All The Pacers, All Of Them - Episode 48, Day 88 - Thirsk to Alnmouth

It's the 2nd August and we start our day in Thirsk, head up through Sunderland and Newcastle and catch a train to the very awkward station that is Chathill ...
The 'Manors' periscope will appear on the Recap! channel shortly, at the moment the link just goes to the channel were you can find all our periscope and instagram stories videos.
Download the All The Stations theme tune from iTunes here: itunes.apple.c... (other stores are available....)
Geoff and Vicki are visiting ALL 2,563 national railway stations in Britain - view the progress map and loads more information about the project on the website at: allthestations....
ROUTE: Thirsk - Thornaby - Sunderland - Metro Centre - Chathill - Alnmouth for Alnwick - Newcastle

[@charliemoir5591]

I did notice at the end it said "all the pacers, stupid pacers"

[@loopyloomdesigns]

charlie moir yes!!

[@refsmithy]

Favourite part of the video!

[@TheWkc19]

Reeeeeee

[@michael.freebury4478]

charlie moir I

[@vincentye3869]

Where

[@harrytodhunter5078]

Someone should buy Vicki a Pacer.

[@irenec4876]

Harry Todhunter Agreed!

[@richardwild76]

Kickstarter

[@robstephenson9467]

Yes

[@masonsmainlineroblox]

How?

[@Lauren-dz9fq]

@@masonsmainlineroblox with money

[@Marc_von_Hoffrichter]

14:45..... All the heritage lines? Hell yes!!!

[@rachellewis7452]

My usual commuter Sprinter was replaced by a Pacer Thursday, my first one! I laughed all the way to work :) "All the PACERS"

[@hbruins85]

I have rode Pacers on GWR during my biz trips to the west of England. How bumpy and uncomfortable! In my humble opinion it takes a special person to be able to see something special in them...

[@GManPT]

I'm going to miss this series so much end it ends 😢😢😢😢😢

[@Ulleskelf]

Love the "All the Pacers" ending!!

[@eastcoastrailways7976]

Its funny at how at Sunderland there is always some person who waits on the National Rail platform and when the Metro comes in they always run up the platform and miss it!

[@connorwatson7823]

East Coast Railways Happens all the time 😂😂

[@joannaatkinson235]

I love your stuff, get that out of the way, and I love just how genuine you both are. Please, never change!

[@petermiller6895]

Sad to see Vicki wiped out by a train at 10:28. So close to the end as well.

[@EM81YT]

Peter Miller XD

[@jackbellwood7702]

She tried to live a nice life everything after that was pre recorded

[@gregsd]

Thanks Geoff, Theoff.

[@SM-Flyers]

Yay! Looking forward to ALL THE HERITAGE LINES! Vicki said, Geoff better do it!

[@srhvideo]

Could the guerrilla knitters make Vicki a cuddly Pacer?

[@andrewwilson6240]

East Midlands Trains used to sell a cuddly toy based on a 153. Does that count?

[@srhvideo]

@@andrewwilson6240 I'm sure a cuddly version of the littlest Sprinter will do the job

[@TomsPhotos]

Home sweet home. I was literally at Alnmouth an hour before you got there, but the rain drove me away. Glad to see that it faired up for your visit.

[@DanielMumby]

Alnmouth (pronounced Alan-mouth) was my local station for six years - I lived less than a mile from there. For the record Barter Books is amazing, really hope the heritage railway project comes to fruition :)

[@t.vanoosterhout233]

5 yrs later still fun to watch. Vicky loving her Pacer!

[@ryancouchman-sawyer2355]

Being a Southerner who lives on Southeastern Trains, it sounds so weird to hear that stations in the North and West of England receive one or two trains a day or even a week. I take for granted the fact that trains are regular and that I can reach anywhere in the South East.

[@william_aviation0145]

My town only gets 6 trains a day

[@akarouge]

Doleham?

[@AdamSmith-gs2dv]

That's a regular occurrence in America, Houston the 4th largest city in the US only gets 3 trains a week from Amtrak.

[@JordyShowWalks]

The Sunderland Metro is one of the most frequent modes of public transport up here, and yet it's a 15 minute wait between trains if you're lucky

[@petervaughan9111]

Jesus, I get about 15 trains an hour

[@JISJ1964]

Do people with heartproblems get to travel by pacers for free?

[@MultiMcdeath]

Absolutely not. They have to pay full price. In the UK the price gradient is age based with seniors, young people and children paying less.

[@JISJ1964]

@@MultiMcdeath I guess you didn´t get my wordgame there as pacers could help people with heartproblems.

[@MultiMcdeath]

@@JISJ1964 you mean Pacemakers? These don't entitle passengers to forgo paying the correct fare unfortunately. Perhaps it would be beneficial for people whose affliction limits their ability to work.

[@mustardgas750]

They would be called Pacemakers if that was true

[@johnkelly1083]

@@MultiMcdeath I think he was joking 😅 Pacers... pacemakers...

[@theblubbered]

The Welwyn Garden City station is the same, leads directly into the Howard Centre shopping centre, with no proper station building.

[@JackJackProductions]

Edward Moye it's the same with Gatwick Airport

[@FannyLerouxTime]

I love pacer trains, I'm going to be so sad when they're gone! It's the roar of the engines, it's the bounce that no other train has! It's an amazing train!

[@mementomori1553]

Stupid bone rattling pacers

[@rodneyhull9764]

i can tell you they are popular with the drivers at Leeds, especially the 144's. They will be missed.

[@FelloniusWizard]

"Another town, another train"...... (ABBA). Newcastle just made my Top Ten Cities to visit in Europe. It'll take a week to see all in Newcastle.

[@emjackson2289]

Alnmouth for Alnwick - just don't forget Manors! PS. I got that train to Chathill when my Aunt & Uncle (RIP both) had a caravan at Beadnell nr Seahouses and you had to get the Post-Bus to the village. I think it was the last loco hauled train I was ever, ever on.

[@ChrisKitVeedubber]

I am with Vick 100%, I love Pacers.

[@TheFlyingBusman]

Welcome to my home station of Thirsk. It’s a bit tucked away from the town centre but there was a station on a branch line the site of which is now occupied by Tesco. If you ever find your way back here you can ride Pacers to your hearts content as Wensleydale railway, the local heritage line has obtained two of them. There is a bit of a dark twist on the monkey hanger tale in that it was possibly not a monkey and was the cabin boy. Monkey hanger is a term still very much alive today and used as a rather derogatory reference.

[@roberthorwood4276]

I have watched many of your videos and I am still amazed at how well you two synchronise your lines, you must have done many takes to get that right or is it just losts of practice. thanks for your vids, they're very entertaining and infomative, More please , Robert:-)

[@samuelmoorey6008]

Hi guys just to let you know I did the have an adventure competition and went from south Devon up to Crewe it was amazing. Good luck on the rest of your journey. -Sam

[@rollingballdave]

Only just watching this series now, and loving it. I know little to nothing about my country of birth and watching this series has taught me a lot about the UK, especially how bad Pacers are. What a fantastic journey you've been on. Next time, you'll have to run a competition for someone to be your camera operator so they can experience - all the pacers, all the castles, all the trains, and all the stations. 👍👍

[@RichardWatt]

Re: Pacers - even the Soviets didn't build anything that damned awful.

[@am-vm8ew]

"Especially how bad pacers are" it seems you've been taught a stereotype. Please spend years riding and appreciating pacers before saying that. Thanks.

[@Ed_Gilbert]

My dad knows the owner of Northern, when the pacers retire. My family gets to keep one! And I would be more than convinced to persuade my family to give it to Vicki!

[@HenrysAdventures]

Metro Centre Station is a similar to Kőbánya-Kispest Station in Budapest. There you can walk straight from the shopping centre to the railway station and there's no station front. Kőbánya-Kispest Station is more like the size of Gatwick Airport and is also the Southern terminus of Budapest Metro Line 3.

[@obel15k]

Must have passed through Chathill dozens of times and never even noticed it! Love the "all the Pacers" in the outro music.

[@EM81YT]

Is That The Metro On An ATS Video? I am in heaven!

[@brilang71]

Love the updated theme song for this episode!

[@garywoolton1875]

NO idea if these comments are monitored anymore, but thanks to this video, i visited Seahouses along the road from Bamburgh. Thank you video for helping me discover this lovely town with it's boats to the Farne Islands

[@AllTheStations]

we're still here Gary! thanks for a lovely message!!

[@henrybn14ar]

I caught a train at Chathill one summer evening in 1968. It was an enormously long sleeping car train with a Deltic on the front. I was the only human passenger. A huge salmon in a rush bag was loaded into the brake van.

[@aaronfraser1911]

Awesome video I live very near the Metrocentre. Its always very nice to see videos involving Newcastle.

[@grayman999]

Come on Northern name a Pacer for Viki yay 💕🎉

[@nigelkthomas9501]

Did you notice the platform signs at Chathill? When I was there a few years ago it said "This platform for Berwick and the north" on the down platform and "This platform for Newcastle and the south" on the up platform. This is technically wrong. The sign on the down platform should read "This platform 'ALIGHTING ONLY'. For all departures please use the opposite platform. If traveling north change at Alnmouth". The up platform sign should read "This platform for all departures. If traveling north change at Alnmouth". This is because you can no longer get a direct train from Chathill to Berwick-upon-Tweed.

[@moritzl7065]

Define Stockholm Syndrome: An overly strong bond formed between a human and a pacer. (jk don't take it seriously)

[@Jake-wz7wy]

*Stockport syndrome

[@xyechenn]

Smackhead wayney I live in Stockport!

[@Daniel-vg2rh]

I have been waiting so long for this stretch of line! Another great video, thanks!

[@joannegray5138]

I grew up in Hartlepool and the monkey hanging legend is well known. You should get off the train and pay the town a longer visit if you're ever in the area again, visit the local museum and Historic Quay to find out more about the monkey hanging and other important historical events (such as when it rained frogs in the 19th century, the visit to the town by Robert the Bruce and the fact that the local MP was one Bobby Shaftoe - as in the subject of the children's song)

[@jonhigginson4096]

just noticed the 'all the pacers' at the end. very good guys, at this rate my 30 years of rage over the nodding donkeys could begin to dissipate....but then again, mebbes not.

[@peteryoung1902]

I'm sure a pacer will be preserved, just for Vicki.

[@peterbuckley6974]

SHE CAN KEEP THIS PACER IN GEOFFS BACK GARDEN !!!.

[@sylviaradzieta8913]

sadly they are now scrapped

[@Stewart.T]

@@sylviaradzieta8913 Such a shame as they always came across as perfect for each other.

[@AndreiTupolev]

A Caledonian Sleeper class 73!!

[@s125ish]

AndreiTupolev at the level crossing?

[@AndreiTupolev]

Yes.

[@JackJackProductions]

Where

[@MrLobo76-]

At 10:25

[@JordyShowWalks]

So I'm from Sunderland and want to tell you that you were right on both your tidbits: The Metro does indeed share the rails with the "proper trains" And Monkwearmouth station has been unused since 1967, BUT..... ..... You missed out on a great video opportunity because it is now Monkwet Station Museum, it was amazing as a child, and I might go again next week now 😄

[@grahamlive]

11:54 . I thought Geoff was about to burst into song.

[@WouterWeggelaar]

grahamlive same! Can't hold it back anymore Let it go..

[@dannypoopytps9064]

yeh let it go

[@lorenzohermoso1085]

Loving the Chathill Flyer.

[@paulmbarkley]

We still have them in Devon. Today was Exeter St David's to Paignton on a "proper" train (from Paddington), but the return was a horrid Pacer (Paignton to Exmouth), but as I had things to do in central Exeter I needed Exeter Central (not St David's - which is a hike from town)

[@666Pixs]

I’m Thirsky for more All the Stations

[@syedia]

Creweston Train Fan u a fucked up pacer

[@xyechenn]

Oh yeah!

[@margowoodacre1171]

I love it... What a fun idea! If When I visit the UK, Thirsk will be my first stop....David, will you and Honor bring me a flask of tea???

[@dylantowers5353]

Next year, all the pacers. A ride of every pacer.

[@harrystrains3227]

well done guys. I love pacers as well

[@CymruEmergencyResponder]

I love Pacers....

[@zoesemple3418]

The ending tune 🤣 I don't know if I have only just caught on but it sings all the pacers 🤣🤣

[@LeeRender1980]

Maybe should have called the video - 'Pacer Swansong" and looks like Vicki has started the next challenge bubbling around in the head... And oh a tweek to the credit song "All the Pacers, all the pacer all the stupid pacers" and...it works in the tune - well done Steven !

[@jcmimages9729]

That current Thornaby station is not the station that Vickie talked about re-the bricks, that was demolished but I am not sure when. I used to travel from Middlesbrough to Newcastle every week in the early seventies and the current Thornaby station is not the one that I went through. I have lived in New Zealand since 1985 so I have no idea when the old station was demolished. Lovely to see my old stamping grounds again though especially Whitby and the North Yorkshire Moors Railway.

[@musicmantham]

I believe Network Rail actually own the Metro stations between Sunderland and Pelaw you passed through and really didn't stop at 😛. Congrats on an awesome project, I look out for a new episode every day.

[@NTVExtra]

Pelaw, Fellgate, Brockley Whins, East Boldon, Seaburn, Stadium of Light, St Peter's, Park Lane, University, Millfield, Pallion and South Hylton are owned by Metro but are on Network Rail infrastructure

[@nigelkthomas9501]

I sometimes wonder why the Chathill train is a pacer, (a diesel). If it started at Newcastle and continued to Berwick-upon-Tweed, or even Edinburgh, it could be formed of a 321 or similar as it’s all electrified.

[@peel_acres]

There is a way for Yarm to move back to Yorkshire. The people of Yarm (probably through Yarm Town Council) need to persuade Stockton-on-Tees Council and North Yorkshire County Council to ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government to conduct a Principal Area Boundary Review (PABR). The SoS would then ask us (Local Government Boundary Commission for England) to redraw the boundary between the two authorities. Having said this it is incredibly hard to get the SoS to agree to a PABR.

[@TheNails3]

14:21 what a beautiful dog :)

[@noahbowie5985]

I live in London but I'm currently watching this from a hotel in Kuala Lumpur with the worst WiFi I have ever experienced

[@Louisa93able]

Hartlepool water is full of minerals you have to use special tea leaves to get a decent tasting cuppa. It was once the 3rd biggest port in England.

[@SteveFTW5]

14:51 look at Vicki’s face 😂

[@cowscrazy]

All the heritage line... YES YES YES !!

[@KianCorrieCoolCorrie11]

"All The Pacers, Stupid Pacers" had me rolling on the floor!

[@patrickhemsley8631]

Omg i love pacers too!

[@lrp_745]

Haven't you noticed that there has been a subtle difference in song at the end in episode 24 and episode 48 ! Both double and half of each other

[@craighall9282]

I’m from Hartlepool - I’m a little late to the party here - but the story is true!

[@aaronparsons877]

funny at the end when the theme tune went "all the pacers all of them'

[@erik_griswold]

“Stupid Pacers”!

[@chris200179]

Love the ABBA tag! Really want one now.

[@AllTheStations]

Geoff had to go all the way to Stockholm to get it ...

[@alexsgamesandmore6676]

What is so exciting a bout a pacer

[@UKrailwayvideos]

I have been watching all your videos and from Hartlepool :)

[@james-5560]

When does all the Heritage stations start? end of September LOL?

[@thehole4472]

Yay no more Pacers! I wonder how many buses could be built from the spare parts when they are decommisioned?

[@dsintel6652]

I'm surprised they didn't go on a pacer in devon, im making a trip to Cardiff to bash them before they go, truly a unique train.

[@sirrliv]

Don't worry Geoff. There are always more Pacers. You will never escape the Pacers.

[@DistressedxGeranium]

#RIP REST IN PACERS

[@MostlyLoveOfMusic]

Durham?

[@EM81YT]

Missed you by about 15 minutes- i was inbound on a VTEC train from KGX

[@whackingbadge]

I was wondering if you'd add a little pacers gag at the end. After, 'ALL THE CASTLES, ALL, ALL OF THEM.'

[@murtonminer]

You are allowed to film in the Metrocentre... They have a sign on the door saying "Film crews often come to this shopping centre, please give us a smile if you see them".

[@gobears6487]

Sounds like yet another fabulous remix of the ATS theme at 12:06... this gets a special favourite. Yay Steve! (Tell him please G & V!!)

[@swi_steven8566]

He hear's you. Thanks!!

[@gobears6487]

Steven Francis I really hope we'll get the chance to acquire more of these! I listen to the three you released all the time... but this one gets an extra favourite. Something familiar in it I can't put my finger on. 🤓👍

[@zaveexixterteen3841]

You are you going to break the news to vickey that pacer are going by 2020?

[@0800_BBO9]

People also think Yarm is in County Durham.

[@Crowley2979]

Arriving at Newcastle.. very 'Get Carter' You need a Roy Budd soundtrack, and Deltics

[@kimflycht2258]

Hey!! What was that???!! Changing the theme-song to "...stupid Pacers!!!!" That evil!!!!! What will Vicki say to that?

[@LisaMiza]

"all the pacers, stupid pacers" XD

[@cjbirkett]

11:09-11:14 sure its squealing extra loud to mark the occasion. Vicki's face is a picture!

[@nightveil4464]

End of Pacers? It can't be!

[@jackbellwood7702]

It isn't i see you pacer ()_ ()

[@danielswabey3943]

Please do the secrets of Tyne and Wear metro 👍

[@marcowatson7118]

Daniel Swabey yes please i basically live on them 😂

[@emjackson2289]

10:26 - Class 74?

[@francoisg3500]

RIP Pavers !!!!! 😢😢😢

[@jamesrivis620]

Thirsk is the home of James Herriot , author and veterinarian, and is where his ‘surgery’ is. His real name is Alf White and he was the vet for my cousins’ Rosemary and Richards’s Beef farm in nearby Newsham.

[@lammy1234567890]

Are we going to remember Pacers fondly one they're gone?

[@ianmcclavin]

lammy1234567890 No

[@azog23]

no

[@jonhigginson4096]

Some day everything becomes 'heritage' . 30 years ago I would hardly notice a class 87, now I long to see one gliding through Warrington with a rake of blue & grey mk2s & 3s behind it!

[@borderlands6606]

Yes and no. Yes, you can open the windows on a Pacer like British trains always have. Modern sealed trains are like airliners. No, they're well past the sell by date and the North deserves better than a defunct Leyland bus stuck to a wagon.

[@666Pixs]

Yes ❤️

[@HenrysAdventures]

Vicky should start up a Pacer Preservation Group!

[@andrelot]

Before this series I did not know the fleet of passenger train in UK had so many really bad trains like these 'Pacers'. They need new trains over there, for sure. There are many good DMUs manufactured by Stadler, CAF and Alstom they could use.

[@jsma9999]

there is Pacer in Preservation 2 of then Class 141 then you have the set,that is you 2020 Project

[@bedfordshirebuses]

Pacers; Tick! ✅

[@baronvonlloydalot4]

More of that wonderful Tom character at 13:38 - where did they find him? Give that man his own series

[@JohnTalbot-k6xi]

As Always Vicki’s Improve Personality Make the Show (!!) Wonderful Standup (!!)

[@JohnTalbot-k6xi]

iPhone Auto Spelling Change : "Improv " = Improvisational theatre ... Yes IPhone Idiocracy at work. Works on its Own

[@0184832]

They share the track or next to the metro track its weird when your on a Metro just before Heworth and a national train passes your metro a real a rail train and your in a tiny box looking up at a national rail train lol :P