Continuing our journey from Hither Green to Woking aboard a Plasser 09 type tamper, this section of the journey is from East Croydon to Redhill, via Purley and Coulsdon
Thoroughly enjoying this! Having grown up in Coulsdon in the 50s and 60s and spent many hours on trains visiting family friends in Reigate and Dorking, going to school in London and later working in London, I remember every inch of your journey between Herne Hill and Dorking but rarely in such good weather! I'm re-living my childhood through your cab!
Thank you for these fantastic cab rides! This one in particular, as it's a route in the game Train Sim World 2 London Commuter and although I've never been here, it is a delight to see the route in all its natural glory. Other Brighton Mainline journeys also take my fancy. Keep up the great work!
Great video emmo, really nice journey, those quarry line are some feat of engineering aren't they amazing 👌, looking forward to seeing your next video, thanks 👍👌😀
Thanks for another fab video, you're certainly taking the Great Way Round! I used to spend a couple of hours after school on the footbridge just north of Redhill Station back in the day. It was v. different then!
@@emmo999 You are just a baby! Younger than my children. Now, when I say, “Back in the day,” we’re talking the transition from coal to diesel in the States. I remember both. And the subways were live center rail. THAT’S back in the day.
Ah, the London to Brighton route. To be fair, this is covered in a Brighton to Bedford video, but not sure offhand which lines it used (express or service). I also recognized the 377 and, I think, 375 going by having driven a simulated version of the route many times.
Lovely set of videos! Now I'm a bit curious though, is there a reason they chose this routing rather than via Tonbridge like last time? I was guessing it would have been so that you wouldn't have been turned the wrong way, but to me it looks like both choices would keep you facing the same way in the end?
That I’m not sure of. I’m sure someone somewhere decided it was a good idea, but not sure why. Given the hold at Kent House etc, clearly the machine was in the way somewhere
@@emmo999: Ah I see, thank you! I was thinking the actual answer may have been along the lines of “I don’t know” - maybe it was a bit “random” and both routes would have been pretty similar in the end, or they guessed it would have been easier to keep you waiting somewhere 🤔
Great series of videos, presenting combinations of routes not normally seen. But can I ask that you point the camera down instead of up? It is the track we would love to see, not the sky. Thanks for all your efforts.
This is something I am conscious of, but unfortunately it’s about as low as I can get it, due to the angle of the windscreen. I will see if I can find a good suction mount that holds the camera a bit further off the screen. That would allow me to lower the angle more
Do you know what you were chasing south of Purley? Being stopped at Stoat’s Nest Junction seems a little unusual if what was in front was a train stopping at Coulsdon South.
@@emmo999 thanks. At that signal I’d assume it was something crossing down fast to down slow. I think some Thameslinks do/did East Croydon to Coulsdon South non-stop and used the cross-over.
It’s not good practice. You get in the routine of automatically cancelling the AWS without actually taking in the signal aspect and drivers have been known to SPAD because of it
Redhill and Croydon is a diversionary route for Southeastern between Charing Cross and Hastings. It's not uncommon to see them on this route during weekends. After Tonbridge they'll run to East Croydon and then London Bridge. They'll sometimes run empties on this route during the week for staff training purposes, and you'll sometimes see a pair of blue uniforms staffing the Redhill to Tonbridge shuttle for the same reason.
