All The Pacers, All Of Them - Episode 48, Day 88 - Thirsk to Alnmouth
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- Опубликовано: 24 ноя 2024
- It's the 2nd August and we start our day in Thirsk, head up through Sunderland and Newcastle and catch a train to the very awkward station that is Chathill ...
The 'Manors' periscope will appear on the Recap! channel shortly, at the moment the link just goes to the channel were you can find all our periscope and instagram stories videos.
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Geoff and Vicki are visiting ALL 2,563 national railway stations in Britain - view the progress map and loads more information about the project on the website at: allthestations....
ROUTE: Thirsk - Thornaby - Sunderland - Metro Centre - Chathill - Alnmouth for Alnwick - Newcastle
Someone should buy Vicki a Pacer.
Harry Todhunter Agreed!
Kickstarter
Yes
How?
@@masonsmainlineroblox with money
I'm going to miss this series when it's over. I might go back and watch all the episodes again. All of them.
Precisely what am I doing now......
davidrobert2007 All the Episodes, All of Then
Literally what im doing right now.
@@dsintel6652 dont forget the Ireland and Isle of Man videos!
Me too.
I have rode Pacers on GWR during my biz trips to the west of England. How bumpy and uncomfortable! In my humble opinion it takes a special person to be able to see something special in them...
I did notice at the end it said "all the pacers, stupid pacers"
charlie moir yes!!
Favourite part of the video!
Reeeeeee
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14:45..... All the heritage lines? Hell yes!!!
My usual commuter Sprinter was replaced by a Pacer Thursday, my first one! I laughed all the way to work :) "All the PACERS"
I'm surprised there wasn't more castle action.
The castle in newcastle has a really good view of the station from the ramparts and the castle in Alnwick was used in the Harry Potter movies.
I'm going to miss this series so much end it ends 😢😢😢😢😢
Also, I would be greatly in favor of an "All The Heritage Railways" sequel. See how much of the UK you can cross by steam.
Its funny at how at Sunderland there is always some person who waits on the National Rail platform and when the Metro comes in they always run up the platform and miss it!
East Coast Railways Happens all the time 😂😂
Sad to see Vicki wiped out by a train at 10:28. So close to the end as well.
Peter Miller XD
She tried to live a nice life everything after that was pre recorded
I love your stuff, get that out of the way, and I love just how genuine you both are. Please, never change!
the pacer montage really hits hard now that they're almost all off the railway now
Yeah I’m like Vikki I loved riding those things I really miss them. :/
Love the "All the Pacers" ending!!
Thirsk is the home of James Herriot , author and veterinarian, and is where his ‘surgery’ is. His real name is Alf White and he was the vet for my cousins’ Rosemary and Richards’s Beef farm in nearby Newsham.
And Durham has been missed from the videos. Damn, I was hoping for a Vicki Explores Durham especially the Cathedral.
On Thirsk; I was surprised the friendly local in his three facts didn't mention that Thirsk is where James Herriot
On Hartlepool: The strange end of the Monkey story is the chap who dressed up as a monkey to be the mascot once got elected Mayor of Hartlepool (apparently he was quite a good mayor, performing his duties out of costume)
I hope Vicki gets to visit Alnwick castle at the start of the next video
Yes I was surprised that the local didn't mention James Herriot - he's probably the thing that Thirsk is most known for.
When (not if!) you do All the Castles, Vicki can practice her broom flying in the courtyard of Alnwick Castle: that's where Harry first learned to fly and unwittingly auditioned as Seeker, with Professor McGonagal watching.
Yay! Looking forward to ALL THE HERITAGE LINES! Vicki said, Geoff better do it!
Hey, Geoff; I'm English and live in America. I'm trying to do all the RTD stations in Denver with a couple friends in honour of your epic series!
the abandoned station was the first station in Sunderland. to get into the city centre, there was a complimentary bus. there has been a few stations on the south side of the river at town moor (now a really rough area of sunderland) part of the sunderland to durham line, this line crossed the currant line on a level with no connections a 1/4 mile south of sunderland central station. the alignment for this line after closure became a cycle path (not to be confused with psychopath) the alignment to the west of the current durham coast line had been rebuilt and rebuilt a station at millfield (where i live) where the previous BR station used to be. at pallion the alignment had to deviate slightly and to go down into a cutting and a new pallion station was built into a retail parks car park although the original railway bridge is slightly to the south on the site of the original station. it then goes back onto the original alignment west of european way (the original alignment from Pallion to South Hylton) and into a terminus station at South Hylton which was built slightly east of the original BR station to prevent having to rebuild the level crossing on the only road in and out of South Hylton village. this line opened up in May 2002 if i remember correctly as the Sunderland extension to the Tyne and Wear Metro. there is also brand new stations at university on the original alignment. and Park Lane interchange on a new alignment on the connecting curve from the old alignment into some sidings to the south of Sunderland station (originally Fawcett Street station before being replaced by the current station. Sunderland station used to have 2 island platforms and it was originally planned for the metro to use the western island platforms and national rail use the current island. sharing the same island was just a temporary thing. the northern end of the platforms became national rail. platform 1 northbound, platform 4 southbound the southern end was used for metro platform 2 metro northbound and platform 3 metro south/westbound. the metro shares the tracks to just north/west of fellgate metro station where the metro leaves to join their dedicated tracks before Pelaw. there are new stations at St Peters (was used temporary by National rail before the metro opened although longer trains had also used Monkwearmouth station which is now a museum) a new station at stadium of light although St Peters is actually alot closer to the stadium than the this station) Seaburn station was converted from national rail to metro same with East Boldon and Brockley Whins. Fellgate is a new station.
Lol come to Barnsley South Yorkshire and you can ride on Pacers all the time Vicky
5 yrs later still fun to watch. Vicky loving her Pacer!
Alnmouth (pronounced Alan-mouth) was my local station for six years - I lived less than a mile from there. For the record Barter Books is amazing, really hope the heritage railway project comes to fruition :)
Alnmouth for Alnwick - just don't forget Manors!
PS. I got that train to Chathill when my Aunt & Uncle (RIP both) had a caravan at Beadnell nr Seahouses and you had to get the Post-Bus to the village.
I think it was the last loco hauled train I was ever, ever on.
Thanks Geoff, Theoff.
Welcome to my home station of Thirsk. It’s a bit tucked away from the town centre but there was a station on a branch line the site of which is now occupied by Tesco. If you ever find your way back here you can ride Pacers to your hearts content as Wensleydale railway, the local heritage line has obtained two of them. There is a bit of a dark twist on the monkey hanger tale in that it was possibly not a monkey and was the cabin boy. Monkey hanger is a term still very much alive today and used as a rather derogatory reference.
Home sweet home. I was literally at Alnmouth an hour before you got there, but the rain drove me away. Glad to see that it faired up for your visit.
I think it's fair to say pacers are the railway equivalent of Marmite
Unoriginal Username Yeah! You either love ‘em or you hate ‘em They said that in the All The Stations Book btw
Arriving at Newcastle.. very 'Get Carter'
You need a Roy Budd soundtrack, and Deltics
Could the guerrilla knitters make Vicki a cuddly Pacer?
East Midlands Trains used to sell a cuddly toy based on a 153. Does that count?
@@andrewwilson6240 I'm sure a cuddly version of the littlest Sprinter will do the job
I caught a train at Chathill one summer evening in 1968. It was an enormously long sleeping car train with a Deltic on the front. I was the only human passenger. A huge salmon in a rush bag was loaded into the brake van.
I’m from Hartlepool - I’m a little late to the party here - but the story is true!
"Another town, another train"...... (ABBA).
Newcastle just made my Top Ten Cities to visit in Europe. It'll take a week to see all in Newcastle.
That look of utter bewilderment on Vicki's face when Geoff tells her it is going to be their last pacer 😂😂
Absolute gold
The abandoned station is sunderla nd is actually a railway museum but they are trying to change it to a museum about the football club
My dad knows the owner of Northern, when the pacers retire. My family gets to keep one! And I would be more than convinced to persuade my family to give it to Vicki!
Yes the Tyne and Wear Metro was opened as a stand-alone system (although it did take over some former BR lines, as they were then), but when the Sunderland extension opened, they decided to opt for a shared operation on this section. It was weird one night on the way back from Edinburgh in an HST diverted via Sunderland and Hartlepool to York, instead of Darlington, passing slowly through these Metro stations!
I grew up in Hartlepool and the monkey hanging legend is well known. You should get off the train and pay the town a longer visit if you're ever in the area again, visit the local museum and Historic Quay to find out more about the monkey hanging and other important historical events (such as when it rained frogs in the 19th century, the visit to the town by Robert the Bruce and the fact that the local MP was one Bobby Shaftoe - as in the subject of the children's song)
The Welwyn Garden City station is the same, leads directly into the Howard Centre shopping centre, with no proper station building.
Edward Moye it's the same with Gatwick Airport
Do people with heartproblems get to travel by pacers for free?
Absolutely not. They have to pay full price. In the UK the price gradient is age based with seniors, young people and children paying less.
@@MultiMcdeath I guess you didn´t get my wordgame there as pacers could help people with heartproblems.
@@JISJ1964 you mean Pacemakers? These don't entitle passengers to forgo paying the correct fare unfortunately. Perhaps it would be beneficial for people whose affliction limits their ability to work.
They would be called Pacemakers if that was true
@@MultiMcdeath I think he was joking 😅 Pacers... pacemakers...
Did you notice the platform signs at Chathill? When I was there a few years ago it said "This platform for Berwick and the north" on the down platform and "This platform for Newcastle and the south" on the up platform. This is technically wrong. The sign on the down platform should read "This platform 'ALIGHTING ONLY'. For all departures please use the opposite platform. If traveling north change at Alnmouth". The up platform sign should read "This platform for all departures. If traveling north change at Alnmouth". This is because you can no longer get a direct train from Chathill to Berwick-upon-Tweed.
I love Pacers....
I love pacer trains, I'm going to be so sad when they're gone! It's the roar of the engines, it's the bounce that no other train has! It's an amazing train!
Stupid bone rattling pacers
i can tell you they are popular with the drivers at Leeds, especially the 144's. They will be missed.
Vicki doing her best 'improv' of the series so far 😊
Being a Southerner who lives on Southeastern Trains, it sounds so weird to hear that stations in the North and West of England receive one or two trains a day or even a week. I take for granted the fact that trains are regular and that I can reach anywhere in the South East.
My town only gets 6 trains a day
Doleham?
That's a regular occurrence in America, Houston the 4th largest city in the US only gets 3 trains a week from Amtrak.
The Sunderland Metro is one of the most frequent modes of public transport up here, and yet it's a 15 minute wait between trains if you're lucky
Jesus, I get about 15 trains an hour
Define Stockholm Syndrome: An overly strong bond formed between a human and a pacer.
(jk don't take it seriously)
*Stockport syndrome
Smackhead wayney I live in Stockport!
Must have passed through Chathill dozens of times and never even noticed it! Love the "all the Pacers" in the outro music.
I have watched many of your videos and I am still amazed at how well you two synchronise your lines, you must have done many takes to get that right or is it just losts of practice. thanks for your vids, they're very entertaining and infomative, More please , Robert:-)
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I am in heaven!
just noticed the 'all the pacers' at the end. very good guys, at this rate my 30 years of rage over the nodding donkeys could begin to dissipate....but then again, mebbes not.
Hi guys just to let you know I did the have an adventure competition and went from south Devon up to Crewe it was amazing. Good luck on the rest of your journey. -Sam
I can see an open access operator Pipe's Pacers reopening handy little closed branches like Newton Abbot to Bovey Tracey, or running Alnmouth - Alnwick on the heritage lines linking in to the Chathill train and core East Coast Intercity services.
So I'm from Sunderland and want to tell you that you were right on both your tidbits:
The Metro does indeed share the rails with the "proper trains"
And Monkwearmouth station has been unused since 1967, BUT.....
..... You missed out on a great video opportunity because it is now Monkwet Station Museum, it was amazing as a child, and I might go again next week now 😄
I am with Vick 100%, I love Pacers.
Metro Centre Station is a similar to Kőbánya-Kispest Station in Budapest. There you can walk straight from the shopping centre to the railway station and there's no station front. Kőbánya-Kispest Station is more like the size of Gatwick Airport and is also the Southern terminus of Budapest Metro Line 3.
NO idea if these comments are monitored anymore, but thanks to this video, i visited Seahouses along the road from Bamburgh. Thank you video for helping me discover this lovely town with it's boats to the Farne Islands
we're still here Gary! thanks for a lovely message!!
We still have them in Devon. Today was Exeter St David's to Paignton on a "proper" train (from Paddington), but the return was a horrid Pacer (Paignton to Exmouth), but as I had things to do in central Exeter I needed Exeter Central (not St David's - which is a hike from town)
Ooooh nice "ABBA The Museum" luggage tag :-) {Also very funny Geoff pointing several times to a non-existent link... hee hee :-))
Only just watching this series now, and loving it. I know little to nothing about my country of birth and watching this series has taught me a lot about the UK, especially how bad Pacers are. What a fantastic journey you've been on. Next time, you'll have to run a competition for someone to be your camera operator so they can experience - all the pacers, all the castles, all the trains, and all the stations. 👍👍
Re: Pacers - even the Soviets didn't build anything that damned awful.
"Especially how bad pacers are" it seems you've been taught a stereotype. Please spend years riding and appreciating pacers before saying that. Thanks.
Awesome video I live very near the Metrocentre. Its always very nice to see videos involving Newcastle.
People also think Yarm is in County Durham.
Vicki was 99% correct about the monkey story but the mascot at Hartlepool FC is called H'Angus not Hanger's and was Hartlepool Mayor as well for 3 term's.
Maybe should have called the video - 'Pacer Swansong" and looks like Vicki has started the next challenge bubbling around in the head... And oh a tweek to the credit song "All the Pacers, all the pacer all the stupid pacers" and...it works in the tune - well done Steven !
I love it... What a fun idea! If When I visit the UK, Thirsk will be my first stop....David, will you and Honor bring me a flask of tea???
That current Thornaby station is not the station that Vickie talked about re-the bricks, that was demolished but I am not sure when. I used to travel from Middlesbrough to Newcastle every week in the early seventies and the current Thornaby station is not the one that I went through. I have lived in New Zealand since 1985 so I have no idea when the old station was demolished. Lovely to see my old stamping grounds again though especially Whitby and the North Yorkshire Moors Railway.
Come on Northern name a Pacer for Viki yay 💕🎉
I live in London but I'm currently watching this from a hotel in Kuala Lumpur with the worst WiFi I have ever experienced
Aln Valley Railway has recently had a Pacer train donated to run on it's heritage line! www.northumberlandgazette.co.uk/news/people/pacer-train-donated-aln-valley-railway-1386327#gsc.tab=0
Love the updated theme song for this episode!
Hartlepool water is full of minerals you have to use special tea leaves to get a decent tasting cuppa. It was once the 3rd biggest port in England.
There is a way for Yarm to move back to Yorkshire. The people of Yarm (probably through Yarm Town Council) need to persuade Stockton-on-Tees Council and North Yorkshire County Council to ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government to conduct a Principal Area Boundary Review (PABR). The SoS would then ask us (Local Government Boundary Commission for England) to redraw the boundary between the two authorities. Having said this it is incredibly hard to get the SoS to agree to a PABR.
“No more pacers?!” 😳 **painful, screeching noise**
I have been waiting so long for this stretch of line! Another great video, thanks!
I'm sure a pacer will be preserved, just for Vicki.
SHE CAN KEEP THIS PACER IN GEOFFS BACK GARDEN !!!.
sadly they are now scrapped
@@sylviaradzieta8913 Such a shame as they always came across as perfect for each other.
I know the Metrocentre, it is enormous, there are SO many shops and things to do
The ending tune 🤣 I don't know if I have only just caught on but it sings all the pacers 🤣🤣
I sometimes wonder why the Chathill train is a pacer, (a diesel). If it started at Newcastle and continued to Berwick-upon-Tweed, or even Edinburgh, it could be formed of a 321 or similar as it’s all electrified.
Most people drive to the Metro Centre that's what it's designed to be a car centric out of town shopping centre with public transport tagged on as an afterthought.It was built by John Hall, sorry Sir John Hall, who's busy building a huge car centric village at Wynyard near Billingham at the moment....none motorists need not apply to live there!
Am I missing, no dedicated episode that covers the birthplace of railways...Darlington?
Same, was hoping for Shildon too. Plus Newcastle and a brief mention of Durham.
I hope it is touched on otherwise a huge swathe of the North East has been missed.
Plus the fact that there was not even one shot of Stockton in this video but they included Seaton carew for some reason
If you look on the twitter, they have taken pictures and uploaded them. There's only so many stations they can fit in a video.
Cameron's Gaming this is true and I am still impressed with the output, but thought Darlington and Stockton of all places deserved mentions.
well there's still the movie...
Why does Vicki love Pacers so much?
You are allowed to film in the Metrocentre... They have a sign on the door saying "Film crews often come to this shopping centre, please give us a smile if you see them".
I believe Network Rail actually own the Metro stations between Sunderland and Pelaw you passed through and really didn't stop at 😛. Congrats on an awesome project, I look out for a new episode every day.
Pelaw, Fellgate, Brockley Whins, East Boldon, Seaburn, Stadium of Light, St Peter's, Park Lane, University, Millfield, Pallion and South Hylton are owned by Metro but are on Network Rail infrastructure
funny at the end when the theme tune went "all the pacers all of them'
“Stupid Pacers”!
You showed Thornaby ('s fake new station - NA's now isn't much better TBF) but skipped Northallerton, the county town of North Yorkshire! 40 years ago the station had 5 platforms and a direct connection to the Wensleydale Railway...
Yay no more Pacers! I wonder how many buses could be built from the spare parts when they are decommisioned?
Did i see Pacers are beingconverted into buses?
Hey!! What was that???!! Changing the theme-song to "...stupid Pacers!!!!"
That evil!!!!!
What will Vicki say to that?
I was wondering if you'd add a little pacers gag at the end. After, 'ALL THE CASTLES, ALL, ALL OF THEM.'
well done guys. I love pacers as well
Next year, all the pacers. A ride of every pacer.
Missed you by about 15 minutes- i was inbound on a VTEC train from KGX
Loving the Chathill Flyer.
All the stupid pacers - hahaha. Glad to see you guys still going strong and visiting some interesting places and people.
Enjoy Scotland as you head towards completing your journey!
I'm surprised they didn't go on a pacer in devon, im making a trip to Cardiff to bash them before they go, truly a unique train.
Hi Vicky, just for future reference (because I'm a pretentious OCD grammar freak), the past tense of "to hang" is "hanged", not "hung". The more you know! ;)
don't knock the Pacer. We don't even have any tracks to run one on as they been ripped them up years ago.
Haven't you noticed that there has been a subtle difference in song at the end in episode 24 and episode 48 ! Both double and half of each other
10:25 What the hell is a Caledonian Sleeper 73 doing there?
11:54 . I thought Geoff was about to burst into song.
grahamlive same!
Can't hold it back anymore
Let it go..
yeh let it go
Most northern rail trains are good but the PACERS are.... Auful. It feels like your on a Roller coaster