CAB RIDE - Cotswold Line from Oxford (Wolvercote Junction) to Kingham, after heavy snow in Jan 2010
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- Опубликовано: 21 авг 2024
- Recorded on 6th January 2010 after an unusually heavy snowfall for the south of the UK of around 5 inches, this cab ride runs from Wolvercote Junction (just north of Oxford) through to Kingham along the North Cotswold Line with a train operated by a 3-car Class 166 Turbo.
Stopping en-route at Charlbury, it was recorded before the redoubling project of 2011, so it is still single track from Charlbury to Ascott-Under-Wychwood.
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I find this video spellbinding, the narrow focus, the unknown quality of the virgin snow and the stillness of the countryside, excellent!
I’d forgotten how pretty it could get over there. Lived in Milton-under-Wychwood for a while.
What a wonderful video.
I enjoyed the ride, thanks for taking me along.
nice one. enjoyed the ride
I like snow scenes especially when the sun shines on the snow.
On a warm sunny day in Sydney, me’s a liking this. 5⭐️. 🐨🇦🇺
Same herebut in Melbourne the snow is fascinating to look at buts there about it for me
@@billfreeman1516 : I haven’t seen real snow since going back home to the UK in 1976.
I've only ever travelled over the scenic North Cotswolds line during the Summer, en route by train from Portsmouth to the Hereford or Worcester Cider Festivals, and never up front with the Driver! So it's fascinating to see the sad remains of what was once a magnificent, double-track main line from the cab, in snowy weather! I didn't realise that the route was so sinuous and am surprised that the 100 mph speed limit just west of Wolvercote Junction wasn't reduced for some of the tight bends! Also, coming from the Southern Region where even the smallest Halt could take a four-car electric train, I was surprised by just how "short" the short platforms at Combe and Hanborough actually were! Also the acceleration of the Class 166 "Thames Turbo" train is sluggish compared to the 0-50 in 50 seconds performance of Third Rail EMU's "south of the river". Remembering that all the height gained as the railway crosses and re-crosses the ever-narrowing River Evenlode en route for the summit of the line at Moreton-in-Marsh must be lost in the four-mile. 1:100 descent of Campden Bank, where in 1935 the GWR's first authenticated breach of the 100mph barrier took place! Thanks so much for publishing this video clip which has given me a lot of enjoyment to watch!
Glad you liked the clip, and thanks for taking the time to write such a detailed and informative comment.
Beautiful scenery with the white snow. Very nice.
Got snowed in there that year before Christmas even!! Very pretty but!!!
Amazing video, thankyou 😃
I used to go to school in Kingham. Over 30 years ago, and I think we had Class 43s taking us home at the end of term. :-)
Private school?
Ah, Kingham, the station in BBC's 'Our Country' Series 3 Ep 5!
What is the buzzer code? Instead of the usual. Two from Gaurd, Two from Driver?
This looks like one heck of a climb?
Lovely ride; thank you and more, please, All looks so different in the snow from the summer-time Oxford-Hereford cab-ride that I have. Very noisy motor; sounds like some heavy diesel loco.
Class 37 perhaps?
@@steves5172 does say filmed in a 3 car turbo!
@@MattWillisVideoProductions2023 you’re right it does! Apologies.
@@steves5172 no worries :-)
Some of the station platforms seem very short: would they all have accommodated a 3-car unit like a '150' ? (It's been 53 years since I used the line to visit Charlbury and Kingham from Oxford ).
[All those colour-lights and suddenly a snowed-up semaphore (which must be long gone) at 14.14.] The shelters at Kingham look pathetically small for what was the only station left to serve a large area.
Some platforms only accommodate 2-car trains. The semaphore went a couple of years later, but others still survive on the line. Take a look at my latest video for an up-to-date view.
Nice one .
Great video, the driver is a noisy eater though!
Who keeps rummaging for the chips packet ??
Was about to sarcastically comment the same thing. I would imagine its the sound of the snow and maybe sleet hitting the front windshield.
Thank you for publishing this. The signal at 12:49, is it showing green but just obscured, or is there something else I’m missing? Wouldn’t an obscured signal require a procedure? An AWS “bell” rings which appears to be associated with it.
Glad you liked it. It is indeed showing green, but the dull conditions and it being partially obscured by snow means it's difficult to see that on the footage. Had it been totally obscured then it would have been reported to the controlling signaller at Ascott-Under-Wychwood.
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its an interesting video.....it would have been much better in high definition where the details would be sharp and crisp at 1080 resolution .... word to the wise: always shoot travel videos in the highest possible resolution because the charm is always in the visual details.....and that is generally the opposite to most talk videos and most cooking videos where sharp visual detail adds only small additional interest
Yes, that's good advice. The original footage was shot in 1080p on a Sanyo (remember them?) camcorder over ten years ago when affordable camcorders shooting HD quality were only just coming on stream. Also bear in mind the poor visibility due to the weather and the fact it was shot through a cab windscreen and that explains any quality loss. I will be debuting another cab video soon which has been recorded on much newer equipment to a much higher quality
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I am very surprised you were able to have 1080 back then - good job you did else it would not be as good as it is and, as you say, the windscreen does not help. For me it's 10/10.
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