TRU July 2023 

Probably the only cab ride channel out here with not only show the ride but also tell anything related thoughout the journey

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Love these videos

Super wonderful Video! Greetings

Nice and interesting Don, thanks again for all you do to educate us.

Thanks a lot Don. Another superb and highly informative video. Much appreciated.

Thank you for todays video. Very entertaining and informative to view. Enjoy the weekend Don, and see you on the next! Cheers Don!😊

Hi Don al the way from Australia been watching your program for a while love it brings me back to the old foot plate back in South Africa in the late 70s when working on the 6e1 electric units in Jhb thank you Leon

I really enjoyed watching this. Brings back happy memories staring out the back windows of slammers and 450's on the way home!

one is ever hopefull to live to see all these changes (am 81). Thanks Don.

thanks once again Don all the best to you x

How strange! Watching this great video on 30 November I saw 16:43 on the Leeds station clock at exactly 16:43 in real time! Wonderful video as always Don - thank you

Great film again Don, very interesting to see the TRU upgrade progress.

Great stuff yet again Don. I started watching this a couple of weeks ago when only a slightly grainy 1080p encoding was available. When I returned today to watch the rest I was really impressed by the improvement at 1440p and above.

Great Don a very informative video. Many thanks.

Thanks Don what a excellent video so informative. When it is all finished it will be so different once again Don thank you .

Looking forward to this

Looking forward to this

excellent video. Thank you.

I had to Google TRU! Love your videos, takes me back to sitting at the front of a DMU, if you were lucky the driver would have the partition blind up. Great to see after all these years 4 track running restored beyond Huddersfield. It saddens me watching these videos you can see how great the railways used to be.

Many thanks Don for another good video, and so much information on the improvements. I'm sure we all look forward to it coming to fruition, but I would say in more than a few years time. Sorry to see that we are back to the scrolling information.

Another great informative video, even better at 'flyer' timings across the Pennines! I believe TRU project has confirmed that a third track will be reinstated at least part of the way between Huddersfield and Marsden, to act as a relief line or 'crawler lane' for (what's hoped will be) more freight traffic to be pathed up the long incline and overtaken while on the move by passenger trains. As you say, the whole project is long overdue. Time to stop all the hot air and paperwork, and just get it all done as soon as possible.

So interesting, Don - all the info about the upgrades. Thank you for taking the time to include all of this. I still can't get my head round 'up' and 'down' lines, though, why one is 'up' but then becomes a 'down' line, etc etc.

Victoria is personally my favorite train station in the Uk

Great video and very informative,there`s a lot of upgrades to be done

Yet another excellent video of the upgrades of the railways in your neck of the woods, which has been a long time coming particularly the route over the Pennines. You never here about this sort work nationally but lets hope they will continue these improvements at a pace in your area. I'm sure there are a lots of lost lines that would be beneficial if they were restored as the cities and towns grow but the powers in charge seem to be only interested mega projects to boost their egos. I look forward to your future videos on the Trans Pennines Upgrades. I did notice that some of the bridges, particularly the much older arched type, there doesn't appear to be a lot of clearance to accommodate the OHL. Would these have to be replaced or the track level dropped to accommodate OHL. Also I did notice in quite a number of places 2 pieces of short rail in the 4 foot supported by white bags, are they there for a specific reason, my brain hurts trying to work this out. Keep the videos coming, take care and stay safe.

This takes me back to May 2000 when I was sat up on the platform of the emissions stack of Thornhill Power Station waiting on test to finish and watching the trains passing along that line. You can just about see the top of the stack on the right poking above the trees at 1:56:38.

You could imagine running services from Stalybridge to Alderley Edge in the future

It baffles me to see level foot crossings on a railway line where trains come thundering past at 200 km/h. We have some lines here in Norway with that speed, and there isn't a single level crossing of any description on them. Seeing it on the British network is just insane. :O

BLOODY AWESOME . I RECONISE SOME OF THE PLACES. CHOICE

Very informative. Looking forward to a Hope Valley line improvements video next so we can see the works at Bamford and Dore.

Don't blame Don because it isn't in 4k its RU-vids fault. Another excellent video highlighting the ongoing improvements. Thank you Don.

Don - there s no 'C' in Dukinfield! 🙂 Nice informative vid on the updates and changes.

Just watching the return portion, I love the sound of the 185 on full power. With the turbo whine it just sounds so powerful. Almost reminds me of a HST (only almost lol). When is TRU due to be finished?

Wow, mega wow Don. The Transpennine route upgrade is massive to say the least and for high speed running as well. Very unusual for train not to call at Huddersfield but why did it by pass it?

Don have you got one for the Up line for the same journey this is a great visual for our Team meetings on TRU

Here's an Argentinian amused by your videos! It would be an honor to do the subtitles in spanish for your videos if you're good with that! Cheers mate!

Another super video Don most enjoyable. Can I ask you do Drivers get any pre warning of a D.S.D activation. You certainly need to be on your toes with the time allowance.

Well thanks Don for an eye opening experience of a Victorian railway being upgraded 21st century usage. are the tunnels high enough for the wiring or will the track bed have to be lowered, there is a heck of a lot of work to complete before electric trains are using the route. is there a proposed open date for completion or is it in the lap of the gods. thanks again Don

the wires are now installed up to atalybridge and i belive a bit beyond now but im not sure anybody uses them yet

Feels so strange to see overhead wires at Stalybridge

Fab video bit of a mix there great just wondering have u gt a Liverpool to cleethorpes planned etc

Another superb video! Could you please explain the abbreviation "VMS" - referring to signals whilst running through Motley Tunnel at 1.56.38 please? MTIA

Hey Don, thanks for sharing this video. It couldn't have been more better than putting three train journeys into one video. When is your next video scheduled to be released?

Hi Don. Love your vids. Just a tech question, but just past Micklefield Station at 1:02:10hr you refer to the direction of travel as being on the 'up hull' line when in fact the train is travelling to {and nearer to Leeds}. At this point should it not in fact be the 'up leeds!'. Or if we are still in the Hull 'up' and 'down' region then the other track which is heading towards Hull be refered to as the 'up hull' and the track that the train is travelling on which is away fom Hull be called the 'down hull!'. Let me know Raymond

Whats going to happen when they start the reconstruction of the Marsh Lane viaduct and the Kirkgate viaduct because to will cause a lot of disruption and cut north and LNER from the Neville hill depot?

Excellent video! (as usual of course) Good to see some progress on the TRU is being made. I have a signalling question... on approach to Church Fenton Junction there's no approach control or flashing yellows for the diverging route, so the driver has no way of knowing whether they'll be routed towards Leeds or Castleford until they see the signal. If the route was set for Castleford (when the intended route is towards Leeds), how would the driver know he was being wrong-routed in limited visibility? Is it just a case of reaching the signal, seeing that none of the feathers are lit and hitting the emergency brake then calling the signaller when they've passed the junction?

Question about the whistle board at 17:53. I was under the impression that across all routes in the UK that all trains must use both warning horn tones at these boards. I would assume that there is an exception here as there in no nearby road to be confused with road traffic horns. Really enjoyed the video!

Just catching up with your latest video. Excellent as always! Im curious about the W12 gauge being wider to accommodate refrigerated containers. I thought they were the standard 2.4m like all others, only the height is/can be different?

Map at 1:37 appears to show route from Victoria, rather than Piccadilly.

What was the actual time taken from Piccadilly to Leeds? Must have been one of the fastest passenger journeys achieved

Hi don, When is are the upgrades scheduled to be complete? Also is there anywhere where I can look at updates of the upgrades? Also What about Manchester Victoria - Stalybridge, how about the upgrades on that Section

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Where the new depot at Hillhouse is. Was that not the location of old sidings?

I wonder if an upgrade to Hull will be done this century

Don, something I have always wondered, we have some fantastic scenery in this country, do train drivers get to enjoy any of it? You are constantly being vigilant , looking for signals, track side workers etc

Great content but sadly not 4K as the title screen suggests.

Do you know why there’s so many pairs of 60ft rails in the 4ft? Are they IBJ’s?😊

I think there was talk about reopening the old Standege tunnels for 4 track running. Do you know if this is still the case? Thanks

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Can someone please explain something to me. I was told by a freight company that I need a full driving licence to be a train driver. I think it was GBRF. I don't understand why because driving on the road to driving a train are 2 very different things. It seems a bit bizarre and needy to me.

Replacing what Beeching took away at Mirfield.