Farewell HST (London St. Pancras to Nottingham) - DRIVERS EYE VIEW

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@jamescurtis4413
@jamescurtis4413 Ай бұрын
Well done for the stream, very interesting loving the information you are giving ❤❤❤
@jimmyhillschin9987
@jimmyhillschin9987 2 жыл бұрын
I love to hear the two drivers griping.
@richardwills-woodward
@richardwills-woodward 3 жыл бұрын
The HST's actually ran regularly at 135mph and even on a few occasions to 140mph in '140 club' and drivers of old will tell you all about it. They were pinned back to 125mph due to limiters placed in them in the early 1990's. London to York on my HST journeys was twice achieved in 1hr 40mins. Newcastle in 2hr.39 and so on. No new trains have beaten the HST yet and it will be a long time before they ever will. Further, the HST coaches were quite than the new trains that have replaced them and far more plush in first class and much nicer lighting and seating in standard too.
@Mortimer50145
@Mortimer50145 3 жыл бұрын
I remember my very first ride on an HST, in 1979, from Kings Cross to Doncaster with my grandpa. It was his first time on an HST as well, and he'd brought along a stopwatch and a lookup table of speed versus time from one 1/4-mile post to the next. I quickly worked out that 7 seconds (1/4 mile at 125 mph) was prone to a large measurement error (ever the engineer!) so I timed over 4 posts for greater accuracy and estimated our speed at about 137 mph at one point - certainly a long way in excess of the nominal 125 mph. HSTs have by far the nicest carriages, in terms of ride, seat comfort and matching of seats to windows - all of which the HSTs' replacements don't do as well.
@kenstevens5065
@kenstevens5065 7 ай бұрын
Recorded about 110mph behind Deltic Crepello north of York in 1962, timed using my schoolboy Timex wristwatch! I was in the third coach down from the loco, boy were those two Napiers noisy! Wonderful land by The Shadows number one as well. Halcyon days.
@amsmith123
@amsmith123 3 жыл бұрын
Very informative describing things as the train passes various locations, can't wait to see more videos.
@bigcasey4143
@bigcasey4143 9 ай бұрын
HST.... Rust in peace... Never drove one in my 40 years service... plenty of 37's, sprinters & pacers though... now happily retired. Anything over 60mph used to give me a nosebleed anyway...
@baedenwilliams8291
@baedenwilliams8291 5 ай бұрын
Have fun crossing the rainbow bridge, HST!
@29brendus
@29brendus 5 ай бұрын
Excellent presentation. I particularly like the way that outside train views interspaced with the main cab views.
@Thunderhead357
@Thunderhead357 2 жыл бұрын
I bet you wouldn't get 40 years service with the state of the art 'Banger' trains these thieving train companies have acquired on the cheap. The HST is the best diesel trains ever to grace the railways solidly built with speed and comfort in mind
@rich880cycling7
@rich880cycling7 3 жыл бұрын
Nottingham the capital of East Midlands? Leicester and Derby might have an opinion on that!
@terrycorrall9179
@terrycorrall9179 2 жыл бұрын
No it's NOTTINGHAM
@dhcl5653
@dhcl5653 3 жыл бұрын
Great commentary! Going to miss these. XC still running them on the Plymouth to Leeds and Edinburgh routes for now.
@terrycorrall9179
@terrycorrall9179 2 жыл бұрын
Now this is a very interesting video, well done
@jimparlett4099
@jimparlett4099 3 жыл бұрын
Good video, but the camera setup could have been better. The trouble with auto-focus is that if you get raindrops or dirt on the window, as happened not infrequently on the video, the camera will focus on that and the rest will be very blurry. It's better to use a long set focus to avoid that, and encourage the driver to keep the window clear of dirt and water.
@terrycorrall9179
@terrycorrall9179 2 жыл бұрын
Smart arse
@rogerclark5869
@rogerclark5869 3 жыл бұрын
Great video. Great locos. Will miss them.
@paulmark63
@paulmark63 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you 🙏 a brilliant ride I love all the information when riding so many stations 🚉 not around that’s DR beeching for you All the best paul in Kent
@TheSpotify95
@TheSpotify95 3 жыл бұрын
Love how you complained about the 30mph junction at Kettering ;) Indeed, rather than throwing money at new (cascaded from another operator) Class 360s, it would have been more beneficial to improve the junction speeds and improve the speed of the slows, especially with the new Corby services having to cross over at one of the slow junctions (25mph at Wellingborough or 30mph at Kettering). The slows are still only 50mph south of Wellingborough!
@owenchuarbx
@owenchuarbx 2 жыл бұрын
I had been on the stretch between the St Pancras - Bedford back in 2016 when EMR was known as EMT (Under Stagecoach). Never had gone past Bedford as I went to catch a pair of Class 387s to Brighton and subsequently hop on a Class 700/1 (700104) to London Bridge.
@allyreneepenny9447
@allyreneepenny9447 Жыл бұрын
HST are so beautiful trains 💎💯
@tram6214
@tram6214 3 жыл бұрын
Fantastic drivers eye view of the HST from London to Nottingham farewell to those trains with East Midland Railway
@michaelgamble296
@michaelgamble296 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this most informative journey! At last I get to see Leicester London Road Junction - but no S.B. What a change Leicester Station has had with the demolition of the overall glass roof! I looked out for the 99M.P in the beginning of 'The Tunnel' - but didn't see it. Maybe the replacement Motive Power will be steadier than this venerable HST - or doesn't the camera have 'Steady Shot'?
@marvwatkins7029
@marvwatkins7029 3 жыл бұрын
I suppose they won't sell the HST's to another country. To the Scrappers! (Save, as it were, museums.)
@fmdude9836
@fmdude9836 3 жыл бұрын
The EMR HST's are also the last trains with slam doors on them while all other trains are sliding or plug. And also the last mainline trains where you can stick your head out the window. Once there gone you won't be able to look out the window on mainline trains anymore not even on rail tours. Also because of the lockdown, there is some talk of possibly extending the HST's beyond May, but we will have to wait and see.
@bus131
@bus131 3 жыл бұрын
I'm not sure EMR will need to keep any HST's passed May TT change. The 360's will be introduced on the Corby services, releasing the current 222 / 180 units that operate that route back to the Notts / Sheffield's. Although it seems the 360's will enter service in their current state, there should be sufficient in the pool to ensure 1 can be away for refurbishment whilst not affecting the timetables. Sadly with the covid-19 pandemic, it looks like they will slide away without a proper send off, although EMR could still run a special later in the year.
@12crepello
@12crepello 2 жыл бұрын
Point of interest..........Trent was one of the few stations where at one time you could depart in both directions on a train bound for London! Exeter St. Davids and Plymouth North Road being others.
@happy2ramble
@happy2ramble 3 жыл бұрын
A great video. Very enjoyable thanks.
@grahamwhitworth9454
@grahamwhitworth9454 3 жыл бұрын
Very good. Interestingly no mention, when referring to the Corby branch continuing to Oakham, of the original route to Nottingham via Melton Mowbray, which I remember trains taking in the 1960s.
@train_paul9478
@train_paul9478 3 жыл бұрын
Ahhhh stay tune for that, might have something available 😉
@richardcrawley5060
@richardcrawley5060 3 жыл бұрын
That was the alternative route, not the original route. I used to travel to school on it. Part of it is now the Old Dalby Test Track. Lady Bay Bridge over the Trent in Nottingham was converted to a road.
@christopherwright8388
@christopherwright8388 3 жыл бұрын
Very enjoyable, thank you. I lived in Bedford for many years, near the railway, and used to commute from the old station. I have a question though about the constant background chatter I could hear. I'm surprised that's allowed due to the distraction factor. Pilots, for example, are required to avoid unnecessary conversation during takeoff and landing for that reason.
@fetchstixRHD
@fetchstixRHD 3 жыл бұрын
"Pilots, for example, are required to avoid unnecessary conversation _during takeoff and landing_ for that reason." Similarly, unnecessary conversations shouldn't be had while running under the equivalent moments, such as cautionary aspects: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5mll6GBe7WKlZY is an older training video mentioning this (can't speak for rules and right now, but unlikely to have gone backwards!) Note how for example that from 16:37 gets quiet after a double yellow signal!
@christopherwright8388
@christopherwright8388 3 жыл бұрын
@@fetchstixRHD Makes sense. Thanks.
@DrivermanO
@DrivermanO 3 жыл бұрын
I wondered that - but also, what was the conversation about? Sounded interesting ! (ha ha)
@christopherwright8388
@christopherwright8388 3 жыл бұрын
@@fetchstixRHD What about speed limit changes, especially TSRs? Don't they need vigilance?
@fetchstixRHD
@fetchstixRHD 3 жыл бұрын
@@christopherwright8388: Not sure about speed restrictions unfortunately, sorry! I could see the logic for both ways, but someone more informed should hopefully be able to answer that...
@keithford3115
@keithford3115 3 жыл бұрын
Excellent commentary as usual but let down by poor video quality.
@Shads5
@Shads5 Жыл бұрын
I’ve seen a lot worse
@LingLiu2014
@LingLiu2014 2 жыл бұрын
Know the service well as I used to live in Loughborough but based in Essex (nearest stop to St Pancras is London Liverpool Street)
@joncoe9046
@joncoe9046 3 жыл бұрын
Great video as always. Not sure you can call being cut up for scrap as a 'well deserved retirement' 😂
@waleedarif6740
@waleedarif6740 3 жыл бұрын
No wonder why they gave some of them to ScotRail. I know how important change is but I do believe that changes should happen at the right time as well.
@uhegbu
@uhegbu 2 жыл бұрын
The Midland Main Line. It was my first intercity experience back in the autumn of 2003. Trains used to terminate where the Eurostar building is before the new location northwards. I went to Sheffield twice, that year and in 2009. I worked for a defunct entertainment chain that was on the brink of collapse due to the recession at about the time regarding the latter year.
@losik01
@losik01 2 жыл бұрын
The M25. The meme. I love it.
@BravuraLion
@BravuraLion Жыл бұрын
Hello Train_Paul. Is there any way that i can contact you? I would like to use some parts of that video for an comparrision video which i want to do for the midland mainline addon which DTG released for Train Sim World.
@John-wz7yu
@John-wz7yu 2 жыл бұрын
There goes another piece British engineering history,
@arnoldspottingvideos5269
@arnoldspottingvideos5269 3 жыл бұрын
Great video. I will miss the EMR HSTs but at least CrossCountry HSTs are still safe which is good 👍.
@jh-ds8df
@jh-ds8df 3 жыл бұрын
Great video , thanks. Was the last HST yesterday or is it today (15/5/21)?
@BibtheBoulder
@BibtheBoulder 2 жыл бұрын
As you head north from St Pancras the tunnel entrance to Camden tunnel has ornate brickwork. This was to appease the locals, concerned the 'new railway' wouldn't fit in with the area. The tunnel doe snot have ornate brickwork as you approach from the north. Haverstock hill still has a bricked up set of stairs visible, and a short section of platform on the up slow as you exit Belsize Tunnel. Incidentally, I had the pleasure of being the first to drive 43 274 in its short used livery of aubergine, on an ECS from St. Pancras to Cricklewood.
@jordanvaughan6399
@jordanvaughan6399 Жыл бұрын
Damm This is mad 😂😁😁 I Would love this
@denelson83
@denelson83 3 жыл бұрын
Nice Video 125 style.
@dansterland1824
@dansterland1824 3 жыл бұрын
great video interesting to see nottingham station from drivers view hope they save a hst set be sad to see them confind to scrap heap
@FerrarifanOls95
@FerrarifanOls95 3 жыл бұрын
The Midland Main Line is my local railway. Would love to see cab rides on either the West Coast or West Anglia Main Lines at some point on either Class 317, 319 or 350 rolling stock
@TheSpotify95
@TheSpotify95 3 жыл бұрын
1:26:08 Entrance to SIMS NOTTINGHAM - as pointed out in the video, a number of the MK3s sadly met their fate here.
@Pjs75
@Pjs75 3 жыл бұрын
Excellent compilation and commentary. Though I note the closing title 1:32:29 included an unfortunate 'blooper' typo.
@DrivermanO
@DrivermanO 3 жыл бұрын
Agree!. But it took me 2 goes to see that! You see what you expect to see.
@zitayu563
@zitayu563 3 жыл бұрын
Hi! I'm travelling from Heathrow to Nottingham for university with two big luggages. Are there any lifts/ escalators available at the station? Thanks
@martinberzins7478
@martinberzins7478 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for all the information. However - 2 mispronunciations just before Kettering. The river pronounced "Neeeen" at Peterborough is pronounced more like "Nenn" in Northamptonshire. See Wiki article. Isham is pronounced "Eye sham" not "Iss sham".
@EASYTIGER10
@EASYTIGER10 10 ай бұрын
Also "Hathern" 1:16:21 is pronounced with a soft "th" like "rhythm". But that's probably splitting hairs.
@kenstevens5065
@kenstevens5065 7 ай бұрын
I haven't ridden on the new generation of IET but from what I have heard they represent a backward step from the HST. It was often said that HST saved British Rail but with no thanks from the Government. When introduced the drive to end BR taxpayer subsidy was at it's peak leaving the network in a sorry state. HST was a breath of fresh air but it's success probably helped scupper APT which with a little more development would have been a winner as well but at least the APT tilting design come back via Italy a few years later! Then privatisation...... pass my blood pressure medication. Good luck HS2 (what's left of it).
@DrivermanO
@DrivermanO 3 жыл бұрын
Very enjoyable and informative. Just before Loughborough, you mention the GCR extension to Nottingham. At 1 hour 15 minutes, that big green bridge is the start of this restoration - it was installed very recently as part of this connection of the two parts.
@WOLF-ZONE23
@WOLF-ZONE23 3 жыл бұрын
Can you do from Birmingham new street to Newcastle central? If you able
@train_paul9478
@train_paul9478 3 жыл бұрын
I will do my best and see what I can do. Stay tuned for future videos 🤞🏻
@pablorobertodurso8892
@pablorobertodurso8892 3 жыл бұрын
Great video
@arthurrytis6010
@arthurrytis6010 Жыл бұрын
Did he have the engineroom door open ?
@joshuastanbury3166
@joshuastanbury3166 3 жыл бұрын
So does that pretty much leave Scotrail and Cross Country as the only operaters still operating the HSTs once EMR retires them. And also what are EMR replacing the HSTs with?
@bus131
@bus131 3 жыл бұрын
For passenger use there will be GWR, Scot Rail, Cross Country & LSL (Midland Pullman Set), Network Rail will still run HST's for the Measurement Train. The Meridians (222's) that currently run the Corby services will replace the HST's. Corby will then see the new "EMR Electrics" service introduced using Class 360 Desiro units.
@joshuastanbury3166
@joshuastanbury3166 3 жыл бұрын
@@bus131 Where does GWR still operate the HSTs and do u know if that HST painted in the original British Rail livery is being preserved?
@bus131
@bus131 3 жыл бұрын
@@joshuastanbury3166 GWR operate them in Cornwall as “Castle Sets” in 4 car formations. I believe that 43102 is being preserved but not 100% sure
@rcflint
@rcflint 3 жыл бұрын
Good video, thanks. Two more minor pronunciation issues! Erewash is eh-ruh-wosh not ear-wosh and Toton is Toe-tun, not Tot-tun.
@terrycorrall9179
@terrycorrall9179 2 жыл бұрын
SAD
@kenstevens5065
@kenstevens5065 7 ай бұрын
Popular at school were you.
@ChangesOneTim
@ChangesOneTim 2 жыл бұрын
London Gateway was always Scratchwood in my day. Doesn't look any less ugly despite the name change!🤣
@markcf83
@markcf83 Жыл бұрын
I still refer to it as Scratchwood.
@plymouthtoleedsonaxchst9537
@plymouthtoleedsonaxchst9537 3 жыл бұрын
All these new trains,Hitachis and Azumas are falling apart.Its going to cost millions to repair them,should have kept these HSTs.
@Andrewjg_89
@Andrewjg_89 3 жыл бұрын
Goodbye Class 43 HST. 😭
@elvispresley2599
@elvispresley2599 3 жыл бұрын
Don't say good bye to the h s t . Say a big hello to the h.s.t. keep them in service. Elvis
@Great_WesternTVFan
@Great_WesternTVFan 3 жыл бұрын
I grew up with these. Mostly the blue FGW ones
@TheWestAnglian
@TheWestAnglian 3 жыл бұрын
Lovely to see the MML from a HST, hopefully we’ll be allowed to travel before the last HST gets withdrawn from EMR
@jh-ds8df
@jh-ds8df 3 жыл бұрын
Has it now been withdrawn? Is the last HST to run today(15/5/21) Thanks.
@theprogamergt9584
@theprogamergt9584 3 жыл бұрын
just wondering what speed you where doing .
@tonybramley7649
@tonybramley7649 3 жыл бұрын
Max 125mph
@tonybramley7649
@tonybramley7649 3 жыл бұрын
The last time I travelled on this train I had a speedometer on my phone I was monitoring its speed and what i can remember of it was by the time we had reached the m1 after leaving London we had hit 100mph
@ChangesOneTim
@ChangesOneTim 2 жыл бұрын
@@tonybramley7649 That sounds typical. Brent Cross M1 junction is about 6 and a half miles out. HSTs took considerably further to reach 125. They could reach it briefly before having to shut off for the 95 over the St Albans curves, then only again after Leagrave and the long stretch to Bedford South.
@neilmarktaylor4386
@neilmarktaylor4386 3 жыл бұрын
I miss the hst 125
@thearsenalmisfit2414
@thearsenalmisfit2414 3 жыл бұрын
The GWR class 800 and 802 are crap. Terrible build quality and you would be better off sitting in a piece of plywoid than what they call a seat cushion. They have made the Pacer of intercity long distance trans.
@itsyeboicraig3207
@itsyeboicraig3207 Жыл бұрын
My house at 35:21 😅
@williamweller7428
@williamweller7428 3 жыл бұрын
Williamweller
@itsyeboicraig3207
@itsyeboicraig3207 Жыл бұрын
My house at 35:21 😅
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