Incredible Trains at Carlisle, WCML, 14/09/24 Feat. ECML Diverts and Two Railtours!

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A truly fantastic day spent at Carlisle on the West Coast Mainline where we see countless services from Avanti West Coast, Northern, Transpennine Express, Northern, London Northeastern Railway and freight from GBRF, DRS and Colas Rail.
This is the best visit I've ever had here, I'll be coming back here every year throughout September when the LNER diverts are taking place, also helped that there were two railtours to be seen during my stay here.
Carlisle was opened by the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway in 1847, several years after the first station in Carlisle was opened but had nothing to do with the company.
When the station was opened the construction work wasn't complete, there was only one full length platform finished with the others still receiving work done to them along with the station roof. The station was immediately served by two train companies and as a result of this it meant that things get very tricky in trying to maintain a good timetable, the two companies in question were the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway and the Caledonian Railways.
Because the route was vital to freight traffic as the years went by the various companies that sought to run passenger traffic into the station formed a new committee on-top the two others that were created throughout the early years and it was agreed that to minimise the risk to the passengers on the station a new avoidance line would be built that would take any and all freight trains around the station and not straight through it as they used to do before the station started getting busier.
As the passenger numbers started increasing and the Midland Railway opened their Settle-Carlisle route it meant that the station would need to go through a series of changes, along with the increased passenger traffic coming into the station as a result of the new route being opened it also meant that more freight was passing through the station. Expansion work was to take place in two phases during the early and mid 1870's, as to what this work was I'm not to sure.
In 1881 the improvement works were officially completed and the station was served a healthy amount of train operating companies, they were: London and Northwestern, London North Eastern, Midland, Caledonian, North British, Glasgow & South Western and the Maryport & Carlisle Railway. So yeah a decent amount to keep the station busy. Each company had its own parcel office and booking office. So the station was fairly packed at all times.
A new island platform was built making three long through platforms for the Anglo-Scottish services and five bay platforms for all of the terminating services. Below the station was a network of passageways which allowed station staff to get to the various area of the station, this included: Offices, service rooms and staff accommodation. More so for the long distance overnight trains because back then trains ran at the speed of a snail.
A large Iron and Glass roof was constructed which replaced the smaller canopies on the station, this would span an 85 meter width covering all of the platforms which would also shield the staff and passengers and everything else from the elements most commonly found with the northern English weather.
The next load of work came in the 1900's when the various companies serving the station became the London Midland & Scottish Railway, during WW2 the main station roof was painted black. This was done to ensure that the station wasn't easily visible to the Luftwaffe.
The station roof for a long time was in a sorry state and has been since the mid 1950's. Over the course of the last 70 years the station roof has been slowly getting into a case of disrepair, the iron beams were deteriorating and the glass was starting to brake away which actually resulted in parts of the station getting closed off at times because of the safety issue, the last thing they wanted to have happened was a large shard of glass falling onto someone down below, and yet nothing was done about it.
It was only from 2010/2011 that work was starting to take place on the now dilapidated roof which hadn't seen much attention since it was played with in the 1950's, the resulting work had meant that the roof has now been completed and it looks nothing short of fantastic, it really does capture the overall mood of the station.
My next station will be Didcot Parkway on the Great Western Mainline.
You can now find me on Facebook through the group Tornado922, there you will find regular updates, videos and photos from all of my goings on throughout 2024.
You can also find me on Instagram through the name tornado922 where it isn't just rail related content that I produce.
You can now find me on TikTok under the name Tornado_922.
Joining me during the course of the day were: Jacks Rail Production, Evil Chippy Boy 71, James Trains 4472 and Ferryhill Trainspotter.

Пікірлер: 33

@rastaman5105 Күн бұрын

Ilike the British trains specially the EMU, s and Electric loco,s , and the Pendolino EMU train is my favorit , greetings from the Netherlands !!!

@calbarnoaviation1762 Күн бұрын

I was on 390103. Saw both the railtours. Absolutely beautiful sights. Shame I didn’t notice you if I did it would have made me very happy :). Great video :)

@robertstrainsnsw1596 23 сағат бұрын

Great film at Carlisle

@camotech1314 Күн бұрын

Wow an extra long video, been waiting for this one!! Thank you mate. 😁

@EXESasser Күн бұрын

I commute here 3 days a week for uni. Lovely station to chill at when on break XD

@The_Grand_Autismo1 Күн бұрын

Very nice, I was there on the 11th of September and managed to catch Sir Nigel Gresley and a 57 on a railtour, as well as a pair of 325s which was lucky, fabulous station to spot at just for the sheer variety

@dizzy2020 2 күн бұрын

The big question is whether you ran into Les Gilpin or Tim Geaney - Carlisle is their regular home (I think Les probably spends more time in the station than at home!)

@michaeltaylor1869 Күн бұрын

A very nice video well done great camera work as usual I am really looking forward to seeing your next video I hope you get a nice video next time also when is your next video going to be on KZbin bye for now Philip

@jackchapman5052 Күн бұрын

Great video good to see freight trains and east coast mainline diverts and alot of trains coming from London, Liverpool, Manchester going to east coast and Scotland

@keithsmith8378 Күн бұрын

Great video as always unusual to see a 66 on a rail tour

@Williamadlam1 18 сағат бұрын

hello tornado922 hello mate again gladly see back on mate cheers

@alanshelly7068 Күн бұрын

I remember them when I was a kid buddy

@Transportspots Күн бұрын

There's the pop There's the wizz There's the wine 😂😂😂😂😂😂

@normanbridge8924 Күн бұрын

it would just been nice to see the azuma's pass through wigan north western occasionally fella

@Ashtonk876 Күн бұрын

Rode 397 010 back to Glasgow from Preston yesterday they are very shaky p.s will you do a Glasgow central trains at again?

@Debbiestrainsandtoys 15 сағат бұрын

47302 is Pride of Cumbria

@AntonFanify Күн бұрын

Your day in Carlisle must have been a train spotters dream?

@reecelucasfilms Күн бұрын

Cracking video!

@paulhill8224 Күн бұрын

Great video

@alanshelly7068 Күн бұрын

The home of Eddie stobart buddy from Alan in Suffolk 😊

@nottinghamtransportenthusi2784 Күн бұрын

Was your thumbnail of the LNER Azuma and Avanti Pendolino because of the LNER diverts that were taking place? Would have it been Tangmere if there weren't any LNER diverts taking place?

@ziggezigster3206 Күн бұрын

very nice trains can you please do crystal palace

@normanbridge8924 Күн бұрын

a question for you why can't LNER diverts pass through wigan north western on the WCML like what carlisle station is and services eventually join the ECML passing through perhaps stafford then there's the problem of services not stopping at berwick upon tweed newcastle york and peterborough