Great video. You didn't mention that Heighington is the oldest station in the world still standing. It's the boarded up building you showed by the level crossing. Also, you spelled Middlesbrough wrong a number of times; the story I heard, which may be apocryphal, is that it was supposed to be "Middlesborough" but someone mis-spelt it on the town's Charter.
@@stuartmcivor2276 oh damn on both counts! I knew that building looked old and original... that would have been so good to mention. As for spelling Middlesbrough wrong... no excuses... unforgivable. My apologies to the good people of Middlesbrough! 😬 Thanks for watching and pointing out the mistakes and omissions. Both always welcome on this channel 👍
@@Timstravels01 always nice to spend a day with them. There are a lot of laughs off camera, as I'm sure you can imagine! There's definitely enough on camera for probably a whole out take video!
@@horsehollerer thanks for noticing those low level shots. I was pleased with how they came out. As you say, they gave an aspect of the beach more from Izzy's eye level. Back on a beach next Friday too!
@@JohnnyHooverTravels 100%. Super creative! BTW, I think we were talking about Swiss rail efficiency a while back ... I just hatched a plan for the end of Nov to cross the Alps from Zurich to Milan using TEN trains in one day. Six of the nine connections are less than 10 mins. Will it work? I say it will!
@@sublimebeauty1 on that beach walking into the head wind, my legs were beginning to suspect that was exactly what we had done! Thanks so much for watching along 👍
Just a couple of things. It would have been a different 156 you saw leaving Saltburn. They have a quick turn around. The Bishop Auckland train leaves just before the hour. The Darlington one arrives at about 17 minutes and leaves at 22 minutes past. 2nd thing is the sign saying 3 miles to redcar. It's further. It's 2 miles just to Marske.
@@emilyjules5141 ah ok. Never double checked the unit numbers... rookie mistake! And yes. It felt a lot further than just three miles! Thanks so much for watching this one 👍
Enjoyed the video ,but felt for you all on that beach walk. I know the line and used it last time in the hope of a crossing on the transporter bridge, however no joy! Amazing the way these Italian cafes, ice cream parlours etc. are still going strong, even if their names are now anglicized.
@@colinriley123 I would definitely like to get a closer look at both bridges and it would be great to ride the transporter bridge. Ah, so many things to do! Thanks for coming along on this one 👍
@@arthurerickson5162 yep. Those legs ached for a couple of days afterwards for sure... It was nice for me to catch up with them again. We will plan something else soon. Thanks for watching 👍
The Bishop Line. What was my home line until recently. I grew up on the courts just above the signal box. Got my first computer off one of the signalmen who must have been sick of me kicking ⚽️ of the old buildings & asking him to get the ball when it went over the fence. The summer Sunday service to Whitby was always a popular one.
@@philipsutton5652 thanks for sharing the memories! Yes, i do need to get out on that line to Whitby one of these days. Thanks so much for watching too 👍
@@alanbrown3015 Yes that is unusual. Don't know whether they have had problems with people jumping the usual drop down barriers 🤷♂️ Thanks so much for watching 👍
@@k1eranjames thanks. It's a great little station. If you cannot retain the old buildings for station use, at least preserving them and converting them for other use is a way forward. Thanks for watching 👍
Can remember Redcar and Saltburn from the 1970's when BR used to run "Mystery Trips" at weekends from the Stoke Division of the LMR. Great days out on proper trains behind a class 40 or 47 diesel!!!
@@ChooChoo-gw6py i remember the Explore Britain excursions they used to run from my local station area. Which included mystery trips too. Thanks for watching 👍
Excellent journey on a line famous all over the world, but not many has travelled on it, I missed it on my may from Sunderland to Whitby. Regarding the transponder bridge, did I also missed that 30 years ago and I am not sure if it will ever be reopen again, but let us hope I am wrong. You can take a ride on the one in Newport that I think reopened this year in spring. Didn't Izzy also joined you when travelled on Settle - Carlisle?
@@Kulla1berg Yes, it will be nice if the transporter bridge reopens, but you do have to decide best where tax money is spent, so I'll leave that to the good people of Middlesbrough to decide. Btw Whitby is also a trip i fancy... And yes, Izzy got wet with us under the Ribblehead viaduct!
@@JohnnyHooverTravels That is true. One need to be careful about tax money. Even if I like the bridge is it worth the money and is there any use of the bridge today, there might not be any ship traffic at that part of Tee. Have a pleasant day and looking forward to your next video
Sadly TPE are cutting services in December and stopping at Redcar central instead of Saltburn from then. The reason Redcar has a sliding barrier is first the strong winds off the sea use to bend the boom gates and cause big delays and there is not enough clearance for a proper normal barrier.So they put in a wind proof model instead.
@@carlharris2808 ah thanks for the update on the crossing barriers. Great explanation. And yes, i did hear about the shortening of some services to Redcar. Seems a shame 🤷♂️ Thanks so much for watching 👍
As a local, I can tell you Redcar gets both pronunciations from those who live here - RedCAR and RedCA. You did get Pacittos wrong, it’s Pa-Sittos not Pa-Chittos. Glad you enjoyed your trip!
@@davidwil58 haha... everywhere I go I seem to make pronunciation errors. We thought we'd done alright, and then Pacitto catches us out! 🤷♂️ Thanks for the instruction and thanks too for watching 👍
My local line! Used many, many times, even if it is only every two hours between Bishop and Darlington. Props for pronouncing Heighington correctly, I'm from the village nearby and the number of people who mess that name up...
I'm biased toward this part of the world (especially Sunderland up the road), but the whole area needs a lot of the so called "levelling up" money. It's really very beautiful up there.
@@RobinPalmerTV i think it is fair to reflect that levelling up was a fantasy. But yes, there's lots of really beautiful places in the UK, be they north or south. Lived in the UK all my life but there's still so much for me to discover! Thanks so much for watching this one 👍
You missed a quick peek at the other Bishop Aukland station which is just north of the main one and goes to Stanhope with services run by the Weardale Railway.Technically the line goes on to Eastgate but isn't used between Stanhope and Eastgate.Thornaby yard is a shadow of its former self and occasionally you can see class 66's or very rarely a 60 in there.
I used to live in Darlington, very close to North Road station. You missed passing over “£5 bridge” just east of that station - the Skerne Bridge that was on the previous (pre-Churchill) fiver.
@@TransportGeekery ah that's just the sort of thing i like to add in my videos. I will try and remember that if I'm passing again! Thanks for that and thanks for watching 👍
@@clivelangham435 Yes, that fairly northerly wind was a bit bracing. But the raincoat kept the wind out and the effort of walking kept us warm 😀 It was probably about 13C Thanks for watching 👍
Good on the three of you for making that long beach walk in a gale - very bracing! You certainly deserved ice cream and chips :) Oh, talking of co-presenters, are we going to see your Cornish walking buddy (Paul??) again at some point? He was a hoot.
@@ampersand. thanks for that and yes, i can confirm here that there is already a video featuring Paul in the can... just needed to get round to editing it as it is part of a series of ten (yes ten!) videos... oo er...
Chocolate top, what were they thinking? I lived or many years is Heighington near Lincoln which is pronounced very differently. Great vid keep up the good work.
@@johnbolton7894 well, i suppose if you like chocolate flavour then you can maybe overlook the "look".. not for me though! 💩 Thanks for the kind words and thanks for watching 👍
2:45 Hello Johnny, surprised you didn't mention Flying Scotsman at Locomotion 😂 can tell when you saw it you dashed over to the other side of the train. If you don't mind me asking, how do you know Lou? Another good video, (and personally I would like to try a chocolate top 😅)
@@Northerner_Transport_Hub i will return to Locomotion in another video i shot that week. Lou and I have been friends for years, since she hooked up with another great friend of mine. Thanks for watching... and noticing... 👍
Was the Mr Pease you mentioned twice, the same Mr Pease from Ashmore, Benson and Pease, that evolved into Davy Ashmore ? Also here's a tip, study the wind and get off at Redcar then walk to Saltburn if the wind is in the same direction. I used to ride my push bike from Stockton to Redcar Steelworks and back, 5 days a week for 25 years ( 34 miles per day ) in all weathers. Wind was a major feature of my commute, mostly blowing from Stockton to Redcar but not always but in the summer, on shore breezes were a feature that blew me home for about 3 miles of my journey quite often, with wind developing from the difference between the air rising above the hot land and the cooler sea air filling back in, where the hot air had risen from.
@@FredFox-m9v dunno about the Pease history there, but i suspect it's a longstanding name in the area, so wouldn't be surprised! Wrt the wind. I know what you mean! Sadly our reading of the weather app had it as being a little more from the South West than it actually turned out! Oh well, it was a great day out anyway! Thanks so much for watching and for your interesting comment 👍
@JohnnyHooverTravels just had a bit of research. The Pease family had a long history in the area. They were quakers from Darlington. Edward Pease was involved in the stockton to Darlington railway and is known as the father of railways as is Stephenson also. The family had many prominent members if you look at their history. From as you say founding Saltburn and providing rail coal routes to London from Newcastle. One was involved with Clevealand Bridge and Engineering company, so overall it seems that their family's wealth and involvement initially stemmed from the railways into other engineering and elsewhere. So yes the Pease from Ashmore Benson and Pease is the same family name. On reading interestingly, one of my female surname forebears also married into the family but none of their money came my way unfortunately lol.
@@FredFox-m9v there's lots about Pease at the museum in Darlington at North Road station, which covers the history and creation of the S&DR. Worth a visit 👍
Great video.
You didn't mention that Heighington is the oldest station in the world still standing. It's the boarded up building you showed by the level crossing.
Also, you spelled Middlesbrough wrong a number of times; the story I heard, which may be apocryphal, is that it was supposed to be "Middlesborough" but someone mis-spelt it on the town's Charter.
@@stuartmcivor2276 oh damn on both counts! I knew that building looked old and original... that would have been so good to mention.
As for spelling Middlesbrough wrong... no excuses... unforgivable. My apologies to the good people of Middlesbrough! 😬
Thanks for watching and pointing out the mistakes and omissions. Both always welcome on this channel 👍
Everyone seems to have had a very nice day. Well done.
@@frankcorr6566 they did! Thanks for watching along 👍
Good stuff, a nice day out 👍
@@john07973 thanks, it was! And thanks too for watching 👍
Only one word for it - Superb!
@@kevinellis8869 hi praise! Thank you so much 👍
Enjoyed this video, lzzy lovely boy😊
@@christinehodge3608 thanks! She's a very good dog. Lou's done a great job with her.
Great Video Johnny Lou and of course Izzy 🐕🦺🐕🦺
@@deltic1964 thanks from all of us 👍👍🐾
Great photography
@@davidmatthews7876 thanks David. The light was so good at Saltburn!
Excellent again JH
@@kevincollis2632 thanks Kevin 👍
No matter how deprived the North East may get, it will always have such incredible natural beauty. A really great video as always 😊
@@htt232101 thanks very much, and thanks for watching 👍
Loved seeing Izzy being let of the lead for the first time on the beach - pure joy!
@@stevecooksley Yes. Shot off like an arrow for the water!
Pleased you enjoyed it! 👍
Great trip, so much industrial heritage, brisk stroll and Izzy bonus, great video
@@russellb1212 thanks so much! And thanks too for watching 👍
What a beautiful day out. Lovely to see Lou and Izzy again. (And your good self, of course!)
@@Timstravels01 always nice to spend a day with them. There are a lot of laughs off camera, as I'm sure you can imagine! There's definitely enough on camera for probably a whole out take video!
@@JohnnyHooverTravels I look forward to that!
Another great trip Saltburn looks lovely.
@@terryosullivan2620 thanks! Yes it was!
And thanks for watching too 👍
Lovely watch that, cheers. Particularly loved the low-level lens work on the beach for the Izzy-cam. Nice touch!
@@horsehollerer thanks for noticing those low level shots. I was pleased with how they came out. As you say, they gave an aspect of the beach more from Izzy's eye level.
Back on a beach next Friday too!
@@JohnnyHooverTravels 100%. Super creative! BTW, I think we were talking about Swiss rail efficiency a while back ... I just hatched a plan for the end of Nov to cross the Alps from Zurich to Milan using TEN trains in one day. Six of the nine connections are less than 10 mins. Will it work? I say it will!
@@horsehollerer Yes. I reckon it will too. Maybe even time to grab a coffee on the platform!
From the title I thought you were walking back to Bishop Auckland 😂
@@sublimebeauty1 on that beach walking into the head wind, my legs were beginning to suspect that was exactly what we had done!
Thanks so much for watching along 👍
Just a couple of things.
It would have been a different 156 you saw leaving Saltburn. They have a quick turn around. The Bishop Auckland train leaves just before the hour. The Darlington one arrives at about 17 minutes and leaves at 22 minutes past.
2nd thing is the sign saying 3 miles to redcar. It's further. It's 2 miles just to Marske.
@@emilyjules5141 ah ok. Never double checked the unit numbers... rookie mistake!
And yes. It felt a lot further than just three miles!
Thanks so much for watching this one 👍
Lovely little video. Well done!
@@DanLoudShirts cheers Dan! Much appreciated. Thanks to you for watching 👍
Enjoyed the video ,but felt for you all on that beach walk. I know the line and used it last time in the hope of a crossing on the transporter bridge, however no joy! Amazing the way these Italian cafes, ice cream parlours etc. are still going strong, even if their names are now anglicized.
@@colinriley123 I would definitely like to get a closer look at both bridges and it would be great to ride the transporter bridge. Ah, so many things to do!
Thanks for coming along on this one 👍
Beautiful beach! Nice to see Izzy and Lou again. We applaud the ice cream selection. Now we need to go get some lemon gelato. 😅 🍦
@@sandiandgregh thanks! We definitely earned that ice cream!
Another enjoyable video! Nice to see Lou and Izzy again, too. Let’s see - a 3mi walk, in the sand, against a strong headwind - definitely leg day!
@@arthurerickson5162 yep. Those legs ached for a couple of days afterwards for sure...
It was nice for me to catch up with them again. We will plan something else soon.
Thanks for watching 👍
Great Video Johnny
@@paulgibsonphotography thanks Paul 👍
The Bishop Line. What was my home line until recently. I grew up on the courts just above the signal box. Got my first computer off one of the signalmen who must have been sick of me kicking ⚽️ of the old buildings & asking him to get the ball when it went over the fence.
The summer Sunday service to Whitby was always a popular one.
@@philipsutton5652 thanks for sharing the memories! Yes, i do need to get out on that line to Whitby one of these days.
Thanks so much for watching too 👍
You were correct when you pronounced it as Red car, nobody from Redcar says redkeer.
@@martinboddy haha. Well we believed what Northern said!
Thanks so much for watching 👍
Redcar Redca Central has sliding level crossing gates. That's unusual.
@@alanbrown3015 Yes that is unusual. Don't know whether they have had problems with people jumping the usual drop down barriers 🤷♂️
Thanks so much for watching 👍
Great video, I've just been to Saltburn on Wednesday filming trains at the station 🚉
@@k1eranjames thanks. It's a great little station. If you cannot retain the old buildings for station use, at least preserving them and converting them for other use is a way forward.
Thanks for watching 👍
Can remember Redcar and Saltburn from the 1970's when BR used to run "Mystery Trips" at weekends from the Stoke Division of the LMR. Great days out on proper trains behind a class 40 or 47 diesel!!!
I think you can still get mystery trips on GWR!
@@ChooChoo-gw6py i remember the Explore Britain excursions they used to run from my local station area. Which included mystery trips too.
Thanks for watching 👍
Excellent journey on a line famous all over the world, but not many has travelled on it, I missed it on my may from Sunderland to Whitby. Regarding the transponder bridge, did I also missed that 30 years ago and I am not sure if it will ever be reopen again, but let us hope I am wrong. You can take a ride on the one in Newport that I think reopened this year in spring. Didn't Izzy also joined you when travelled on Settle - Carlisle?
@@Kulla1berg Yes, it will be nice if the transporter bridge reopens, but you do have to decide best where tax money is spent, so I'll leave that to the good people of Middlesbrough to decide.
Btw Whitby is also a trip i fancy...
And yes, Izzy got wet with us under the Ribblehead viaduct!
@@JohnnyHooverTravels That is true. One need to be careful about tax money. Even if I like the bridge is it worth the money and is there any use of the bridge today, there might not be any ship traffic at that part of Tee.
Have a pleasant day and looking forward to your next video
1 thing I always wonder about this line is if there's toilets...
@@davidburgess3579 well there's some on the trains. 😁
Thanks for watching 👍
Sadly TPE are cutting services in December and stopping at Redcar central instead of Saltburn from then. The reason Redcar has a sliding barrier is first the strong winds off the sea use to bend the boom gates and cause big delays and there is not enough clearance for a proper normal barrier.So they put in a wind proof model instead.
@@carlharris2808 ah thanks for the update on the crossing barriers. Great explanation.
And yes, i did hear about the shortening of some services to Redcar. Seems a shame 🤷♂️
Thanks so much for watching 👍
As a local, I can tell you Redcar gets both pronunciations from those who live here - RedCAR and RedCA.
You did get Pacittos wrong, it’s Pa-Sittos not Pa-Chittos.
Glad you enjoyed your trip!
@@davidwil58 haha... everywhere I go I seem to make pronunciation errors. We thought we'd done alright, and then Pacitto catches us out! 🤷♂️
Thanks for the instruction and thanks too for watching 👍
I think the ci in Italian is pronounced CH. So Paa-Cheet-toh. I’m assuming it’s Italian because of the ice cream.
Bit grating to hear the pronciation "RedKER" so many times😂
Just watched the promo video on the new Darlington station. It seems to be getting a world class multi story car park. Yippee!
@@colinriley123 hmm yes. I looked at some of that and wasn't overwhelmed. Hopefully the reality will be better 🤞
My local line! Used many, many times, even if it is only every two hours between Bishop and Darlington.
Props for pronouncing Heighington correctly, I'm from the village nearby and the number of people who mess that name up...
It's hourly inc Sundays
@@andrewdales8136 Interesting. That must be a recent thing, it was definitely two-hourly last year!
@@jasejj thanks! Heighington was a case of listening to the on train announcement!
Thanks so much for watching 👍
Your trips in UK are even nicer than in Switzerland, France, very detailed trips with nice character.
@@eaea2332 oh that's lovely of you to say. Thank you so much 👍
Saltburn looks lovely. The North Sea can sure be windy 😊😅
@@Trond_travels haha! Both of those statements are definitely true!
Thanks for coming along 👍
I'm biased toward this part of the world (especially Sunderland up the road), but the whole area needs a lot of the so called "levelling up" money. It's really very beautiful up there.
@@RobinPalmerTV i think it is fair to reflect that levelling up was a fantasy. But yes, there's lots of really beautiful places in the UK, be they north or south. Lived in the UK all my life but there's still so much for me to discover!
Thanks so much for watching this one 👍
You missed a quick peek at the other Bishop Aukland station which is just north of the main one and goes to Stanhope with services run by the Weardale Railway.Technically the line goes on to Eastgate but isn't used between Stanhope and Eastgate.Thornaby yard is a shadow of its former self and occasionally you can see class 66's or very rarely a 60 in there.
@@kevanhubbard9673 ah yes. Should have popped up there... but there's only so much you can squeeze into one video 🤷♂️
Thanks so much for watching 👍
I used to live in Darlington, very close to North Road station. You missed passing over “£5 bridge” just east of that station - the Skerne Bridge that was on the previous (pre-Churchill) fiver.
@@TransportGeekery ah that's just the sort of thing i like to add in my videos. I will try and remember that if I'm passing again!
Thanks for that and thanks for watching 👍
Really enjoyed your outing. Thank you. You looked a bit cold. What was the temperature?
@@clivelangham435 Yes, that fairly northerly wind was a bit bracing. But the raincoat kept the wind out and the effort of walking kept us warm 😀 It was probably about 13C
Thanks for watching 👍
Good on the three of you for making that long beach walk in a gale - very bracing! You certainly deserved ice cream and chips :) Oh, talking of co-presenters, are we going to see your Cornish walking buddy (Paul??) again at some point? He was a hoot.
@@ampersand. thanks for that and yes, i can confirm here that there is already a video featuring Paul in the can... just needed to get round to editing it as it is part of a series of ten (yes ten!) videos... oo er...
Izzy + Handler + Butler.
@@user-eg8pv2om7j yep. We all understand the pecking order in this group...
Thanks for watching and making me laugh 👍
Nice one Johnny. Pardon my ignorance, but who is Lou ?? :)
@@andywillis2650 Lou is a friend I've known for about 20 years!
Thanks for watching 👍
Chocolate top, what were they thinking? I lived or many years is Heighington near Lincoln which is pronounced very differently. Great vid keep up the good work.
@@johnbolton7894 well, i suppose if you like chocolate flavour then you can maybe overlook the "look".. not for me though! 💩
Thanks for the kind words and thanks for watching 👍
2:45
Hello Johnny, surprised you didn't mention Flying Scotsman at Locomotion 😂 can tell when you saw it you dashed over to the other side of the train.
If you don't mind me asking, how do you know Lou?
Another good video, (and personally I would like to try a chocolate top 😅)
@@Northerner_Transport_Hub i will return to Locomotion in another video i shot that week. Lou and I have been friends for years, since she hooked up with another great friend of mine.
Thanks for watching... and noticing... 👍
What is a Kilo metre, I think you mean Kilometre (kill ometer), it's a distance not a weight.
Was the Mr Pease you mentioned twice, the same Mr Pease from Ashmore, Benson and Pease, that evolved into Davy Ashmore ? Also here's a tip, study the wind and get off at Redcar then walk to Saltburn if the wind is in the same direction. I used to ride my push bike from Stockton to Redcar Steelworks and back, 5 days a week for 25 years ( 34 miles per day ) in all weathers. Wind was a major feature of my commute, mostly blowing from Stockton to Redcar but not always but in the summer, on shore breezes were a feature that blew me home for about 3 miles of my journey quite often, with wind developing from the difference between the air rising above the hot land and the cooler sea air filling back in, where the hot air had risen from.
@@FredFox-m9v dunno about the Pease history there, but i suspect it's a longstanding name in the area, so wouldn't be surprised!
Wrt the wind. I know what you mean! Sadly our reading of the weather app had it as being a little more from the South West than it actually turned out! Oh well, it was a great day out anyway!
Thanks so much for watching and for your interesting comment 👍
@JohnnyHooverTravels just had a bit of research. The Pease family had a long history in the area. They were quakers from Darlington. Edward Pease was involved in the stockton to Darlington railway and is known as the father of railways as is Stephenson also. The family had many prominent members if you look at their history. From as you say founding Saltburn and providing rail coal routes to London from Newcastle. One was involved with Clevealand Bridge and Engineering company, so overall it seems that their family's wealth and involvement initially stemmed from the railways into other engineering and elsewhere. So yes the Pease from Ashmore Benson and Pease is the same family name. On reading interestingly, one of my female surname forebears also married into the family but none of their money came my way unfortunately lol.
@@FredFox-m9v there's lots about Pease at the museum in Darlington at North Road station, which covers the history and creation of the S&DR. Worth a visit 👍