38:47 This Is Where The Salisbury Train crash Happened Today Thankfully no one is hurt
@ewanduffy2 жыл бұрын
Interesting that the YT algorithm promotes this video just now.
@Mariazellerbahn2 жыл бұрын
And how fast was the pensioner driver going past the red protecting signal? You don't "slide" past two yellows, a yellow and a red.
@officiallotus_user67992 жыл бұрын
@Dan Bar oh damn that’s bad to here
@chrisbradley11922 жыл бұрын
The last signal before the crash site comes into view at 38:22 - which is about 25 seconds before the junction where it happened.
@SpudderRail2 жыл бұрын
@@Mariazellerbahn you can in exceptional circumstances, remember the surface of the wheel that is in contact with the rail is only roughly the size of a 20p coin
@henrybn14ar5 жыл бұрын
A lovely bright spring day with the blackthorn and yellow rapeseed in flower.
@GhostTheory5 жыл бұрын
Why do I find this video so pleasing to watch? Lol it’s a like from us :)
@HenrysAdventures5 жыл бұрын
Enjoyed watching that! :)
@kristinajendesen71116 жыл бұрын
In 2000 Brian Souter offered to up some of the line speeds to 100mph (max 85 apart from Andover to Laverstock North), double most of the single track beyond Salisbury and introduce Meridian style units. The then Labour government turned him down. Still love driving our 159s though.
@andrewjames390811 ай бұрын
And people think more gov control of the railways would be a good thing!
@andrewjames39082 жыл бұрын
Looks like NR have recently spent some money on this route a lot of the track looks new as do some of the bridges
@annescholey65464 жыл бұрын
Train spotters bridge. We saw a lot of engines from there in the 80s.
@karlosf2472 жыл бұрын
Extraordinary
@iman23415 жыл бұрын
Why do some of the bridges along the route look like they have been raised ready for electrification?
@lfewell21615 жыл бұрын
I noticed that, thought it might be in connection with 9'6" containers, are they routed this way? If it is electrified it wouldn't be on the third rail, most interesting.
@iman23415 жыл бұрын
Lea Fewell wasn’t this route to be part of the electric spine??
@lfewell21615 жыл бұрын
@@iman2341 So it was, I was aware the line from Basingstoke to Southampton was to be converted to 25kv but unaware the line to Salisbury was included, strange that the electrification seems to stop there, seems to have stalled at least for the time being.
@markcf834 жыл бұрын
@@lfewell2161 it's a diversionary route for when the main line is closed.
@annescholey65464 жыл бұрын
I met a spotter in 1985 who said it'd come eventually.
@29brendus8 жыл бұрын
Fantastic. Always wanted to be train driver. Maybe it's time all these southern lines were converted to overhead electric?
@geoffbarry95408 жыл бұрын
Now that the dual voltage technology is tried and tested, no-one is ever going to replace the third rail with catenary. There are much higher electrification priorities.
@jonathanphelan66272 жыл бұрын
Why ?
@29brendus2 жыл бұрын
@@jonathanphelan6627 More efficient, safer, faster, less heat wastage, easier transmission.
@29brendus2 жыл бұрын
@@geoffbarry9540 Agreed, but overhead will have to come.
@Mr223P2 жыл бұрын
I can only comment aesthetically and on that basis I hope they don’t. The whole overhead electrification thing is such an eye sore. I know that’s not the priority lol but personally Ive always loved the southern region for not having them...
@TheAudiostud7 жыл бұрын
Any reason why some of the points/junctions have been highlighted...Thanks for another cracking ride 👍🏻
@kristinajendesen71113 жыл бұрын
That's to show up any cracks in the rail in those critical points (no pun intended).
@Satters2 жыл бұрын
White painting points reflects enough of the solar heating effect to help prevent excessive expansion causing the points to not lock and detect
@user-nm1yi4if7q5 жыл бұрын
At this video you have passed in total 49 bridges and 6 railroad crossings.
@jasonwelsh5986 Жыл бұрын
Love these Drivers eye views watch them most of the time. What I don’t understand is network rail all that old rail sat in the middle of the tracks and side of tracks if they cleared it all up the scrap money would be a lot.
@jazyandme2 жыл бұрын
very poor NO Audio though nice view
@hastingsdiesels2 жыл бұрын
Don't watch it if you don't like it. Twat.
@stevewyman28225 жыл бұрын
..Bit of a let-down is this one, hence no audio, no Track information, or place names etc...
@hastingsdiesels5 жыл бұрын
Steve, sorry about that but this was published in the early days of my attempts at this stuff... I hadn’t developed my techniques nor had I a computer powerful enough to run a non-linear editor. Also the footage itself suffers from ‘soft focus’, a built-in “feature” of the GoPro 3 which required a home-made fix.
@stevewyman28225 жыл бұрын
@@hastingsdiesels ..no worries mate...enjoyed it anyways..used to go to Salisbury from Waterloo, had a mate who lived there..that was in the days when you would ride a 33 or a 50..or an occasional 47...proper loco hauled trains..!!!.
@annescholey65464 жыл бұрын
They call it the Mule
@coveant6 жыл бұрын
Another great cab ride spoilt by having no audio. I fail to see why, the driver being conducted along the route should be a problem. Aren't train crews allowed to talk anymore, or is it just camera shyness?.
@riverhuntingdon66596 жыл бұрын
Probably done away with by the PC elf'n'safety nazis. These killjoys are the reason why you can't ride on an old EMU on the mainline now. Mustn't have anyone distracting the driver now must we luvvie? So glad I'm retired from the sad excuse for a "Railway" that we have today.
@rockerjim80452 жыл бұрын
Perhaps this is a private video and the driver wants to remain anonymous. Driving is considered a professional job not a joy ride. Even operating video equipment such as a mobile phone is against the rules
@hastingsdiesels2 жыл бұрын
@@riverhuntingdon6659 I'm so glad that you and your toxic attitude are retired from my railway too!
@generalslee05 жыл бұрын
A proper main line, unlike the meandering Berks and Hants!
@strains35514 жыл бұрын
The Salisbury junction at 38 mins looks a lot like bo peep Jtn
@jonathanphelan66272 жыл бұрын
Couldn't the Waterloo to Exeter use an electric train as far as Basingstoke, then get a diesel to pull it ?
@hastingsdiesels2 жыл бұрын
It could. But it would incur a delay while the train blocked the SWML at Basingstoke, delay to all roads while a loco were shunted across (this would be unworkable in the timetabling), it would incur extra cost of having double the number of traincrew (traction knowledge), it would reduce operational flexibility and increase risk (if one traincrew is late from their previous job, it has a greater knock-on effect and potentially blocks the SWML at Basingstoke). I know what you mean, but a worse example is the Euston to Chester service in a diesel Voyager - where only the last few miles from Crewe to Chester isn't "under the wires".
@jonathanphelan66272 жыл бұрын
@@hastingsdiesels or a train with dual electric/diesel power ? Do they exist ? The Gatwick Express has extra diesel power doesn't it ? even though it runs on third rail lines all the way ?
@hastingsdiesels2 жыл бұрын
Well yes, "bi-mode" trains such as the 800-series Hitachi units that the GWR uses, they could be an option.
@jonathanphelan66272 жыл бұрын
@@hastingsdiesels If the diesel was in the platform ready, surely it doesn't take long to connect up ? Only time I've ever seen them join a train was at Waterloo with the old Slam Doors, They just had to 'slam' into it and connect the cables, Trains aren't that frequent through Basingstoke are they ?
@hastingsdiesels2 жыл бұрын
Looking at the current hour's schedule, www.opentraintimes.com/location/BSK/2021-09-22/18:59?empty_passenger=on&non_passenger=on&passenger=on&show_call=on&show_pass=on&show_stp=on&show_var=on&show_wtt=on&utf8=✓ , I can see 6 trains in one hour requiring platform 4, so that doesn't leave very long to play with - quite apart from the other difficulties I mentioned which would still need to be considered. . Looking at the signalling in the area, www.opentraintimes.com/maps/signalling/swml2 (scroll to near RH end) I can see an apparent absence of calling-on / shunt signals into platforms 1 & 4, so it looks to me as if routine coupling/uncoupling of trains at Basingstoke would require the area to be re-signalled.