Great video, shame about the overlaid noise. As least I know where the mute button is, but it would be so much better to hear the engine and other 'real' sounds.
Agree with many other comments, we want live sound, not canned music,, if we wanted that we'd ride in a lift. I suppose maybe the crew were singing and that was worse? LOL
What’s worse the music or the sounds of the IEP and cab sounds. Maybe the music doesn’t bother some people and others would like the real sounds. Each to there own
Worth pointing out that if we still had British Rail the line would have been electrified by 1997 and the trains would be doing 140 mph. Privatisation ended the advanced plans for electrification, signalling modifications and new electric trains would would have come into service about 25 years ago. Worth adding that in the last 10 years or so, the UK government has provided over three times the amount of money to UK railways than was given to British Rail in the 1980s (adjusted for inflation).
And on the day when Virgin East Coast is re-nationalised, note that the class 91 and Mk4 coaches still used on that line, were designed 30 years ago to run at 140 mph. Replacement will be by slower Hitachi IET trains. Now there's progress.
Worth pointing you are living in a dream world, one who has forgotten what travel was like under British Rail. Under British rail, I'd still be traveling to Waterloo with slam door 4 VEPS
So 40 years later and no improvement in speed or journey times and, nothing planned - the legacy of privatisation, oh but improved acceleration when compared with 30+ year old Class 91s.
Just to add to all the comments about the lower limits since the Ladbroke Grove accident, the Working Timetable schedule (start to stop) for HSTs in 1982 was 22mins.
Come on, GWR, what are you doiiiiing??? You're producing a viideo which most likely to be watched by enthusiasts and removing sounds of the train? these are sounds which we die for..! How dumb!
Yes you've got the right expression sir at last found it , sounds that we would die for , which is your favourite sir if I may ask , for me it's both EMD 645E3 in motion , and Ge dash 7 particularly those old ones under 2000 hp , hope to hear from you and all the folks which are theirs ??
I have recently found out that the noise of the train in the cab is pretty much nothing as there are no nearby traction motors cooling systems or diesel engines to make a noise. Drivers report that it's like gliding out of Paddington because it's so silent, the main cab noise being the cab air con.
It's clear from the majority of comments that the maker of this video, sadly like so many others, has deemed it necessary to put music over the top of the action, and we really don't like it. Yes, you can turn it down or off, but then, the video would lose its realism. Please don't add music again. Making aggressive comments about it doesn't make it right.
WOW, what a thrilling ride. The first passenger aircraft I flew in, mid '50s, a DH Rapide, couldn't reach 100 mph unless it had a galeforce 9 tailwind pushing it.
So far I’ve travelled in and out of PAD 15 times on your new inter-city trains and they’ve absolutely crawled through slough (or slow as I call it) and then thy crawl through Hayes and Harlington and they almost never leave Reading on time!
I must admit I turned the music off before we got to the end of the platform at Paddington. Otherwise interesting to get the cab view having travelled on the blessed thing more times than I can to remember
If you run this at 1.5 times speed, not only do you get to see what it would look like if they allowed higher speeds, but the music sounds more like a steam loco!
I've actually been on a record run in an HST set. way back in the early 80's I believe. I paid for a ticket for my Brother and me to take the record run from Bristol to London and back. we were given a tie. a folder. special ticket in a wallet and the tannoy informed us along the way of our speed. when we got to Paddington we were informed of the time and average speed. on the way back we broke our own record. and I remember everyone cheering in the coach I was in. Out time was something like 68 minutes but coming back we exceeded an average speed of 102mph. i maybe a tiny bit hazy on exact time but I'm pretty sure it was very close to that. So unless they do something about the track and get the trains to really make use of its acceleration and top speed it ain't gonna be much of an improvement over an HST
Looks like a timing of just over 21 mins could be achieved with 6%G braking from 125 to 95mph and then 95mph to rest. Unless some time savings could be made between Paddington and Twyford - then somewhere between 9 and 10%G braking would be needed to beat the 20 min 46 sec record. Drivers might needs some practice and a dry rail.
I worked as a second man on this route back in the 70s, between my driver and I we took turns driving...He drove one way and I the other, coming back from Bristol one day I got a class 52 loco "Western Crusader" I think ? up to 114 MPH through Slough ...The road as we called it dropped slightly and this gave me the extra speed...Needless to say I caught up the time as we left late...
I did it regularly in the early/mid '90s. The background deep resonant thrum of the HSTs at Paddington made the place feel more alive than it does now.
Hi I used to work on class 55 and 40. Great days. I can't imagine sitting in your seat at that speed and suddenly finding a set of points set wrong -- say off to the right , 😮😮. !!! I'm sure it's happened. , that would ruin your day. , great video. But play some reggae. Lol 😅
The GWML, a prestigious, historically interesting main line that runs through some of England's most beautiful countryside.... Now forever marred by some of the worlds ugliest and most intrusive OLE. What a travesty! The IETs certainly go, but they are also less smooth, less quiet and less comfortable than the HSTs. Electrification is good when done right, but this whole scheme has so far been an object lesson in how NOT to do it IMO (and that's to say nothing of the astonishing cost and schedule overruns).
It was provided by a Swiss company, Furrer and Frey, who have provided the OHLE for the Swiss rail industry, it was meant to be cheaper to install than the existing BR mark III, It's certainly les elegant.
Yes, this video has THE BEST MUSIC ON THE ENTIRETY OF RUclips. I hope every youtuber from now on uses this song in their videos. In case you haven't noticed, this comment is being sarcastic.
I recall that back in the late 1970s that the original HST scheduled journey time for London P to Reading was 22 minutes. So this IET with all the signals set to green in its favour has shaved about a minute off the original timetable. I invite viewers as old as I am to back me up here, as I have long since lost the original timetable.
I've got a BR Passenger Timetable from 1982/83 so not quite 70's but as an example: Departs Paddington at 8.10am Arrives in Reading at 8.34am Arrives in Bristol Parkway at 9.21am Arrives in Swansea at 10.56am Just to give another comparison from way back, here are times from a 1902 GWR timetable: Departs Paddington at 10.30am Arrives in Reading at 11.38am Arrives in Swindon at 12.35pm
People who want to watch these videos are rail enthusiasts and they want to hear the sounds of the trains - not music. If one wants to listen to music, they search for music tracks.
Enjoyed the ride great video and I understand you have to respect privacy buy muting the sound but this music is incredibly monotonous and irritating, you should change it as I guarantee it will put a lot of people off in the first few minutes.
Travelling to and from London countless times down the years I've done the Paddington- Reading every time. Honestly if i had to listen to that music id rather walk. Awful.
Too bad it takes three or four minutes before it hits the point where it can do more than plod along at 50 MPH. Oh and a bit of irony. Around the 4:00 mark, you pass by the depot where the Azuma (ECML version of the 800 series) is parked. They're STILL not in revenue service while GWR is slowly adding their 800 series units into public operation.
The track layout and speed limits were designed for the acceleration profile of the HST and, in this video the driver was driving to the timetable. These trains can accelerate faster as you point out. Timetable improvements are planned probably for December 2019 now and future plans will almost certainly include improving the line speed around Old Oak Common (the depot) although there are quite a few points around there.
yes get rid of that annoying music. Train sounds better
Agreed
Also agreed.
Also agreed - if you must put music, at least change tracks! (see what I did there :) )
agreed
@@AndyBilham lol i see what u did there
I'd be doubtful that the music was part of the popular request.
Good video but for the pointless and annoying music
99% of comments: get rid of the music
1% of comments: the IETs are great trains
I had to stop. The musak is bloody awful !!
Dermot Jordan Turn off your volume then…
Mute and play your Stormzy music over the top
Please lose the music.
Turn your sound off
RegionalRailways you better stop. Ahhhhhh. STOP STOP STOOOOOOUUUOOOOPP AHHHHHH YOU BETTER STOOOOOPPPP
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Great video, shame about the overlaid noise. As least I know where the mute button is, but it would be so much better to hear the engine and other 'real' sounds.
Yeah, the engine it uses when running in electric mode ...
Did anyone enjoy the muzak. To anyone making more like this just give us engine track and wind sounds. No inane chatter or elevator tunes.
It was the 1960's live with it, free video to watch and all you can do is moan.
no the music was shit and detracted from the video@@nicholasbeane4779
Getting past the awful music, that was an incredible time. I used to commute on that route and my fastest ever run was 28 minutes behind D0280 Falcon.
Sack the person who suggested this music track. The sound of the train is enough. Can’t just mute it loses the “atmosphere”
sack you for your dumb explaination
you can just go on other tab of yt and play some other music bruh
@@tomaszek137 ummmm, that’s the point, no music just the cabin “atmosphere” thanks.
@@tomaszek137 pardon😂😂
This music is so annoying - How many times can you repeat the same lick? (Rhetorical question)
Thank you everyone who commented to say throw the music under the train. Much love.
Replace the music with a train horn?
Reading Station looks great!
Ngl it does me and my friend try to predict when trains will go under a bridge using our phones
Arggh, that music-- oh I can't stand it, I'm going to watch something else
Loose the music please , doesn’t go well with this
nice cabride of the IETS but very annoying music
Turn your sound off
Agree with many other comments, we want live sound, not canned music,, if we wanted that we'd ride in a lift. I suppose maybe the crew were singing and that was worse? LOL
I feel like a cowboy watching this, and I don't like it :(
If your sitting on a DMU 101 travelling from Kirknewton to Livingston sth you'd think you were riding a horse.
Lose the music please
Turn you sound off
He meant he wanted to hear the sound of the IEP
IEP's don't even make a good sound.
What’s worse the music or the sounds of the IEP and cab sounds. Maybe the music doesn’t bother some people and others would like the real sounds. Each to there own
Very debatable, they sound better than the aventras by miles
Thank you Mr Brunel for making this possible...
Andy Powell first comment I have seen that is not complaining about the music
Nick Lindsey “What the hell is this futuristic pop music that sounds absolutely horrible? is this what the future listens too?”
music was not necessary
turn your sound off
I've just watched a video of a Customised Van in the US with the same music. My taste in music is Eclectic.
The best music in the world
Worth pointing out that if we still had British Rail the line would have been electrified by 1997 and the trains would be doing 140 mph. Privatisation ended the advanced plans for electrification, signalling modifications and new electric trains would would have come into service about 25 years ago. Worth adding that in the last 10 years or so, the UK government has provided over three times the amount of money to UK railways than was given to British Rail in the 1980s (adjusted for inflation).
And on the day when Virgin East Coast is re-nationalised, note that the class 91 and Mk4 coaches still used on that line, were designed 30 years ago to run at 140 mph. Replacement will be by slower Hitachi IET trains. Now there's progress.
Worth pointing you are living in a dream world, one who has forgotten what travel was like under British Rail. Under British rail, I'd still be traveling to Waterloo with slam door 4 VEPS
The IETs are capable of 140 mph and with much faster acceleration than class 91's; they certainly are not slower!!!
So 40 years later and no improvement in speed or journey times and, nothing planned - the legacy of privatisation, oh but improved acceleration when compared with 30+ year old Class 91s.
You have it the wrong way round - Privatisation is the legacy of a union ruined, investment starved, badly run, badly performing BR.
Just to add to all the comments about the lower limits since the Ladbroke Grove accident, the Working Timetable schedule (start to stop) for HSTs in 1982 was 22mins.
Come on, GWR, what are you doiiiiing??? You're producing a viideo which most likely to be watched by enthusiasts and removing sounds of the train? these are sounds which we die for..! How dumb!
Yes you've got the right expression sir at last found it , sounds that we would die for , which is your favourite sir if I may ask , for me it's both EMD 645E3 in motion , and Ge dash 7 particularly those old ones under 2000 hp , hope to hear from you and all the folks which are theirs ??
5 car to Swansea on Good Friday. Train packed. Great progress
General Motors LOL
Get a car?
@Shrek Wazowski they have 800/3s and 802/1s which are 9 cars long
Why can't we hear the noise of the train.....
HSTFAN
It's a speed run you dope.
cos theres music
I have recently found out that the noise of the train in the cab is pretty much nothing as there are no nearby traction motors cooling systems or diesel engines to make a noise. Drivers report that it's like gliding out of Paddington because it's so silent, the main cab noise being the cab air con.
It's not a sped up phaha
It's clear from the majority of comments that the maker of this video, sadly like so many others, has deemed it necessary to put music over the top of the action, and we really don't like it. Yes, you can turn it down or off, but then, the video would lose its realism. Please don't add music again. Making aggressive comments about it doesn't make it right.
Just seen this on Paddington 24/7. Well done GWR for the attempt very close.
WOW, what a thrilling ride. The first passenger aircraft I flew in, mid '50s, a DH Rapide, couldn't reach 100 mph unless it had a galeforce 9 tailwind pushing it.
I need therapy after that music !
So far I’ve travelled in and out of PAD 15 times on your new inter-city trains and they’ve absolutely crawled through slough (or slow as I call it) and then thy crawl through Hayes and Harlington and they almost never leave Reading on time!
I must admit I turned the music off before we got to the end of the platform at Paddington. Otherwise interesting to get the cab view having travelled on the blessed thing more times than I can to remember
Can You Upgrade The Seats On The IETs? People Say They Are Hard
Could you add the station names and have in future sound of the wind instead of music.
Can't you up a new version without the godawful loop music?
If the driver has to sit and listen to that music he would throw himself under his own train......
Don't get me wrong I like these new trains but will always prefer the class 43s and 225s
The music sounds like the club penguin fishing. Remove it.
You are so correct
If you run this at 1.5 times speed, not only do you get to see what it would look like if they allowed higher speeds, but the music sounds more like a steam loco!
Great shout, CERTAINLY improves that awful music played at normal speed, sounds more lively now, its.... listenable.
Please can more of these Cab views be done once the GWML Upgrade is complete. Would be great to see the effects of the work being done!
Only car drivers can get jealous of these speeds
You will never mentally replace the HSTs, they're just too good
just did Paddington to Bristol parkway. pleasant journey and lovely staff
Thanks for posting. Really enjoyed it. Please feel free to do as many more of your network as you wish. Cab rides will always get 1000's of views.
didnt know that train simulator upadated their graphics
I've actually been on a record run in an HST set. way back in the early 80's I believe. I paid for a ticket for my Brother and me to take the record run from Bristol to London and back. we were given a tie. a folder. special ticket in a wallet and the tannoy informed us along the way of our speed. when we got to Paddington we were informed of the time and average speed. on the way back we broke our own record. and I remember everyone cheering in the coach I was in. Out time was something like 68 minutes but coming back we exceeded an average speed of 102mph. i maybe a tiny bit hazy on exact time but I'm pretty sure it was very close to that. So unless they do something about the track and get the trains to really make use of its acceleration and top speed it ain't gonna be much of an improvement over an HST
Could only manage 2 minutes. Why oh why that music?
Looks like a timing of just over 21 mins could be achieved with 6%G braking from 125 to 95mph and then 95mph to rest. Unless some time savings could be made between Paddington and Twyford - then somewhere between 9 and 10%G braking would be needed to beat the 20 min 46 sec record. Drivers might needs some practice and a dry rail.
I worked as a second man on this route back in the 70s, between my driver and I we took turns driving...He drove one way and I the other, coming back from Bristol one day I got a class 52 loco "Western Crusader" I think ? up to 114 MPH through Slough ...The road as we called it dropped slightly and this gave me the extra speed...Needless to say I caught up the time as we left late...
Jim Bradley a
Jim Bradley s
Appropriate speed to pass Slough
no music please
WHYTHE BLOODY STINKING MUSIC.!!!!!!!!
Watching again in September '22. So much has happened since, but that train is still flashing.
The music is horrendous ☹️
People just don't understand that when it comes to music "one man's meat is 99 mens' poison".
Despite my finding the music pointless I think the quality of the video rates five stars.
I used to do this journey every day on the 125s. The quickest journey was 27 minutes, the longest was 4 hours.
I did it regularly in the early/mid '90s.
The background deep resonant thrum of the HSTs at Paddington made the place feel more alive than it does now.
Hi I used to work on class 55 and 40. Great days. I can't imagine sitting in your seat at that speed and suddenly finding a set of points set wrong -- say off to the right , 😮😮. !!! I'm sure it's happened. , that would ruin your day. , great video. But play some reggae. Lol 😅
Great video but there are lots of free tracks on youtube creators! Great to see these videos so please keep them coming.
It was so great
The music is great, just as the video
The GWML, a prestigious, historically interesting main line that runs through some of England's most beautiful countryside....
Now forever marred by some of the worlds ugliest and most intrusive OLE. What a travesty! The IETs certainly go, but they are also less smooth, less quiet and less comfortable than the HSTs. Electrification is good when done right, but this whole scheme has so far been an object lesson in how NOT to do it IMO (and that's to say nothing of the astonishing cost and schedule overruns).
It was provided by a Swiss company, Furrer and Frey, who have provided the OHLE for the Swiss rail industry, it was meant to be cheaper to install than the existing BR mark III, It's certainly les elegant.
It feels the music wants me to be like a fucking cowboys
Greetings from Geecee Sydney Aus. I really enjoy these type of vids and also luv the geetaa, although 21 minutes is probably too much. Many thanks.
I think Brunel would be proud, except for the music 😮, engine noise etc, much more appealing
Brunel's masterpiece. I think he might have these or similar speeds in mind when designing the route.
The music is wonderfull and well played
Yes, this video has THE BEST MUSIC ON THE ENTIRETY OF RUclips. I hope every youtuber from now on uses this song in their videos.
In case you haven't noticed, this comment is being sarcastic.
So the electrification is used all the way from Paddington to Reading? What's next for activated electrification?
No the electrification is used all the way up to Didcot.
Next is continuing towards Wootton Bassett Junction sometime later this year.
Electrification from London Paddington to Newbury, Cardiff Central, Chippenham, and Didcot East Junction
For all the people saying that they hate the music... I kinda like it. Does anyone know what it is?
I recall that back in the late 1970s that the original HST scheduled journey time for London P to Reading was 22 minutes. So this IET with all the signals set to green in its favour has shaved about a minute off the original timetable. I invite viewers as old as I am to back me up here, as I have long since lost the original timetable.
I've got a BR Passenger Timetable from 1982/83 so not quite 70's but as an example:
Departs Paddington at 8.10am
Arrives in Reading at 8.34am
Arrives in Bristol Parkway at 9.21am
Arrives in Swansea at 10.56am
Just to give another comparison from way back, here are times from a 1902 GWR timetable:
Departs Paddington at 10.30am
Arrives in Reading at 11.38am
Arrives in Swindon at 12.35pm
I was on one of these that did Paddington to Slough in 12:36. We need a station for the Slough Trading Estate, just a shuttle from Slough.
Why the music?
is there a list of stations you pass. From up north only used this train once or twice, does it go by Aldershot
People who want to watch these videos are rail enthusiasts and they want to hear the sounds of the trains - not music. If one wants to listen to music, they search for music tracks.
Very good video, nice scenery.
Music covers up the creaking of failed welding ... ?
I would love to be a driver! Currently working for GWR!
Love the cab ride, please lose the music, totally distracts from the journey, thanks for captioning the speed limits tho.
What a rush. Thankyou.
I enjoyed that immensely. And I liked the music, but I like to hear train sounds as well. Thank you.
I endorse what 'High Speed 43' says. Those of us who have more than a casual interest in trains, much prefer it to be 'as is'. It is only natural!
Last time I drove an HST from Padd to Reading was in 2006 and still know the route like the back of my hand, very little as changed.
Agreed music off please 1 min enough for me..
i like music
Ruin a good video by playing crap music over it. WE DO NOT WANT THIS. WE WANT TO HEAR THE TRAIN.
I Love Reading
Enjoyed the ride great video and I understand you have to respect privacy buy muting the sound but this music is incredibly monotonous and irritating, you should change it as I guarantee it will put a lot of people off in the first few minutes.
Just watch with the sound off!
Have i already said that you can put this video in a hole where the sun does not shine. Forget it to even watch it due to the music.
Please can we have one for a non-stop Electrostar ?
Had to turn it off.. The muzak was scrambling my brain.
Class 43 sound good besides the Hitachis
Travelling to and from London countless times down the years I've done the Paddington- Reading every time. Honestly if i had to listen to that music id rather walk. Awful.
Did someone say speed run? *manhunt music starts playing*
yeah the music is RRRRRREEEEEEAAAAAALLLLLLLLLYYY annoying
Nice video. Is Saint Denis a suburb of Baltimore?
Did they seriously put that song on loop for like 20 minutes straight?
I used to live in West Drayton. Express trains thunder through at a frightening speed
Too bad it takes three or four minutes before it hits the point where it can do more than plod along at 50 MPH. Oh and a bit of irony. Around the 4:00 mark, you pass by the depot where the Azuma (ECML version of the 800 series) is parked. They're STILL not in revenue service while GWR is slowly adding their 800 series units into public operation.
The track layout and speed limits were designed for the acceleration profile of the HST and, in this video the driver was driving to the timetable. These trains can accelerate faster as you point out. Timetable improvements are planned probably for December 2019 now and future plans will almost certainly include improving the line speed around Old Oak Common (the depot) although there are quite a few points around there.
Was on Paddington 24/7 this week
after numerous comments .. when ARE you going to drop the music? 🙉🙉