Cabride in Scotland - Glasgow to Crianlarich

[@ronaldbayne1431]

Great. I commuted as a schoolboy 70 years ago and remember rain and trees. There seem to be even more trees now. Very enjoyable to go over old haunts. Many thanks. Rmb

[@rayPirie]

Rode this line first in 1981, in the cab of a class 27 engine with 4 coaches and my uncle driving, great run, then in 82 behind a class 37 and 6 coaches great beautiful run scenery is beautiful can't beat it , have travelled many times since,

[@Zerbey]

We took this train ride from Glasgow to Ft. William on our Honeymoon, it's one of the most beautiful lines in the UK.

[@milankanka5329]

Prekrásne natočené video 😉😉😉😉, pochvala a palec hore 😉😉😉😉😉. Perfektné , super 😉😉😉😉😉. Len tak ďalej 😉😉😉😉. Prajem veľa zeleznicnych videí a dobrodružstiev 😉😉😉😉😉😉.

[@milankanka5329]

Veľmi pekne natočené video 😉😉😉😉😉😉😉, pochvala a palec hore 😉😉😉😉😉. Perfektné , super 😉😉😉😉😉.

[@kirsteneasdale5707]

Great video of my local (and favourite) line. It’s just a shame that there isn’t a more up to date video of this cab ride. Not just for the 4K quality of today’s videos, but a lot of the trees which were at the side of the line, have been cut down over the years, as they we’re getting big, too close, and overhanging the line, so now you can see the spectacular views from high over Loch Long, for instance.

[@richardditchburn3853]

Kirsten, I also have a fondness for this line. I rode the "Highland Line" to Mallaig in 1973 behind a "Bush" diesel and inside "real" coaches. A beautiful ride. It would be nice to see this line in 4K quality; however, the slightly grainy effect gives the image an almost water colour painting. This hills in the distance could have been applied with a water fill colour. A neat effect. I have a large screen TV so this video takes on the attributes of a colour painting but with movement.

[@MartinFarrell1972]

Great video even when played at double the speed. Needs an HD update

[@paulmurray8766]

awesome vid again thank you i realy enjoyed watching this

[@luziapereira6491]

Why not the names of the stations? This land ia so beautiful but I'm not british , so I need to know them . Please , do it . Thank you .

[@jvgreendarmok]

I see the Buchanan Galleries shopping centre was under construction when this video was recorded. :) It's been so long I can't remember when the entrance to Queen Street station wasn't shrouded in darkness.

[@robertheyes3975]

Very interesting route

[@TheOrwell57]

Dankeschön

[@confuzzled5770]

How many of you watched to the end?

[@michaeljenkins302]

confuzzled Gamer i did. twice

[@jameswillson8814]

Not having a go at the video but what is with the German captions on a Scottish cabride video.

[@joeking5310]

They filmed it.

[@JasonHarrisDorset]

thanks, great video

[@mikkie444]

How come this line escaped the BEECHING cuts of the 60s? A lot of rural lines which served large towns and villages were not so lucky

[@davidgraham7932]

Excellent question. I suppose it's the only remaining line to the north west. Perhaps it was saved simply because of this.

[@Ron-u1z]

It was because of the nuclear submarines base at faslane. There's about 4 ammo dumps around this line, not for student but mk 8s for the bomb shop in board the boats. They were there for quick access. I think there all shut now. I left the Royal Navy in 92 and mostly EVERYTHING has shut since then or contracted out to civvies. We only have 6 destroyers and 9frigates left with 2 LPDs, one of which is inactive and a replacement for my old ship hms intrepid. The 2 carriers don't have enough protection. The RN I'm sad to say couldn't protect the whole of the UK never mind anywhere else. We have patrol boats with 20/30 ml guns doing destroyers work and RFAs doing frigates work. It's pathetic.

[@nickrobson9636]

Once on the West Highland Line proper, why does the train pass "wrong way" at most of the stations?

[@robharris5245]

because the points are of the sprung type so they don't have to be powered. If the trains ran "Lefthanded" they would have to be powered.

[@southcalder]

It is dictated by which side the groundframes for the sidings are located at each station, and which direction they face. For example, the siding at Ardlui is on the right (as you travel north) and faces towards Glasgow, if the spring points at the Glasgow end of the platform were to have their ‘normal’ position towards the left hand platform (as is usual practice), then anytime the sidings were required to be accessed, those points would need to be manually pumped and clamped into position. By reversing the usual direction of operation, this requirement is removed. On the contrary, at Arrochar and Tarbert, the siding is on the right (as you travel north) but face towards Crianlarich, so are easier accessed from the north end of the station. Therefore the normal direction of operation is most suitable. If there were no sidings, there would be no need at all to deviate from the normal method. It’s simply about making the operation of the system as labour efficient as possible.

[@colinsmith891]

@@southcalder However the points are not sprung

[@kirsteneasdale5707]

@@robharris5245 They run the ‘right way’ when you travel in the opposite direction.

[@ulanbrazil986]

Maravilha/ Wonderful

[@michaeljenkins302]

love it!! thank you

[@peterbuckley265]

WHY ONLY REPLIES FROM ABROAD ???.

[@ryanquinn8999]

Kilbowie Park 12:45

[@bogershowie]

My favourite 'away' football ground. First all seated (kind of) ground in the UK, if I remember correctly.

[@ryanquinn8999]

@@bogershowie there’s nothing in Clydebank anyway tbh

[@bogershowie]

@@ryanquinn8999 True:) . Mind you, there's the Forth n Clyde canal, which has been tidied up , years back. Nice cycle path from Glasgow to Balloch. Was looking for the lights of Boghead Park (to the right)when coming into Dumbarton East, but this vid might've been filmed after they moved to the new ground under the Rock.

[@jonathanwhitaker6877]

It’s Scotland