EXCL. Look Inside Diggle Signalbox | Yorkshire RHTT GREATNESS | Diggle Diaries October 2023 Pt 1

[@mossleyeye599]

That drone shot at 7:00 is chuffin brilliant! Being a Mossley lad and spotting around Diggle, Uppermill, Mossley & Vegas over all these years its brilliant to see this series & you on here!

[@DiggleJunction]

Thanks a lot mate, always love hearing from locals that enjoy enjoy the channel.

[@lesdonaldson520]

Those RHTT trains must take some cleaning . Great wheel slip from the Scotsman . Thanks for a great video

[@DiggleJunction]

Cheers Les, I wouldn’t want to be the one that has to do it - they’re absolutely caked!

[@patrickirwin5533]

Great video mate, Flying Scotman sound took me back to spotting at Grantham 63 years ago. All the Best Pat.

[@DiggleJunction]

Can’t beat the sound of that LNER whistle. Thanks mate 👍🏻

[@deltic1964]

Nice Insight into Diggle Signal Box Nice Video Mate

[@DiggleJunction]

Cheers mate, been working on getting in there with NR for 12 months so very glad to be able to bring you some shots before it’s gone, however brief.

[@amfwelsh]

Great upload

[@DiggleJunction]

Thanks very much 👍🏻

[@cerievans134]

Another superb video, so relaxing, absolutely brilliant, thanks 😊🚞

[@DiggleJunction]

Thanks a lot Cerie, really glad you enjoyed it!

[@johnhenfrey5936]

Thanks a lot you really have crammed a great variety of things in there.

[@DiggleJunction]

Thanks John, you know me, never like to disappoint 👍🏻

[@Vincent-ow9lj]

Watching 37's tow much newer loco's never gets old. Excellent footage as usual.

[@DiggleJunction]

60 year old loco pulling a 5ish year old set is always mad. Thanks a lot Vincent 👍🏻

[@allrightdrive1537]

Nice one bro .!!👏👏🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@DiggleJunction]

Thanks a lot pal 👍🏻 always appreciate the support!

[@christopherclarke9316]

In spite of the rain, good catches and interesting content Luke. I think we will excuse you for getting a cold.

[@DiggleJunction]

Thanks a lot mate! Haha yeah not really too surprising I got one in the end! Feeling much better today though thankfully.

[@mcttrains]

Great video Luke, some ace 37 action, I love that spot between the bridges I could smell the 37 you were that close😍😍 Enjoyed our day and look forward to seeing you soon pal 👌🏻👌🏻👍🏻

[@DiggleJunction]

Thanks a lot mate, was a great day out! Takes a lot of effort to get up between those bridges but for a working like that it’s definitely worth it.

[@ENCTrainspotting]

What a video! Lots of 37s in this one, the Flying Scotsman was amazing too! Enjoyed as always mate, keep up the great work! 👍

[@DiggleJunction]

Cheers mate, really glad you enjoyed it, always a pleasure to film 37’s!

[@katrinarobson3640]

Another interesting video. Great selection of train movements and it’s always lovely to see Flying Scotsman (nice wheel spin action) plus a fascinating brief look inside Diggle Signal box. Thank you.

[@DiggleJunction]

Thanks very much Katrina, really great to see Scotsman out and about after her bump.

[@railfreightdrivergallagherGBRf]

Superb video as usual. Not sure how the OHLE will fit under the bridge qt Marsden Station, and I'll probably have retired before they do! Great drone footage of the ROG/TPE ensemble to. Excellent. JG.

[@DiggleJunction]

I might have at this point! No idea how they’re going to get it under so many of the bridges, I can only think of lowering the track bed. Thanks a lot mate 👍🏻

[@michaelstansfield3085]

Brilliant video. Very familiar with the area being a Huddersfield lad. Far cry from 8F's slogging and slipping up the bank from 'udders' with never ending coal trains. 14:20. co2 storage units (trees) being recycled. Less efficient than coal!!! Aren't we clever.

[@DiggleJunction]

Thanks a lot Michael, I can’t imagine what it must have been like with those beasts hauling that kind of weight over here, must have been ear shattering!

[@alasdairmunro1953]

Great video Luke, last lever boxes I was in were Glendon North & Frisby, whilst working on the Leicester Resignalling Scheme 1987. We put in the first keyboard/ tracker-ball consoles at Leicester PSB used in parallel with conventional push/pull button panels. It was funded by the British Rail Board as a trial. On our first day with the firm, my colleague and I glued all the filters in the mosaic panel window tiles for the train describer displays.

[@DiggleJunction]

Bloody hell mate that’s a cool experience! I wonder if any of it is still there.

[@GeoffreyBOULTON-v9k]

great video Luke do like 37s loved the drone footage adds a different view you would not normaly see

[@DiggleJunction]

Cheers Geoff 👍🏻 think that has to be my favourite drone shot yet.

[@modelrailwaynoob]

Love the ROG 37. I have four models of it

[@DiggleJunction]

Don’t blame you mate they’re gorgeous!

[@billobrien7303]

Thanks for another great one. Diggle Box was v interesting _ you'll have to nick the name plate off the box for your garden gate.

[@DiggleJunction]

Oh nooo I would never do that mate 😏 would look great on my shed though!

[@MatthewRailways50033]

Nice video 👍👍📸😎

[@DiggleJunction]

Thanks a lot mate, much appreciated 👍🏻

[@keefr22]

Another cracking video Luke, always a good day when a new Diggle Diaries is uploaded! Great shots of the 37's, wish we had them back in South Wales again! Would really like to visit Hellifield as I love the mix of modern traction and old station architecture and semaphores. Checked the price of a return ticket from my local station after seeing it on another channel - £386...!! Not happening then! 😂Keith

[@DiggleJunction]

Thanks a lot Keith 👍🏻 bloody hell, £386?! Worlds gone mad. It’s one of those awkward little places to get to even in the car but lovely scenery and the logs always make it worth a trip. Plenty of steam tours head up that way for the S&C too.

[@keefr22]

@@DiggleJunction And that wasn't even first class....!!🤣

[@alasdairmunro1953]

The scheme did away with 32? Lever boxes. In the initial stages the system had a few difficulties, so I spent a week up on the operating floor of the PSB, wstching whst was going on and waiting for a failure. To a man, the guys at the box made me feel welcome.They had years of experience and stories too. One of the guys from Leicester North Box had had painters turn up to paint the box, three weeks before it was demolished! I read some where that ? Glendon North had been saved, and was at the Midland Railway Centre.

[@DiggleJunction]

Ha good old British Rail painting the box only to rip it down! I'll have to make a visit to Butterly and the MRC to see if I can find Glendon North SB.

[@ThePennineWanderer]

Great video and plenty of 37s haha. Shame that the tpe 68s are going in December though

[@DiggleJunction]

Thanks a lot mate, yeah it's a real shame. Will be sad not to see them thundering up and down through Diggle.

[@andrewmorrison6199]

Yes the rhts have started, not just 37s but Colas 66s, I post photos on the railway page of them

[@DiggleJunction]

I've seen some pics of the Colas 66's on the circuits down south, they look fantastic!

[@annamarietrindal1967]

68030 black Douglas is named after sir James Douglas the 4th earl of Douglas aka the black Douglas. He was one of William Wallace's trusted knights who fought in the Scottish wars of independence.

[@DiggleJunction]

I wasn’t aware of that thanks for the tidbit of info!

[@peterhume-spry3574]

Sadly too much is out of focus.

[@DiggleJunction]

Sorry to hear that Peter, I don’t see too much accidentally out of focus. I do film some shots with cinematic style focusing to draw the eye to the trains. Low light filming will unfortunately always look a bit grainy. Thanks for the feedback.

[@davidsmith9747]

There was nothing out of focus,great video 👍🏻

[@DiggleJunction]

Cheers David, good to know @@davidsmith9747 👍