They may find an issue there, as Stafford is an important station (2nd busiest is Staffordshire) and I can't see the DfT allowing InterCity services to bypass them completely. At least they won't be around for much longer.

Thank you, that's very nice - having seen how other railway channels do it, I wanted to appeal to those with a professional interest (the headcode/fleet details) and the casual viewer (the more conversational entries). You may be surprised to know I use nothing more than a mobile phone and free software to make these - it's all down to how you use them!

Thank you, I try to make it look almost professional.

Thank you - it was a good mix, and your're right, it did make a change from Platforms 4/5 (the snow likely contributed, so I guess they were just trying to get them through).

Thank you, very much app[reciated.

Sorry you couldn't make it, but happy I allowed you to see them off.

@@MiaGracewillowandmaddie ty

@@MidlandMark I used to see them at New Street when I was going down to Devon on the class 220 or 221

@@MidlandMark the reason was that I couldn’t make it to the farewell tour to say Byee to the class 323! Im so sure I’m gonna miss them !

They're still running with Northern

@@MidlandMark but I don’t go on northern though

Sadly

Agreed - and somewhere in there is the ACTUAL one! Charming area, more people should visit it.

1:47 I thing this is a style of Taiwan railway.

@@samkingyu1 Thank you for that - it's why I said "Cantonese-style" because ther were no specific markings, so couldn't pin it down any more than that.

Compared to what/where?

Thank you - I make a point of letting the machines do the talking.

Thank you, I took the decision from the start to do captions rather that speech, let the natural sound come though (plus, I hate my voice). Feel free to smash the like button on some of my other videos...

Yes, they were on a Stafford<>Crewe test run. And thank you for the like, much appreciated, Stafford is a great station (and nice town).

Thank you, very much appreciated.

It's a Bull.

Thank you - seeing an underrated Loco is always a bonus (hope the engine noises were acceptable).

To be honest, and you're not going to believe this... I shoot all videos on my Mobile Phone! It just works fairly well in low light (though I thought it could have been better) - the light was pretty poor from about shot 6 onwards.

Thank you - Stafford is just a good spot.

@@MidlandMark best I get myself to Stafford then .

@@annatrindall9829 Recommend it - and the Town Centre's only a few minutes walk (via a very pretty park).

That's very kind, thank you.

Thank you, much appreciated.

Thanks for the visit

He certainly caught the imagination - I think people didn't appreciate just how big he was.

Thank you - I'm not old enough to remember them, just enjoy the classics.

Any part in particular?

@@MidlandMark ok

Thank you!

2,600 vehicles produced was "seriously awful"?

Thanks a lot 😊

Thank you - it was rathyer unintended, but worked out okay.

Thank you - it was luck, really. The train was broken when I arrived in Stafford, the rescue engine arrived before I needed to go to Crewe, and I did not notice I had overtaken it!

A mix of Rugeley Trent Valley (1st half) & Stafford (2nd half)

Most new stock is tested on the WCML (a lot of the fitting out is done in Crewe & Wembley).

Thank you 🤗Very much appreciated.

No problem, see you next year.

Hello, Stephen. I'll double-check when I pop into town tomorrow, as the section between BrindleyPlace and Five Ways is wired, so will confirm whether they run on batteries along the whole section (using the intermediate section for emergency top-ups) or not. The section along Corporation Street was rebuilt as part of the authorisation to build the Digbeth extension; the actual work is the installation of the triangle junction at Bull Street, but TfWM decided to bring forward scheduled maintainance & upgrading work, to avoid having to close it again further down the line (no pun intended...). The Wolverhampton service pattern will be a 10/4tph peak split between Station/St.Georges, 4/2tph off-peak (they've not installed a triangle junction).

Hello, Stephen. Right, after a slight problem (due to industrial action), I can confirm that the catenary between BrindleyPlace and Five Ways IS used in service, so the trams work: under power to Grand Central, on batteries 3 stops to BrindleyPlace, under power 1 stop to Five Ways, on batteries 1 stop to Edgbaston Village (getting another top-up from the wires at the terminus).