High Speed Trains at: Peterborough - 29 January, 2020 

Thank you.

The acceleration of the IETs of all classes is in a different league to everything that came before. They are like suburban EMUs. My experience of the LNER Azumas is better than the GW IETs, but I don't understand why. The mark 4 coach is just so comfortable, especially when compared to the Pendolino or Voyager.

Do you know what is happening to the LNER HSTs. Do cross country, scotrail and EMR still have HSTs though

@Sicilian Gecko I accept railway's have to move with the times and Azumas look impressive. There have been few better sounds though in my lifetime than a Deltic racing along the ECML and the noise of the Napier engines.

You are correct. The 91 provides the movement. The 82 is only a driving trailer. So the 91 pulls in one direction and pushes in the other. This used to be common practice across Europe. Historically small branch lines, especially on the GWR had push pull arrangements. On the modern main line ScotRail pioneered the Idea when they converted some coaches to driving trailers for the Edinburgh to Glasgow route. This expanded to other Scottish routes. The West Coast main line adopted the practice with the introduction of the mark 3 based DVTs that are now on the Norwich service. The East Coast main line mark 4 sets had DVTs from new.

Hi. I video'd quite a lot of freight that day. What I have done is split the clips into four episodes. I know from my RU-vid stats that people don't like videos that are much more than 15 minutes so, by splitting the material up, I think people enjoy it more. Also I like to tell a story in my commentary. I'm still working on the other episodes but I think the freight part will be coming out in about a fortnight.

@@BoogiesTrains how can I tell my stories and how do I break up my videos and also how do I create I catchy title

Hi. I use video production software called Power Director. You might be able to pick up an old version quite cheaply. I started with a free copy of version 12. I paid to upgrade to version 15 but have found no good reason to update any further. I find it very instinctive to use. It does well in reviews. Other software exists and might be equally good. I've looked at a couple but couldn't get excited at trying to learn how to use them instead of Power Director. With Power Director you drag clips onto the timeline, trim them to suit, add subtitles and transition effects, put the title and end screens on and then hit 'produce'. The software then makes a new file of your completed video. It also has some capabilities to reduce camera shake, background noise and improve lighting if required. It takes a bit of time to do all this but it's not difficult and is part of the fun. Once the produced video is uploaded to RU-vid, you need to add the end screen etc.

@@BoogiesTrains is that Cyberlink power director or the normal version

@@danspotter8618 Yes.

Hi Sam. I am very pleased to hear that. I hope you find them both enjoyable and informative. I am based in London and usually restrict myself to locations that I can get to on my Freedom Pass. Within that constraint, if there is anything specific that you would like to see, I will put it on my to do list.

I really want to see a A video with you saying my name just say I am here to say there is a new person following my channel name is Sam and also I wanna see a class 800 past any station you go to

Hi Sam. I'll try to remember that. I'm not sure when I'll be filming 800s next but I'm sure they will be featuring some time this year. I want to go to Plymouth but I am not sure how I am going to make that happen.

Can you do a little video of my name saying I have just subscribed to your channel

Hi Sam. You might want to watch my latest video of HSTs on the East Coast Main Line. There is a bit just after the title screen that I think you will like very much.

Hi Adam. I didn't respond because I don't really know. I was hoping someone else might comment. I did see a couple of cases and my train home was supposed to be 10 cars.

@@BoogiesTrains No worries, I was just curious, as 5 cars don't seem enough to run on the ECML

No old video. Sorry. Long before film was affordable. My budget was a couple of 36 exposure colour slide films a year. Unfortunately I wasn't a very good photographer so not many are worth looking at.

Sicilian Gecko Sounds like you have as much sense or less than a gecko these videos are for enthusiasts pleasure.

Sicilian Gecko Seems like you need to brush up on your history Victoria was not queen in the 1980s!!!

The two coaches in the middle of a 2x5 Azuma set have their traction motors powered in transit.

thats even a bigger waste 4 power cars to drive 10 coaches rubish design @@glennzone12

@@sydwoods9686 I think it's 9 power cars that drive 10 coaches (The power packs are underneath most of the coach floors.)

What on earth are you all on about? The Hitachi trains are multiple units. The motors are all underneath the passenger compartments. Notice how passengers can now sit in the first and last coaches, where the locomotive or driving trailer used to be. In any case, what gives you the authority to decide that the five car units are not “fit for purpose”?

@@bfapple This is what I was implying.