One very minor point. The caption at Stoke Junction says "joining the WCML" , Tha line through Stoke is not the WCML.
@daydays1211 күн бұрын
lovely video.... I lived in Exeter many many years ago and sometimes miss it....pity to see so much built up now ..the countryside rapidly disappearing, and the wild life with it. Sad.... 70/75 % reduction in most insects, plants, trees, animals since the 1970s....
@HighOakJunction19 күн бұрын
Thanks for sharing. It's a nice video of this former Branchline to Grassington. I saw this railway while driving from Skipton to Grassington on holiday this year and wondered about its history. Thanks again.
regularly drive over the bridge at worleston station ,, its now a house people live in it ? not sure about trains coming throgh back garden tho..
@FozzQuakerАй бұрын
Sure i've been up this line on a diversion before when the ECML was closed between Darlington and Ferryhill
@FozzQuakerАй бұрын
Wasnt there once an idea to reopen the Leamside Line and start passengers services between Tyneside and Teesside also utilising the Stillington Line, but nothing ended up coming of it
@shawnkmiec7005Ай бұрын
Curious if you know: Apparently that crossing is interconnected with the traffic signal on Hwy 6 - when a train is passing through, does the light stay green on 6 or does it go into flash mode?
@RailMart14 сағат бұрын
To my knowledge it stays normal. Never seen it go into flash mode will look un detail next time I am down there.
@bazza945Ай бұрын
Regarding the IPort, it's funny how they can make "Mowhere" into "Everywhere". Seemingly, all it takes is plenty of money.
@ireneblundellАй бұрын
Well I am not familiar with the countryside. However you really need to see our train ' The Ghan' . Hours of entertainment going through the interior of Australia.
@davidbosher8377Ай бұрын
Very interesting, not been on this line, alas. Must try and get there one day. David, Crouch End, London N8
@siobhantopley6674Ай бұрын
I really enjoyed watching this thankyou 😊
@stephenkettle7733Ай бұрын
Line looks in good condition. Do they just call the a signaller in at Norton on Tees when required?
@RailMart15 сағат бұрын
They used to. All now signalled from York.
@andrewelliott4436Ай бұрын
Did this trip in the cab of an 8f Austerity in Spring 1967. At Ferryhill, 92065 (ex Tyne Dock, with air pumps for the doors on the iron ore trains ) was shunting, then waiting to go north. Passing us in the opposite direction, tender first, was K1 62041 on Dolomite empties. Our turn was to finish at Steetley's, Hartlepool, Cemetery North - where we'd begun early that morning, after coaling up by the enormous stage at West Hartlepool Loco.
@peterdite6725Ай бұрын
So much litter!
@ianeccles1112 ай бұрын
Must be boring being a driver on that line, flat as a pancake, I come from up north, we have structures called hills and mountains. The line could do with a few curves to stop the driver nodding off.
@timsinclair48032 ай бұрын
Would think some Northern drivers at Doncaster would still sign Bentley to Stainforth, but as time passes, it's got to dwindling.
@GreatEasternMainlineSpots2 ай бұрын
This is how i remember it,great memories
@philiphampson85922 ай бұрын
9 days of heaven
@philiphampson85922 ай бұрын
Roll on September for me, can't wait
@steviez1102 ай бұрын
Seems funny departing off the depot via the North yard arrival lines ! but makes sense now with no Sandiacre box to control movements.
@titup22 ай бұрын
There used to be through coaches from Liverpool Street on the Clacton train, and we split at Thorpe with Henry taking the larger portion on to Clacton and Thomas hooked on to the rest for a slow chuff up to Walton. Trains often passed at Frinton, which shows how frequent the service must have been on Summer Saturdays; You also needed to book seats or you would be standing the whole way in packed corridors.
@Stratocaster69uk2 ай бұрын
Great video. Thanks 🙏🏻
@philip25082 ай бұрын
Our Holbeck job was always a pair of class 31’s,a nightmare to get out of the yard with 2,000 ton of limestone loaded just slipping and sliding due to being too light. A lot of this went to Hull Dairycoats sidings and it was used for the Humber Bridge i believe, I once second manned a Neville Hill man to Dairycoates from Holbeck in the early 1980’s
@Noneiscomingsafe2 ай бұрын
Uk level crossing long rock spotted 3:38
@johnemsden7352 ай бұрын
why not run from Stoke to Willington via Uttoxeter
@RailMartАй бұрын
Retention of route knowledge. Went back via the North Staffs.
@richardditchburn38532 ай бұрын
What I find incredible about this, and most rail routes in Britain, is that they were built in the mid to late 19th century. This was in a time of basic primitive equipment, and these routes are still in use today, although speeds have definitely increased somewhat! I had the pleasure of travelling this route, north to south one cool fall day in 1973, on a "real" train (locomotive and separate carriages). Half of the passengers were enthusiasts with head and cameras outside of every available opening, and the other half were poor wretched souls trying to keep warm. Needless to say, I was in the first group.
@Adullamite2 ай бұрын
Thanks for that, very enjoyable.
@jamiestransporthub71842 ай бұрын
this journey to Boston from Grantham is amazing and please do a journey to Grantham from Nottingham
@Westside_Kenny2 ай бұрын
Excellent video and what loco are u riding on please
@jondavies93472 ай бұрын
I'd love to see more electrified lines,but with lots of 66's in operation it doesn't make sense at the moment.
@jondavies93472 ай бұрын
Lovely route through Staffordshire into Nottinghamshire.
@cliveroberts57482 ай бұрын
Good video but shame there isnt any sound
@Martin_Adams1842 ай бұрын
A most welcome view of the Skellow line, which I have never seen before. Thank you!
@carlhiorns99372 ай бұрын
My dad was a driver and my grandad on intercity and virgin trains, also drove steam which looks very hard work still don’t know how the drivers manage to see them signals
@robertcoleman48612 ай бұрын
A wonderful journey thank you cheers Bob.🦘🐨🍺🤠😎
@RailMart2 ай бұрын
You are very welcome
@dcan482 ай бұрын
Did this train stop at frinton.
@RailMart2 ай бұрын
No it didnt.
@chriswade74703 ай бұрын
Fascinating. I knew where this line went but have never been over it. It never had much of a passenger service. A useful route for excursion trains from West Riding Towns to Cleethorpes.
@RailMart2 ай бұрын
Very welcome!
@juliansadler62633 ай бұрын
When I was on the railway I worked Worcester Birmingham New Street Derby Cardiff. I could never have put up with those flat landscapes!
@derrickgreen90203 ай бұрын
Didn’t it crash in to the buffers once and the station building was demolished after that?
@johnweller98913 ай бұрын
Belter
@johnweller98913 ай бұрын
Hopefully full passenger will resume over this branch, along with the freight . so great to see an update of the Askern Branch
@andrewganley90163 ай бұрын
Pity about the no sound but at least we dont get those irritating track bells and buzzers kudos for some interesting cab rides alot better than some others
@bobwilcox11473 ай бұрын
Electrified but all the traction was diesel!
@librarian163 ай бұрын
I can remember there being a regular passengerservicebetween Leeds and Grimsby via the Skellow line.
@nigelkthomas95013 ай бұрын
First time I ever “scored” this line was on a class 144 pacer. It would normally have gone all stations Leeds-Doncaster then reversed out to Scunthorpe. Adwick and Bentley didn’t exist in 1989 so there was no issue serving them. The train used this line direct to Stainforth. It then reversed to Doncaster before reversing again to Scunthorpe.
@LisbonRailProductionsandF13 ай бұрын
Magnificent catches of the train departing from the station, I like it 5 stars. Thumbs up. Keep up the perfect work, my friend, liked and subscribed, Greetings from Portugal to the UK.