Really enjoyed this. As a young drivers assistant at Eastleigh the Fawley branch was my second home in the late seventies. At 36 mins 19 seconds there’s a small brick building on the left in the overgrowth. This is where the remote token equipment for the then passing loop at Frost Lane was stored. Once a train coming from Fawley hand handed in their token at Frost Lane box the signaller would release a token from this machine so a southbound train could proceed. Also used to drive Thumpers for a couple of years when I went to Fratton so enjoyed the soundtrack.😄👍
@Disblair Жыл бұрын
I’m not a railway buff but I found this video very entertaining. Very relaxing to watch and very informative. I must say, for a disused line, the track looks in a remarkably good state regarding encroaching vegetation.
@Robbo19665 жыл бұрын
I remember travelling on this line with my Dad taking oil wagons into the refinery. Think we were on a Brush class 47. It was a long time ago and I was still at school but got to go to work with my Dad, great adventure. My brother has corrected me. We were hauling with 2 cromptons
@flippop1014 жыл бұрын
I love these videos. They’re superbly made, they’re embellished with „footnotes“ of local and railway history, and they sound fantastic. Many thanks from Germany
@hastingsdiesels4 жыл бұрын
Thank you Philip, I'm glad you enjoy them!
@jayswarrow11964 жыл бұрын
+ One on the footnotes. They give a nice flavor of documentary, yet don't ruin whole cabride experience.
@flippop1014 жыл бұрын
Jay Swarrow exactly right!
@MervynPartin5 жыл бұрын
Fascinating. Not a very scenic route, though. I haven't seen so much foliage in the path of trains since I last used Microsoft Train Simulator! I do like your productions- informative and enjoyable.
@TachiTekmo4 жыл бұрын
The sound is superb! Love how we can hear the switchwork, the diesel reving and taking load, the fans going on and off. Yes, the scenery is lovely, but nothing sounds like one of these old DEMUs! BZ!
@nicnak44755 жыл бұрын
Fascinating footage , makes you appreciate what a what a green and pleasant land we live in , thanks for posting .
@magicdave934 жыл бұрын
What a fantastic cab ride.Thanks for posting!!! 👍🙂
@1tonyboat3 жыл бұрын
Why was i sitting here and waving to the people taking photos at 21.48 !!!!!!! nice to have the sound. enjoyed the ride.....
@Jimmybarth3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your videos man
@daveworley5 жыл бұрын
I don't normally enjoy these but I have to say your commentary was most compelling and I enjoyed learning about the line very much - thanks!
@hastingsdiesels5 жыл бұрын
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it!
@317Dan5 жыл бұрын
Fantastic cab ride! This line has huge potential to turn into a preserved railway!
@ThemesAndEchoes5 жыл бұрын
Excellent! Also very informative, great historic facts. Thank you, I enjoyed watching this.
@neilbolger26792 жыл бұрын
I was on board for this run . Was really good to remember the sounds and feels of an old Thumper . I remember the low hanging branches too , at some point I think a branch broke off which stopped us . All in all this was great to be with this little unit as it brought a few good memories back. Then I stayed at Southampton and watched it from there throughout the day. Thanks for an enjoyable day
@hastingsdiesels2 жыл бұрын
Thank you. It was quite fraught with the sheer number of people who boarded at Totton, I was the on-board manager & it seemed as if there would never even be seats for everyone, but actually it all worked out OK in the end. Glad you enjoyed!
@neilbolger26792 жыл бұрын
@@hastingsdiesels you are so welcome. I may have met you as I was with my son and friend on there . Was great to be on board a mainline Thumper at last . Was a nice run . Thanks for a nice day
@gb5uq5 жыл бұрын
Fantastic video which could (hopefully not) become historic footage. Many thanks.
@ricbchirop43553 жыл бұрын
Excellent Filming ,didn’t know I would be going to Fawley tonight,thank you for posting
@repanurge4 жыл бұрын
This locomotive sounds just like my high efficiency clothes washer struggling with a big load. Nice video.
@spaceage10604 жыл бұрын
Also sounds like a bus.
@ianhosier40423 жыл бұрын
You do know that high efficiency means they put a crap low powered motor in that isnt up to the job. That does mean the machine has a shorter life. The same is true of the buses - smaller engine means less emissions but the buses do struggle up the hills as a result and sound just like that train!
@KenwayJoel8 ай бұрын
I remember hearing the Ashford thumper going through Hampden Park every morning when I was younger, I also heard it miles away up in Old Town as well many times. I love that sound, the raw power you hear from these engines is quite something.
@andyprangnell67923 жыл бұрын
Thanks richard That would make a good footpath and cycle track ,and room for trains
@DimensionDude5 жыл бұрын
"New Forest National Park" is the very first reference I've ever heard to a national park system in the UK. I'm in the US, but I've watched *a lot* of TV shows, documentaries, and KZbin videos from the UK. I just checked Google, 15 national parks (10 in England, 3 in Wales and 2 in Scotland). Nice. Greetings from Arkansas (The Natural State)
@1701_FyldeFlyer5 жыл бұрын
Yep, the UK is not a big country size wise but we have a number of national parks.
@cliffbird50165 жыл бұрын
the new forest was created by henry the VIII to supply wood to build the Royal Navy ships. even though it says new its older than the USA.
@johnenfield19304 жыл бұрын
@@cliffbird5016 Actually, it's older than that. In medieval times, a 'forest' was a royal hunting area, governed by very severe anti-poaching laws, not necessarily an area with lots of trees. There are not many trees in the Forest of Bowland in Lancashire. The New Forest goes back to Norman times - William the Conqueror's son William Rufus was killed - some say murdered - in a hunting accident/incident in the forest.
@TIMBOWERMAN3 жыл бұрын
The National Park Service opened its first National Park in 1951 at the Peak District, there are now fifteen National Parks and The National Park Service took its name from The US National Park Service.
@brendasmith52265 жыл бұрын
How well I remember the occasions when I would take a break from my task of the day at our allotment, to wave to the driver of the oil train!!
@anmolmehta71165 жыл бұрын
Wow. Nice journey. The way the tree branch snapped off after hitting the windshield of the train, that was something. First time I've witnessed such a minor event.
@denisxx614 жыл бұрын
Another really interesting video. It's nice to see this old fellow still running. I first saw unit 1001 while trainspotting at Clapham Junction probably in 1957. At the time 1001 was running on the down fast line from Waterloo. Possibly this was an initial test run before use on the Hastings line.
@hastingsdiesels4 жыл бұрын
Thank you. As illustrated at the top of our History page, www.hastingsdiesels.co.uk/history/ , 27 February 1957 saw unit 1003 at Factory Junction, and 1001's first test-run was the previous month. So it's very probable!
@crazyfroggie65464 жыл бұрын
the noise that thing makes, along with the 30mph speed limit would have put me to sleep very quickly.
@jimcrawford50395 жыл бұрын
Great video! I remember the Fawley refinery from my MN days many years ago. Australia.
@robertcoleman48615 жыл бұрын
Thank you richard for another fine video,Love the on screen info,Kind regards bob.
@marcellalibra4 жыл бұрын
I really really love this video and the info given. Amazing footage! Thanks for this.
@cubeyuk5 жыл бұрын
I used to live right next to the Jacob's Gutter Lane crossing and it was nice to see what it's like going down the track to the end. Also it was nice to see a different perspective of the line from Southampton Central to Totton which I travelled on hundreds of times. Many thanks for the upload.
@stephaniedixon6144 жыл бұрын
fantastic video, great for railway modeller like myself
@cliffbird50165 жыл бұрын
Marchwood military port is run by the RCT. Royal Corps of Transport. Its where the army keeps its transport ships. My unit used to go there a lot to use the ships to go to other countries for training excersises for amphiboius assults when we were not using planes to parchute in. Sir Tristram and Sir Gallahad were based there that were used during the falklands war. The army still use the line to transport tanks and heavy weapons to marchwood mainly to take them to Norway for arctic warfare training during the winter. Used to use those ships to take us to Hong Kong for jungle training as well.
@michaelbrigg60585 жыл бұрын
My father used to work at Fawley Refinery from the early 50s until the 70s. there was an outing by train for the esso employees children I went about 3 times late 50s early 60s we got on at Fawley station. From 1962 onwards throughout the 60s were I worked at Hythe the oil trains used to go by my place of work, there is something i regret now I wasn't as interested in trains as I am now and I never took any photos, never thought of it, but there were lots of other attractions then to take your mind off things like trains. Very nostalgic video for me.
@patrickspeaight91542 жыл бұрын
Thank you, viewed your Dover, Canterbury, enjoyed it, the added dialogue of geographical feature helped to place where we where, just viewed Southampton to Fawley, very interesting, thank you. Patrick Northamptonshire
@davidknowles34595 жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed watching this video.Surely,the time is right now to reopen the line with the oil Terminal now being history and large scale housing and shops being planned.
@telmas71834 жыл бұрын
Who said the refinery was history?! It's processing ~270,000 barrels of crude a day!! The reason there are no trains anymore is ExxonMobil decided it was more economical to move finished product by road and ships!
@davidknowles34593 жыл бұрын
@@telmas7183 Yes,by pipeline,not using the railway now
@telmas71833 жыл бұрын
@@davidknowles3459 Well actually NO David. The product that was moved by rail never had pipeline connections to those destinations; ie Plymouth, Bristol, Margam, Stoke on Trent. This all went over to road transport! The two pipelines from Fawley run to the Midlands and Heathrow terminal and have been doing so since the early 1960's thereby running in conjunction with rail born traffic.
@derekfellows28485 жыл бұрын
At 7.56, where the blue and white screens or boxes [whatever?], used to be Redbridge signal box. The tarmac on the right was a crossing gate leading into Redbridge Sleeper works on the left where the trees are. It was huge. I know, as my childhood friend used to live in the terraced houses behind the New build on the right. We did some of our 1963 train spotting at that gate.
@markhayward30174 жыл бұрын
Fantastic video! For some background, I grew up in Eling and went to Hounsdown secondary school 1980-84. It's situated to the right, just after Jacobs gutter Lane level crossing (15.33). When I was there there were no trees and bushes blocking the view of the line. You'd have an unobstructed view of all the rail movements, both fuel from Fawley and military heading to Marchwood military port. I well remember all the trains heading to Marchwood for the Falklands conflict. Many terminally boring maths lessons were brightened watching the trains from the second floor of the building!
@MrEogin214 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this - lots of good will and hope that this line will be reinstated particularly necessary with proposed Fawley development. Good to see the West Street crossing from the other angle.
@chrisbuxton19584 жыл бұрын
Thoroughly enjoyed this video. Many thanks.
@oilburner2254 жыл бұрын
There was talk some years back of reinstating a passenger service from Hythe to Southampton to ease the traffic congestion, needless to say it never came to anything. There's still the Hythe ferry which is fine in the summer but not so good in the winter when it's necessary to brave the elements on Hythe pier.
@maproductions99455 жыл бұрын
Terrific video :) It would be interesting to see this go down the Roxby or Hull Docks Branch :D
@alejandrayalanbowman3675 жыл бұрын
Nearly 40 years ago I sent enough trains to Fawley, nice to see where they went.
@MrJimbaloid4 жыл бұрын
Loved it I rode this line back in 1989 on "The Wessex Adventurer". Happy times it's was one of the very last runs of 45106 as she suffered a fire shortly after.
@citroeno Жыл бұрын
I lived Dibden Purliue and used to hear DMUs going down that track taking Esso oil refinery staff to and from work around !.00 am
@mfbfreak5 жыл бұрын
Excellent sound recording!
@flagwanker63465 жыл бұрын
Used to go into Marchwood, when I was in the RFA (doesn't happen any more). Never saw a train at all on the line. This was good to watch
@austinyingst59025 жыл бұрын
Delightful ride. Such a long tangent. Thanks.
@smitbar115 жыл бұрын
I used to drive from WYKO in Nottingham to Fawley ESSO occasionally to pick up and deliver flame proof electric motors for repair :)
@MikeTorbay5 жыл бұрын
That's superb footage and audio, thank you for uploading it. It's also interesting that you mention a lot of places that used to be very much part of my early life - Woking (where I used to train spot in the 1960s); Redhill; Basingstoke; and later on Tunbridge Wells, where I not only lived but worked at the Land Registry there. I even knew a Sue Griffin who worked there, though I doubt there is any connection with your good self!
@joeplaysgame7 ай бұрын
There are actually plans to reopen the line for passengers this year or next year with 2 new stations, Marchwood and Hythe and 3 level crossing upgrades, Jacobs Gutter Lane, Marchwood and School Road
@ed_ward_14307 ай бұрын
At 14.47 legend should read: "A35 dual carriageway". The A36 is the Salisbury Road.
@hastingsdiesels7 ай бұрын
Yes, you're right. This was already written as an ERRATUM note in the video description.
@chriswalker28584 жыл бұрын
Excellent cab ride, love the information on the way through, well done.
@hastingsdiesels4 жыл бұрын
Thank you, glad you appreciate it.
@AndreiTupolev5 жыл бұрын
Yes, I don't know why there never seems to have been much serious thought given to reopening it for passenger service. It could surely be done at really very little cost. (Though Newtwork Rail would probably insist on installing new signalling, since they can never do anything cost effectively, and always have to do everything as expensively as they possibly can.)
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@Hertog_von_Berkshire5 жыл бұрын
6:38 ... 1847! By heck, that line is a tribute to good maintenance over the years.
@seasiderone6255 жыл бұрын
The disused section of track was to the International Synthetic Rubber plant , Hardley Halt was not intended for ESSO but the large industrial sites located up the hill from the railway halt
@paulbaker6545 жыл бұрын
Indeed. I worked for the successor to ISR for many years. Although they stopped shipping by rail many years ago, the old diesel shunter was donated to the Didcot preservation railway in 2009.
@telmas71834 жыл бұрын
@@paulbaker654 I too worked for ISR in the late 1970's and chemicals were brought in by rail rather than product going out! Polimeri Europa took over and closed the plant around 2013 and raised the whole site to the ground - it makes a sad site today. Many a good memory of my early working life!
@paulbaker6544 жыл бұрын
telmas We stopped manufacturing in March 2014 and demolition started in early 2015. I took voluntary redundancy in early 2016. The terms were reasonably generous.
@telmas71834 жыл бұрын
@@paulbaker654 Hi Paul, Thanks for that! I worked in the control lab up by the gatehouse for 2 1/2 years from May 1978 until Nov 1980 when I joined Esso retiring in March 2010 I'm sure there's a few names we are both familiar with?!
@paulbaker6544 жыл бұрын
@@telmas7183 Paul Harrison? Mike Nichols? Dick Page?
@svenwillumsen66915 жыл бұрын
Awesome Diesel, sound, railway and landscape.
@citroeno4 жыл бұрын
I used to live in Dibden Purlieu i used to hear DMUs late at night i was told it was the train carrying staff working at Fawley
@richardhutchinson55464 жыл бұрын
The platform at Marchwood station looks in great condition to say its not had a service in over 50 years
@davidnolan16922 күн бұрын
at 40.04 there is the severed stump of Fawley's Down Distant marked by the 2 large silver birch trees so at some point from 2010 on wards it was cut down.
@AndreiTupolev5 жыл бұрын
That's a surprisingly rural looking line isn't it, once on the branch. Interesting how industrial branches often are.
@jess.hawkins5 жыл бұрын
That's a very heavy-duty gate across the tracks at the entrance to Fawley Esso..!
@PhilPage2275 жыл бұрын
I spent all my childhood holidays in Gurnard on the Isle Of Wight often looking over at the flames coming out of the big chimney at Fawley and wondering what it would be like to go there.
@1ns4ne1d10t5 жыл бұрын
I work for Hythe and waterside tours and we are based in Hardley industrial estate opposite Gate 1 of the refinery. We do constant contract work for Exxon and have been in and out of Fawley oil refinery for years. I have operated staff shuttles in the refinery. The entire layout of the road system is American. Similar to Milton Keynes (If you've ever been there) the roads in the refinery are squarely gridded like New York Manhatten island. It allows fast and easy access to tanks, pipes and maintainance and any emergency work. Each of these roads are usually wide enough to accommodate a lorry or a bus incase a fire engine is needed. Each road is called an 'Avenue' so you have Central avenue running through the middle of the site then the side roads leading off central avenue are called 2nd/3rd/4th/8th avenue etc etc. Then you have the outside perimeter road which runs parallel to the fence. Each 'Avenue' has pipes which 'Arch' over the road like a low train bridge, you pass under them. Some are low, some are high, some are super heated steam. The large white cylinder tanks you see are all numbered tanks and vary in size and type. You have numbers 358, 353, on them etc. They carry fuel or water in them and they sit in huge grass pits. If the tanks burst the pits are designed to contain the entire contents of the tank without flooding over and the only contamination they will absorb under the grass and soil is about an inch. The yellow flames you see from your window don't come from a chimney. They come from one of four flare stacks dotted around the refinery. Fawley refinery has four of them. If the flares are lit and burning yellow it can mean too much gas has been produced from a bi product and the refinery has run out of available storage so they have to flare off the excess as a flame. They also flare off incorrect gas mixtures of gas which could be dangerous, toxic or highly flammable if released as gas into the atmosphere. You'll see the yellow glow for miles. There's a lot more I could tell you but if you are interested in the Fawley refinery or are fascinated by it and wish to explore it the refinery offer guided tours where waterside coaches drive you round the site with an expert who will be able to tell you about Fawley in great detail. If you can PM me I might be able to find out how to get you on a guided tour?
@HenrysAdventures5 жыл бұрын
Very interesting video! I would be great to see passenger train return to this line on a regular basis!
@michaelslipper1997 Жыл бұрын
Very very interesting..Enjoyed the trip
@nutsnproud69325 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the video.
@dylancarter1831 Жыл бұрын
Has this line closed full time. If it has, I'm glad it hasn't been turned into a cycle route as most other have.
@HJDore Жыл бұрын
I believe the line closed in the 60’s/70’s to passenger traffic, as did many other lines as a result of the beeching cuts, however the line continued to carry oil and petroleum freight trains to and from fawley refinery until 2016 and now the line only serves runs as required freight services to the military marchwood port. There are plans by network rail for the route to be reopened with 2 stations reopened.
@kevinbushell27463 жыл бұрын
Very informative and interesting thanks for sharing
@burtwallace59095 жыл бұрын
it's sad that our railways get too much bad press these days . just view the track section from 14.40 to 40.00 . track laying precision and hypnotic vibe .
@thomasbottcher35245 жыл бұрын
NICE RIDE ON THE TRAIN!
@CBeaumontHIGTFY4 жыл бұрын
I hope your paintwork wasn't damaged too much by offending branches! This line does have potential for passenger re-instate, but this Drivers View does verify the news reports in that a lot of money would need to be spent on it to make it up to standard. Foot crossings would have to probably go in particular. SWR do have the structure for the actual service though, no extra rolling stock needed because you could extend the existing figure of 6 service to a new "Backwards S" service: Salisbury, Dean, Mottisfont Dunbridge, Romsey, Chandlers Ford, Eastleigh, Southampton Airport Parkway, Swaythling, St Deny's, Southampton Central, Millbrook, Redbridge, Totton, Marchwood, Hythe. Class 158 Diesel Route.
@hastingsdiesels4 жыл бұрын
Yes. As they say you don't get owt for nowt. Having seen the transformation of the Oxford to Bicester route (was single-track with many level crossings, now double-track with 0 LCs), anything is possible if the investment is there.
@CBeaumontHIGTFY4 жыл бұрын
@@hastingsdiesels Chiltern improvement work are inspiring. My Aunt & Uncle now always use Oxford to Marylebone and have abandoned GWR - cheaper and due to said improvements. !
@slycat19395 жыл бұрын
Very nice video again. I am finding these to be very interesting. You think they might check train tracks more for falling trees or leaning tree limbs that hit the train. I if I was you since people can't seem to read description would somehow add audio in back cab in title some how. Seems to be lots of comments below mine asking about it. Funny I read all the descriptions first on all videos to see if I would like to see it or not. Hmm. Thanks for sharing with us. God bless.
@hastingsdiesels5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your comments. Every action has an associated cost - will it cost more to send a team of people out to check for leaning tree-branches than it would cost to have the train run at a slower speed? That's the problem. As to people not reading the description, I tried putting 'back cab audio' in the title but (a) there is a character-limit in the title, and (b) people still don't read it!
@davidallen79775 жыл бұрын
My uncle and aunt had this bungalow on a massive piece of land near Fawley paid for by driving petrol tankers back in the 60s and 70s when I was just a little kid, and I could hide in that garden and never be found. I live in Totton now and hate it.
@Hertog_von_Berkshire5 жыл бұрын
There are worse places in the world than Totton, David. The Forest is on your doorsetep and the whole area is steeped in modern and ancient history. Get yourself out and start photographing it. That said, your uncle and aunt's bungalow sounds like a great memory.
@Martindyna5 жыл бұрын
I wonder does the bungalow still exist? Sound great.
@Kandlelite2 жыл бұрын
LOVE THIS ❤️❤️❤️ I’ve got all now on library lol
@jayswarrow11964 жыл бұрын
I like how there's only three positions for throttle: "idle", "load" and "accel". I also like the "load-on" throttle gap and lag between the load and revs update. Gives an impression of a Lister genee on wheels.
@hastingsdiesels4 жыл бұрын
Thanks. There are 7 notches for power, though it may not sound like it!
@Joe478475 жыл бұрын
Such a waste of a railway, needs a passenger service ASAP..
@davejeffries80675 жыл бұрын
Very enjoyable indeed. Thanks for it. dj
@phoenixbwp4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for video! I'll be in the market for OO gauge models of the Hastings DEMUs on a shelf diorama... I've watched the first part of Fawley Forester cab ride; Woking to Basingstoke; but you haven't posted the section between Basingstoke and Southhampton Central: Quoting, "Better 2018 footage coming."
@hastingsdiesels4 жыл бұрын
And so there is - I just haven't posted it yet.
@Piltdownpaul3 жыл бұрын
Fabulous , love it.
@Han-wh5ie Жыл бұрын
Bijzonder fraai treinstel !
@neilyoung36525 жыл бұрын
The line in good nick sinces its only used for goods and specials, and marchwood station and junc, im surprised at amount of signalling and a box to control it all still use would be rationlised
@tech4pros15 жыл бұрын
i suspect it's kept in usable condition as a just in case strategic measure as the branch also serves marchwood military depot. also there are plans afoot to restore passenger services on the line as preliminary studies have shown it would be viable.
@villevirtanen005 жыл бұрын
Apparently no lorries, just ships, have replaced the oil trains. I have my doubts. There were talks of possible reinstatement of passenger services, now uncertain.
@crookedserpent6663 жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed that although I'm not really a railway enthusiast. Tell me, why wasn't the audio coming from the front cab?! Would I be right in guessing that you rail enthusiasts wanted to hear the soothing sounds of the diesel engine at the back?!
@hastingsdiesels3 жыл бұрын
Thank you. The audio from the front cab was not publishable because the driver was being 'talked over the route' (with which he was unfamiliar) by a Route Conductor; regardless of what they actually said, it is a condition of publishing these videos that conversations are not included. Hence the audio from the back cab.
@marvintpandroid22135 жыл бұрын
It might seem silly and I'm not sure of the costs but wouldn't it be fairly easy to reopen a passenger service from Hythe and Marchwood into Southampton
@hastingsdiesels5 жыл бұрын
The Three Rivers Community Rail Partnership is encouraging precisely this.
@marvintpandroid22135 жыл бұрын
@@hastingsdiesels Cool, I just looked up the line on Wikipedia, could be well served by a battery powered train, recharge at Southampton on the turn around.
@Xenogeek24 жыл бұрын
All those trainspotters! Clearly this was an historic occasion.
@tony26824 жыл бұрын
was expecting some to be jumping out of the bushes...bet there were a few Hiding...trespassing.
@andrewrogers43415 жыл бұрын
South Coast Level Crossings page has footage of the marchwood crossing being opened and closed during this trip
@lesashiminski6905 жыл бұрын
Why don't they ship oil by rail anymore ?
@mortgagewizard405 жыл бұрын
Brilliant video. Such a shame that fawley is no longer ,and the big chimney,which is a landmark for locals,is soon to be demolished
@telmas71834 жыл бұрын
I think you're getting mixed up with the power station chimney which is nothing to do with the refinery!
@daciatravel.6474 жыл бұрын
Very good video!!👍👍📹🚅🚅
@markemanuele19295 жыл бұрын
This may sound like a stupid question from across the pond, but why is the third rail electrification not protected in the UK? Here in the states (or at least here on the east coast), our third rails are protected with wood over the rail about a foot above the top of the rail. Just curious...
@hastingsdiesels5 жыл бұрын
I din’t think there’s space on the trains to accommodate this. Every train would have to be designed to have a recessed area along both sides where the board could pass. If it had been designed in from the start, that might be different.
@OntarioTrafficMan5 жыл бұрын
@@hastingsdiesels Interesting note. I'd never really thought about the lack of covers on the third rail in the UK. In North America the contact shoes are indeed designed to allow the cover to pass over top.
@rubberswan5 жыл бұрын
In the U.K., the railways are fenced off to prevent public access, and trespass is a punishable offence.
@labarone89105 жыл бұрын
Mark Emanuele, it helps reduce the gene pool...
@stephaniedixon6144 жыл бұрын
How do you think we get our rabbit stew and squirell soup
@microbusss5 жыл бұрын
disused station? I'd live there hehe
@danthefryingpan9635 жыл бұрын
2:06 their nick name is dalek? That is the best thing ever
@greatbritishentertainmentl56365 жыл бұрын
Having a Senior Moment thinking I was going from Southampton to Hastings!? Well I realise now that is not the case and instead found the single line ride a little boring - why has the Fawley Terminus station never reopened - seems a shame? But very good film production despite my ramblings - well done "Hastings DMU cab-ride".
@hastingsdiesels5 жыл бұрын
Thank you. Fawley terminus station is deep inside the Oil Refinery site and as such is not accessible to the public - so no point in it being reopened.
@burtwallace59095 жыл бұрын
at 23.07 there is a switch that goes nowhere , does anyone know what this is for. if vandalism comes into play here it looks absolutely lethal.
@hastingsdiesels5 жыл бұрын
What you're describing is a Trap Point. Its purpose is to derail a train (at low speed) which has overrun a signal at Danger. This is preferable to a head-on collision further down the line. The Trap Point is controlled and interlocked with the signalling system, so unless it is correctly set for the safe passage of trains then the signals cannot be cleared.
@burtwallace59095 жыл бұрын
thanks for that .I've seen them before and I now know . @@hastingsdiesels
@keplergso83694 жыл бұрын
So this line is not used at all any more ? Even for petroleum ?
@sniffadoghq4 жыл бұрын
Kepler Gso Abandoned now line sporadically used tho
@David-sv7by5 жыл бұрын
Excellent video, thank you. Only point are you sure that the double bridges at 14.54 are the A36....and not the A35 ?
@hastingsdiesels5 жыл бұрын
Thank you David for this. You're quite right, my excuse is that on the Landranger mapping there's a grid-line that crosses through the "5" of A35 near Ashurst in just such a way as to lead me to that error. I've added an Erratum note to the description.
@Mrfort4 жыл бұрын
So the daul carridgeway WAS the a 35???
@telmas71834 жыл бұрын
@@Mrfort Yep!
@roststab5 жыл бұрын
I'm a German railway fan and found this video at random. I saw many trainspotting people. Most of them at platforms, near level crossings, sometimes on bridges. But never I've seen one of them close to the track more then 20 yards from a level crossing. What is the reason? Please tell me.
@hastingsdiesels5 жыл бұрын
They are actually at footpath crossings which are hidden by the foliage.
@roststab5 жыл бұрын
I'll ask in an other way. Why stands nobody at any desired point except crossings close to the track. Is this in Britain forbidden? In Germany you see everywhere near the track trainspotting people. Sometimes too close. Only in such cases the police (Bundespolizei) starts activities.
@alexanderdonald33425 жыл бұрын
@@roststab it's a fineable offence to tresspass on the railway ( for good reason its dangerous to be near the tracks so stations, crossings and footbridges are as close as people can get.
@roststab5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this explanation. In Germany a distanc of three meters is usually neglected. But sometimes the drivers get scared and call via radio the police. In this case there may be a punishment of fine. But if you are 4 or 5 meters away from the track mostly nothing happens.
@fritz465 жыл бұрын
There is another difference, completely independent from safety issues: I might be simplifying it, but in Germany you may go almost everywhere if it is not clearly marked as private property (including fields, forests, river banks etc.). This is completely different in Britain, where almost everything apart from national parks may not be entered without permission from the owners. This can be quite an obstacle if you try to walk through the countryside like we are used to in Germany!
@pgchase45780430265 жыл бұрын
What is the meaning of the blue diamond signs? Example: 31:49. Thank you. (Didn't find anything with online search.) Possibly mile markers?
@hastingsdiesels5 жыл бұрын
Yes, they are mileposts. Every quarter of a mile.
@marccharboneau44633 жыл бұрын
Excellant video. Like n subscription issued....notification will be added shortly........thanx!
@flagwanker63465 жыл бұрын
There you go, Marchwood Military port. Now if that had been a railway station proper, loads of RFA and Army would have used it
@ianhosier40423 жыл бұрын
They need to get this line open to passengers especially now the hithe ferry isnt being subsidised anymore and esso now pipe their oil Doesnt look like a lot of work to do (rebuild a few stations).
@Renwick193 жыл бұрын
And where the money coming from to do this you
@SPiderman-rh2zk3 жыл бұрын
This is actually happening now
@michaelgamble2963 жыл бұрын
I watched this from beginning to end and my Studio gradually filled with diesel fumes . . . . . . . whew!
@josephinebennington72475 жыл бұрын
Some footage of your chartered diesel, clearly ancient, doing its thing, would have added much to this vid.
@hastingsdiesels5 жыл бұрын
The video *consists* of our train doing its thing...
@russouk4 жыл бұрын
2 lucky squirrels...one just missed getting squashed...