It's fantastic that people get a driver's eye view of the line and get an idea of what the driver does! I'm the driver in this film and consider myself very lucky to be able to drive these units. If you can, spare some time to volunteer at a preserved railway - there are jobs for everyone!
Thank you for taking the time to comment and of course thank you for letting me film you on the day. I had the most amazing day and the loco and the line really are something special
Thanks for sharing your trip with us. As a volunteer at another railway (Watercress Line) I wish we had a heritage DMU. I really enjoyed being able to watch your very professional handling of the unit. I presume the 'outward' journey is mostly on falling gradient given that for most of the time you were coasting in 4th and applying the brake regularly?
An interesting video ..I travelled many miles on these first generation DMUs as a teenager in the 70s..I recall that they could get a move on at times ..is there a max line speed limit for heritage rail ?
I envy you that. My driving skill set will never be put to use again. No LT tube stock on heritage lines - besides that my driving qualification lapsed years ago although the LT training was so good I’m certain my not only of my driving ability but my defect handling knowledge too. Used to travel in the DMUs in my childhood never ever thinking that circumstances would lead me to driving on the tube. These were great units full of character - the sprinters that replaced them were never as comfortable or interesting to ride on.
These metro camel class 101 dmus were the best trains to ride on ever . When I was a kid we used to get the train from Stockton to Newcastle, it was always a 101 . The seats were so comfortable it made you fall asleep and you could sit at the front and watch the driver. The sound of that vacuum brake still gives me goosebumps.
I think something I didn't appreciate until I went on this journey, just how much glass is between driver and passengers. It is like a conservatory in there and makes for an amazing view. On the right line, I would take one of these over steam any day of the week.
I used to travel on DMUs in 1970, and the sound of the engines along with the slight aroma from the oil fired heaters would lure me into a gentle slumber.
Lovely video and for me just the right balance of forward facing and cabs facing views - brought back many happy memories of both Leyland 0.680 and AEC engined DMU's
Hi, sorry for the slow reply! I am glad you like the balance, it is always hard trying to make a judgement about what should be shown and when so this means a lot to me.
I, with a couple of friends, travelled to Damems on the last day it was open, May 23rd 1949. As I had both legs in plaster I had some difficulty getting away from the station.
I love little stories and memories like this, they are what really make a railway special. I hope you were ok, can't imagine what happened to have both legs plastered up
Excellent. Thanks for posting this. I was by the KWVR a few weeks ago after several years absence. Great to see these early DMUs still in action and it brings back memories. I recall that DMUs were much mocked by we steam engine kids in the 60s but when in my teens I was able to get a drivers eye view of main lines it was a massive privilege.
Even now some people are a bit funny about diesel on a heritage line but from my statistics my DMU videos are always hugely popular. I love them, they have real character
Nice well balanced video, inside and out. Just the way I used to go to work..........slow and steady. Great to see Oakworth, fond memories of The Railway Children. Thank you very much.
Brilliant. I will need to go check this out. I've only became interested in diesel trains and trains in general over the last few years, mainly due to RUclips. But I've got the but and I've sent away for my veterans id card so I can get a veterans railcard and get out and about. I'm a late starter being 56 but I enjoy it.
Hi, sadly I wasn't able to enter the cab (security and insurance reasons) so had to position this camera with the help of the driver. The visit was pre-arranged so we made a plan in advance to make it work. However if you end up on the class 101 just head straight for the front, there is mostly just glass between the first few seats and the driver, you actually get an amazing view.
Hi, thank you for your comment. I did the interior shot as it is something not normally seen and I wanted to offer something different. You can see an uninterrupted view of the line from the same journey here: ruclips.net/video/Jrv7LcmFpvU/видео.html
Assume it regulation to have both trains stopped before one or the other moves just wondering why you didn’t just continue into the passing loop before you handed over token, brilliant cab ride I’ll have to visit one day.
I have to admit, I am not sure of the procedure fully but I believe the train coming from Keighley always gets to the signal box first as they have to cross the track to hand over the token, then the train from the Oxenhope side can move from it's holding point. But I could be wrong, it is more an educated guess than an official answer.
@@TheTouristLine I could be wrong here . but I always thought a line was named " UP " one way and " DOWN " the other way and that the up line had priority ?
Hi Jason, on this service, it's down to who arrives at the loop first. You can see at 09:57 that the steam engine is already in the loop, but hasn't stopped yet. Once their token is with the signalman, the path is cleared for the DMU to enter the loop.
I disliked this film because I wanted to see the line ahead ALL THE TIME not kept being shown the driver in his cab several times, particularly when the train came to a station. So I won't be returning to this film
Hi Alan, that is a fair comment, people like different things and the world would be very dull if we didn't. I will be uploading the full uninterrupted 4k shot of the line (both ways) at some stage in the next couple of weeks, I was just keen to get the mixed shot one on first as it's less common to have a camera in the cab. Watch this space and you will get the full uninterrupted one I promise 👍
Maybe you Should of switched it off sooner then and kept your opinion to yourself I liked to see the driver and what he was doing was quite interesting, surely there wasn’t a need for your rather abrupt comment 😖
Loved this video very interesting to see the Driver changing gears and using the Vacuum break , used to "drive" these on BVE 2 years ago engine sounds very similar to a RML lovely video
I agree; once you've seen the driver handle his controls the first time there is very little else of interest going on in the cab, and the frequent changes of perspective were distracting.
It's fantastic that people get a driver's eye view of the line and get an idea of what the driver does! I'm the driver in this film and consider myself very lucky to be able to drive these units. If you can, spare some time to volunteer at a preserved railway - there are jobs for everyone!
Thank you for taking the time to comment and of course thank you for letting me film you on the day. I had the most amazing day and the loco and the line really are something special
Do they many volunteer vacencies at the railway at the minute I applied for the K&WV and havn't heard anything for a couple of weeks
Thanks for sharing your trip with us. As a volunteer at another railway (Watercress Line) I wish we had a heritage DMU. I really enjoyed being able to watch your very professional handling of the unit. I presume the 'outward' journey is mostly on falling gradient given that for most of the time you were coasting in 4th and applying the brake regularly?
An interesting video ..I travelled many miles on these first generation DMUs as a teenager in the 70s..I recall that they could get a move on at times ..is there a max line speed limit for heritage rail ?
I envy you that. My driving skill set will never be put to use again. No LT tube stock on heritage lines - besides that my driving qualification lapsed years ago although the LT training was so good I’m certain my not only of my driving ability but my defect handling knowledge too.
Used to travel in the DMUs in my childhood never ever thinking that circumstances would lead me to driving on the tube.
These were great units full of character - the sprinters that replaced them were never as comfortable or interesting to ride on.
These metro camel class 101 dmus were the best trains to ride on ever . When I was a kid we used to get the train from Stockton to Newcastle, it was always a 101 . The seats were so comfortable it made you fall asleep and you could sit at the front and watch the driver. The sound of that vacuum brake still gives me goosebumps.
I think something I didn't appreciate until I went on this journey, just how much glass is between driver and passengers. It is like a conservatory in there and makes for an amazing view. On the right line, I would take one of these over steam any day of the week.
I used to travel on DMUs in 1970, and the sound of the engines along with the slight aroma from the oil fired heaters would lure me into a gentle slumber.
Lovely video and for me just the right balance of forward facing and cabs facing views - brought back many happy memories of both Leyland 0.680 and AEC engined DMU's
Hi, sorry for the slow reply! I am glad you like the balance, it is always hard trying to make a judgement about what should be shown and when so this means a lot to me.
I, with a couple of friends, travelled to Damems on the last day it was open, May 23rd 1949. As I had both legs in plaster I had some difficulty getting away from the station.
I love little stories and memories like this, they are what really make a railway special. I hope you were ok, can't imagine what happened to have both legs plastered up
Excellent. Thanks for posting this. I was by the KWVR a few weeks ago after several years absence. Great to see these early DMUs still in action and it brings back memories. I recall that DMUs were much mocked by we steam engine kids in the 60s but when in my teens I was able to get a drivers eye view of main lines it was a massive privilege.
Even now some people are a bit funny about diesel on a heritage line but from my statistics my DMU videos are always hugely popular. I love them, they have real character
Great day to record this journey. Clear and sunny.
I was so lucky with the weather, it shows off the scenery perfectly. Yorkshire is beautiful (and I am from Lancashire and can admit that 😂)
Nice well balanced video, inside and out. Just the way I used to go to work..........slow and steady. Great to see Oakworth, fond memories of The Railway Children. Thank you very much.
Brilliant. I will need to go check this out. I've only became interested in diesel trains and trains in general over the last few years, mainly due to RUclips. But I've got the but and I've sent away for my veterans id card so I can get a veterans railcard and get out and about. I'm a late starter being 56 but I enjoy it.
*watching this makes me realize what a great job they did in Train Sim 4 of the 101 its def my fave train to drive*
You are not the first to say that, I need to get on and give it a go to be fair. I never seem to have the time for long games these days
Fantastic video my good friend, it really is fantastic and I love it so much 🤩🤩🤩🤩. Like 30 👍 and new subscriber!!!!!!
I am really glad you enjoyed it, thank you for watching and also subscribing. It means a lot 👍
Always nice to hear the click clack. 10:45 wonderful
I couldn't agree more, although back in my youth it did send me to sleep on many trains after nights out, always ended badly!
Lovely journey.
Cheers pal, appreciate it as always
very good video
Thank you 😁
do you have to have a reason for a cab ride at kwvr or can you ask because im going in a few weeks and i would love a little cab ride for a bit 😀
Hi, sadly I wasn't able to enter the cab (security and insurance reasons) so had to position this camera with the help of the driver. The visit was pre-arranged so we made a plan in advance to make it work. However if you end up on the class 101 just head straight for the front, there is mostly just glass between the first few seats and the driver, you actually get an amazing view.
The "driver's eye" views were excellent, but the overall effect of the video was ruined by the constant cutting to views of the interior of the cab.
Hi, thank you for your comment. I did the interior shot as it is something not normally seen and I wanted to offer something different.
You can see an uninterrupted view of the line from the same journey here:
ruclips.net/video/Jrv7LcmFpvU/видео.html
@@TheTouristLine Many thanks.
@@TheTouristLine Thanks for pointing to that, as I found you cut away to the cab view at the very points I wanted to see the forward view!
Assume it regulation to have both trains stopped before one or the other moves just wondering why you didn’t just continue into the passing loop before you handed over token, brilliant cab ride I’ll have to visit one day.
I have to admit, I am not sure of the procedure fully but I believe the train coming from Keighley always gets to the signal box first as they have to cross the track to hand over the token, then the train from the Oxenhope side can move from it's holding point. But I could be wrong, it is more an educated guess than an official answer.
@@TheTouristLine I could be wrong here . but I always thought a line was named " UP " one way and " DOWN " the other way and that the up line had priority ?
Hi Jason, on this service, it's down to who arrives at the loop first. You can see at 09:57 that the steam engine is already in the loop, but hasn't stopped yet. Once their token is with the signalman, the path is cleared for the DMU to enter the loop.
@@jazcar thanks for information mate interested stuff enjoyed the cab view need to visit the railway one day
Would have been far better if you hadn't kept cutting to the cab camera, want to see scenery, not a train cab.
ruclips.net/video/Jrv7LcmFpvU/видео.htmlsi=VAJ1FMZUl3DRiEmo
I want to see the train cab.
I disliked this film because I wanted to see the line ahead ALL THE TIME not kept being shown the driver in his cab several times, particularly when the train came to a station. So I won't be returning to this film
Hi Alan, that is a fair comment, people like different things and the world would be very dull if we didn't. I will be uploading the full uninterrupted 4k shot of the line (both ways) at some stage in the next couple of weeks, I was just keen to get the mixed shot one on first as it's less common to have a camera in the cab. Watch this space and you will get the full uninterrupted one I promise 👍
Maybe you Should of switched it off sooner then and kept your opinion to yourself I liked to see the driver and what he was doing was quite interesting, surely there wasn’t a need for your rather abrupt comment 😖
Loved this video very interesting to see the Driver changing gears and using the Vacuum break , used to "drive" these on BVE 2 years ago engine sounds very similar to a RML lovely video
I agree; once you've seen the driver handle his controls the first time there is very little else of interest going on in the cab, and the frequent changes of perspective were distracting.
Conversley, I was annoyed that it cut away from the driver! Perhaps we could have two clips, one of each view?