About 10 years ago I was standing on the platform of Eastleigh station when a steam locomotive came through at speed. The whole place shook, it was amazing.
Steam locomotives are totally awesome to see and hear. It's as if they are alive. They were phased out for good reasons, but they sure were something. .
Bruh, yeah our trains in the uk hit 125mph at high speed . 100mph/160kmh on more regular services. It's a shame a big country like Australia doesent really do that If what your saying is true
I can say the exact same about the US. People always complain about trains in Britain, but this 28 second video alone shows that they're better than what most of the US has.
@@ncard00 By the time that happens it will be far too late. Especially in the US, where in spite of everything everyone drives huge SUVs and pickup trucks.
First time I went to America I went to the only place with high speed trains in the country - the North East Corridor - and as I was waiting for my train to Philadelphia an Acela went through the station at considerable speed. Since our beloved Yanks decided that the way they'll make trains safe is by making them indestructible, a battle tank disguised as a train just blasted past at 200 km/h and it felt like the entire station got dragged along by its mass. It was awesome.
The first generation Acela was designed with a top speed of 150mph (240kph) and second generation 220mph (352kph), but the maximum speed limit is 150mph.
In England they have painted yellow areas going about a meter in from the edge of the platform just as shown in this video. A friend from Canada was visiting and wanted to know how come such a wide area was needed. Just then an express train to London blasted past the platform and she discovered the answer. When these trains fly past they create a vacuum that actually pulls you towards the speeding train. It can be a bit frightening to suddenly get sucked in that way hence the meter wide no standing area.
@@JohnSmith-uy7sv he was referring to the yellow lines on the platform edges. Trains will sound their horns if they see people standing inside the yellow no stand zone. It’s about a meter wide and anybody not standing behind this area could be sucked in towards the side of the train cars.
no, I wanted to see a funny face. Eye's crossed, tongue sticking out. Something to make us laugh. What good is a pretty face if you can't use it to make people smile or laugh. Self deprecation is the best. 🤪🤪
I once found myself sitting on a bench in a railway station approximately 2 metres from a set of tracks. I noticed a passenger train approaching but did not pay much attention because I thought it was going to stop. Instead, it came past at approximately 150 kph at it was terrifying. I knew that if I stood up I would be a little closer to the tracks and possibly in danger. So, I just remained as still as I could. It was over in a few seconds, but I've never sat or stood that close to a railway since then.
In the late '50s I was on the platform at St.Albans City Station as a northbound express came thundering through when suddenly a lump of coal, the size of a breeze block, fell off the almost full tender! We jumped up onto some empty baggage trolleys as the block shattered into several pieces and flew along the platform, fortunately not hitting anyone. Within minutes there wasn't a trace left as the porter came out of his room with some buckets, shovel and broom , then scuttled back to his lair with his shiny black treasure!
@@varoonnone7159they were the only motive power until my 20s. but I am 76. Everything then was grey and gritty & smelled of coal, 0:28 steam and oil. Glorious! A steam locomotive is a living thing and it's all on show unlike electric or diesel traction.
The fact that the porter was Johnny on the spot for the right tools for the job speaks volumes about how often that happened. He was probably excited as he knew he was going to be able to heat his room that day.
Many years ago an elderly lady told me that everyone in rural Montana had been terrified of the new railroads that came through because the trains ran as fast as eight miles an hour.
Peterborough last week: "the next train does not stop at this station. Stand well clear of the platform edge" I head to the yellow line with my kid, who holds my hand in anticipation. A minute later, a little two carriage commuter bimbles up to the end of the platform, stops for five minutes, then bimbles back out the way it came.
It says the same when my freight comes in and stops, and me and the driver swap over. I always think ‘it better had stop or I’ve come here for nothing’
I drive trains through Stevenage Station at 100mph often. Most of the time alot of people are so oblivious to the dangers of standing so close to the fast line platforms 2 and 3. I often have to sound my horn when I'm approaching just to alert people.
It's dangerous and if you would stand on the yellow line, you would feel a mysterious force pushing you to the train (more like bottom of the train/wheels) and after the train passes. When the train is moving fast, it's pushing all air in front of the train outwards, creating a vacuum. Atmosphere don't like vacuums and it's trying to fill these spaces with air, and the only way for air to get there is by the gap between the train and the platform.
I nearly got sucked under a lorry's wheels by the same process. I was cycling along, a lorry came past me too fast and too close, and the air pressure pushed me against the side of the lorry again and again as it went past. I had to actually shove myself off the side of the lorry several times. If I had lost control of the bike I would have been under that lorry's wheels in a heartbeat! This was in the 1970s before they put barriers down the side of lorries between the wheels.
The "vacuum" you talk about is only created after the train. And pushing the air in front of it actually creates a push away from the train. But only at the front and a few meters behind the front. Then another effect takes over. The train forces the air beside it to go with the train because of friction between train and air molecules near the train, and this air is replaced by air further away from the train, floating towards the train's side. This is what you feel beside a fast moving train.
@@T0MT0Mmmmy "The "vacuum" you talk about is only created after the train." He has it correct and you have it only partially correct. The nose of the train blasts air *sideways* as it punches through. The inertia of the air means that immediately behind the nose of the train is going to be reduced air pressure and the air shoved aside will rebound back against the train. The same phenomenon happens with large ships in a passage or canal; there's a big reduction in water level when the *bow* passes; the water is displaced in ever direction and moving water has less volume; so does moving air, the Bernoulli principle. Then when the ship passes, a *hydraulic jump* comes along when the water stops moving aft of the ship and suddenly stops moving and has only one place to go, UP.
@@T0MT0Mmmmy "The train forces the air beside it to go with the train" Indeed; and that invokes the Bernoulli principle -- fast moving air has less pressure. So there's a tendency to draw in air along the sides. Obvoiusly the air has to go somewhere and all this air moving is *drag* and so the trains are streamlined to reduce this drag.
There used to be a sign on the Northbound platform at Milton Keynes station that read: "Don't stand too close to edge of the platform when the express trains pass, as you may get sucked off." - always raised a giggle, that one!
When my son was 2 years old, I thought it would be fun to show him the trains stopping at our local station. First train through did exactly that! I almost fainted! He on the other hand, was still sitting in the pram with a great big smile on his face. 😂
The new high speed "Javelin" trains in the UK (the one at the end of the video) ARE Shinkansen... sort of. They are the Hitachi "Baby Shinkansen" which run fast services in mountainous areas where it wouldn't be practical to lay "proper" Shinkansen track. Only the ones in Japan have open, airy interiors with bespoke decor and themed carriages using, say, wood from, and traditional designs of, the cities they run between. In the UK this would be seen as way too "far right" and "nationalistic" (all the rolled eyes emoji in the world won't make it less true), so they have 2x3 cramped cram 'em in interiors.
Yes, you can be the same distance or even closer to the edge, but the train is going at 320 kph, around 200 mph! However, there is a solid barrier separating you from the track. Takes your breath away.
The major difference is that the Shinkansen uses a dedicated high-speed rail network (Shinkansen Line), while most other high-speed trains in European countries share the same tracks as the other trains which means that they will have to slow down quite a lot as the lines weren't made for those speeds back when they were built. Most German ICE trains can reach well above 300 km/h but most routes average at around 150 km/h because of the aforementioned drawbacks. Back then when Germany was still split in half, the German "Bundesbahn" decided to not build their own dedicated high-speed rail network, a dumb move in hindsight as you can reach most cities in Germany faster by car, than by train.
Here in the USA, We suck at train usage. mostly for freight, but EVERY WEEK, (NOT an exaggeration) somewhere here, a train derails and the clean up begins>>>>> again! I'm happy the trains HERE don't go that fast.....derailments would triple!!
Oh derailments have little to do with speed, it's about lacking maintenance something that's been a massive problem for american trains for a good wgile now, cost-cutting and overworking employees while giving them timetables that are impossible to make with properly executed inspections, and even then what gets caught may not get fixed at all. If american rail was properly funded and regulated, it could and should go this fast because that'd be good.
This is great but being on one of these trains and passing another fast train is even more amazing. Amazing the windows don't blow out, the impact is very noticeable.
In Austria, after a baby in a pram was sucked under a freight train passing at high speed through a station a few years ago, there are now even more signs and other warnings in stations, along with tether points to tie prams and wheelchairs to fixed platform furniture, to remind people that trains passing through stations at high speed pose a risk.
@@OmmerSyssel white Europeans are perfectly capable of unbelievable stupidity and negligence, so don't insinuate that the above comment must be about immigrants.
I remember 48 years ago a train doing maybe 160 km/h passing Kelvedon in Essex while we were waiting for the following slow train to London. It was quite a shock to us then (in Denmark the speed limit was 140), although my parents had a garden next to the mainline in Denmark. Now, in Germany or in France it is very unspectacular going 250 or 300 km/h if you sit inside the train, but when a freight train pass at 100 or 120 km/h at our local station it is still quite frightening 😅
200 km/h is the maximum speed for mos British trains, but there are high speed services from Kent to London that will reach 225 km/h and the Eurostar has a top speed of 300 km/h. Understandably the Eurostar tracks are fenced off with high fences and don't pass local stations. Also the railways still use mph over here, but needed to convert this for you.
When I was in England studying in 1978, they ran a 150 Fast Train that was powered by 2 diesel engines, one on either end of the train. The station I stopped at for my center was not one where they slowed down. The first time I was there, I was standing next to the track when it came through. Not only was it fast as heck, it was LOUD with both diesel engines blasting.
Relatively few ride trains in the U.S., so it's not worth the investment. In fiscal year 2022 Amtrak had revenues of $2.1 billion and expenses of $4.1 billion, a loss of 2 billion. The U.S. is car obsessed. Everything is about the car and funding for highways.
Most of the UK only has relatively slow trains. The top speed there is typically 125 mph, same as much the United States. But since most trains in the US are freight trains, and freight doesn’t prioritize speed in the way passengers do, most trains in the United States are slower. This is in order to save fuel, and thus cost.
I was on the eastbound platform in Slough a while ago, which has a slight inside curve. Because of the connection to Windsor, there were a lot of tourists. I recall an American saying "Why the yellow line? Surely you'll know when a train is coming."... Well, I was looking down the track and saw an Intercity 125 coming: as usual he had closed the throttle to slow down before coming through the station, then "BLAAT!!!" full throttle again alongside the platform to get up to speed again: the guy just about jumped out of his skin! It was probably only doing about 80 mph, but just a few feet away that's pretty scary.
I used to repair railway ticket machines for a living, and some of our machines were set on the platforms. One in particular, somewhere in north London, seemed to have more through trains than any other I went to. I could almost feel the 2000lb machine move as they went past, and was very glad of the fence between me and the platform.
I actually guessed this was Stevenage! The fast trains passing through the station there are WILD (much more so than they look in these videos)! The strong wind nearly knocks you over and it slams the doors of the waiting room open and shut with such force that they become dangerous weapons. On one occasion, I swooped a frail elderly lady in my arms and swung her around to prevent her from being blown away with the train!
75 MPH looks so much faster when you’re right there next to the platform. Saw a couple DMUs blow by the station by our AirBNB and the sounds were incredible.
The reason you actually have to stand back is not in risk of getting hit by the train, it's that it moves so fast the air current near the train can pull you onto the tracks
@@sandybruce9092 I get to do that on the regular since I'm working at a railroad museum with several operational steam engines. I even get to drive and/or fire them myself every now and then and I've got to say: Driving a big express engine yourself is an exponentially more breathtaking experience than simply watching it thunder past or riding it in the back. The moment you open up the throttle just enough to start moving with the beefiest of barks is always as magical as the first time, no matter how many times you experienced it already. I really envy my parents who got to grow up with those mechanical marvels still in active service.....
@@iamgaijin88 I had to google it. 🙂 Japan has one of the highest suicide rates among OECD nations, and often, those taking their own lives do so by leaping from station platforms into the path of oncoming trains, with Japan averaging one such instance each day.May 22, 2018 That is insane. I was just making a joke of it and turns out, people do it for real. Wow.
@@JohnSmith-uy7sv Almost always on the commuter lines, and quite often the body is thrown back onto the platform, injuring waiting passengers. Only know of 2-3 suicides relateded to bullet trains, and one may have been an accident in a tunnel. One suicide in 2018, in West Japan cracked the nose of the bullet train, and left a red smear down the side. Driver thought he'd hit small animal. Body parts found down the line. Manager had to bow low and apologise to passengers for the delay.
No kidding! I was once on a platform North of London and I saw the high-speed train approaching... It was really moving so I stood around the end of the shelter when it went by... I could feel the suction!
One of the reasons why my country decided to put barriers on the platforms. Also to stop people from jumping in front of the train. Used to just be a yellow line lol
If that was in Canada you wouldn't be allowed to be out on the platform. Canada has way too many rules and laws and Trudeau is making up new laws and rules every day.
When I went to work in disney land paris in 1992. I was standing at the yellow line on the platform at esbly train station. When suddenly a massive freight train came through the station blowing my aran wool hat right off my head. You only have a second before you hear it coming. They go through the stations at full speed. Ironically one of my friends from home who was in France with us didn’t make it home alive. He was hit by one of these freight trains. His mother was never told the truth. She was distraught and probably still is today 31 years later. She could never understand why it was a closed coffin. I know why. He was only 22 . R.I.P mate.
When I was at the railway station on Sunday (8 Oct 2023) an automated announcement warned "Stand back from the platform, fast train approaching". Then a DMU trundled past at about 20mph. There was heavy rain with trains cancelled, so I expect it was proceeding cautiously in case of flooding or landslips.
I nearly got sucked off on a platform when a high speed train went passed, unfortunately it scared the woman I was with at the time and she wanted to go somewhere safer to do it.
In the 1970s, I used to use Worksop station occasionally. The platforms were nowhere near as wide as at Stevenage in this clip. Coal trains used to come through taking coal to the power stations in the area. Although these were slower than the passenger trains in this clip, they were terrifying because I could feel the vibration from their passage through the platform I was standing on, and the hopper wagons seemed to bounce and lurch, and I used to think "what would happen if they derailed?"
I was standing on a platform, and someone said to me. " Don't stand too close to the edge. If a train comes, it might suck you off" I said.. ' Come on, train!!' 😂
Express services, local and intercity. Standard practice, even in the days of steam. Only you must stand back, because the maximum speed of these trains is over 125 mph and then minimum is over 50 mph. The resulting updraft of air is potentially lethal, hence the warning markings on the platform.
I was once on an evening Shinkansen and wanted to see something in the distance, so I pressed my face against the window when another Shinkansen flew past in the opposite direction. It scared the heck out me. At least I didn't scream!
@@JohnSmith-uy7sv Never done that in my life. But gotta say, when your face is a few feet away from something that just flies past you at a combined speed of around 500+ kph you weren't expecting, I was more likely to lose a heart beat than my lunch!
I lived in Kaiserlautern near the Hauptbahnhof and also near Einsiedlerhof station for over a year. Things were a bit slower because of local traffic and the faster trains doing "bypasses" near Einsiedlerhof (feeder into K-Town). BUT being there when a highspeed came thru was amazing!!!!! I was a military member given a WONDERFUL chance to be there for 4 years total assignment with USAF (Ramstein). IT WAS A JOY AND A PRIVILEGE TO BE IN SUCH AN OLD, AMAZING, BEAUTIFUL AND HISTORICAL country. The welcome (depending on where you traveled) was not always gracious and accepting, but that attitude is understandable and I made it a point to be gracious and friendly (and helpful when I could). I love the people there and the opportunities to visit almost everywhere (Berlin, at the time, was a little challenging, to be sure, but once you were in, people were, for the most part, happy to see us). Thank you, Deutschland! For the incredible hospitality for which I will LOVE YOU, FOREVER!!😍🙂😀😁😊🥰❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Not American/USAF but lived there for quite a while too, didn't expect to see Kaiserslautern/Einsiedlerhof in a comment lol, truly a great place/country, fully agree 🙌🙌
I too was privileged by the military. USN sent me to London for 3 years in the early 90’s. The tube and British Rail were definitely not high speed but what a dream assignment!
WOW! Really surprised to see a direct K-Town reference. Also at Ramstein AFB (back when it was W. Germany). Grew up there, 13 years. 1st grade through graduation at K-Town Amer HS. Just loved riding the [DB] Deutsches Bahn. A 10-wheeled steam engine would come right by the house in the village we lived in. Lots & lots of special Memories. Especially Der Volksmärchen & die Bierzelt (Bier Tents) am Karnevals.
I'm not German but Dutch, but do speak it also, so let me speak on their behalf and say, on behalf of all Europeans, thanks for your service here, and I'm glad you liked it! This video is actually in the UK though!
Some of the infra on the NEC is over 100 years old. Outside of there, Amtrak is at the mercy of the freight rails who like to run trains that are too long to fit in sidings.
@@railworksamerica It doesn't, but freight trains don't fit in sidings anymore because the Class Is don't want to pay for employees, track repairs, or... literally anything.
You're supposed to stand back not just because it's "frightening" but because of the Venturi Effect. The velocity of the train can create a localized drop in fluid (air) pressure which can actually pull you into the tracks if you're standing too close.
I am a large size lady. i stood up , behind the yellow line to take a photo of the irish rail 201 class locomotive on the front of a Dublin to Belfast Enterprise train . The train damn near blew me off my feet. I say again that i was well behind the yellow line .
There's a train I sometimes take to visit my parents which flies through a decent sized station at 160 km/h. I always find it entertaining to see the station flying by. (Belgian intercity train)
Many years ago at Stevenage where this video is, I got too close or within yellow area train shot past I felt my body being sucked in, scared living daylights out me quick reactions saved my life. I understand its do with vacuum train creates at speed faster train ie above 100mph creates like vortex wind tunnel or slipstream around it. U can be sucked in too close.
@@renakunisaki Yes -most people would be too guarded and go off the rails trying to rise themselves above their station - it's videography par excellence and should be acclaimed as one of the best train films ever made in my opinion ! Pure genius.Well fairly pure genius.
I once saw some idiot think it would be fun to brush one of these as it passed and that it wouldn't hurt so bad. Ended up with his entire hand and forearm broken to pieces. I found an article about it a couple weeks later and doctors said his arm was permanently damaged. Stupid.
I was standing on the platform of a small station in the Netherlands’s when a German ICE train went through. We were literally blown backwards. It was quite frightening actually and no warning was given by the station master
I was once in a station in Glasgow. The announcer said, would passengers please stand back from the yellow lines, as the train may come along and suck you off. Lol I kid you not .
Here in Georgia(in the states), we have our public transit MARTA and i say they can go pretty fast. It takes approx 20 mins from the Airport to the central station. Even if you stand a bit further back from the platforms edge, you can really feel it since it creates alot of pressure at the front every it slows down to a stop at each station.
I have actually seen a couple of trains flying by at a few stations before. Mainly some Amtrak trains around Pennsylvania and New Jersey, USA. Not as fast as the trains over in Europe like in the UK, but still pretty fast.
I love how Americans talk about trains as if they were some novelty or from outer space. Travel on trains regularly as we do in Europe, and this is everyday
@AHJ99. yep there have higher gear ratios for their motors. Class 387s are likely capable of 120 if bypassing software limitations. Theoretically anyway. They are geared for higher speeds than 110mph. Given how quick they reach 100mph. Id wager they coukd reach higher speeds above 115mph.
I liked this video wow them trains do go past very fast i remember standing on a platform in bramhall not far from manchester and theres a curve about half a mile up the track i remember a intercity passenger train coming around the curve and this girl said too me i would stand well back if i was you and she was right about 15 seconds later the train flew past us just like the trains in this video only back then the intercity trains had about 13 carriages you wouldn't think it wen it went past to fast to count how many , i liked the little smile at the end, i love trains , godbless you,
Been there, (San Mateo, CA) done that... (Saw the train coming, thinking it was a bit early, which should have warned me) and then saw the sign "Express". Realizing the express does not stop at San Mateo, immediately got as far back as I can and STILL got blasted a huge gust of wind. Almost blew my baseball cap off (was going into SF for a baseball game).
When I go to Europe, I'm just going to spend a day traveling around the great train system and being able to get to small towns and big cities and even other countries and just explore the European landscape!
About 10 years ago I was standing on the platform of Eastleigh station when a steam locomotive came through at speed. The whole place shook, it was amazing.
Steam trains are HEAVY
Hammer blow
Steam locomotives are totally awesome to see and hear. It's as if they are alive. They were phased out for good reasons, but they sure were something. .
@@bb-3653not British ones lol
Yay! Eastleigh.
Steam trains used to pass the end of our road, Archers road.
If trains ever got over 40 kmph in Australia people might actually use them
Bruh, yeah our trains in the uk hit 125mph at high speed . 100mph/160kmh on more regular services. It's a shame a big country like Australia doesent really do that If what your saying is true
I can say the exact same about the US. People always complain about trains in Britain, but this 28 second video alone shows that they're better than what most of the US has.
@@quillmaurer6563Brightline is fixing that in the US.
Just accelerate climate change, and doubters will realize the urgency to invest all the transportation money in HSR.
@@ncard00 By the time that happens it will be far too late. Especially in the US, where in spite of everything everyone drives huge SUVs and pickup trucks.
First time I went to America I went to the only place with high speed trains in the country - the North East Corridor - and as I was waiting for my train to Philadelphia an Acela went through the station at considerable speed. Since our beloved Yanks decided that the way they'll make trains safe is by making them indestructible, a battle tank disguised as a train just blasted past at 200 km/h and it felt like the entire station got dragged along by its mass.
It was awesome.
The first generation Acela was designed with a top speed of 150mph (240kph) and second generation 220mph (352kph), but the maximum speed limit is 150mph.
I have to say, as an American, that is a funny comment!
Imagine if you had been standing on this platform as an Acela went by :D ruclips.net/video/vwAJCuOafXs/видео.html
Isn't the Acela an Bombardier/Alstom made train, making it Canadian/French and so, very not yanky?
The Acela trains are made by a French Canadian company, ironically enough
In England they have painted yellow areas going about a meter in from the edge of the platform just as shown in this video. A friend from Canada was visiting and wanted to know how come such a wide area was needed. Just then an express train to London blasted past the platform and she discovered the answer. When these trains fly past they create a vacuum that actually pulls you towards the speeding train. It can be a bit frightening to suddenly get sucked in that way hence the meter wide no standing area.
That would be cool. 🙂
Drivers tend to sound their horn if they see someone standing in front of the line as they approach the station.
@@trickygoose2 yeah, a scary loud horn should stop people from jumping in front of the train to end it all. duh. 🙄
@@JohnSmith-uy7sv it's not just 'jumpers', you get dopey people who are standing in front of the line.
@@JohnSmith-uy7sv he was referring to the yellow lines on the platform edges. Trains will sound their horns if they see people standing inside the yellow no stand zone. It’s about a meter wide and anybody not standing behind this area could be sucked in towards the side of the train cars.
in germany we usually have high speed trains just going through at 150-250. and it looks terrifying.
Or 300 kph, but then it is on the inside tracks.
The trains in this video would be passing at speeds of between 160 and 200kmh..
the highest speed at a platform in Germany is actually 230 km/h and this means special precautions such as barriers at the platform and so on.
😂 Indian trains :- let me show you how it's done... !
They just vibrate the Whole platform at just 160 kmph..
In China already 700 kmh
The end is the best part. Love her smile and little chuckle.
no, I wanted to see a funny face. Eye's crossed, tongue sticking out. Something to make us laugh. What good is a pretty face if you can't use it to make people smile or laugh. Self deprecation is the best. 🤪🤪
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I agree. That smile made the video worth while to me😊
Face reveal!
if only she is younger.
I once found myself sitting on a bench in a railway station approximately 2 metres from a set of tracks. I noticed a passenger train approaching but did not pay much attention because I thought it was going to stop. Instead, it came past at approximately 150 kph at it was terrifying. I knew that if I stood up I would be a little closer to the tracks and possibly in danger. So, I just remained as still as I could. It was over in a few seconds, but I've never sat or stood that close to a railway since then.
You Know That 160 KPH Is 100 MPH And 100 KPH Is 62 MPH
@@SN06BNF Yes, I know. This was an express passenger train.
I always imagine: "I wonder what would happen if it derailed right now?"
@@bobross6802 That is exactly why I never stop my vehicle too close to level crossings when trains are passing.
In Aust you could have a little snooze and still see the train coming that move that fast NOT.
I can only imagine how many people that woman made smile at the end, smiles are infectious. thank you.
In the late '50s I was on the platform at St.Albans City Station as a northbound express came thundering through when suddenly a lump of coal, the size of a breeze block, fell off the almost full tender! We jumped up onto some empty baggage trolleys as the block shattered into several pieces and flew along the platform, fortunately not hitting anyone. Within minutes there wasn't a trace left as the porter came out of his room with some buckets, shovel and broom , then scuttled back to his lair with his shiny black treasure!
This is amazing story. You actually took a real coal powered passenger train.
The porter did a fine job !
@@varoonnone7159they were the only motive power until my 20s. but I am 76. Everything then was grey and gritty & smelled of coal, 0:28 steam and oil. Glorious! A steam locomotive is a living thing and it's all on show unlike electric or diesel traction.
The fact that the porter was Johnny on the spot for the right tools for the job speaks volumes about how often that happened. He was probably excited as he knew he was going to be able to heat his room that day.
Sorry - not from UK. How big is a breeze block? No idea what that even is. Sounds like you were lucky that day.
@@rudyschwab7709Sell it on after work more like.
Many years ago an elderly lady told me that everyone in rural Montana had been terrified of the new railroads that came through because the trains ran as fast as eight miles an hour.
LOL
Gold 😂😂
A lot of trains in the US still do....😄
In the early days of cars they had guards walking infront of them waving flags to warn people. The times are a changing. 😁
Folks here in Montana are not as fragile as you are letting on.
Didn't they collect all the butter knives in Britain recently to keep ya'll safe?
Peterborough last week: "the next train does not stop at this station. Stand well clear of the platform edge"
I head to the yellow line with my kid, who holds my hand in anticipation.
A minute later, a little two carriage commuter bimbles up to the end of the platform, stops for five minutes, then bimbles back out the way it came.
I learnt a new word today .... bimble haha
It says the same when my freight comes in and stops, and me and the driver swap over. I always think ‘it better had stop or I’ve come here for nothing’
@@MartindynaI was going to say the same. Well, time to bimble off to work…
@@Martindyna you mean.... Bimbo. 🙂
😂
I drive trains through Stevenage Station at 100mph often. Most of the time alot of people are so oblivious to the dangers of standing so close to the fast line platforms 2 and 3. I often have to sound my horn when I'm approaching just to alert people.
I stand right up to the edge for fun.
I drive through Northallerton at 125mph and I’m not surprised it’s a place people choose to end their life.
@@HOLLASOUNDS That's nothing, I put a glued suit on and then join the train as it passes by. Riding sideways is exciting !
Sounding that horn is a job well done. 👍
Oh hey I used to use Stevenage station a lot back in the day, I probably saw a train you were driving.
It's dangerous and if you would stand on the yellow line, you would feel a mysterious force pushing you to the train (more like bottom of the train/wheels) and after the train passes. When the train is moving fast, it's pushing all air in front of the train outwards, creating a vacuum. Atmosphere don't like vacuums and it's trying to fill these spaces with air, and the only way for air to get there is by the gap between the train and the platform.
Sucks.
I nearly got sucked under a lorry's wheels by the same process. I was cycling along, a lorry came past me too fast and too close, and the air pressure pushed me against the side of the lorry again and again as it went past. I had to actually shove myself off the side of the lorry several times. If I had lost control of the bike I would have been under that lorry's wheels in a heartbeat! This was in the 1970s before they put barriers down the side of lorries between the wheels.
The "vacuum" you talk about is only created after the train.
And pushing the air in front of it actually creates a push away from the train. But only at the front and a few meters behind the front.
Then another effect takes over. The train forces the air beside it to go with the train because of friction between train and air molecules near the train, and this air is replaced by air further away from the train, floating towards the train's side. This is what you feel beside a fast moving train.
@@T0MT0Mmmmy "The "vacuum" you talk about is only created after the train."
He has it correct and you have it only partially correct. The nose of the train blasts air *sideways* as it punches through. The inertia of the air means that immediately behind the nose of the train is going to be reduced air pressure and the air shoved aside will rebound back against the train.
The same phenomenon happens with large ships in a passage or canal; there's a big reduction in water level when the *bow* passes; the water is displaced in ever direction and moving water has less volume; so does moving air, the Bernoulli principle. Then when the ship passes, a *hydraulic jump* comes along when the water stops moving aft of the ship and suddenly stops moving and has only one place to go, UP.
@@T0MT0Mmmmy "The train forces the air beside it to go with the train"
Indeed; and that invokes the Bernoulli principle -- fast moving air has less pressure. So there's a tendency to draw in air along the sides. Obvoiusly the air has to go somewhere and all this air moving is *drag* and so the trains are streamlined to reduce this drag.
There used to be a sign on the Northbound platform at Milton Keynes station that read: "Don't stand too close to edge of the platform when the express trains pass, as you may get sucked off." - always raised a giggle, that one!
In the US, trains going over 40mph usually fly off the tracks…😂
Same with NZ.
When my son was 2 years old, I thought it would be fun to show him the trains stopping at our local station. First train through did exactly that! I almost fainted! He on the other hand, was still sitting in the pram with a great big smile on his face. 😂
Hate to say it but those speeds are tame compared to being on a station platform in Japan when a Shinkansen blasts through.
The new high speed "Javelin" trains in the UK (the one at the end of the video) ARE Shinkansen... sort of. They are the Hitachi "Baby Shinkansen" which run fast services in mountainous areas where it wouldn't be practical to lay "proper" Shinkansen track. Only the ones in Japan have open, airy interiors with bespoke decor and themed carriages using, say, wood from, and traditional designs of, the cities they run between. In the UK this would be seen as way too "far right" and "nationalistic" (all the rolled eyes emoji in the world won't make it less true), so they have 2x3 cramped cram 'em in interiors.
Just so you know, this is the IET (Class 800), which is similar but more-recent than the Javelin (Class 395) 👌🏻
Yes, you can be the same distance or even closer to the edge, but the train is going at 320 kph, around 200 mph! However, there is a solid barrier separating you from the track.
Takes your breath away.
The major difference is that the Shinkansen uses a dedicated high-speed rail network (Shinkansen Line), while most other high-speed trains in European countries share the same tracks as the other trains which means that they will have to slow down quite a lot as the lines weren't made for those speeds back when they were built. Most German ICE trains can reach well above 300 km/h but most routes average at around 150 km/h because of the aforementioned drawbacks. Back then when Germany was still split in half, the German "Bundesbahn" decided to not build their own dedicated high-speed rail network, a dumb move in hindsight as you can reach most cities in Germany faster by car, than by train.
@@worldcomicsreview354 shinkansen are also 2x3. there are some 2x2 also
The pan to the woman and her smile and laugh are super wholesome.
Here in the USA, We suck at train usage. mostly for freight,
but EVERY WEEK, (NOT an exaggeration) somewhere here, a train derails and the clean up begins>>>>> again!
I'm happy the trains HERE don't go that fast.....derailments would triple!!
Oh derailments have little to do with speed, it's about lacking maintenance something that's been a massive problem for american trains for a good wgile now, cost-cutting and overworking employees while giving them timetables that are impossible to make with properly executed inspections, and even then what gets caught may not get fixed at all.
If american rail was properly funded and regulated, it could and should go this fast because that'd be good.
Those are the thickest platform edges I've seen yet. Makes sense.
This is great but being on one of these trains and passing another fast train is even more amazing. Amazing the windows don't blow out, the impact is very noticeable.
In Austria, after a baby in a pram was sucked under a freight train passing at high speed through a station a few years ago, there are now even more signs and other warnings in stations, along with tether points to tie prams and wheelchairs to fixed platform furniture, to remind people that trains passing through stations at high speed pose a risk.
Another cultural enrichment ignoring local habits and restrictions??
@@OmmerSyssel white Europeans are perfectly capable of unbelievable stupidity and negligence, so don't insinuate that the above comment must be about immigrants.
I remember 48 years ago a train doing maybe 160 km/h passing Kelvedon in Essex while we were waiting for the following slow train to London. It was quite a shock to us then (in Denmark the speed limit was 140), although my parents had a garden next to the mainline in Denmark.
Now, in Germany or in France it is very unspectacular going 250 or 300 km/h if you sit inside the train, but when a freight train pass at 100 or 120 km/h at our local station it is still quite frightening 😅
200 km/h is the maximum speed for mos British trains, but there are high speed services from Kent to London that will reach 225 km/h and the Eurostar has a top speed of 300 km/h. Understandably the Eurostar tracks are fenced off with high fences and don't pass local stations. Also the railways still use mph over here, but needed to convert this for you.
Modern human amazed at common modern world occurence (2023, colorized)
When I was in England studying in 1978, they ran a 150 Fast Train that was powered by 2 diesel engines, one on either end of the train. The station I stopped at for my center was not one where they slowed down. The first time I was there, I was standing next to the track when it came through. Not only was it fast as heck, it was LOUD with both diesel engines blasting.
Nice thing about the UK. They have a lot of fast trains. Wish we had more in the US.
Relatively few ride trains in the U.S., so it's not worth the investment. In fiscal year 2022 Amtrak had revenues of $2.1 billion and expenses of $4.1 billion, a loss of 2 billion. The U.S. is car obsessed. Everything is about the car and funding for highways.
@@SteffiReitsch same in NZ. Hence trains are almost non existent in the land of the Kiwi.
@@SteffiReitschwell what if we put money into building new tracks, most Americans hate driving.
Most of the UK only has relatively slow trains. The top speed there is typically 125 mph, same as much the United States. But since most trains in the US are freight trains, and freight doesn’t prioritize speed in the way passengers do, most trains in the United States are slower. This is in order to save fuel, and thus cost.
@@unconventionalideas5683 I don't think passenger trains in the U.S. go anywhere near 125mph. Probably about 60 mph. Freight trains about 45mph.
I was on the eastbound platform in Slough a while ago, which has a slight inside curve. Because of the connection to Windsor, there were a lot of tourists. I recall an American saying "Why the yellow line? Surely you'll know when a train is coming."... Well, I was looking down the track and saw an Intercity 125 coming: as usual he had closed the throttle to slow down before coming through the station, then "BLAAT!!!" full throttle again alongside the platform to get up to speed again: the guy just about jumped out of his skin! It was probably only doing about 80 mph, but just a few feet away that's pretty scary.
Experienced this is Japan and quite frequently too
I went to Stevenage once. It was closed, due to lack of interest.
I thought Stevenage was a Jay Foreman joke.
I used to repair railway ticket machines for a living, and some of our machines were set on the platforms. One in particular, somewhere in north London, seemed to have more through trains than any other I went to. I could almost feel the 2000lb machine move as they went past, and was very glad of the fence between me and the platform.
I actually guessed this was Stevenage! The fast trains passing through the station there are WILD (much more so than they look in these videos)! The strong wind nearly knocks you over and it slams the doors of the waiting room open and shut with such force that they become dangerous weapons. On one occasion, I swooped a frail elderly lady in my arms and swung her around to prevent her from being blown away with the train!
75 MPH looks so much faster when you’re right there next to the platform. Saw a couple DMUs blow by the station by our AirBNB and the sounds were incredible.
The last two trains here are going 125mph 😁
More like 125 km/h @@AHJ99.
The reason you actually have to stand back is not in risk of getting hit by the train, it's that it moves so fast the air current near the train can pull you onto the tracks
Now watch a well maintained steam train going through at 90+- feel the power ! Speed alone doesn't generate that !
I would love to ride a steam train! Only place I’ve even seen them were at amusement places.
@@sandybruce9092 I get to do that on the regular since I'm working at a railroad museum with several operational steam engines. I even get to drive and/or fire them myself every now and then and I've got to say:
Driving a big express engine yourself is an exponentially more breathtaking experience than simply watching it thunder past or riding it in the back. The moment you open up the throttle just enough to start moving with the beefiest of barks is always as magical as the first time, no matter how many times you experienced it already. I really envy my parents who got to grow up with those mechanical marvels still in active service.....
" WOW! " is one word to describe that video. THREE more that speak with astonishment, are OH MY GOD ! I love it .
Japan's bullet trains pass stations without slowing down so you would typically have trains passing through at 300 to 350km/h.
But there is a solid barrier with automatic gates to separate passengers from the tracks.
@@s208richard8 What fun is there in that? How are people supposed to jump in front of the train to end it all??? DUH. 🤪🤪
@@JohnSmith-uy7svthat's pretty common in japan though jumping in front of the trains
@@iamgaijin88 I had to google it. 🙂 Japan has one of the highest suicide rates among OECD nations, and often, those taking their own lives do so by leaping from station platforms into the path of oncoming trains, with Japan averaging one such instance each day.May 22, 2018 That is insane. I was just making a joke of it and turns out, people do it for real. Wow.
@@JohnSmith-uy7sv Almost always on the commuter lines, and quite often the body is thrown back onto the platform, injuring waiting passengers.
Only know of 2-3 suicides relateded to bullet trains, and one may have been an accident in a tunnel.
One suicide in 2018, in West Japan cracked the nose of the bullet train, and left a red smear down the side. Driver thought he'd hit small animal. Body parts found down the line. Manager had to bow low and apologise to passengers for the delay.
No kidding! I was once on a platform North of London and I saw the high-speed train approaching... It was really moving so I stood around the end of the shelter when it went by... I could feel the suction!
When I first went to china, I stood by a track with a maglev reaching speeds of up to 400 kph. I thought a hurricane had come with such winds.
Nice!!! Made me smile back at the end 😊
Me too. Actually it is malfunction in our brains which forced us to smile without real reason.
I've been on the TGV, it's like a rocket compared our trains in the UK.
Yeah, LOL!
u never hear about those French, German and Japanese hi speed trains derailing or anything either.
One of the reasons why my country decided to put barriers on the platforms.
Also to stop people from jumping in front of the train.
Used to just be a yellow line lol
If that was in Canada you wouldn't be allowed to be out on the platform. Canada has way too many rules and laws and Trudeau is making up new laws and rules every day.
Its the huge container freight trains that thunder through my local station here in the UK that I love to see.
It's true, passing freight at 75mph is feels just as good as passenger at 125mph
When I went to work in disney land paris in 1992. I was standing at the yellow line on the platform at esbly train station. When suddenly a massive freight train came through the station blowing my aran wool hat right off my head. You only have a second before you hear it coming. They go through the stations at full speed. Ironically one of my friends from home who was in France with us didn’t make it home alive. He was hit by one of these freight trains. His mother was never told the truth. She was distraught and probably still is today 31 years later. She could never understand why it was a closed coffin. I know why. He was only 22 . R.I.P mate.
How ironic.
that smile in the end ...cute.
When I was at the railway station on Sunday (8 Oct 2023) an automated announcement warned "Stand back from the platform, fast train approaching". Then a DMU trundled past at about 20mph. There was heavy rain with trains cancelled, so I expect it was proceeding cautiously in case of flooding or landslips.
I went through there in the early hours of this morning with my freight train, although at a more sedate pace of 60mph.
I nearly got sucked off on a platform when a high speed train went passed, unfortunately it scared the woman I was with at the time and she wanted to go somewhere safer to do it.
In Japan, they play some classic music, to announce this. Platform may be narrow like you never experienced.
The excitement on the lady's face at the end is a nice touch.
In the 1970s, I used to use Worksop station occasionally. The platforms were nowhere near as wide as at Stevenage in this clip. Coal trains used to come through taking coal to the power stations in the area. Although these were slower than the passenger trains in this clip, they were terrifying because I could feel the vibration from their passage through the platform I was standing on, and the hopper wagons seemed to bounce and lurch, and I used to think "what would happen if they derailed?"
Those coal trains are highly slow they have about 25 carriages and are full of stone aggregate not coal.
@@HOLLASOUNDS
No, they were full of coal, doing 45 mph. Look up "Merry-go-round train" on Wikipedia. They used HAA hoppers at the time.
"But how am I supposed to get on the train if they keep flying by like that?"
By standing in front!
@@renakunisaki Oh, is that all? Well, if they can survive it in the cartoons, I'll go give it a go right now! Seeya!
SPLAT!
Love the smiling wife at the end 🙂
I was standing on a platform, and someone said to me. " Don't stand too close to the edge. If a train comes, it might suck you off"
I said.. ' Come on, train!!' 😂
I remember this very same at Hatfield station, which I think is the same train/ line...
The first time I waited at Tamworth train station I was amazed at how fast the trains go through there.
Express services, local and intercity. Standard practice, even in the days of steam. Only you must stand back, because the maximum speed of these trains is over 125 mph and then minimum is over 50 mph. The resulting updraft of air is potentially lethal, hence the warning markings on the platform.
love the smile at the end ! it says can you believe this "stuff"
I was once on an evening Shinkansen and wanted to see something in the distance, so I pressed my face against the window when another Shinkansen flew past in the opposite direction. It scared the heck out me.
At least I didn't scream!
Am sure you did. 😏
@@4evertrue830 Nearly passed out, but didn't scream.
You didn't poop or pee your pants???? 😲😲
@@JohnSmith-uy7sv Never done that in my life.
But gotta say, when your face is a few feet away from something that just flies past you at a combined speed of around 500+ kph you weren't expecting, I was more likely to lose a heart beat than my lunch!
In Africa it would have been a _Chimpanzen!_ 😀
I lived in Kaiserlautern near the Hauptbahnhof and also near Einsiedlerhof station for over a year. Things were a bit slower because of local traffic and the faster trains doing "bypasses" near Einsiedlerhof (feeder into K-Town). BUT being there when a highspeed came thru was amazing!!!!! I was a military member given a WONDERFUL chance to be there for 4 years total assignment with USAF (Ramstein). IT WAS A JOY AND A PRIVILEGE TO BE IN SUCH AN OLD, AMAZING, BEAUTIFUL AND HISTORICAL country. The welcome (depending on where you traveled) was not always gracious and accepting, but that attitude is understandable and I made it a point to be gracious and friendly (and helpful when I could). I love the people there and the opportunities to visit almost everywhere (Berlin, at the time, was a little challenging, to be sure, but once you were in, people were, for the most part, happy to see us). Thank you, Deutschland! For the incredible hospitality for which I will LOVE YOU, FOREVER!!😍🙂😀😁😊🥰❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Not American/USAF but lived there for quite a while too, didn't expect to see Kaiserslautern/Einsiedlerhof in a comment lol, truly a great place/country, fully agree 🙌🙌
I too was privileged by the military. USN sent me to London for 3 years in the early 90’s. The tube and British Rail were definitely not high speed but what a dream assignment!
I love Germany!
WOW! Really surprised to see a direct K-Town reference. Also at Ramstein AFB (back when it was W. Germany). Grew up there, 13 years. 1st grade through graduation at K-Town Amer HS. Just loved riding the [DB] Deutsches Bahn. A 10-wheeled steam engine would come right by the house in the village we lived in. Lots & lots of special Memories. Especially Der Volksmärchen & die Bierzelt (Bier Tents) am Karnevals.
I'm not German but Dutch, but do speak it also, so let me speak on their behalf and say, on behalf of all Europeans, thanks for your service here, and I'm glad you liked it! This video is actually in the UK though!
Grandpa Wilson would say, "Now That's a 'High-Stepper' "! 🐎😄
Priceless happy smiling face on the girl.
Well…..this is how a transit Authority stays on time. Amtrak might benefit from a similar policy.
Some of the infra on the NEC is over 100 years old.
Outside of there, Amtrak is at the mercy of the freight rails who like to run trains that are too long to fit in sidings.
Maybe if we nationalize the Class Is and double track (yes, US mainlines are usually single tracked), we might be able to.
Amtrak can’t, freight has priority for some reason
@@railworksamerica It doesn't, but freight trains don't fit in sidings anymore because the Class Is don't want to pay for employees, track repairs, or... literally anything.
But we are hardly ever on time, always at least 10 mins late
I remember the first time in France having a TGV (Lorraine to Paris). That scared me. Very impressionable.
Agree. Thank you State and Federal governments.
Three trains within 30 seconds. Not bad. :)
You're supposed to stand back not just because it's "frightening" but because of the Venturi Effect. The velocity of the train can create a localized drop in fluid (air) pressure which can actually pull you into the tracks if you're standing too close.
I am a large size lady. i stood up , behind the yellow line to take a photo of the irish rail 201 class locomotive on the front of a Dublin to Belfast Enterprise train . The train damn near blew me off my feet. I say again that i was well behind the yellow line .
There's a train I sometimes take to visit my parents which flies through a decent sized station at 160 km/h. I always find it entertaining to see the station flying by. (Belgian intercity train)
42 years ago you could be there when a Deltic passed at speed and you had to kneel and pray.
Many years ago at Stevenage where this video is, I got too close or within yellow area train shot past I felt my body being sucked in, scared living daylights out me quick reactions saved my life.
I understand its do with vacuum train creates at speed faster train ie above 100mph creates like vortex wind tunnel or slipstream around it. U can be sucked in too close.
A lot of training has gone into the making of this documentary.
The camera operator did a good job of tracking the subject.
@@renakunisaki Yes -most people would be too guarded and go off the rails trying to rise themselves above their station - it's videography par excellence and should be acclaimed as one of the best train films ever made in my opinion ! Pure genius.Well fairly pure genius.
I did the same in Japan with the Shinkansen. Thing was shhhmoooving!!!!
I once saw some idiot think it would be fun to brush one of these as it passed and that it wouldn't hurt so bad. Ended up with his entire hand and forearm broken to pieces. I found an article about it a couple weeks later and doctors said his arm was permanently damaged. Stupid.
I was standing on the platform of a small station in the Netherlands’s when a German ICE train went through. We were literally blown backwards. It was quite frightening actually and no warning was given by the station master
Shinkansen N700s storming trough a station at 200mph is breathtaking…
yeah i agree...that fast i could barely keep my camera moving with it near Fuji as it went through the station flat out
I was once in a station in Glasgow. The announcer said, would passengers please stand back from the yellow lines, as the train may come along and suck you off. Lol I kid you not .
Lovely smile at the end! She likes her trains.
Japan says hold my beer
Here in Georgia(in the states), we have our public transit MARTA and i say they can go pretty fast. It takes approx 20 mins from the Airport to the central station. Even if you stand a bit further back from the platforms edge, you can really feel it since it creates alot of pressure at the front every it slows down to a stop at each station.
I have actually seen a couple of trains flying by at a few stations before. Mainly some Amtrak trains around Pennsylvania and New Jersey, USA. Not as fast as the trains over in Europe like in the UK, but still pretty fast.
I love how Americans talk about trains as if they were some novelty or from outer space. Travel on trains regularly as we do in Europe, and this is everyday
@@WISOTT I take the trains a lot mind you. I live in the Northeast of the US where it was common.
Lovely smile ! :)
Gentle smile
For those who dont know , this is a class 387 and max permitted speed is 100mph on this mainline specifically . Its max speed however is 110mph
And then a class 180, then an 801 or 800… both going 125mph, both capable of much faster.
@AHJ99. yep there have higher gear ratios for their motors. Class 387s are likely capable of 120 if bypassing software limitations. Theoretically anyway. They are geared for higher speeds than 110mph. Given how quick they reach 100mph. Id wager they coukd reach higher speeds above 115mph.
😊It sounds like the guy who stood on the edge of the platform with his chopper out as he had been told you could get sucked off by a passing train.
Only if Julian Clary was the driver..ha ha
I liked this video wow them trains do go past very fast i remember standing on a platform in bramhall not far from manchester and theres a curve about half a mile up the track i remember a intercity passenger train coming around the curve and this girl said too me i would stand well back if i was you and she was right about 15 seconds later the train flew past us just like the trains in this video only back then the intercity trains had about 13 carriages you wouldn't think it wen it went past to fast to count how many , i liked the little smile at the end, i love trains , godbless you,
Thanks for not playing hokey harmonica or banjo music in the backround-as we do in America when filming trains.
Awesome footage thanks! Way to go (literally) UK!
You're lucky the train in the 2nd clip didn't combust as it went past!
As a Californian, I look at this video and cry in envy
Even more fun when their is water or even better snow all over the tracks and platform. People scatter real quick.
I love watching trains slam into big snowdrifts. Poof!
Reminds me of Jethro's joke about the train not stopping at Camborne on Wednesdays.
Been there, (San Mateo, CA) done that... (Saw the train coming, thinking it was a bit early, which should have warned me) and then saw the sign "Express". Realizing the express does not stop at San Mateo, immediately got as far back as I can and STILL got blasted a huge gust of wind.
Almost blew my baseball cap off (was going into SF for a baseball game).
Nice smile. I wish our trains moved anywhere near this speed.
They'll have to build those fences like they do on the underground to stop suiciders.
Platform screen doors are great!
When I go to Europe, I'm just going to spend a day traveling around the great train system and being able to get to small towns and big cities and even other countries and just explore the European landscape!
That smile ❤️
Thumbs up for that smile. 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
The speed on the fast lines through Stevenage is 115mph
Nope it’s the full 125mph through there. South of Welwyn it’s 115.
Wow. Fast- I was surprised when we visited Europe.
Chinese already launch 700 kmh. While this one like snails