Caledonian Sleeper Inverness to London Euston | 21/04/16

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I haven't filmed a video onboard the sleeper for a while so thought I'd do another one on a recent trip of mine. This was filmed onboard the Inverness to Euston sleeper on Thursday 21st April 2016. Includes a look around onboard, including in the berth and some shots from the outside and out the window for the departure from Inverness & arrival at Euston. I also included a few shots of the locomotive change at Edinburgh and the run up the WCML in the early morning.
Locomotives featured were 73967 + 73966 working together from Inverness to Edinburgh, where 90045 took over for the 400 mile run to Euston.
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[@ranaraees4865]

wow, that last cabin is always special to see train moving forward and i can see that for quite a long time

[@atlanticcoastexpress]

When I first experienced the original EDLs at Eastleigh works and their busy activities on the south western mainline , even I couldn't imagine these delightful little locos working out of Inverness on the highland main line. They are truly remarkable locos and I'll always remember their fastest working of the day on 0215 Waterloo to Weymouth newspaper train...you could follow the train's progress as circuit breakers tripped at Walton on Thames, Sturt Lane, etc., and Eastleigh ECR always knew what train they had in section! Despite their gearing, the EDs often achieved well over 100mph on these duties and were much better than the converted Kent Coast EDs. Thanks for the video...I've often used the disabled person's sleeping compartment on the Caledonian Sleeper and hope that when the stock is next refurbished....the long grip handle running the length of rthe lower bunk bed is removed. Anyone occupying that bunk can't help but knock themselves during the night! Regards. Rob

[@johnperry6151]

Thank you very much, you listened to your subscribers! Can't thank you enough as I will be going from London Euston to fort William but on a standard single seat. I was told I would have to wait at the station at Edinburgh for an hour.. :( Thanks again mate!

[@playpaulbee]

Fantastic to see the 73's on this service talk about new lease of life!

[@KempSimon]

Even better if the Class 73's had been rebuilt with a pantograph and a transformer so they could have hauled the Sleeper trains all the way from London to Scotland!

[@10trenes]

Amazing video! Thanks for show the inside of the train.

[@amtrakharry]

As usual "par excellent " ! Thank you for sharing . :)

[@danielmartin4516]

Loved this video enjoyed watching every minute of it thank you for uploading the video please can you do some more videos on the Caledonian sleeper

[@zleithkinjacob5231]

What app do you use on your phone to measure speed? I could do with one of those!

[@dodgydruid]

Travelled in a few 73's when I was on the rails meself albeit a lowly storesman and lampsman at Waterloo, they are incredible little locomotives that punched far above their weight for versatility and its heartening to know these little engines are still in great demand and what better than the highlands of Scotland where the turning rake is tighter than other regions and little engines like this would find them very easy going. It is a crying shame that the sister locos of 71 and 74 never survived especially the 74 which was like the 73 on steroids and one of SR's most potent engines across the classes, in fact when the WR's Warships invariably broke down on the Waterloo to Exeter service, the 74 was rolled in and towed the whole train back to WR metals, dead loco included and never broke a sweat.

[@aalexjohna]

Why don't you go and bore somebody else with your shitty stories-all lies and bullshit

[@johnlong3214]

Do you know Ian Watson in person? How else would you know it was "lies and bullshit"? . . . . . . . Oh now I understand, the clue is in your name "smallcock", bet you've got a big keyboard though huh?

[@thebeast2746]

John Long shut up clown .

[@johnlong3214]

Arthur Daily: Another keyboard warrior hiding behind a fake account. Me, a clown? Such a scathing remark, how will i ever recover from this?

[@simonprice8737]

love all your videos especially the sleeper ones, very impressive work , do you get cold pokng your head out the window, you must be very fit and tough,what camera are you using it is very good quality, keep up the good work....

[@fraseult]

Beautiful moon at Aviemore.

[@MassTransitCabRides]

73/9's do look the part in that livery dont they 😀 68 would look even smarter 😉

[@martinjh999]

Do you stop up at Edinburgh while you change engines and then go straight away to London or do you wait until daylight?

[@sallicelerysecurityates1013]

Nice video though... What's happen there is miss freight train gone?? Something left them or forgot rejoin together for owing to safety it is??? See 24:00sec.

[@petersmith4058]

Great video, reminds me of my first sleeper trip 21/06/67 from London St.Pancras to Oban via Glasgoe St.Enoch. Had taxi to Queen St. then class 25 diesel to Oban. Still plenty of steam on freight over Settle & Carlisle line. Didn't sleep much very noisy at each station stop during the night but very exciting the first time.

[@Aidankiwi]

Glasgow St Enoch Station closed in 27th June 1966. In June 1967 you would have routed into Glasgow Central. In the late 1960s the traction on the West Highland Lines to Oban/Ft William/Mallaig would have been Class 21/29 or Class 27

[@thebeast2746]

Peter Smith stop telling lies

[@thebeast2746]

Aidankiwi exactly 👍

[@BobaShakeMallow]

How long was it?

[@Supersonic8984]

Why do you have a BR1 key? Even staff members travelling as passengers are not permitted to bring their own keys with them.

[@Foxys-Collective-Videography]

Very good video and why do you get to have so many days off Work? :-)

[@luisroc2244]

16:04 what present Caledonian sleeper gived to you :P

[@K-o-R]

Why Class 73s in particular? I don't recall there being very much third rail between Inverness and Euston.

[@KempSimon]

Isn't there a bit of 750 Volts DC in the Merseyside area? Enough for the Class 73's to top up their traction batteries?

[@K-o-R]

That is true. They have batteries? I figured their honking great diesel engines would suffice.

[@GofaqYusef]

Have a look at this: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_73 and scroll down to Re-Engineering. It'll tell you what you need to know.

[@Martindyna]

They do not have traction batteries. They can run either from the 750 DC 3rd rail or as a Diesel electric loco. With the old 600 HP English Electric Diesel engine the traction motor whine could often be heard over the noise of the Diesel.

[@ianforfun1]

I was thinking on the same lines as you! No pun intended..lol Yes why class 73s that are more used to Southern electrified lines?

[@d_xreamyy3767]

Why do you hang of the train

[@thebeast2746]

Sam Nolan because he’s brain dead 💀

[@K-o-R]

They run that massive train hooked to the engine with just chain? That's pretty crazy.

[@MrOpenGL]

+neildKoR European couplers are rated at up to 1500 t

[@K-o-R]

So, did they hook two trains together at Edinburgh? You seemed to have a lot more coaches when you left.

[@gosportjamie]

+neildKoR They never used to, they just swap over the electric loco that brought the Euston to Inverness (northbound) service up on to the Inverness to Euston (southbound) and the two diesel-electrics from the southbound service onto the northbound. There are a lot of long and steep gradients between Edinburgh and Inverness so they need the extra grunt, plus I don't think that section of the line is electrified yet, but Edinburgh to Euston is much flatter plus with it being an overnight sleeper service there isn't the pressure on time so it doesn't need to run as hard as a day service might do. I used to do this journey regularly as a kid, though never with a berth, being a kid I would have been too excited to sleep anyway... It looks different after Edinburgh in the video because the train leaves Edinburgh in the reverse of the direction it arrived in so the locomotive changes ends of the train, so between Inverness and Edinburgh the sleeper car he was using was immediately behind the loco and from Edinburgh to Euston his sleeper car becomes the last coach on the train...

[@michaelhealey9538]

When the train leaves Edinburgh for London it is formed of 3 portions from 3 places. Fort William, Inverness & Aberdeen :)

[@Cpr1234]

the other 2 portions join together. on a typical 16 car train, it's 8 coaches from Inverness, 4 from Aberdeen and 4 from Fort Williams

[@deetjay1]

Was that Loch Ness in the beginning of the video?

[@feyiplus4500]

David Johnson haha... no. That is river ness in the city centre.

[@tobyallan5088]

i live in avimore near Inverness

[@ethancampbell6076]

Wait is that BR Class 73

[@agent_605]

+Ethan Campbell Yes, GBRF rebuilt them and now they operate Caledonian Sleeper services

[@ethancampbell6076]

Alasdair Clift ah yes

[@KempSimon]

Yes, it's an Electro-Diesel with the DC shoegear removed and a new, uprated Diesel engine.

[@Martindyna]

They are still Electro Diesels; the shoe gear is just lifted when running on Diesel.

[@interestingrailwaysuk5703]

Instead of using re-engined MTU Class 73's, they should have kept the Class 26 and 27's for that job!

[@the_plague99]

13:18, that's a really long train. How many carriages are on that? Haha

[@iininjz8344]

there are 18

[@thebeast2746]

Class 37 should have done the full route .. Thrashers express 🙅‍♂️

[@agent_605]

If they added a pantograph and a transformer to the 73s they could have ran the whole journey from London to Scotland without the need to swap locos

[@jentheblue2334]

The logic is, given they also run using their diesel engines, they COULD run the whole way on diesel. I've only done the "sleeper" once......that was the London to Fort William sleeper run by Scot Rail. Scot Rail were utter wankers.....we joined the train at Crewe......we had pedal cycles with us......we were given contradictory information my the station staff and the train staff at Crewe. The train splits, so it is important you and your bikes are in the right coach. We got ZERO help as to where our berth was......in the end we were told to get on the rearmost coach with our bikes. This we did....... A Scotrail employee then told us that we must hurry to our assigned berth....seriously ....it was about fifteen carriages forward.....or they would give it to someone else....despite the fact we were on the fucking train and had paid in advance. We left our bikes with an assurance they would be on the right "split"...when our section went to Fort William. We arrived in our berth - 5 minutes after the train left Crewe. The CUNTS had let our booked berth to someone else. I flipped my lid and they did find us a berth after much threatening of legal action. When I made a formal complaint..........I was told that re-selling booked berths is "the industry norm"........even if people turn up 4 minutes late because they have been given false information and are at the wrong end of a 20 coach train. To be fair to ScotRail......they also managed to get our bikes to Fort William. But honestly.....they are fucking wankers!

[@royellor]

The new Class 88 would be perfect for the job. Diesel engine and 25KV

[@agent_605]

Roy Ellor I would assume that's what could be taking the route once the Mark 5s are introduced

[@Aidankiwi]

ScotRail don't have staff at Crewe

[@agent_605]

I'm assuming that was before April 2015 when Scotrail and the Caledonian Sleeper separated. Before then, it would have definitely had ScotRail staff for the Sleeper but now it's operated by Serco separately from the Main ScotRail franchise which is operated by Abellio

[@YashS_21]

Train speed up fast from the start

[@mike97525]

Where's Nessie?

[@am-vm8ew]

mike97525 that's in lochness not Inverness

[@thebeast2746]

ManchesterSpotter which is in Inverness 😏

[@shinomoritaka]

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