Alresford to Alton - Hastings DEMU cab ride - 30 September 2017 - audio from back cab
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Cab view along the length of the Mid-Hants Watercress Line from Alresford to Alton, with *back-cab soundtrack*. Filmed from our preserved Hastings DEMU on Saturday 30 September 2017, during the return leg of our Alpine Sunset railtour.
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In this video we have a non-stop run along virtually the full 10-mile length of the preserved railway, from Alresford to Alton; we had to wait outside Alton for other train movements and signalling processes to be completed before negotiating the boundary between the Mid-Hants Railway and Network Rail. The Mid-Hants is famous for its steep gradients, with 2 miles of 1 in 60 uphill in this direction above Ropley towards Medstead, and the line gains 389 feet of elevation between Alresford and the summit near Medstead. The line was known as “The Alps” on account of its hilly nature, and our outing coincided with the Mid-Hants Railway celebrating 60 years since the line was first operated by DEMUs. “Schools” class steam loco 925 Cheltenham hauls the train out of Alton past us as we wait for the route onto Network Rail.
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Video footage is from an unattended unmonitored forward-facing cab-camera in motor coach 60118 Tunbridge Wells. Because our driver was being ‘talked over the road’ by a Mid-Hants Route Conductor, and it is not possible to publish such material, the soundtrack you hear on this video is instead an accurately synchronised audio recording made in the rear cab.
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This outing began at Hastings and ran via Tonbridge (see part 1), Redhill (see part 2) and Guildford to Alton (see part 3) and onto the preserved Mid-Hants Watercress Line to Alresford (see part 4). Following a shuttle service to and from Alton, it then retraced its steps via Alton (this part) to Aldershot; it ran via Camberley to Ascot, then to Reading, before returning via Wokingham to Guildford where the outward route was then retraced.
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This is part 5; part 6 will take us towards Ascot.
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0:00 - ALRESFORD station
7:43 - Ropley station and yard
15:22 - Medstead & Four Marks station
17:28 - Boyneswood Summit (652 feet above sea level)
24:07 - Butts Junction (site of)
29:54 - Steam train oncoming from Alton
32:18 - Mid-Hants Railway / National Rail connection
33:22 - ALTON station
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Visit the Mid-Hants Railway's website:
watercressline.co.uk/
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Video, soundtrack and captions © Copyright 2017-2019 Hastings Diesels Limited.
www.hastingsdiesels.co.uk/
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Equipment: video by GoPro Hero3+ camera with focus modification, suction-mount and extra batteries; back-cab audio by Tascam DR-44WL courtesy of / moretojack ; video production by Da Vinci Resolve (free).
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Here are annotated extracts from the Network Rail Section Appendix:
Outward - www.dropbox.com/s/p3mna0coul2...
Return - www.dropbox.com/s/ijzt3beej98...
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Magnifique balade dans la campagne anglaise, très astucieusement montée en 5 parties. Il faut le reconnaître, vous êtes les meilleurs dans la préservation de lignes et de matériels anciens. Ancien bénévole sur une ligne musée belge, le CFV3V, je connais les difficultés rencontrées pour l'exploitation et l'entretien de l'ensemble. Bravo et amitiés à tous. 🤗👍
Merci bien, Philippe!
Great video thank you for sharing, we love watching trains.
15:50 the amount of British rail stuff that was in Thomas episodes is astounding. I just thought they were fictional, not actual British rail cars. Wonderfully amazing video
When you know (thanks to a comment on an earlier video) that the bridges were built wide enough for double track, but the entire length of double track never came, it makes it all the more interesting to spot those places where double track was laid or made provision for.
Great to see one of my favourite locos/trains on the line with a full cab ride video. Thing’s a joy to ride in and listen to when it’s there, as well as 1125 that’s normally there.
Here's a little story from the Mid-Hants. One weekend during the early days of the railway, when the line only ran from Alresford to Ropley, a steam hauled train left Alresford and proceeded to Ropley. Somewhere neat Bighton bridge the driver spied a man standing in the "four foot", that is between the rails, photographing the train as it approached. The whistle was sounded but the intrepid photographer stood his ground. More whistles but no movement from the man. The brakes were applied and the train brought to a stand short of where the man stood. The driver descended from the cab and asked the fellow what the hell he was doing, to which I am told he replied "Photographing the train". After some "industrial" language was used to point out the error of his ways the man was told to vacate the railway on pain of being arrested. The train then proceeded after a difficult restart on the gradient. The stupidity of some people is quite remarkable in an effort to get that "perfect shot" of a real live steam train.
love the sound !!!
Once again excellent video. Thank you for sharing.
Another very enjoyable trip!
Thank you for real time video superb! ❤️👏😁
Beautiful ! thank You for sharing all your video, it is very interesting !!!
As Always, Briliant
Fantastic vid. That turbo sounds great !!😘
Great video as well!!!!
With the railway being closed north of Medstead and Four Marks Station until Summer 2019 whilst Butts Bridge is being replaced with something wider (for the traffic) this is a good record showing the old Butts Junction Signalbox and the shrubbery which is being removed.
Guess again, the bridge at Butts Junction will not be ready until October 2019, something to do with the "challenging ground conditions" and "concern over the existing bridge foundations". Foundations I hasten to add that had been in place since the bridge was rebuilt in 1901 for the Meon Valley Route and which had withstood daily train movements for around 100 or so years of the 118 years that it was in place!
Excellent video by Hastings Diesels again, with a wealth of fascinating details on screen. Might I however suggest a map at the beginning so that those of us who are not familiar with the geography of the area can get an idea of where we are?
Hmm, yes I see your point. However, good online mapping is readily available, whereas if I incorporate a map into my video it would have to be one I'd drawn myself because of copyright problems otherwise. I'll think about it, but this won't happen straight away -- too much else to do, including already a day late with Hungerford to Westbury (Heywood Road Junction)!
I've made a few return journeys as a passenger on the Mid Hants Railway. The most memorable of these were in one of the front seats of a DMU and behind "Tornado" and a 9F. It is a pity that the embankments that carried the Meon Valley and Basingstoke and Alton lines away from the Mid Hants appear to have been removed completely. Aug 2020.
The site of Butts Junction certainly is difficult to spot now, yes. As a schoolboy in the 90s I cycled quite a long way to visit the relics of the Meon Valley line, and it still haunts me a little.
Another gem from Hastings Diesels.Thank you. Most of those line side huts are in good condition and it looks as if they have been restored, even the chimneys are extant. What was their function, were they gangers' huts?
At sometime of the track was a double is that correct
What was the gov thinking when they closed down this beautiful line the same thing happened in new south wales where they closed down 2 thirds of the system and nsw rail are the biggest bus company in the state thanks richard for another fine series cheers bob.
Nobody was using it!
Add on, map would be good, thanks, Patrick
Thank you for the picture of the DMU. I must sound like a 'nit picker', give an idea of the length of the journey, are we West to East? The snipets of history are good. (For future reference). Thank you, Patrick Northamptonshire
What are those little sheds with chimneys beside the line? Holiday cottages?
I believe they're huts for the permanent-way gangers to take rest and shelter in.
Is the multiple working equipment serviceable, have the Hastings units ever worked in multiple with any other class, can it work with a 205? If it can then the next time this unit visits the mid hants railway, I'll leave you to guess what the next question is.
On paper, the Hastings unit should be able to couple & multi up with any 205 and 207 out there.
In practice, our train was fitted with Central Door Locking in order to continue running on the main line after 2005 - see www.hastingsdiesels.co.uk/news/articles/2005a02/
This has re-purposed a couple of train wires in a way which *might* cause unintended consequences when multi'ing up with another train: it would need a 'sequence test' under non-railtour conditions. Yes, we had examined this possibility prior to this outing but eventually concluded the above.