BLURRED START TO A CRACKIN' GOOD DAY

Most railway enthusiasts love this station co's it's always so busy with a good variety of consists.. After a blurry eyed start enjoy your view with Smile Video. Thank you for coming.

[@DiamondMaster20]

I always love joining you on these trips, Keith. Thank you so much for sharing this day's wonderful captures.

[@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS]

Glad you enjoyed it thank you

[@grahamallison6704]

Many thanks for taking me along, another interesting day on the railway. Take care. 👍

[@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS]

Thanks, you too!

[@cesarblumenau]

Great footage Keith, greetings from Brazil.

[@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS]

THANKS A LOT

[@Dunco3550]

Very enjoyable Keith, it's interesting to see that freight wise Stafford is not over run with container traffic like most others. And it was worth waiting for the tea lady to come back and reopen so that you could get your cuppa - it did seem a bit strange this it was closed yet they still had the board outside to say it was open.

[@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS]

Thank you

[@kptrains]

Wonderful footage. Have a good weekend

[@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS]

Thanks, you too! 👍

[@railwayhonza]

Nice video of the WCML!

[@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS]

Thank you very much!

[@adamkerr4600]

Sitting in a b&b in ambleside watching my favourite you tube channel thank for the great video Keith like a nice malt to stay safe till the next time all the best 🚂🚂🚂🥃🥃🥃🥃

[@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS]

lovely Adam. been round there 2/3 times on a peddle bike. There were Youth hostels in those days. Was about 5p to stay the night. lol

[@deauvilledad07]

Another super adventure Keith. Super mix of trains on the Trent valley. Like me you like your cup of tea. Well done 🤓 stay safe 💖

[@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS]

Glad you enjoyed it. THANK YOU

[@brianjohnstone1790]

Nice one again Keith 👏 thanks take care mate. Brian.

[@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS]

Glad you enjoyed it cheers

[@Trainspotter11_]

Another brilliant video smile, I very much enjoyed this! :)

[@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS]

Thank you very much!

[@jay_mond0]

Hi Keith, great video! Funnily enough I was there a few days before you were and I hung around with the guy from Birmingham all afternoon, and your video was like watching my day all over again!

[@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS]

Thank you

[@jeremysmith4437]

Some great freight there today Keith nice one

[@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS]

thank you

[@grahamjarvie3461]

always nice to see the DB red shed

[@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS]

Nick (red shed ) is in love with them.....lol

[@theovanstaden5766]

Lovely video Keith out and about!

[@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS]

I thank you very much 👍

[@Pykem]

Thanks as always Keith for taking us on another interesting day out. I enjoyed Stafford on a number of occasions in the 1990s when visiting Telford for work from NZ, great place to watch the action. Cheers Martin in NZ

[@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS]

Glad you enjoyed it Martin. thank you

[@colinwilbur3883]

Great video again. You should start a new series of Cafes of Railway Staitions😁

[@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS]

NICE LADIES SERVING IN THEM TOOOO😆😆

[@stevewareing8525]

Despite not knowing what was due and when you as always managed to achieve "Continuity" Thanks Keith, glad to see you out and about enjoying yourself 👌👍

[@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS]

thanks Steve. Me----lucky bunny,

[@anthonywarrener1881]

Thank you for taking us on another great ride ! Great to see so much freight activity, and the 90s do look great in the new Freightliner livery !

[@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS]

Glad you enjoyed it! thank you

[@GricesGrowlers]

Your videos make my day thank you 😊 keep up the great work 👍 starting to do some videos myself but long way behind you 😁

[@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS]

You can do it! We all had to start somewhere. ME ??/ 1980.

[@richardvoran5514]

Another great video! So nice to meet other train folks and interact with them. You are very much appreciated Keith! Thank you.

[@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS]

Glad you enjoyed it. Thank you

[@davidfinch5062]

Some great freight action going on there. It always amazes me how you manage to discover all these lovely young ladies.

[@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS]

EASY chat em' up and 'smile' cheers

[@johnmeredith3652]

Excellent trip with plenty of locos thankyou Keith

[@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS]

cheers

[@RedShedNick]

I felt for you at Trent Valley Keith breaking your journey for a cuppa you didnt initially get, delighted tou eventually did do! Well you found some really quality freights and very friendly spotters, well we all are really thats guaranteed of coarse! Loved this session and a priveledge yo take us with you! Take care, cheers Nick..

[@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS]

thank you very much Nick. Not been out in the heat. doors shut, windows shut, curtains drawn. my old house never rose above 79f. Take care my friend.

[@RedShedNick]

@@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS thankfully cooler for us all!

[@SteveSmithRailways]

Another enjoyable video from Smile. Stafford is most probably the best place to go for freight and you were rewarded with plenty to see. Look forward to the next venture out. Steve

[@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS]

thanks a lot Steve.

[@elvispresley2599]

Nice to see you back with another brilliant video

[@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS]

Many thanks!

[@elvispresley2599]

@@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS you are very welcome pal. When is your next video? I really enjoy them all. How is lady June getting on ? And a big hello to all of your family and David of course l.o.l.

[@trainmanbob]

A blurry start but crystal clear enjoyment. Thanks for another great day out Keith. Cheers, Bob

[@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS]

cheers again Bob. hope you ok.

[@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329]

Very nice taxi driver to take you to the station of Northampton

[@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS]

YES. I use taxi's a lot now that I dont have a car

[@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329]

@@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS okay so who’s still drives

[@keithrichards378]

Hi Keith, brilliance on the move, well entertaining love the 56. Thanks Keith that was right nice.

[@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS]

Very many thanks

[@keithrichards378]

@@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS hope you get 60 062 steel. 👍

[@MrDeltic15]

Was worried about the blurred bit, but it all turned out fine(after the cafe opened!)and you had a good haul of freight to enjoy. The Wembley to Stafford ecs you were expecting would've been a Class 720 EMU on mileage accumulation, but they don't run every day - that DRS 66 was going to Wentloog I think.

[@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS]

okydoky;;;;;;;;;;;not been out at all since over a week ago when I went to Stratford, ended up visiting the doctor and now waiting for a hospital phone consultation. am perfect now and plan to go Scotland this coming Friday for the weekend. hope that you are keeping ok. Soon be stocking up for Christmas again. lol

[@iancroot1388]

Great video as usual Keith, some nice freight catches, hope you enjoyed that big iced thing (as you put it) at Lichfield and hope you survived the extreme heat this week.

[@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS]

lol. Did not go out at all this week. curtains drawn, windows and doors shut. thanks for comment

[@benGBRf]

Can't go wrong with Stafford. I think its currently one of the best places for freight in the UK. Thanks Keith for sharing 👍🏻

[@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS]

Absolutely. will go again soon.

[@tonymento7460]

Love the video Keith great shots of all the freight trains and the passenger trains I bet you enjoy meeting the other rail fans too I know that England is having one hell of a a heatwave there I hope that you are staying cool and drinking a lot of water too be careful and safe out there too

[@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS]

Love trains, love people. when over 80f I stay in house, shut windows, close curtains. House built 1897 and stays very cool. cheers a lot.

[@headsup2433]

That was another good day Keith, I bought the the British Track Atlas a few months ago, so a make a point of following your journeys on the pages. Its good to see all the yards you pass. Keep it up. All the best, Alan.

[@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS]

cheers Alan

[@TrainSpotterTVIndia]

Excellent

[@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS]

Thank you so much 😀

[@johnweller9891]

Another great ride. shame about the buffet sir!

[@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS]

Tell me about it. good job I carry food and Fruit Shoots

[@johnsmith-ie6in]

hi keith thanks for a great video even if it was a bit blurred first thing lol. it has been a good day for freight locos today well worth coming out with you and the rest of the smile gang great to see you getting about hope David and Lady June are keeping well please keep the good work up and i look forward to the next video stay safe my friend

[@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS]

Yes we all pretty good thank you. Not been out during the hot weather but got loads of video in 'stock' waiting to be uploaded going back some 20 years. lol. thank you

[@johnsmith-ie6in]

@@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS that will be good

[@markslater3842]

Excellent video Keith. Plenty of freight I always think that Nuneaton and Stafford are the two best places for freights on the southern part of the WCML and you got plenty at both locations!

[@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS]

Yes, both are good and Nunny is much closer to home but very cluttered up with metal and always seems cold there. cheers

[@ianankers4437]

Another fantastic video Keith. I'm absolutely appalled by the number of freight trains hauled by diesels under the wires. Then they put on the side of the containers "Less co2"!!!

[@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS]

yup.. big joke but not really funny

[@alanshelly7068]

Awesome video buddy from Alan in Lowestoft

[@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS]

lovely.....thanks a lot

[@trainsfan2114]

grate viedo mate keep up good work buddey

[@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS]

Thanks, will do!

[@jonathanparry9505]

Keith, when a freight train has two locos do you know if they are linked so a single driver has control of both ? I can’t see how else it could operate effectively. Thanks for the video as always. Take care an enjoy your whisky 🥃

[@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS]

Not that I know of but quite possible I suppose or whats the point.. cheers

[@MrBnsftrain]

Quite a lot of freight trains and not a lot of passenger trains. This is what it's like filming trains in America, except all the freight trains would most likely be pulled by one company's locomotives.

[@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS]

YES. sometimes it can get a little boring

[@joethetrainphotographerint8678]

Nice one Keith! The good thing about Railfreight these days that it's growing specially Gbrf there Expanding quite abit with new locos (class 69s) also bringing new flows Kent to the Grain Thamsport in November 2022 which hopefully will be good DB are trying to Expand new flow 6X10/6X11 Toton to Dollands moor and Colas are getting a new flow in Kent to Halling to Hoo junction. Drs are still the same not sure if they have new flows not sure if Freightliner has either but tbh Freightliner is pretty massive. But sad thing is that DB stopped running the Dollands moor to Scunthorpe flow. But freight on rails is growing slowly.

[@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS]

yes you are right. There is a great deal going on in the railway world and I love all the new liveries on both freight and passenger trains. take care and thank you.

[@dougiestuart]

The guy that was at Stafford who said he follows you on you tube

[@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS]

O.....jolly dee. great afternoon wasn't it.

[@dougiestuart]

Great video Keith and very interesting and the other railway spotters can you give me that guy 21 you tube please.The two DRS 66 and Intermodal Daventry too Mossend

[@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS]

''can you give me that guy 21 you'' Sorry, don't know what you mean or am I stupid.......lol. thanks for commenting

[@ethanplanespotting3570]

There is a deltic due into Wolverhampton next month

[@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS]

ok. enjoy

[@raymondattrill2766]

nice vid as per usual ..keith ....what have you done with your chaffeau?......as in david?.......hope lady june is well .?.... l

[@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS]

Thank you. Well June is fine thank you but David shifts are not favourable for us, mores the pity.

[@wam2610]

👍

[@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS]

😌😌

[@arnoldspottingvideos5269]

26:01 That's 4S44 from Daventry to Mossend Down Yard this suppose to be a 88 but nope is double headed 66

[@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS]

Life is full of surprises. cheers

[@hamshackleton]

Your camera seems to be very slow in focussing, these days, Keith. Still, you had a good day out, going nowhere!

[@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS]

like me mate. getting old. It's 10 and I'm 85 so together we are 95 years. lol

[@hamshackleton]

@@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS You're only 11 years in front of me! - - Take care.

[@southbysouthwestvideo4431]

I thought it hot in the UK? People have ?coats on

[@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS]

yes this video was 10 days ago. Hope you enjoyed it. thank you

[@davideddy5877]

I really hate graffiti 'artists'. They should be locked up for a week and made to paint thekr cells white, with a toothbrush. Be careful with all this heat, Keith.

[@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS]

thats a bit severe...........AND SO IT SHOULD BE, 👍👍

[@davidkitchen7941]

There is an old saying - ‘when in doubt have a cup of tea’ 🫖

[@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS]

quite right.....I'm on coffee this morning.