23:29 waiting at the entrance to the old mayfield station. Surely they can make a new use for this space. It does seem to be an opportunity in the waiting. Don. I follow your videos faithfully, so good so see these routes from the front window. Appreciate how much work the captions must be, but definitely well worth it.
Great vid. A fantastic engineering project to watch as it progressed (as has the whole of the north west upgrade project). Keep posting the vids Don. It's great to see the lines I travel on from the cab. Cheers.
East Midlands service Liverpool Lime St to Norwich passes at 17:37 via Sheffield, Nottingham & Ely ... my route when we are out of lockdown to visit my lovely friends in Manchester
They are now Drew. Its something I started doing following feedback. I try to vary the subjects with some railway info, history and just personal thoughts which are hopefully interesting. Thanks for the positive feedback.
Great view on the new built bridge to connect Piccadilly to Victoria, nice job some of my railfan friends are not so happy about cutting the old Stephenson bridge for the new bridge. I don't think so. Mr. Stephenson built the old bridge for making people's life better. if he could know his bridge is out of trend and blocking the development of his favourite railway, i do believe he will be happy about demolishing of his work.
Lovely video, sir. However, I do have a question: What do you mean by MIA? The reason for my question is that I live in Florida, USA, near Miami. Well, it just so happens that here MIA means Miami International Airport. Whenever you find the time, please let me know what your MIA means. Best to you and thanks for the great videos.
Thanks for the kind words Jacob. I take a vacation in Davenport FL every year and have visited Miami - a beautiful place. MIA is the station code fro Manchester International Airport. Of course, the airport code is MAN but on the railway here, that was already taken up by Manchester Piccadilly.
Great channel! Love your videos mate, how long have you worked as a driver for and what do you think of the 185's compared to other units you've experienced?
I’ve been a driver since 2003. The 185s were built especially for hill climbing and are very well engineered. They are very capable over the Pennines and in the 5 years I’ve been driving them, I’ve never had one fail to the point I couldn’t get it back to base. They have a very spacious air conditioned cab so I can’t fault them.
@@doncoffey5820 thanks for replying! As a passenger I do love these units, I'll always go for centre coach to get the most from the Cummins power plant (I'm an engine nerd haha) always love travelling to York on them lovely scenery over the pennies! , with the 68's coming In, would you be trained on those too?
Don, did you use a diesel on the outward journey (Man Vic to MIA) and an electric back in this video? Further you did not include station names in either video, l got Oxford Road confused with Piccadilly.
Hi Tim. The early videos didn’t have captions but all the newer ones do. I think it was diesel both ways but sometimes we run with an engine shut down.
Hi Don, is the “Ordsall Cord” like a branch line (ie) other than Main Line .. I assume your on an electric train ... amazing how quite it is.. I never hear any radio traffic, Dispatcher calling a train etc. Looking at all the different routes you post I assume your on the Engineer’s Extra Board. I also am assuming your in England, What is the Speed of a Green Signal with a Feather?? Again Thanks for the Ride.. Ed
Hi Ed. The Ordsall Chord is a main line enhancement that allows trains to pass through all the Manchester stations - not previously possible without changing ends or shunting. The train is a Class 185 diesel multiple unit (that’s one in the thumbnail for this video). The vehicle I’m driving from is around 25m (80 ft) long and the engine is midships, under the floor so you can hear it in the videos when it is pulling hard. It tends to be fairly quiet in the cab unless I have the ventilation fan running and there is a background hum from the computer cooling fans located in the cabinets behind my seat. If you look on a map of the UK, I sign pretty much across the width of the country from Liverpool to Hull and York but there are several variations and diversions that will all hopefully get covered by these videos. There is no set speed for a “junction indicator” with a signal, it is an indication of route. I will be posting some videos that explain certain indications and driving procedures very soon so be sure to subscribe.
Don, Thanks for explaining, So I read it as the Video MIA to Victoria is all one Town, (City) of Manchester... If this is correct, nothing in Arkansas is that large..
Edward Crawford the airport is just outside the city, one the edge. Piccadilly and Victoria are the two main stations in the city. Have a look on google maps to get an idea for the scale of Manchester. Pic and Vic are about 15 minutes walk away from each other - though there are several other train stations in Manchester.
I wish they would restore the hourly train between Southport and Piccadilly. Manchester Victoria really sucks and is inconvenient for nearly everywhere you want to go to. @@EthanDPW
I’m sure I must have wanted to as a kid but the reality was that I served an apprenticeship as a mechanic and went on to Tech Sales in the vehicle braking industry. I joined the railway as a trainee driver in 2003 and to this day I thoroughly enjoy it.
There are a number of interviews and tests to do but I would consider them more practical than academic. If you fancy it then go ahead and apply at your local company.
Can someone explain to me why the random rails in the middle of the tracks in the UK? Are they put there on purpose? and why? We just dont see that here in USA.
It depends what you saw Tim. We sometimes have “check rails” inside the track which are there usually to brace a curve. However, if you are seeing new rail which looks like licqorice, then they are there awaiting fitment in a forthcoming engineering program.
I asked the same question years ago. I can’t recall who I asked and if that person would have an accurate response but here is what I recall. I was told that in a case where , if a derailment occurred, it could cause many fatalities that extra rails were SECURED to the sleepers inside the rails that the train ran along which would keep the derailed train basically in line and hopefully restrain it from a catastrophic derailment. The second alternative for LOOSE rails lying between the main two is covered by Don in his response that they were there in preparation for replacing some of the main ones.There is one other possibility in that loose rails left between the main ones were there awaiting collection.I cannot say any of these are correct. (
Another interesting video. Really enjoy it! 🏴🙂👍🇺🇸
Glad you liked it Martin 👍
23:29 waiting at the entrance to the old mayfield station. Surely they can make a new use for this space. It does seem to be an opportunity in the waiting.
Don. I follow your videos faithfully, so good so see these routes from the front window. Appreciate how much work the captions must be, but definitely well worth it.
Thanks Roger - yes, the captions and editing are a commitment which takes me way past midnight some days.
I was in Victoria in 1980 on my way to Scotland. Changed a lot.
Amazing infrastructure. Thanks for sharing these fantastic videos.
Great vid. A fantastic engineering project to watch as it progressed (as has the whole of the north west upgrade project).
Keep posting the vids Don. It's great to see the lines I travel on from the cab. Cheers.
East Midlands service Liverpool Lime St to Norwich passes at 17:37 via Sheffield, Nottingham & Ely ... my route when we are out of lockdown to visit my lovely friends in Manchester
Thats it Katharine and they get a lovely trip down the Hope Valley too.
Thank you for uploading this video I have been looking for a driver's view of the styal line for ages and at last I have one thanks again subbed too!
Thought I'd do the return at the same sitting. Nice one, cheers Don.
Couldn’t resist eh ;-) Thanks ufx.
Fantastic video, I wish all of your videos were captioned as I have learned quite a lot since I started watching your channel
They are now Drew. Its something I started doing following feedback. I try to vary the subjects with some railway info, history and just personal thoughts which are hopefully interesting. Thanks for the positive feedback.
Thanks Don, I love you videos as they are so informative, you will only ever get positive feedback from me
It's Manchester Victoria Jim, but not as we remember it ! another nicely done video,, captions would help as mentioned in Leeds / York.
Great view on the new built bridge to connect Piccadilly to Victoria, nice job
some of my railfan friends are not so happy about cutting the old Stephenson bridge for the new bridge. I don't think so. Mr. Stephenson built the old bridge for making people's life better. if he could know his bridge is out of trend and blocking the development of his favourite railway, i do believe he will be happy about demolishing of his work.
One nice thing about the Ordsall Chord was that they fully restored the stone bridge.
Lovely video, sir. However, I do have a question: What do you mean by MIA? The reason for my question is that I live in Florida, USA, near Miami. Well, it just so happens that here MIA means Miami International Airport. Whenever you find the time, please let me know what your MIA means. Best to you and thanks for the great videos.
Thanks for the kind words Jacob. I take a vacation in Davenport FL every year and have visited Miami - a beautiful place. MIA is the station code fro Manchester International Airport. Of course, the airport code is MAN but on the railway here, that was already taken up by Manchester Piccadilly.
Great channel! Love your videos mate, how long have you worked as a driver for and what do you think of the 185's compared to other units you've experienced?
I’ve been a driver since 2003. The 185s were built especially for hill climbing and are very well engineered. They are very capable over the Pennines and in the 5 years I’ve been driving them, I’ve never had one fail to the point I couldn’t get it back to base. They have a very spacious air conditioned cab so I can’t fault them.
@@doncoffey5820 thanks for replying! As a passenger I do love these units, I'll always go for centre coach to get the most from the Cummins power plant (I'm an engine nerd haha) always love travelling to York on them lovely scenery over the pennies! , with the 68's coming In, would you be trained on those too?
I started training ready for Class 68s but due to a change of plan I am more likely to sign Class 802s.
@@doncoffey5820 Hey what do they need in your area to become a train driver and is this an express train you driving?
Don, did you use a diesel on the outward journey (Man Vic to MIA) and an electric back in this video? Further you did not include station names in either video, l got Oxford Road confused with Piccadilly.
Hi Tim. The early videos didn’t have captions but all the newer ones do. I think it was diesel both ways but sometimes we run with an engine shut down.
Very good.
Nice run.
Hi Don, is the “Ordsall Cord” like a branch line (ie) other than Main Line .. I assume your on an electric train ... amazing how quite it is.. I never hear any radio traffic, Dispatcher calling a train etc. Looking at all the different routes you post I assume your on the Engineer’s Extra Board.
I also am assuming your in England, What is the Speed of a Green Signal with a Feather?? Again Thanks for the Ride.. Ed
Hi Ed. The Ordsall Chord is a main line enhancement that allows trains to pass through all the Manchester stations - not previously possible without changing ends or shunting. The train is a Class 185 diesel multiple unit (that’s one in the thumbnail for this video). The vehicle I’m driving from is around 25m (80 ft) long and the engine is midships, under the floor so you can hear it in the videos when it is pulling hard. It tends to be fairly quiet in the cab unless I have the ventilation fan running and there is a background hum from the computer cooling fans located in the cabinets behind my seat. If you look on a map of the UK, I sign pretty much across the width of the country from Liverpool to Hull and York but there are several variations and diversions that will all hopefully get covered by these videos. There is no set speed for a “junction indicator” with a signal, it is an indication of route. I will be posting some videos that explain certain indications and driving procedures very soon so be sure to subscribe.
Don, Thanks for explaining, So I read it as the Video MIA to Victoria is all one Town, (City) of Manchester... If this is correct, nothing in Arkansas is that large..
Edward Crawford the airport is just outside the city, one the edge. Piccadilly and Victoria are the two main stations in the city. Have a look on google maps to get an idea for the scale of Manchester. Pic and Vic are about 15 minutes walk away from each other - though there are several other train stations in Manchester.
I wish they would restore the hourly train between Southport and Piccadilly. Manchester Victoria really sucks and is inconvenient for nearly everywhere you want to go to. @@EthanDPW
Brilliant! I enjoyed that! What sort of train was it filmed from?
It was a 185.
It’s a class 185? First transpennine express?
Yes, exactly Jordan.
How did you become as a train driver did you always wanted to be one when you was a kid
I’m sure I must have wanted to as a kid but the reality was that I served an apprenticeship as a mechanic and went on to Tech Sales in the vehicle braking industry. I joined the railway as a trainee driver in 2003 and to this day I thoroughly enjoy it.
Yep it’s does look fun to become one when am older 20 am going to be a train driver for northern rail
What are the requirements of being a train driver
There are a number of interviews and tests to do but I would consider them more practical than academic. If you fancy it then go ahead and apply at your local company.
Can someone explain to me why the random rails in the middle of the tracks in the UK? Are they put there on purpose? and why?
We just dont see that here in USA.
It depends what you saw Tim. We sometimes have “check rails” inside the track which are there usually to brace a curve. However, if you are seeing new rail which looks like licqorice, then they are there awaiting fitment in a forthcoming engineering program.
Don Coffey examples at 13:24
Yes, those are new switches waiting for installation Tim.
How many miles is the Airport from Victoria Station ?
I asked the same question years ago. I can’t recall who I asked and if that person would have an accurate response but here is what I recall. I was told that in a case where , if a derailment occurred, it could cause many fatalities that extra rails were SECURED to the sleepers inside the rails that the train ran along which would keep the derailed train basically in line and hopefully restrain it from a catastrophic derailment. The second alternative for LOOSE rails lying between the main two is covered by Don in his response that they were there in preparation for replacing some of the main ones.There is one other possibility in that loose rails left between the main ones were there awaiting collection.I cannot say any of these are correct.
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I presume you're a train driver.Great videos.
Yes, drive for Transpennine Express and they’ve given me permission to film and share some of my journey’s.
That's nice of them. I love the cab rides.
Thanks Don.
Watching green stuff, interminably,and overhead line stantions makes me fall asl zzz
Haha, I must admit they can be hypnotic after a while. Luckily, I’m wired when driving a train 😉👍