I love the headcam videos, started following you a while ago and glad to see you have returned. I have no problem with the headcam, it's what makes your channel unique and in my opinion way better than the others, this is a real deal, the true view of the driver!
Ooo my old man would be pleased to see Herne Hill box still standing and the little sidings sub box at end of platform. He was on plat 1-6 panel at London Bridge and he conceded that was far busier than Herne Hill, Loughborough Junc was also a very busy signal box. It was his passing out on L Junc, Blackfriars and was working at London Bridge he got tasked to join the development team as a signalling consultant to reopening Snow Hill tunnel and it was his job mainly to force windows open in the already busy down dive towards Borough Market Junc but also to force windows into traffic running out of Loughborough, he was given quite a hefty bonus by BR for working some serious black arts to make it happen and it was bad when things went wrong as not only the SE division traffic stopped up and down the lines, the Thameslinks would also back up quite a ways...
My old man worked Beckenham Junc and Shortlands relief signalman meaning he had passed out from Chislehurst up to Balham, Battersea Park station, Balham which survived til quite recent years and the alternative route from Beckenham Junction. Its rather sad the whole plan for signalling, a floor in Euston House turned over to managing the whole railway by half waged clerks, my father who retired from London Bridge box and his mate who ended up at Victoria power box were all smug about ending up with a cushy number and now once the move from regional centres moves on, very few actual signalling staff :( I remember Penge East when it still had green roundel's and a little siding with the tunnel inspection Wickham trolley which used to belong to Sole Street when the old man worked relief from Sole Street down to Strood and Rochester and up to Farningham Road. My uncle Ray was a 33 "jobber" at Hoo Junc and I had a couple pleasant summer holidays riding the secondmans cushions as we wended our way from places all over Sheppey and Kent, up to Olympia to pass off the Ford trains and into Willesden with the glass trains under pilot picked up at Olympia as SR men were not allowed on the MR metals without a pilot.
You're a freight man........remeber -stay out of the sun, it burns !!!! Oh wait, DB takes care of that for ya ! From what I can gather from a mate left behind when I finished, it seems the rostering is way worse than it ever was . Pretty much 'white sheet' rosters, and all the 8 or 9 RFs in a block have been replaced by scattered odd days. Shades of my time at Northern Spirit/ TPE. Don't miss the endless 00.01, 00.55 , 01.13 , 02.13 starts. You'd have a week on 01.xx Wahwood, the from 04.00 ST , find yerself back on Washwood following week .Then 07.. St find yourself back on 04.xx Monday , and ......surprise ! Washwood rest of week ! Oh wot fun we had . Daylight? Never heard of it, boss. Unfathomably, I still miss the bloody job. Sad ain't I ?,
If you're allowed to film in cabs, worth using a insta360 x4 camera that can film 180 or 360 degrees! Also allows the viewer to choose what they look at during playback. Camera has a built in gyroscope to keep the horizon level.
So do I; and the likes of emmo999 have provided such views (and with captions) -- but thone is useful in addition, as it gives glimpses left and right of places I had viewed previously. Each has its own value, and having both styles available is just about the best one could hope to have.
@@mattbicazette502 I`m sure you are right, my problem was with the wobbly camera rather than what it was looking at, I found it difficult to focus and watch for more that a v few minutes.
I love the headcam videos, started following you a while ago and glad to see you have returned. I have no problem with the headcam, it's what makes your channel unique and in my opinion way better than the others, this is a real deal, the true view of the driver!
Excellent trip with you. Thank you.
Got to know the gradient profile like the back of your hand, nice skills.
best view for me, good to get a feel of the cab etc.
Love it. I wish that was me driving that locomotive. I suppose (rightly) that it's a class 66.
train sim world 5 graphics have come a long way . lol great vid drive safe
Ooo my old man would be pleased to see Herne Hill box still standing and the little sidings sub box at end of platform. He was on plat 1-6 panel at London Bridge and he conceded that was far busier than Herne Hill, Loughborough Junc was also a very busy signal box. It was his passing out on L Junc, Blackfriars and was working at London Bridge he got tasked to join the development team as a signalling consultant to reopening Snow Hill tunnel and it was his job mainly to force windows open in the already busy down dive towards Borough Market Junc but also to force windows into traffic running out of Loughborough, he was given quite a hefty bonus by BR for working some serious black arts to make it happen and it was bad when things went wrong as not only the SE division traffic stopped up and down the lines, the Thameslinks would also back up quite a ways...
My old man worked Beckenham Junc and Shortlands relief signalman meaning he had passed out from Chislehurst up to Balham, Battersea Park station, Balham which survived til quite recent years and the alternative route from Beckenham Junction. Its rather sad the whole plan for signalling, a floor in Euston House turned over to managing the whole railway by half waged clerks, my father who retired from London Bridge box and his mate who ended up at Victoria power box were all smug about ending up with a cushy number and now once the move from regional centres moves on, very few actual signalling staff :( I remember Penge East when it still had green roundel's and a little siding with the tunnel inspection Wickham trolley which used to belong to Sole Street when the old man worked relief from Sole Street down to Strood and Rochester and up to Farningham Road. My uncle Ray was a 33 "jobber" at Hoo Junc and I had a couple pleasant summer holidays riding the secondmans cushions as we wended our way from places all over Sheppey and Kent, up to Olympia to pass off the Ford trains and into Willesden with the glass trains under pilot picked up at Olympia as SR men were not allowed on the MR metals without a pilot.
You're a freight man........remeber -stay out of the sun, it burns !!!! Oh wait, DB takes care of that for ya ! From what I can gather from a mate left behind when I finished, it seems the rostering is way worse than it ever was . Pretty much 'white sheet' rosters, and all the 8 or 9 RFs in a block have been replaced by scattered odd days. Shades of my time at Northern Spirit/ TPE. Don't miss the endless 00.01, 00.55 , 01.13 , 02.13 starts. You'd have a week on 01.xx Wahwood, the from 04.00 ST , find yerself back on Washwood following week .Then 07.. St find yourself back on 04.xx Monday , and ......surprise ! Washwood rest of week ! Oh wot fun we had . Daylight? Never heard of it, boss. Unfathomably, I still miss the bloody job. Sad ain't I ?,
If you're allowed to film in cabs, worth using a insta360 x4 camera that can film 180 or 360 degrees! Also allows the viewer to choose what they look at during playback. Camera has a built in gyroscope to keep the horizon level.
I prefer window cam.
So do I; and the likes of emmo999 have provided such views (and with captions) -- but thone is useful in addition, as it gives glimpses left and right of places I had viewed previously. Each has its own value, and having both styles available is just about the best one could hope to have.
Boring. Go and watch them videos then, plenty of them.
The rocking motion made the loco look very unstable also the driver seemed to be looking out of the side most of the time not ahead??
Either the track is very bumpy, or you have a very wobbly neck! 🙂
Not too sure about the head-cam, very ‘seasickness’ inducing ~
If only the camera would stay still...
I didn't mind it
This is drivers eye view, what do you expect? Better than the other boring videos with just a camera on the windscreen with no interior visible.
@@nstheboss Driver`s eye view is normally the line ahead but no criticism of your work was intended.
@reggiesmith3866 Drivers view is a lot more than just looking forwards out the window. Got gauges and side views you also need to be analysing
@@mattbicazette502 I`m sure you are right, my problem was with the wobbly camera rather than what it was looking at, I found it difficult to focus and watch for more that a v few minutes.
Are you supposed to have a camera on when your driving a train
Man you need to stop shaking yer head about so much. It's making me travel sick!
Not good. Far too much movement. making me feel ill.