Cab Ride - Littlehampton to Havant 

What sort of box is it? It doesn’t remind me of any buses😅

This is a ZF 3 speed box with mechanical lockout for each gear

Thank you. As soon as I get out in daylight again, I’ll film some more!

I’m out in the dark virtually every week, so could film limitlessly.... but with little to see, I’m not sure there’s much merit on it

@@emmo999 I find it atmospheric. Some locations are certainly improved by the dark, though it has to be said I'm thinking of one of your 'competitors' who covers the north of England...

Have a watch of East Croydon to Haywards Heath - that got very dark towards the end, but I edited some of it out due to the dark

That is one of the weaknesses of digital cameras - in dim light, it struggles to process and pixelate everything that is dark when recording, and when taking a still picture the dark areas appear grainy. I assume that camera is HD, this is the reason why many smartphones have a light/torch on their back next to the camera. Obviously the driver (being human) has no problem, interesting to see that if the train is on a straight piece of track - the driver can see all the signals (of short blocks) and see what status they’re in and even see them change as he approach’s them.

Thank you! I try to provide information that’s relevant, without being too much

I will try and film this again in daylight hours, so the scenery is more visible

@@emmo999 ok I wasn’t complaining about it just a change to see a evening journey

Right now I’m recording a dawn journey. It starts in pitch black but gradually gets brighter through the journey

Videos filmed in 2020 have been a GoPro 8 Black

Yes & No - I know what you mean, but it's also interesting seeing what the driver sees when it isn't a sunny afternoon!

I would happily film that section of route again in daylight, it’s just finding opportunity. I appreciate there’s little merit in completely pitch black filming, but dusk does show how an idea of how little we can see. Headlights are not very good - they’re for a train to be seen rather than to see

emmo999 Wronggo! It helps us appreciate our little old driver! (So lively and quick)

The opposite of cars/road vehicles that have low beam and high beam headlights, and street lighting, the only examples here being the stations and level crossings

I did wonder if someone would recognise themselves! 😂

Try me. I will answer what I can....

emmo999 Well, I don’t want to sound like I am belittling you, but we went through every station without stopping, there were no deboadings, no boarding, my question would be, “What was the purpose of the run?” Remember, I am in Maine, USA, I have no passenger service, and I have not seen any since I was a young child (about 1954- and steam) Not being fresh, just curious.

This was a transit move of a piece of on track plant ready for a job the next day. This is not a passenger train, so wouldn’t stop at stations

emmo999 Got it. Can I count on you not being passenger trains? I think station to station so my default is passengers. There is a lot to this, and I LOVE it all.

Your guess is as good as mine! They’re still at neighbouring Bognor too!

It’s because of all the level crossings along this route. Until the barriers are confirmed down, the signal before shows yellow

It had the purpose of turning the machine around. Tampers have a working direction, and on some jobs have to be facing a certain direction. Going in and out of Littlehampton facilitated a turn move

@@emmo999 Thank you so much for answering my question.