I love watching cab view trains from other countries. I'm from Chicago and I even watch our own CTA commuter 'L' trains. Great video quality here. Thanks!
Here in Australia we get some pretty nice sunny days but I don't think I have ever seen such a blue sky as seen in this video,it's stunning,and a really entertaining video,thank you Don!
My Dad drives these. I’ve just started as ground staff for DB Cargo, hoping to work my way up to being a driver in the near future myself so getting right into these videos!
Don - the old saying, "nostalgia ain't what it used to be" really applies here. The cleanliness of the route through Salford into Man Victoria and beyond. In the 60s and much of the 70s it was grubby. The tracks are properly aligned, the signalling excellent. In steam days two locos would stand on the platform 12 side of Victoria to bank freight up Miles Platting. By 1969 it was two Type 2 Sulzers, revving continuously, on the same duty. And how green everything is, good weather or not! A fine video.
Thanks as always GL. For some reason it all looked pristine in that video but it doesn’t always, a lot depends on the route I guess. I think the weather did lift the video and as you say, everything looked “tickets boo”! All the best mate.
Another great video Don, the downtown Manchester skyline sure has changed in the 30+ yrs since I last lived there. My dad worked for British Rail from 1946 to 1986, he was Shed Master at Longsight Depot in the 70s & 80s. The trains & routes are so different today from what I remember way back when.
Good to see you Anthony. Yes, things have changed dramatically over the last few years. You can see big changes in that archive video I posted recently. All the best mate.
Grateful for a clear view through the window! Many leave smears and it spoils the views. Thanks. I love watching these videos. Virtual travelling now I can't get out and about much. I generally try to guess the speeds if they're not included.
Grateful thanks to Mrs. C. for letting you out occasionally Don! Living here in the USA at the moment, I need all the distraction I can get. Thanks for providing this.
My wife and I made this trip in 2012 from Man Picc to York at around the same time of year with the weather almost as good. Lovely Pennines scenery and the guard made sure I was aware of when we were approaching Stalybridge and the highest point on the line and the Standedge tunnel(s), with the canal beside. Good to know about the run down to Huddersfield with the assistance of gravity! The video brought back great memories and it was very interesting to see it from the cab. Thank you so much.
Good to see you back, Don. As you say, you've 'covered' much of the route in previous videos, nonetheless, an enjoyable run. What a bonus to have a glorious late spring day to be working that trip. I guess apart from the light' comments, the train was all but running ECS with what looked like a very light passenger loading. Thanks.
The most wonderful thing about your Railway videos is the instant escape from the reality of Covid as portrayed by Boris and his Cohorts . . . . then back to a real-time travel with no background music other than that provided by the train. Thank you, Don, for this! Thank you also for proving odd bits of information such as the length of that tunnel and the diverging and converging tracks from wherever.
Welcome back Don and another great video with which to spend a very pleasant hour and a half during the latest lock down. It brought back a lot of happy memories as I was born and bred in Mossley and where my love of railways began in the early 1950 's.The line ran along the line bottom of the school playground - heaven 😊
The railway that ran past my infant school has long gone. I used to sit on the wall and try and see the train coming in from Hayfield but it was just as the end of lunchtime whistle blew so invariably I had to dawdle to see the old DMU. The Greenfield line must have been amazing in those days. I guess the Delph Donkey was still open then too.
What is it about trains that we find intriguing? i always remember first seeing a train, i was around 2-3 and me old man would take me for a stroll in the buggy, and wed walk over the line between margate and ramsgate, and he lifted me up and i saw what i thought was some kind of yellow faced robot or machine just hurtling underneath us and its so vivd to this day. Is it the tracks as well? how they interlink, cross over, junctions, its very mesmerising watching them. Anyway, thanks for all your efforts again Don, must be a joy to drive trains. x
Just spent an enjoyable few days in York . Previously we would have driven from Manchester. After watching your wonderful videos over the last 12 months we decided to travel by train from Manchester Victoria. Very enjoyable and stress free . We have been converted .
The 185s were built for hill climbing Seb and they are not quite as quick as a modern electric but yes, they do get up to speed quickly. The sunny day makes that video.
Although we have seen your previous views of this journey I find something new and interesting every time I see this route either on video or from actually riding the line. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Colin. If you ride it you will know how scenic it is so hopefully the view from the front adds something to it. I’m just editing a new trip from Hull to Manchester so coming the other way. Its out on the 20th Feb.
Dear sir, thank you for the amazing ride. I thoroughly enjoyed this picturesque part of the UK, slightly different from Kent, where i lived for a year. I must say i felt a bit sad seeing EMR HSTs in storage at Neville Hill depot. The 185 is a fantastic powerful little demon and one could not ask more in terms of performance. I plan on enjoying much more of your work. Greetings from a fellow train driver, albeit a ''fresh'' one, from Greece!
your vids are some of my favorites...but today after 21 min and at least a dozen forced ads and ones i could skip ..i just cant watch anymore for today...its exhausting... but i love how much information you provide ...some of the best train vids on youtube...I will finish this another day ... its weird not seeing 100s of people at the stations..but the scenery and all is really nice... i would spend a lot of time on trains if i ever get to visit england ...stay well Don
I agree they are i pain but they make money for charity. I give the revenue to charity. Google seem to lay them on a bit thick though. Sorry about that.
You know what, I shot that back in early May and then filed it away forgotten. It was only after being stuck for something to edit I dug it out and realised how good it was! Just about the nicest footage I’ve ever had!!!
Thanks Mark. I nearly stopped for a variety of reasons but after some thought and feedback from subscribers, I decided to do a few more. How it will work out remains to be seen.
Thanks Don, beautiful day, this time last year I was getting a TPE unit between Picc and Vic, the Nova 1's were on the 06:34 to Newcastle, a comfy two mile ride before gettin a local up to Castleton, I'm missing train travel so much!
Mr. Coffey, I'm watching this as I knit and enjoying the journey so far. The beautiful sunny day makes it even better. Your text commentary is really interesting, too. =) Thank you for making this, and I hope all is well with you! =)
Another great video Don, filmed in perfect conditions and crystal clear. Makes everywhere look lovely. It is odd to see platforms so eerily quiet. Thanks for this interesting journey, dry enjoyable.
Must have slept for a month. I apologize for not viewing this earlier, Don. Terrific video. I wish all my railway videos were as clean as this. I had a job that I enjoyed most days. That IS a plus, for sure. Thanks.
Hi Thomas. Good to hear from you. Yes, not everyone appreciates their job as a train driver but I sit in a great big air conditioned cab and watch Yorkshire go by. They even insist on paying me which is a bonus!!! Keep safe my friend and keep in touch.
Hi Don,,,, when are you going to give us a run from York to Blackpool via Burnley (Manchester Rd) this is an exciting route which runs via Hebden Bridge up along the Copy Pit line to Rose Grove ,Accrington and Blackburn further along to Preston and Blackpool .....
@@doncoffey5820 ,,,,, thanks for your prompt answer. May I suggest that sometime in the Future that a visit to Preston PSB and film a train e.g from Hebden Bridge to wherever e.g (1B??) or even (2M??) I was many a year ago up there and just love the way the points,signals and track circuits and train describer hop from one section to another,,,, thanks again for your time
Wow! Surreal not to see traffic and people, but amazingly beautiful. Sure glad someone had the sense to keep a lot of drivers qualified by running 'essential services' during the panicdemic.
Really glad Manchester and North are finally getting more investment and electrification - although I do still wish they'd get on and build Crossrail 2!
@52.56 Popping out of the tunnel at Morley... 5 minutes walk from my house. @120.34 The supermarket on the right is built on the site of where the East Coast mainline used to branch off towards Selby (Chaloners junction) @120.50 Dringhouses pond and orchard on the left. Used to go with my dad and grandad in the early 1980s. They went fishing and I’d train spot all day... Deltics and all.
This was a fabulous run Don and made my day. I played back your journey on my iPad and matched it (pausing occasionally!)with the Train Simulator World on my PS4, running in parallel on the Trans Pennine route Manchester to Leeds😂...except I was in a 60s Class 45 diesel era!😀. It didn’t accelerate as quick as your modern diesel needless to say. The speed restrictions seem pretty similar still though but there wasn’t an IKEA in those days! I messed up at Dewsbury station halt, drifting past a red signal the producers had slipped in, causing a SPAD. Never mind...a good chance to try your 200 mph return trip😂.
Yes you can. I very nearly threw the towel in but due to feedback I’ve decided to do what I can. I have some older footage I can work on and some irons in the fire. Keep an eye on the community page or the Facebook group.
I’m grateful to both of you for watching Richard. I guess it gives a good view of our country. I’m afraid the weather is rather gloomy in the next video.
Happy (belated) New year! 13:38 damn, that signal was quite hidden by those branches! I would hate to be trying to find it without AWS (or even with it for that matter!) Gotta also say 28:07 it’s amazing when you compare headlights through the ages how little light older lights provided (if they were fitted at all!) especially watching some of the older Underground cab rides, I wouldn’t want to be there either 😂
I know the signal you mean without even looking. It used to be worse than that but they brought it back from the crossing in a recent reksignalling scheme. The lights are fantastic now - much better than the footage would suggest but the camera is hopeless at showing it.
As many others have mentioned, a welcome return and a nice crisp video and I must say the audio was a welcome change in the headphones to rocket launches and truck pulls (!). Mind the HD video did enhance the need for a tin of paint on the steel plate @3.37 in, Ordsall Chord, River Irwell. Or is that dusty rusty stuff called 'Patina' now a days?. Keeps safe all...
Haha - designer patina!!! I’d prefer to see some nice olive green paint but that seems to be the modern way. I do like the eclectic mix of structures and buildings though, I think it adds a lot of interest. Take care.
Don, another masterpiece. The HD footage really brings out the colours of the season as we travel through the valleys. I find it particularly interesting how the buildings melt into the countryside. I only wish that on my travels in GB many years ago, on a BritRail Pass, that I knew of the beauty of these lines between Leeds and Manchester. As it was limited my North/South travels to the LNER Question: Back in 1967, I seem to remember a different layout to Manchester Victoria. A set of East facing terminating lines, a set of West facing terminating lines and a couple of super long through lines. Am I correct? I remember a trip from York to Manchester, and then another train to Chester and North Wales. Still the stomping grounds, and maybe the last for steam.
I was always a “north west man” in my Northern Rail days Richard and the wonders of the Eastern Region only came when I joined Transpennine Express. You are quite right about Victoria, it was a labyrinth of roads and bays at one time. It was rationalised in the period of railway decline and now of course it’s a major pinch point.
Thanks for the videos. Could I ask, when did the rule requiring all trains to have a yellow front panel change? I notice that the new TPE trains like your thumbnail are black with blue edges.
Absolutely watching these videos is better than therapy at the moment (and cheaper.) All your wonderful uploads are a distraction from the current environment. Thanks, and looking forward to any new ones. Are you able to film the GWR services? I used to travel from Bristol Temple Meads to Paddington on a regular basis when they went via Cheltenham Spa, but I think that they now travel via Bristol Parkway
I had an appointment to film with GWR las year but everything fell to pieces with the virus. I may get in touch with them this year to see if they’ll film on my behalf.
Such a beautiful day for filming. many thanks for your efforts. Quite a few places where it can be seen the formation was wider once, bridges have been taken out, and so on. It is interesting to try and imagine what the network would look like if Dr. Beeching's axe hadn't been applied quite so liberally. One question - when does a bridge become a tunnel?
Thanks Ian. Yes Mr Beeching did do a necessary thing as there were so many routes that simply were not being used but he did go a bit crazy with the ones that were too. Regarding tunnels, there are no fixed rules but as a general guide, bridges are covered and tunnels are bored. There are some kind of exceptions so for instance, if the ground is very soft, they might do a “cut and shut”. This is where they construct the tunnel in a cutting then bury it rather than risk a cutting caving in.
Thanks Don. Really enjoyed that superb countryside. I noticed that after Church Fenton there was a series of piles driven at the left of the line for a distance which i have rarely seen before. Are they to prevent subsidence?
They are soggy yes but in particular because they are preparing for some heavy engineering up there at the moment. They will shortly close two tracks and electrify them then on completion, they will close the second two and do the same. All the track and bridges are beefed up in preparation.
Came to watch this to compare it the 1980s North Trans-Pennine route (Manchester Victoria to Leeds) in Train Sim World 2020 and I can't believe how close they actually managed to model it in game! It was also interesting to see a lot of the smaller stations from the 80s have now gone but you can still see remnants of them in this video.
Noted Paul. I used to beat myself up about such things but then watching the spelling and grammar on the BBC News, I tend not to and of course I don’t have a licence fee!
I can’t promise anything at the moment Adrian. Thinks are chaotic on the railway at the moment so I don’t know how things will turn out. There will be more but quite where to I can’t say at the moment.
Lived in Manchester for 12 years used the trains a lot but I didn't realise ya could go by train from Piccadilly or Oxford road to Victoria. I've always got the tram from Piccadilly to Victoria.
