Single HST power car is shifting!

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  • Опубликовано: 24 дек 2024

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  • @YTdannycookevids
    @YTdannycookevids Год назад +1912

    I never thought a HST power car running solo would look so awkward haha!

    • @sparkmeister4706
      @sparkmeister4706 Год назад +49

      it does doesnt it. :(

    • @ricequackers
      @ricequackers Год назад +2

      Looks like an ant with its body cut off. Same goes for big trucks without a trailer.

    • @plane15
      @plane15 Год назад +36

      🤣It just doesn't look right does it!

    • @DarrenJCalvert
      @DarrenJCalvert Год назад +4

      Totally agree!!

    • @jessicaandtrains7768
      @jessicaandtrains7768  Год назад +45

      It looks like the big engine in the back wants to point the nose up. Even though its actually in the middle between the boggies

  • @mickd6942
    @mickd6942 Год назад +1737

    Last words of the second man " I'm just going to the buffet car do you want some crisps "

  • @bobblebardsley
    @bobblebardsley Год назад +939

    I can't help but imagine being stopped at a level crossing, waiting for the train to go past, and then that flies past and the barriers lift 😂

    • @plane15
      @plane15 Год назад +15

      🤣🤣🤣

    • @sparkmeister4706
      @sparkmeister4706 Год назад +45

      And shortly after the rest of it.😂

    • @jessicaandtrains7768
      @jessicaandtrains7768  Год назад +30

      @@sparkmeister4706
      Well it's funny you say that!
      It used to be a method used up until the 1940s on some passenger trains 🙂
      ruclips.net/video/Bq0aA9RZ1ls/видео.html

    • @allancoelho6905
      @allancoelho6905 Год назад +1

      ​@@jessicaandtrains7768 it really was...

    • @bedfordshireeastmidlandstrains
      @bedfordshireeastmidlandstrains Год назад +1

      Imagine living in oakham.

  • @RealTojo090
    @RealTojo090 Год назад +255

    Imagine being on the platform and you hear “the next train is not scheduled to stop here, please stay away from the platform edge” and a single HST power car awkwardly coming past. Then, 10 minutes later, you hear the same announcement and a set of coaches comes past full of passengers

  • @JM-tc3hk
    @JM-tc3hk Год назад +354

    We are sorry to announce that the majority of the 15:07 service to Bristol is cancelled. This is due to a loss of power. We would like to apologise for any inconvenience caused.

    • @jessicaandtrains7768
      @jessicaandtrains7768  Год назад +22

      😄

    • @harpic4
      @harpic4 Год назад +21

      We are sorry to announce that the 10.00 hours LNER Service to Aberdeen has been cancelled. This is due to a coupling fault on this train.

    • @trickygoose2
      @trickygoose2 Год назад +12

      Drivers thinks "this is accelerating faster than usual today".

    • @muhammadabdullah03
      @muhammadabdullah03 Год назад +1

      @@harpic4 lol 🤣🤣🤣

    • @unitedrail-mainchannel8991
      @unitedrail-mainchannel8991 Год назад +1

      ​@@trickygoose2LMAO 🤣

  • @andrewmonument8847
    @andrewmonument8847 Год назад +415

    Many years ago, when I was a train-spotter.. I photographed a set of HST powercars running close to my home - with no carriages in between. That was back when they were still in the original yellow/blue livery. Still have the photos somewhere.

    • @jessicaandtrains7768
      @jessicaandtrains7768  Год назад +62

      And the better sounding Valenta engines?
      You must put up a link to those photos if you find them 👍

    • @andrewmonument8847
      @andrewmonument8847 Год назад +42

      @@jessicaandtrains7768 They're not in digital format. They were taken on 35mm film. I have literally tens of thousands of paper photos - amassed over 40 years.

    • @jessicaandtrains7768
      @jessicaandtrains7768  Год назад +43

      @@andrewmonument8847
      They could be scanned. Would take time of course but great that you've got them.

    • @aidy6000
      @aidy6000 Год назад

      @@andrewmonument8847 scan them you selfish bastard. 😁😁😁😁😁😁

    • @PianoKwanMan
      @PianoKwanMan Год назад +18

      @@jessicaandtrains7768 One better: If the negatives exist, you cam send them off to be developed into digital format

  • @swanvictor887
    @swanvictor887 11 месяцев назад +68

    you just know the driver had a big grin on his face and was having a blast!

  • @antonysmith9173
    @antonysmith9173 Год назад +242

    Man those power cars look strange without the coaches behind them,and it was shifting!

    • @michaelocyoung
      @michaelocyoung Год назад +27

      It's thinking "FINALLY! I've always wanted to do this, none of that dead weight behind me."

    • @Martindyna
      @Martindyna Год назад +15

      Yes they look kind of unstable.

    • @johno4521
      @johno4521 10 месяцев назад +1

      Imagine the acceleration from start!

  • @AJSAN1971
    @AJSAN1971 Год назад +93

    Immediately thought of that Thomas The Tank Engine story where he thinks he's pulling Gordon's train but he left it behind 😂

  • @grahamladeda8495
    @grahamladeda8495 Год назад +29

    Class 43 power car makes bid for freedom!!

    • @graemekornicki6810
      @graemekornicki6810 Год назад

      In BR days they had to have a match coach behind them ,but after privatisation, was not deemed nacessary , i videod a single GNER power car move from donni to neville hill great rare capture.

  • @frankrogowski5608
    @frankrogowski5608 Год назад +41

    Nevr seen one solo before. Great capture, many thanks!

  • @techtinkerin
    @techtinkerin 11 месяцев назад +24

    I was once the only passenger on a 1960s diesel going from Hadfield to Manchester and I swear the driver had it pinned, absolutely full wack. I was scared! 😂

    • @Flint_Westwood
      @Flint_Westwood 10 месяцев назад +2

      Might have been my dad or one of his mates. He was a driver on that line in the 60's 👍

  • @astronomenov99
    @astronomenov99 Год назад +106

    Many years ago, I actually made a double ended power car out of two Hornby ones. it looked ace!

  • @ncot_tech
    @ncot_tech Год назад +12

    Meanwhile in the cab - "Mate, I feel like we're missing something... phone... house keys... lunch... nope it's all there. Huh sure it'll come to me in a moment. We're making good time though!"

    • @jessicaandtrains7768
      @jessicaandtrains7768  Год назад +2

      "This has got so much power! It feels like we're pulling nothing!" 😄

  • @leonblittle226
    @leonblittle226 Год назад +53

    Light engine moves (including power cars) limited to 75mph , although power cars have very good brakes the rule still applies. It's fairly rare to see them singular like this as rescue if it fails is only available from the front end and even then via the not quick to apply emergency bar.

    • @stevesje71
      @stevesje71 Год назад +5

      Power cars can brake their own weight (brake force) there’s no technical reason it can’t run at 125mph. Other light locos can run at 100mph like 67’s and 68’s with dispensation granted. Others are limited to 75mph with line speed 90mph or above. Line speed below 90mph is 60mph

    • @nounoufriend1442
      @nounoufriend1442 Год назад +1

      @@stevesje71 Thought all light engine moves were 75mph but you live n learn , I know light engines get nicknamed Scuds because they are nearly unstoppable when there,s poor rail adhesion

    • @CentralJerseyRailfan
      @CentralJerseyRailfan Год назад +1

      Here in the US light engine moves are limited to 50mph...those limits across the pond are generous

    • @andyparker7545
      @andyparker7545 2 месяца назад +1

      ​@@stevesje71Colas have dispensation to run power cars at 125 mph ....think I got to 112 ish between Birmingham and Derby and thought that's probably fast enough 😀

  • @Cheadleridgelanetmd
    @Cheadleridgelanetmd Год назад +147

    There is no speed restriction on power cars I drove two back to back many a time! Great fun 0-125 in about 10-15 seconds and the brakes are phenomenal

    • @counterfit5
      @counterfit5 Год назад +12

      I figured they would accelerate close to a fast car.

    • @Cheadleridgelanetmd
      @Cheadleridgelanetmd Год назад +21

      @@counterfit5 ac locos are far better I assure you 5000hp 0-100 (illegally) in maybe 3-4 seconds

    • @grannyjone
      @grannyjone Год назад +11

      @@Cheadleridgelanetmd Yes I seen a class 90 doing 0 to about 70mph in seconds

    • @grannyjone
      @grannyjone Год назад +6

      People where I work think class 323's and 331's have got great acceleration and they think they're the fastest accelerating train on the network, they're sod all compared to a high powered light weight locomotive running light engine

    • @Cheadleridgelanetmd
      @Cheadleridgelanetmd Год назад +1

      @@grannyjone 90’s we’re incredibly fast light loco

  • @Spookieham
    @Spookieham 11 месяцев назад +7

    I bet the driver enjoyed that run. Lots of grunt and speed

  • @edwardsp1916
    @edwardsp1916 Год назад +84

    That looks very odd!

  • @stephenpowell5912
    @stephenpowell5912 Год назад +6

    Now there's something that's not seen everyday,Wow ,Great stuff.

  • @grahamball364
    @grahamball364 9 месяцев назад +1

    Never seen that before thanks for the video. Have a good day.

  • @shedontanks
    @shedontanks Год назад +8

    Apparently an HST power car once did an emergency passenger service on the Newquay branch with passengers standing in the luggage area

    • @mikeburnitt403
      @mikeburnitt403 Год назад +6

      It did indeed, the front power car derailed on Luxulyan bank so the few passengers were moved to the luggage van of the rear power car, the gangway doors closed and locked, the power car was then detached and run back to Par.

  • @butikimbo9595
    @butikimbo9595 Год назад +15

    I saw a while ago a pair of HST locomotives ( or power cars ) missing their midle coaches on a light engine move from Nevile Hill to Crewe. For me coming from abroad, looked odd when first watched classes 153,155, 156 or 158 resembling coaches that missed their leading locomotive due to the gangway structure at the front end. Nice capture.

  • @Minemice
    @Minemice Месяц назад +1

    This looks so silly😂 Nice catch!!!

  • @mrnewton86
    @mrnewton86 Год назад +26

    'I'm pulling a train, can't you see?'
    'well where are your coaches then?'
    Thomas looked back,
    'well bless me, I must've left them behind!'

  • @derekantoine4396
    @derekantoine4396 Год назад +3

    The HST Power car on it's own looked strange , but what an amazing sight to see occur!. I have many happy memories of travelling on these iconic machines. The best of British. Derek.

  • @laszlokaestner5766
    @laszlokaestner5766 Год назад +8

    Drivers thinking "Man, I know I left something behind."

  • @BanjoNinetyThemes
    @BanjoNinetyThemes 10 месяцев назад +1

    Now that is impressive, great video !

  • @CRtrain
    @CRtrain Год назад +2

    Has to be the coolest thing I've seen come across my feed

  • @TMCNJ
    @TMCNJ Год назад +4

    *Arrives at the terminus, jumps out, rubbing hands together*
    “Blimey, never ran service so fast! And on record time too! Folks, you’re welc……….. oh. Oh dear.”
    *cuts to the rest of the train waiting at the station with everybody looking down the platform for the engine that isn’t there*

  • @hallamhal
    @hallamhal Год назад +3

    Wow I've never seen one on its own in the wild before

  • @phildane7411
    @phildane7411 Год назад +8

    Watching it at a steady speed doesn't really mean much, but I'd love to see its acceleration from a standing start.

  • @topautos
    @topautos Год назад +18

    Wow, it corners like it's on rails ! 😁

    • @sodorflubbs5000
      @sodorflubbs5000 Год назад +1

      Captain Obvious Comment - It is! 😂

    • @topautos
      @topautos Год назад +1

      @@andymerrett lol 😆

  • @robertbate5790
    @robertbate5790 Год назад +11

    Definitely looks odd but a great catch 🤣🤣👍👍👍👍

  • @jemesan77
    @jemesan77 9 месяцев назад

    great video and spectacular pass of the tractor machine at high speed

  • @SheltonDCruz
    @SheltonDCruz Год назад

    Top catch - regards from Australia

  • @ianhughes7805
    @ianhughes7805 Год назад +2

    Wonder what the braking effort is on a single vehicle, going quickly is good, stopping is better

  • @springkitty3935
    @springkitty3935 Год назад +2

    Plot twist: The power car isn’t running solo, its hauling invisible and quiet HST carriages for the MI6

  • @danielmorris6523
    @danielmorris6523 11 месяцев назад +5

    Driver gets to the next station for a rest, steps out and looks behind: "Oh dear" 😂

    • @adventtrooper
      @adventtrooper 10 месяцев назад +1

      "Hey Bob, she's running well today, I can barely notice this incline."

  • @rat-matt-miniatures8705
    @rat-matt-miniatures8705 Год назад +3

    Only ever seen similar at Doncaster myself, so slow moves rather than full tilt. A good catch.

  • @tugadashcamsuk5946
    @tugadashcamsuk5946 Год назад +1

    Great capture 🚉
    Thanks for sharing 😊
    Cheers 🍹

  • @danw1374
    @danw1374 Год назад +1

    Well that's certainly not a sight you see everyday on our railways. Great catch!

  • @DNDREBORN
    @DNDREBORN 11 месяцев назад +2

    Why do the 43s look so funny just as a power car? 😂

  • @jess.hawkins
    @jess.hawkins Год назад +1

    Good spot Jessica! Must be a bit unusual feeling to drive one in that "formation"! :D

  • @MrAshplayzandtravels
    @MrAshplayzandtravels 2 месяца назад +1

    That class 43 virgin train power car is absolutely crazy I've done that in tsw 4 with the Ice 1

  • @brianfearn4246
    @brianfearn4246 Год назад +1

    Running the 43 in before fitting decoder

  • @letrainavapeur
    @letrainavapeur 10 месяцев назад +1

    What a funny looking thing, like a bug on steroids

  • @guythewise2650
    @guythewise2650 Год назад +2

    "Henry says it's hard to pull trains, but I think it's easy. Hurry, hurry, hurry!"

  • @MRTransportVideos
    @MRTransportVideos Год назад +8

    That looks so odd - and yet, so fascinating.
    Have we found the ultimate Class 20?

  • @TheGalacticEmperorOfLabels
    @TheGalacticEmperorOfLabels Год назад +1

    I've seen that Colas Rail Class 43 in Scotland, on the line to Inverness from Edinburgh. How did you know to be filming when it passed?

  • @ewanduffy
    @ewanduffy Год назад +9

    I'd never have considered that possible - it looks bizarre!

    • @09weenic
      @09weenic Год назад +4

      How come - it does have an engine 😃

  • @andyhinds542
    @andyhinds542 9 месяцев назад

    That braking power of those power cars is amazing. They have both disc brakes and brake blocks, known as tread brakes.

  • @christopherbentley7289
    @christopherbentley7289 Год назад +1

    I thought that looked an extremely local scene and I can see that you've got several videos in Belper - my home town - so I must have been right! Thanks, Jessica! Well (train-)spotted if that was a chance event!

  • @arthurrytis6010
    @arthurrytis6010 Год назад +4

    That would still be at Light engine speeds depending on permissible track speed. Not much brake power LE.

  • @ChristopherWoods
    @ChristopherWoods Год назад +3

    They look so happy when they're not pulling humans along 😂❤

  • @anthonycutt8854
    @anthonycutt8854 Год назад +1

    'I'm FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! Scrap me will ya? Gotta catch me first'

  • @GeorgeMCMLIX
    @GeorgeMCMLIX Год назад

    Probably the most accurate video title ever posted on RUclips! 👍🏻

  • @Nelsonwmj
    @Nelsonwmj Год назад +1

    Someone needs to do a video edit of this with Gas Gas Gas spliced over it. Serious Eurobeat drag racing vibes!

  • @chrisst8922
    @chrisst8922 11 месяцев назад +1

    There's a railway stories episode where Thomas is too impatient and leaves the carriages behind.

  • @62tdf
    @62tdf Год назад +1

    Earlier last week a blue pullman power car went from Crewe to Chester and back in order to turn it.There is a video on you tube.

  • @TrainsBigandSmallUK
    @TrainsBigandSmallUK Год назад

    That was awesome. Love odd stuff like this!

  • @justgaming2600
    @justgaming2600 Год назад +4

    great work on the capture. Maybe just me, but it dont look very stable without a load attached? looks very bouncy and reactive at that speed on its own

  • @discobiscuit3134
    @discobiscuit3134 Год назад +1

    No idea why this appeared on my feed - trains ? But watched anyway! Cheers!

  • @DamiensTrainsandTravels
    @DamiensTrainsandTravels Год назад +3

    Nice catch, have subbed, never filmed a single like that.

  • @Sparky-Tim
    @Sparky-Tim Год назад +30

    Nigel's first day on the job wasn't going to plan.
    He was supposed to just run round, & got lost. 🤣

  • @minimaxi802
    @minimaxi802 Год назад +2

    I have never seen a light engine HST 125 power car. I would love a ride in that from Aberdeen to Penzance.

  • @goughrmp
    @goughrmp Год назад +4

    He be cruisin

  • @user-yk7hj7nd4d
    @user-yk7hj7nd4d 10 месяцев назад +2

    Me in train simulator after detaching the carriages behind me and keeping the throttle up

  • @tonyhodgkinson4586
    @tonyhodgkinson4586 Год назад +1

    The one that got away.

  • @spiralfirst6488
    @spiralfirst6488 Год назад +2

    It's a cost cutting measure. Coach are expensive.

  • @physiocrat7143
    @physiocrat7143 11 месяцев назад +1

    Reminds me of the rumoured 120 mph attained by Lady of Lyons in 1906, running light engine.

  • @TheUrbanSplash
    @TheUrbanSplash Год назад

    Looks so strange all alone. Thanks for sharing.

  • @TrainGuy_2008
    @TrainGuy_2008 Год назад +3

    This was one of the most unusual yet coolest things I've seen here on YT! Amazing catch, can't imagine you'd see something like that out on the mainline often! 👍

  • @trains-trains-trains
    @trains-trains-trains Год назад

    Wow! Where's the rest of the train! 😂 Thanks for sharing.

  • @qanon_qanon
    @qanon_qanon Год назад +1

    Very rare, never seen an HST solo at speed definitely planned as it had a goods wagon rear red lamp on the back.

  • @CS80undermybed
    @CS80undermybed Год назад +1

    Driver to incident inquiry: "I DEFINITELY had a train when I set-off"..!

  • @eliaspeter7689
    @eliaspeter7689 25 дней назад

    A perfect representation of a rail bean.

  • @cc7112
    @cc7112 Год назад +1

    We can't imagine it don't have forgotten something!!

  • @classic_britain
    @classic_britain Год назад

    Nice to see more ladys into trains subscribed

  • @LostsTVandRadio
    @LostsTVandRadio 11 месяцев назад +1

    Looks like there's a partial fault on the HST's cloaking device - but what do you expect from technology that's 50 years old?

  • @levelcrossing150
    @levelcrossing150 Год назад

    The one that got away!.........you're not scrapping me!

  • @GavinY
    @GavinY Год назад +1

    Like a flying shoe

  • @smartiboo
    @smartiboo Год назад +1

    There's just something about trains....

  • @ffrancrogowski919
    @ffrancrogowski919 10 месяцев назад +1

    Great capture!

  • @SwindonJunction
    @SwindonJunction Год назад +2

    Great to see they are still being used, does look weird though on its own lol

  • @williamwilliams7838
    @williamwilliams7838 10 месяцев назад

    I had a train simulator, and you could uncouple the coaches whilst thundering along. Highly unrealistic but huge fun!

  • @Cupidstuntfc
    @Cupidstuntfc 9 месяцев назад

    My school was next to Slough station and I remember 125 being introduced. It looks really weird on its own but why should it as it’s just an engine?

  • @justinobrien3593
    @justinobrien3593 Год назад +11

    they look well weird with no coaches behind them! I would love to see a converted one with 2 cabs like a normal locomotive has! 😎

    • @Danse_Macabre_125
      @Danse_Macabre_125 Год назад +4

      Prototype HST has a small 'blunt end' cab in the rear

    • @Danse_Macabre_125
      @Danse_Macabre_125 Год назад

      @@jwalker7567 43s had no rear cab, some just had a window in the door between the powercar and coaches

    • @leeroberts1192
      @leeroberts1192 Год назад

      I believe that when they were being designed having a rear cab was part of the plan, don't know why the idea was dropped

    • @Danse_Macabre_125
      @Danse_Macabre_125 Год назад

      @@jwalker7567 Think it was just to make shunting easier. It's not like a Class 91 where the blunt end is a full cab laid out just like the pointy end, just a tiny wee space to move it around depots.
      Production ones didn't have it, probably because they were designed to run in fixed formations of 2+however many mk3s (depends on region + operator)

  • @Riley-lz8mf
    @Riley-lz8mf 9 месяцев назад

    Is so cute & humble looking. Look at him go.

  • @jibbsey
    @jibbsey Год назад +2

    Would be extra strange to see one with a rake of MGR coal hoppers behind! 😂

  • @johnbell3621
    @johnbell3621 Год назад +2

    The red flashing light on the back of it tells you if your trailers have come apart during the journey (actually if you don't see it, then it has). In this case there aren't any, so there would be no need for such a light.
    Unless its for night time.

    • @danhaines
      @danhaines Год назад

      No, it's to mark the rear of any loco or train that doesn't have its own tail lamp.

    • @mikeburnitt403
      @mikeburnitt403 Год назад

      What are you waffling on about, the red light is positioned at the back of the train, end of!

    • @EightPawsProductionsHD
      @EightPawsProductionsHD Год назад

      Hear that sound John? That your bell ringing and making you confused. Back to your rocking chair now, there's a good lad. Have some porridge and watch some daytime TV.

  • @EversTrainz
    @EversTrainz 10 месяцев назад +1

    Imagine if after the end of the video the coaches and the rear power car just slowly went by

  • @leokimvideo
    @leokimvideo Год назад +1

    It's a run away, why didn't the braking system work once the Power Car lost the carriages

  • @markopolo8136
    @markopolo8136 Год назад

    It looks like a roller skate shooting along in search of a leg!

  • @dominicsutton5824
    @dominicsutton5824 Год назад +3

    It looks so strange seeing HST running light but great spot I’ve subscribed 👍

  • @johndavey72
    @johndavey72 Год назад +1

    Well , there's a first time for everything ! See these nearly every day and , it really does look strange .

  • @kevg707
    @kevg707 Год назад +1

    looks so odd but looks like its loving its freedom!

  • @petergibson2318
    @petergibson2318 Год назад

    Engineer to the Stoker: “We better go back. I forgot to connect up the carriages.”

  • @robsundance203
    @robsundance203 11 месяцев назад +1

    It's escaped from the clutches of the export program 😂

  • @jibaontim8975
    @jibaontim8975 Год назад +3

    A HST running light makes me uncomfortable 😭

  • @iamaparanoidandroid1
    @iamaparanoidandroid1 Год назад +2

    No idea how this got recommended to me (perhaps via my love of Shiey trainhopping) but I'm glad it did 😂