Cab Ride: Twickenham to London Waterloo

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[@robertmason7553]

That clickety clack sound going over crossovers is incredible. Amazing.

[@prodigalretrod]

London must be such an interesting city to drive trains in! Incredibly busy and complex network.

[@petertyler7062]

I have a two monitor setup and watched this video while also watching the route on Google Earth. Added an interesting aspect to the whole thing. Saw some places I had been in 1979 while doing the big O.E. Ahhh the memories !

[@chad24ist]

I don't know how old you are young man but when I was a kid i use to go from Liverpool to london in the cab. You will never forget that day well done great video.

[@NoddyMaccy]

You're lucky to get a cab ride. I had a ride with an instructor on the Bakerloo line. It was amazing. I've also driven on the District line and my mate has done the Waterloo & City.

[@effyleven]

A most interesting video. Thank you for posting. My admiration goes to all in the cab... (and good luck to that young person).

[@adamzapple658]

This young guy knows his stuff. If I were a gambling man I'd put my money on him being a train driver one day.

[@AlexMetroman]

He is a bit young for that, but he now works for them in the train planning department.

[@twisthiltz4779]

Great video! The young fella knows his stuff & asks some very good questions, obviously a train driver in the making 😉. Thanks for sharing a great ride!

[@michaeljohndennis2231]

Being Irish and living 22 years in Manchester, I find this fascinating - I know that some fellow Irish people living in London are Tube Drivers 🇮🇪☘️🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@kajakkille]

Even if this isn’t the fastest train journey, it’s very charming listening in on your conversation.

[@FrankyLon]

zoomshane: He was asked to be quiet when the train was runing under caution (single yellow on the main aspect signal). As it means that the next signal is at danger (red), the driver shouldn`t be distracted with talking. To work a train on linespeed under green signals is not a big deal, but when you need to be prepared to stop a 300 tonns veichle at a certain point it requires full attention. If the driver would have missed a breaking point because they were talking, it could resolt a SPAD (Signall Passed at Danger), and it had serious consequences.

[@rajeshwarrayewat1905]

[@hawkeye0248]

I Suppose there are nowadays failsafe techniques in place to take care in case such a situation should occur.

[@GaryCameron780]

@@hawkeye0248 Failsafe mechanisms are indeed implemented depending on the route and such. However activating a failsafe mechanism is looked at in the same way as if the failsafe wasn't there.

[@jimbradley7904]

An interesting and entertaining ride-along.

[@vincenzodeluca1433]

I Am A Person Who Always Loved To Go On Trains And Look In The Cab:: CAB DRIVE Its Just Wonderful

[@jackharrison6771]

Well done again for a great video. Another pleasure to watch and listen. Jack.

[@RISDsdr]

Been "traveling" all over Europe, lately, on KZbin cab view rides. I'm amazed how much electrification there is. In many cases there's a conduit of some sort following the right-of-way, on or in the ground, winding around every obstruction, cased in a rectangular metal box.

[@lasalleman]

Nice ride. Gotta love those UK trains.

[@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS]

A very well executed video. Like the chat very much. Really enjoyed my view

[@madaboutrains]

Thank you

[@davidparsons9570]

SMILEVIDEOTRAINS lo

[@user-ue5wd3hl7o]

Great video, this young lad is already very knowledgeable. We can all learn interesting points with a video like this. Really good.

[@davethatcher4954]

Takes me back watching this route.....I was a Signalman at Twickenham West Junction Box in the early 1970s

[@rutheliz75]

Thanks for the ride. Loved it .

[@samderbyshire5468]

Ur gay

[@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329]

34:59 looking to your left you can still see the old Eurostar terminus of Waterloo that has been closed since 2007

[@Tinsby]

Sounds to me like that young lad is almost qualified~ Good on you son, enjoy your time in the cab, I never forgot mine and I'd give anything to be able to go back to it!

[@Mandobanjoman]

Brilliant video, Dan... and through your questions I have really learned a lot about the workings aso, which 'll come in handy once I play Train Simulator again...

[@wildbsc]

At 1'27" there used to be a fiddle yard and when us boys were going to school in the mornings over the footbridge we would try our hardest to get sooty from the steam so as to get told off!

[@Oakleaf700]

14:25 The little metal pedestrian bridge ever the railway, we used to wave to the trains as kids on this.. as did our Dad before us, and my son did too.... Generations of kids probably have, as little kids can see through the wire mesh on the sides of the bridge.

[@moosakda4890]

This video made me thinking of this track when I was in UK. I used to travel to London by catching this train!

[@uhegbu]

Heading into the South Bank purpose based terminus is the London Studios and you can see it again even as the train enters platform 18 of Waterloo.

[@kinkisharyocoasters]

12:43 notice how the "off" indicator illuminated as the starter signal changed

[@GarySanson]

It is very interesting to see the number of commuter trains in your videos nothing like it is here were you would see only a few

[@tiluriso]

Love those train cab rides...there was a great one w/ Spain's High speed train - Madrid to Barcelona, but they removed it.

[@darendye9163]

Nice ride

[@madaboutrains]

Thank you

[@HotAxleBox]

PMSL! Kid tells the driver to set his DRA! That's funny!

[@stephenritchings8135]

Ah -- thank you, Mr Sykes ! One continues to learn. Something I see on roads all over the world: at rail overpasses, there is almost always a pair of "guard rails" (?) placed between the rails proper, and wedge-shaped at their beginnings and endings. Are these a form of protection against catastrophic derailment . . . ?

[@hawkeye0248]

Marvellous.

[@wilsonflood4393]

The Glasgow electric Blue Trains were great. You could sit behind the driver and see the track in front.

[@samw8120]

those are limit of shunt signals. applies to trains performing slow motion

[@MADTASS]

Great Video but my question is, what happens to all the Old Railway that is Discarded around the Network. Does it ever get collected as it seems it lies there for years.

[@Thomas1980]

great video!

[@expoers]

Nice, thank you!

[@chanzyism]

Good

[@madaboutrains]

Thank you

[@Bennjack88]

When I went to London in August I arrived in London waterloo

[@RISDsdr]

Thanks, Tom. That gets it. I note that the overhead (my dad called it a catenary) line that powers so many trains moves right and left, even on a straight. I assume that's to keep the pantograph from heating up in one spot ?

[@MotoCrazy66]

I believe it stops the wire from wearing a groove in the pantograph, which it would if the line wasn't staggered.

[@Collateralcoffee]

MotoCrazy66 That's it. There is graphite on top of the pantograph, and it would get grooves if the wire would not move from side to side.

[@MotoCrazy66]

Collateralcoffee Indeed!

[@sw01ller]

Just an aside, it ONLY moves left and right on the straights, on the bends it does this naturally.

[@RISDsdr]

As a North American most of the chat was lost on me -- sorry to say. Would love to know what that third rail is for -- and why it switches sides from time to time !

[@TomCrippsTrains]

That is what the train gets it's power from. Only 750v DC but enough to power the train. It switches sides because the collector shoes (pickups) get hot due to the friction so need time to cool down. If you want to see what the train looks like, search in Google 'Class 458/0 Juniper'. Hope this helps :)

[@krisuli6]

trains

[@TomCrippsTrains]

I was using a singular noun

[@df18001]

RISDsdr Third rail is always on the side farthest away from the platform in stations, and you often see short lengths and odd sections of third rail at points or crossings so that trains don't run the risk of being 'gapped' and being unable to move because none of the collector shoes are touching the third rail.

[@RISDsdr]

Chris Worrall Thanks ! I watched a Swiss mountain rail video in which there seemed to be gaps in the third rail, at points (switches) and elsewhere. I was puzzled by that. Perhaps each train has more than one shoe or pickup ?

[@rahulrathod-vx6yv]

Watching

[@heatherlennox7919]

If you want a laugh, turn on the Closed Captions and watch KZbin murder the commentary. LOL!

[@joshuahalla.k.a.controlla6333]

Heather Lennox I turned it on.☺️ Sometimes the subtitles don’t work on KZbin.☺️

[@nlo114]

3:35 - why is there scrap rail in the sand drag after the catch-point? If someone spadded and hit the scrap rail, it could throw it out into a running road, defeating the object of the catch-point and sand drag.

[@sw01ller]

nlo114 it’s 20mph pal. With tpws, the driver hopefully braking well before this point and the low speed, I can’t see them rails going far if the trap was ever used.

[@Oakleaf700]

Mortlake used to be our Local Station :)

[@douglasthompson1974]

Well said mate, I like it.

[@YvesD91]

OK thanks. So @ 00:45 it is also a "double orange"...

[@davidarthurhora5451]

Very good video and please do more. Merlin Video Services.

[@oceannspiritt659]

@4:03 the signal on the other track is a landmark for when to speed up after st margerates

[@Coxyoo]

St. Margarets is my local station. :D

[@Bobsmith-gq5qu]

They say near the end "Is this train going on the old Eurostar tracks" Did Eurostar just use that one line to the left going backwards & forwards from 30m54s > Waterloo ?

[@paulqueripel3493]

Worryingly the driver doesn't remember the last crossing, after White Hart lane, in Barnes.

[@stephenritchings8135]

I've been wondering why nothing is heard -- usually -- as wheels pass over the gap in a crossover. Is the outside diameter of the wheel riding on the rail at that point, rather than the wheel flange ?

[@mnic1234]

Excellent video. Why is it you kept having to keep quiet for a few moments every so often?

[@RISDsdr]

MotoCrazy, I had trouble with the cab chat because the local dialect, RR vocabulary, and pronunciation aren't familiar to me. I would love to know just how bright that young fellow is, and what he learned on this trip !

[@YvesD91]

Hello, Nice vid ! Not familiar with the UK signal, but It looks like the train passed over a double red at ca. 11:30 and 23:25 (which is here an abolute stop). Also the train arrives at platforms at very low speed. Any regulation about that? Thanks.

[@A_10_PaAng_111]

Looks like all the signals were red :-/

[@arch9enius]

yellow/double yellow. So slow ride.

[@GaryCameron780]

Yellow signals look red on my monitor. Not sure what's up with that.

[@pooletrainboy]

how do you get so many cab rides

[@ramesh046]

great video. Pity anout the audio. Sometimes it is hard to follow clearly

[@Bobrogers99]

The chatter made this a better-than-average cab ride, even though my American ears couldn't decipher a lot of it! The young man was properly inquisitive, and the two adults were very helpful with their answers. As for the ride itself, it was slow speed, and the train must have become quite crowded. I wonder if a more up-to-date signal system would let it move along faster.

[@thearsenalmisfit2414]

It's not the signalling, it's the traffic ahead and the amount of stations.

[@sweetkari25]

I love the accent of the girl who is talking, where is it from?

[@chrisfrailfan7541]

what kind of engine are you in and you are a lucky guy to be in the cab

[@davidsanderson2960]

Chris Fields Looks like a third rail DEMU of some kind, possibly.

[@chrisfrailfan7541]

okay thanks

[@chrisfrailfan7541]

okay thank you

[@leftieloosers]

+Chris Fields - It's a 455 unit.

[@chrisfrailfan7541]

Alrighty

[@vibra64]

Even the trains drive left just like cars.

[@eric1895]

thats world wide a leaste europe wide

[@dutchaviator4757]

@@eric1895 no, germany and the Netherlands, both drive on the right. And theres more than just those in Europe

[@zoomshane]

Why do you have to be quiet at certain times?

[@CosgroveNotts]

interesting

[@hamjazz]

steven chung---- why do you want to know about the kid (several times)? Perhaps you are on the wrong forum.

[@treforjoned6149]

mike durell don’t be daft

[@gloobnord]

people who live in glass houses shouldn't live near bricks

[@parkandrideme]

Great video ,, But please keep the camera still

[@CJA150179]

That kid really knows his stuff...

[@richardpearson7775]

you are running on 750 Volts DC

[@Surreyrefusetruckvids]

C

[@madaboutrains]

Yes

[@Andophonic]

Does every driver get such a brilliant co-pilot? :P

[@oforid2227]

what's that track connecting to platform 3 for i couldn't quite get what they said about it also i assume the platform extensions are for 10 car accommodation

[@THREE3.3.3]

If you can ride In the cab*

[@mautufaraniioapo2515]

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[@ejcmoorhouse]

I think he has permission from the company.

[@HSTPaul]

Ah right fair enough

[@THREE3.3.3]

Do you ask the drivers if you can ruses

[@karenmccausland2618]

What class of train is this

[@1clent]

Instead of rattling on about nothing it would have been good to have an announcement for each station.

[@390052Knight]

haha I like the blokes response to "Why do you have first class?" at 21:46

[@aislingmichaelaoneill1028]

Oli I don’t. The extra space and bigger seat makes all the difference for a disabled, old person like me.

[@HSTPaul]

Great video. I thought that drivers could get the sack nowadays for letting people in the cab, especially for a cab ride. Something to do with health and safety, not saying it's nice to be let in the driver's cab, 'tis very fun.

[@madaboutrains]

I need to learn my phonetic Alphabet!

[@Mandobanjoman]

So?

[@nothinghere9942]

Hi anslem

[@jonathanphelan6627]

why did they build Twickenham and St Margarets so close to each other ?

[@chairman823]

Err ? Because Twickenham and St. Margarets are close to one another ?

[@jonathanphelan6627]

@@chairman823 I mean why bother with 2 stations, one would have done

[@Oakleaf700]

@@jonathanphelan6627 Not really.....I used to live in St Margarets as a kid, and Twickenham is a fair old walk. Remember that when these were built, no one had cars, it was all horses and carriages. Same with North Sheen and Mortlake...a good 30 min walk by road between them.

[@etinosaogieva8240]

Was the train the Class 455?

[@mintyaviation2376]

I reckon it must be - it can't have been a desiro otherwise you would've heard the traction motors

[@Crintingnut]

Pity about the chatter. Otherwise, very interesting.

[@bokeflo]

Nicely Done!! I have a Time Lapse video of Waterloo Station in London on my channel that you might enjoy. Let me know what you think. Thanks and have great week.

[@trunecka2012]

Britain's toughest rail journeys with Danny Dyer and his pansy son!

[@stevenchung5996]

What is that kid's name and how old is he

[@BritainsRailways]

What Class where you riding in?

[@hamjazz]

Pratt

[@stevenchung5996]

What is that kid's name

[@stevenchung5996]

What is kid's last name?

[@AaronJrBrundidge]

5 seconds

[@robertclare6137]

So it's ok to a have a member of the public in the cab is it😡 So easy to distract a Driver, A moments loss of concentration caused the Harrow and Wealdstone Disaster

[@MrThC613]

Yawn. passenger trains... its all signal work...now running 3500ft. coal trains through the rockies in canada on the canandian pacific line...thats railroading...grew up in a rail road home...handled mountain freight trains when i was but 8-9 years old in the mid 90's...i actually had the engineer seat/controls to myself while my dad just told me what to do..

[@hamjazz]

Yeeeharrr!

[@stevenchung5996]

what is that kid's last name

[@philepstein524]

What in the hell is so funny?