mate and thanks for sharing with us! Cheers Caleb
Cheers ! yep Class 66 the train was unloaded ( sand ) at Tolworth, so running empty here to Acton Yard in West London, I will check your channel out...
During the trip I noticed a number of fairly large signal boxes. In this age of technology and digital systems, are they still in use or are the points controlled from a centralized base. Here in Sydney (Australia) many signal boxes have been made redundant, and demolished, with points being controlled from boxes some of them many kilometres away.
Yes things are slowly changing many old boxes have been demolished, the plan is for by 2058, a thousand boxes will have been made redundant, to be replaced by 12 Rail Operating Centres to serve the whole country...
All controlled from Wimbledon. It’s the building on the right with the yellow edges on it at the start of the video. Was all centralised there in the 90’s with all the Signalling in South West London being controlled from Wimbledon and Victoria Signalling Centre in Clapham (which is the brick building on the right as the train clears the platforms to the north of Clapham Junction) The other more traditional boxes you can see are empty but remain mothballed as they are either preserved (listed) buildings or are too costly to demolish. A lot did go in the 90,s.... Waterloo, Queenstown Road, Clapham A box etc
Thanks. Interesting that it doesn't seem to be named on any OS maps (even the large 25"/mile or 1:1250 ones. Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battersea says the name dates back to the piggeries in mediaeval times.
answered my own question ...www.google.com/maps/place/Stamford+Bridge/@51.4829776,-0.1909596,62m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x48aa38781ea565f8!8m2!3d51.481663!4d-0.1909565
