Manchester Airport to York - 2.7K UHD

The full journey updated with new footage and captions. Shot in March 2019, this is a Middlesborough service as far as York. It goes around the Ordsall Chord to pick up Victoria and then off over the Pennines. Some interesting facts about tunnels and quite a variety of trains for enthusiasts.

[@pjaygeorge8016]

As a spotter in the late-40s at Reading General, followed by Engineer on 180 ml railroad built in 1 1/2 yrs in the Oz outback (Pilbara) in the late 60s and a lapsed Hornby modeller, now living nr Philadelphia, I am thrilled to take one of your online trips through the north country. Till now, I have been riding Hastings' southern England routes because this was my country, train and charabanc, as a kid. But I gotta hand it to you, Don Coffey, you are the best railtour guide.

[@doncoffey5820]

I really appreciate that, thank you. I bet you saw some amazing sights in those long gone days on the GWR.

[@thomasraybould6243]

Your videos are just absolutely brilliant! I am fascinated with the railway (and would like to become a train driver when I'm old enough). It's just a privilege to view your full journeys. To someone like me, it is a cool insight into the life of a train driver!

[@doncoffey5820]

Good luck Tom. I hope you make it.

[@bobfromhull]

Good Luck Tom. I'd love to drive too but I'm 63 and I think I may have blown it with a late decision :-/

[@onlineamiga]

Good luck Tom. Work hard and I am sure you will get your dream!

[@etrax7132]

@tom Raybound have u seen All The Stations channel. If not it'll inspire you even more.. good luck in ur future

[@drdoolittle5724]

Superb, thank you for letting us travel along with you and especially for the notes on screen.

[@doncoffey5820]

You’re welcome.

[@autechrak]

@@doncoffey5820 I am from Poland, I do not know manchester area but that comments are great. How to say in common english that you are very exciting of that?

[@sufianmohammed4974]

Fantastic video of were you going

[@andrewlong6438]

40 years ago I lived in Huddersfield and often travelled between Manchester Victoria to York. It brought back real memories especially at Huddersfield which looks unchanged. Thank you.

[@doncoffey5820]

Thats my patch Andrew. I go that way most days when I’m working and I love it too.

[@ramonwilliams5721]

Brilliant videos Sir, as a ex steam fireman/Driver on main line, I do appreciate your comments along bottom of screen, cannot believe the technology now, things have changed since being made redundant in 1972. Keep putting these videos out.Kind Regards

[@doncoffey5820]

Hi Ramon, sorry you were made redundant and the ironic thing is they can’t get enough drivers these days. I’m glad it brought back memories for you and yes, there will be more to come.

[@e1woqf]

Thank you for sharing this interesting cab ride and especially your explanations are highly appreciated. Greetings from Germany

[@doncoffey5820]

Hello Germany 🇩🇪. I spent many days working in Limberg and Hiedelburg as well as many other places. It’s a beautiful country. Glad you enjoyed the video. There will be more soon.

[@fritssontrop7285]

Love your videos and the information along the rides. I do my workouts on a hometrainer watching your videos on a large TV right in front of me. Time flies!

[@doncoffey5820]

Brilliant, glad you like them.

[@edwardbarnes2702]

Hi Don, yet another great video! All the additional info & photos add much to the filming, just get better & better🤓

[@doncoffey5820]

Thanks Edward.

[@martinmarsola6477]

A very comfortable and nicely maneuvered ride! Thank you Don. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🙂👍🇺🇸

[@doncoffey5820]

Thanks as always Martin.

[@ennohund9515]

Thanks for the lift, Don! For me as a fan of the continent the many detailed explanations about what you get to see next to the track are especially helpful. I'm impressed that there's still so much time left to take care of the videos in addition to your job as a locomotive driver!

[@doncoffey5820]

It certainly does take a lot of time Enno. Glad you appreciate it.

[@ennohund9515]

Sorry, I meant "fan FROM the continent". Many greatings from Koenigstein near Frankfurt am Main, Germany - and always a safe, accident-free journey!

[@joscallinet6260]

@Don Coffey - your love for and deep appreciation of these railways you are documenting and sharing with us viewers all around the world are so very much evident - and deeply appreciated! Thank you for your generosity in producing and presenting your train voyages to us!

[@doncoffey5820]

That is much appreciated, thank you.

[@peterwallison]

Great video again, I grew up in Uppermill (Saddleworth), home of the iconic Saddleworth viaduct. I have fond memories of the goods loop which ran near us and past my grandparent's house in Micklehurst, running errands for the signalman was so exciting! (for a five year old).

[@doncoffey5820]

Thanks Peter. I spent a lot of time in a signal box in my school years. That was in New Mills South Jn. I visited as a Driver Manager a few years back and the smell was just the same. It took me right back to running to the shop for the signaller!

[@phillipelliott743]

Fantastic video, much appreciated. From a proud Mancunian exiled in Northern Ireland.

[@doncoffey5820]

Thanks Phillip.

[@1951GL]

Don - your comment on the 185's 200 tons - an EE Type 4 (Class 40) weighed in at 2000 tons and would have struggled to perform at this level. This journey, via the Ordsall link, demonstrates how good the Manchester rail network actually is. Excellent video as usual.

[@doncoffey5820]

I think you mean a Class 40 was 200 tons? Yes 185s are heavy. They are about 165 tons unladen which does restrict them speed wise on some routes - they are classed as locomotive, i.e., must not run at SP or MU speeds despite being Class 1 trains. Its about power to weight ratio and tractive effort. A 185 with all engines running is 2250 HP (less a chunk for air conditioning and lighting). However, I doubt it would pull a 1500 ton stone train like a loco would. Thanks for the positive feedback.

[@1951GL]

@@doncoffey5820Yes Don. An extra "0" slipped in my posting. The coasting of the 185 fascinates me - a positive way of using the Pennine routes.

[@jontaylor9993]

Hi Don, just wanted to show my appreciation for your productions. I grew up in the North West (Todmorden, Preston, Manchester) and now I'm getting toward 50, I'm getting nostalgic ! I've lived in New Zealand for the last 15 years so it's great to have access to some of the things I hold dear. I love your informational captions throughout your videos and, on the whole, thanks for lavishing so much time on them. Cheers, Jon.

[@doncoffey5820]

Thanks Jon, they do take ages to do and then the odd glitch gets through!!! I wish I was 50 as well. All the best.

[@buzzukfiftythree]

I really enjoy watching your videos Don. Always full of information. The best cab ride videos on KZbin.

[@doncoffey5820]

Thanks for the positive feedback.

[@a.butler8908]

@@doncoffey5820 Hi Don, have got to agree with this comment!!

[@davidwallace5831]

Don - Thanks - this is really tremendous. I really like how well researched the commentary is - particularly on the tunnels.

[@doncoffey5820]

Thanks David. You are officially a regular! We take tunnels for granted but when you think about the effort in the days before machinery, they really are astonishing.

[@doncoffey5820]

You might like this. kzbin.info/www/bejne/lZSbm6mfrbZ6prM

[@davidwallace5831]

Thanks Don, that's a really excellent video.

[@harryflash4680]

Don - top stuff, as ever. having the sub titles across the screen is a great change. Who would think how relaxing watching these films are !

[@doncoffey5820]

Glad you enjoy them Des.

[@devilsadvocate1218]

A very informative and entertaining video Don. Many thanks for all the hard work you've put into it to bring it to us.

[@doncoffey5820]

Thank you Colin.

[@asimplesong1]

Really enjoyed this trip ................. many thanks for the interesting comments along the way. Very impressive video.

[@doncoffey5820]

Thanks Stuart. Another new one later this week.

[@asimplesong1]

Thanks Don, look forward to seeing it.

[@johncliff5417]

Here at 1:39:41. The flats at Cottingley appear on the horizon. I used to live half way up "The Towers". It was great for radio reception, especially VHF/UHF. Also watching Concorde approaching Leeds-Bradford years ago. Sometimes wish I still lived there . Thanks for another super video.

[@doncoffey5820]

Those towers look like they are in quite a nice location, I can imagine the view is fantastic. I live on the flightpath to Manchester and Concorde crackling against a blue sky was a superb sight on its occasional visit.

[@58bigjim]

Excellent video my friend!! Enjoyed traveling with you and the fine history lesson as well! Thank you!

[@doncoffey5820]

Thanks James.

[@deejaytee5481]

Another excellent video, beautifully shot and informative. As an ex canal boatman, I spent many a happy hour 'train spotting' as I travelled the waterways. Since canals and railways share the same requirement for terrain, i.e. the shortest possible route with the fewest elevation changes, they often run alongside one another. With regard to the adits in Standedge Tunnel, you can imagine what it was like for the poor boatman in the days of steam trains, filling the canal tunnel with smoke and steam!

[@doncoffey5820]

Yes, when a train comes through the tunnel it acts like a piston and there is a definite rush of air through all the adjacent passages of which there are many. I guess smoke made it to the canal even though it was lower.

[@JackSmith-zv1qj]

Watched nearly all of your videos and for someone who works on the railway myself interested in furthering my career this is a fantastic tool to use to get an insight into the route/traction knowledge needed. Brilliant videos keep them coming!

[@doncoffey5820]

Thats it, just keep watching and learning. I do the same every day.

[@Doppolina99]

Excellent vid as always and great snippets of info along the way.

[@doncoffey5820]

Thanks Phil.

[@micky4921]

Without doubt the most superior railway videos on KZbin. Thoroughly enjoyed that one yet again. Many thanks.

[@doncoffey5820]

Thanks Mick. More soon.

[@mikenevermon9041]

A wonderful video which I enjoyed greatly.. The notes were the most informative of all the train vids on youtube. Thank you.

[@doncoffey5820]

Thank you too Mike.

[@jslasher1]

Don Coffey's videos are the best on KZbin. They are informative as a history lesson on the times as well as the railway infrastructure. Best wishes from Australia.

[@doncoffey5820]

Thanks, yes they are deigned as a set to increase railway knowledge. I can’t include everything I’d like to.

[@TransCanadaPhil]

fantastic cab rides. I like all the text commentary which makes it easier to understand everything that's going on for those of us that dont drive trains. I dont see that too often in train cab videos (its more common on driving videos). I was in Manchester in the summer of 2017 when I visited the UK. I stayed at the YHA hostel in Castlefield. I remember taking the tram out to Salford to get a tour of the BBC building at MediaCity UK. I'm from Winnipeg, Canada!

[@doncoffey5820]

Thanks Phil. That tram line runs right alongside the line in the Liverpool video. The YHA is visible in the video you watched. Glad it brought back memories for you.

[@TransCanadaPhil]

Don Coffey yes I remember seeing that highline along a viaduct and having to take an outdoor elevator to get up to it to take the tram. To me, Passenger trains are almost a complete novelty when I visit places like the UK because we hardly have any in western Canada. BTW, I recorded a road video when I was in Manchester. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pHe9mmeVbsp0o6s

[@trainmanbob]

Superb video of outstanding quality. Thoroughly enjoyed. Thanks for sharing. Cheers, Bob

[@doncoffey5820]

Thanks Bob. I had loads of problems getting the quality where I wanted it but I think I’ve got it quite good considering its just an action camera (read that as top of the range expensive action camera!).

[@trainmanbob]

@@doncoffey5820 As a modeller I appreciate how much work goes into presenting good quality video. It is all the editing that we do not see...hours of it!! I am absolutely useless at photography, but I am waiting to finish the final touches to my layout and then a close friend will aim a lense at it. Cheers, Bob

[@Martin_Adams184]

Superb work, Don! I especially appreciated the written commentary, packed with details contemporary and historical; and the information about train working (eco driving, the signals etc.) is all so informative. I especially liked the way you put still photos in of major stations and of the shafts of Morley Tunnel; and the explanation of the Standedge Tunnels was outstanding - informative and very clear. I know this line well, as I lived and worked in Leeds between 1976 and '79 and still have friends there and in Manchester. Exchange station was still there then, with that extraordinary platform stretching right into Victoria. It's unrecognisable now. Until I watched your video I had not realised that just about all the long-distance trains from south of Manchester to the North-East use the Ordsall Curve. I well remember them using the Guide Bridge Line. I also used the Stalybridge to Stockport shuttle a lot. One repeated idle amusement I've had about this route is to wonder about the Leeds New Line and the Micklehurst Loop. If they had survived, could they have had any impact on the current plans to improve line capacity and speed on the Manchester to Leeds route? After all, they, plus the existing main route, gave the LNWR four tracks all the way from one city to another. But maybe the New Line and the Micklehurst Loop would be too slow to fit in with modern practice. I'm not surprised this has had so many views and likes in the time it's been posted. Thank you!

[@doncoffey5820]

Thanks Martin - much appreciated. I’ve tried to spread a variety of “interest” in magazine style over most of the later videos so that watchers will progressively build their knowledge. Regarding the closed lines, I often wonder how many would get closed if they only survived to the present day. My guess is that none would be closed. Of course their demise came when the prospect of a personal transport (car) was far more appealing than a strike ridden, decaying railway. It was such a shame.

[@Tenmusicman]

Having commuted to Leeds from both Stalybridge and Knottingley, I enjoyed the memories that much of this video invoked. Thanks.

[@doncoffey5820]

Thanks Colin. I’m supposed to be doing a video from Knottingley to Immingham soon. We also pass Knottingley on the Earles to Drax video.

[@michael3972]

Yet again, can't let this video go without comment. In every respect the presentation is just first class. I really enjoyed the off train photos too, they added a lot of background interest. Your trademark interesting and informative captions are also really well done in terms of content and adding extra information.

[@doncoffey5820]

Much appreciated.

[@2898nickg]

I have watched many of your videos, and can not recollect seeing one blighted by low or head on sun. In this video it is very noticeable that the sun is behind you pretty well most of the time The particular journey you chose to record was perfect in this respect. I am presuming this is not by chance, and is another example of the care and attention to detail that you give in the preparation of these fantastic insights into your world and craft as Driver. Shame about the rain after Leeds, but I guess that was beyond your control!

[@doncoffey5820]

Thanks for the positive feedback (I do publish the negative ones and thankfully they are few). I have terrible problems with the sun especially in the winter but they ease as the days get longer and it gets up out of the way! The best days are slightly overcast but dry. The showers in this video were not forecast but as there are so many reasons why I have to bin footage because the camera hangs or an instructor needs the train etc, I decided it was good enough and representative of a typical run.

[@DelTangBrav]

@@doncoffey5820 Don't worry about it, I thought the rain made the journey more authentic. Great videos by the way - I only found them today,

[@tonymarsh5449]

What a fabulous video Don, thanks for posting this up, I loved the frequent descriptions which added and extra level of interest, I've just subscribed and look forward to seeing more of your work.

[@doncoffey5820]

Thanks Tony, I’m working on the next one which should be quite soon.

[@jslonisch]

“If it keeps on rainin’, the levee’s gonna break...” 😀 Great vid, love the mix of explanations about the infrastructure and train operation.

[@doncoffey5820]

Thanks Jim.

[@UKRailsandMore]

Hi Don, thanks for sharing this cracking footage. Hope you don’t mind, I’ve made reference to it in one of my model railway videos when doing a piece on gradients and also comparing with the importance of climb and decent performance in aviation. Brilliant video, the captions you add really make them! Many thanks and all the best, Paul

[@doncoffey5820]

I don’t copyright any of my videos or photos on the various railway forums so fill your boots!

[@garybayliss6535]

Don, keep producing these films, most of the places i've driven to but never been by train, and with the notes and photos they'er great, keep up the good work.

[@doncoffey5820]

That’s very flattering Gary, thank you.

[@flibblesan]

Excellent video as always! I really enjoy the facts you put into each video.

[@doncoffey5820]

Thanks Simon.

[@ThirdRules]

Loving these videos, especially the captions. Thank you.

[@doncoffey5820]

Glad you enjoy them. More soon.

[@charlesshivoder2887]

Hi again from Pennsylvania. Just a nearly perfect video. I also could use a few seconds more on the captions, but if I’m really hot to catch the info, I just tap my screen on the left a couple of times and I get a second chance to get to the end. (I’m watching on an iPad Pro.). The scenery the train passes through is very beautiful. You videos are fast becoming my favorites. And hats off for your timekeeping....right on the money!! Thank you!! Thank you!!

[@doncoffey5820]

We had a bad period for keeping time after laster year’s May timetable change but they are nearly always on or close to time now. There are a few exceptions. I’ll try and stretch the captions. Its sometimes difficult to get them spaced to stop them overlapping with location captions.

[@charlesshivoder2887]

Don Coffey Thanks. That’s all I can ask. CAS

[@bartoncessna1]

Brilliant! I commuted from York to Manchester Victoria every day until recently. You must have been my driver loads of times. Great vid and thanks for getting me to or from work approx. 1,200 times! Respect!

[@doncoffey5820]

I’m sure I will have been. You’d probably recognise it by how smoothly it was being driven ;-) Thanks for the positive feedback.

[@rwm2986]

As always, grateful thanks for your time and effort to turn an 'ordinary' video into an excellent, most enjoyable travelogue. I have been into and out of Leeds station many times, mostly en route to Harrogate, so the extra information on 'stuff' I never saw was very welcome. I presume that this is one of the routes that the Class 68/Mark 5A combinations will be operated on. Thanks again Don.

[@doncoffey5820]

Yes, correct. Class 68/Mk 5s and 802s. The 185s will still go to Hull.

[@darrenhillman8396]

Another cracking video, Don. Thank you so much from a recently retired S&T man for posting these. I used to enjoy doing the six-monthly seasonal signal sighting cabrides. Its one of the very few things I will miss since leaving Network Rail in December last year, after 41.4 years on the railway.

[@doncoffey5820]

Glad to get you out and about again Darren and thanks for over 41 years of “keeping us running”.

[@darrenhillman8396]

Don Coffey - Thanks for your kind words, they’re very much appreciated. Any fault which “stopped the job” and had trains standing was a definite way of getting the heart beating faster and the adrenaline running! Really enjoy your videos; the production and editing of which would put some professional film makers to shame, I think. Location captions and information are very useful and interesting. Looking forward to seeing more and having a run out the new 802’s and the 68 hauled sets when they enter service. 👍🏻

[@doncoffey5820]

I’ve got a lot of signaller friends Darren and I often organise group visits for signallers to our Class 185 simulator at Ardwick. They have a play at driving but we always give them a “situation" to deal with so they can view it from the driver perspective. I don’t know where you are but you are welcome to have a go if you can get here.

[@jamesoates1334]

I used to be taken to visit my grandparents in Golcar on this line in the 50s. Matlock to Mcr Central, walk up Deansgate and catch the Huddersfield train from Exchange. All steam hauled, the Micklehurst loop and all 4 lines through Standedge tunnel all working. Shortly before leaving the eastbound portal there was a gong repeater for a distant signal, which clanked if the signal was off. Long ago memories.

[@doncoffey5820]

Thanks James, I’m glad it brought back memories for you. Very interesting comments too. I wish we could back and have a little look.

[@allant53]

Nice video Don, One thing. the river mentioned after the M60 at time line 6:25 is the River Mersey. The River Mersey starts just outside Stockprot town centre where the Rivers Goyt and Tame meet. the River Mersey then follows the M60 for a while before heading off to Liverpool.

[@doncoffey5820]

Thanks Allan, yes, there is a correction in the video description but always tell me just in case I didn’t know. I think I’d been editing one at New Mills and the Goyt stuck in my mind!!!

[@geoffreymoore1510]

Yes! I had a feeling I have been on this route before. Better descriptions and the lack of black backing also good. I had to pause every now and then to read all the descriptions. Thanks for those and great trip;. I am deaf so sound is off for me. Love all the old buildings. Sometimes I feel for those who have to climb all the stairs in those old multi-storey housing units, Good work.

[@doncoffey5820]

Thanks Geoffrey. Actually the “ticker” is often better on bright days because the writing disappeared into the background. That’s the main reason I’ve standardised on them.

[@richardwoodward3949]

I absolutely love your videos, so informative and interesting. Just brilliant!

[@doncoffey5820]

Thanks Richard. I’m just working on the next one.

[@brucewilliams8714]

That was fantastic, thank you so much. When I first travelled the ECML, on my first visit to Britain in 1977, the Deltics still reigned supreme, and we went through Selby.. On a subsequent trip I travelled today's journey (in darkness, sadly) from Manchester to Selby, for the abbey, then the next day on to York for the NRM. It was great, today, to see Gill Sans text, a clean, readable font!

[@doncoffey5820]

Thanks for the comment and the positive feedback Bruce.

[@kensherwood4866]

Truly superb, though I couldn't see it in 4k, the editing camera work sound and use of titles to give some very informative information made for a magical journey. Thank you for posting

[@doncoffey5820]

I’m not sure what goes on with definition. It leaves me at 2.7k but I’m not always convinced it uploads that high. I complained to Apple who sent me a software upgrade and the latest one I’m working on seems much better. Let’s see how KZbin handles it.

[@Bigbro28]

Your captions make these videos so much more interesting 👍. Much appreciated. 🐨🇦🇺

[@doncoffey5820]

Thanks Martin. They have “evolved” over successive videos!

[@geoffreymoore1510]

Thanks, Don for a delightful trip. Also appreciated your detailed commentary. The best! I think I went the other way of this on another of your videos. Interesting the in and out of electrification. Cheers from Australia, wish I was younger and better health love to check some of these out, LIVE!

[@doncoffey5820]

Sorry you’re not in better health Geoffrey and thanks for following the channel.

[@calvingrondahl1011]

Your informative captions are also appreciated... thanks again.

[@doncoffey5820]

Thanks Calvin. Glad you enjoyed it.

[@keithshephard6802]

Did the journey out on Wed 3/12 and returning Thurs 5/12. Enjoyed the run out over Standedge very much and looking forward to the return trip. I spoke to a TPE manager on the train into Man Picc about a previous cancellation and got around talking about my trip mentioning your vids. He said that he worked with you and that you had done grea job raising money t for charity. I can’t remember his name but he had an Id lanyard with lots of first aid badges attached etc. Really nice chap. But thanks once again for the inspiration Don and I hope that you had a great holiday.

[@doncoffey5820]

I only work part time now Keith - a fortnight on and a fortnight off. I’m back in on Sunday and he’ll probably mention it when I bump into him (not sure who he was). Most of them are good as gold and I’m glad they looked after you. Did you ride on a trusty 185 or one of the newer types?

[@keithshephard6802]

Travelled out on a 185 and sat across the table from a retired BR signal engineer and nattered about major signal upgrades he’d been involved in including the WCML and ECML so the journey ended up a double whammy of engineering heaven. I hope to make a few more rail trips in the new year over the TPE and Northern routes, I’m also looking forward to seeing your next rail video. Hope you’ve got a lot more videos to put onto KZbin before you fully retire. Keep up the great work Don it’s much appreciated by many.

[@doncoffey5820]

I’m not quite ready to hang up my keys just yet Keith - another couple of years yet. There are several more videos planned.

[@steeltrap3800]

What a brilliantly informative and wonderfully produced video. What a time we live in where I can be stuck at home because of a virus yet can reach around the world (all the way from Australia in my case) through videos such as this. The volume of educational material you manage to put into what many might call "a boring video looking out the front of a train" is remarkable. The coverage of the pantograph system right at the end, stuff I happened to know but that's not really the point, is a great example. The other things that stood out to me were first of all the remarkable history of a region that has global significance when one considers the Industrial Revolution with all that entails. The other, inextricably linked with that, is the incredible scale, ingenuity and, perhaps most boggling of all, sheer volume of work that those tunnels, canals, viaducts, bridges and earthworks demonstrate. To think it was done brick by brick or with shovels and blasting powder and so on seems so impossible to contemplate it simply wouldn't occur to most that it in fact was done that way. The great way you explain Standedge tunnel is perhaps the perfect example, with the canal from 1811 up to the final twin bore some 80 YEARS later. Great stuff, thanks.

[@doncoffey5820]

I’m extremely flattered and pleased with your comments. The number of viewers from Australia are growing every day and you guys always say nice things. It takes a lot of work putting them together so I’m really pleased you liked it.

[@steeltrap3800]

@@doncoffey5820 I'm sure it does take a lot of effort, which is why I was only too happy to take the time to reply. An hour and a half and I found it all interesting. Funny you should say we Aussies are always saying nice things as it's not necessarily something for which we're famous, LOL. Cheers p.s. here's something you might enjoy, a video of a famous steam engine over here back on the tracks doing trials after a major overhaul and boiler re-work. It's famous due to the fact that in 1964 it set the record for the quickest Sydney to Newcastle (168km, or 105 miles) trip, just under 2hrs 2 minutes, something it held until our version of a modified InterCity 125 (called and XPT) beat it by 6 minutes in 1988. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fInSXmmLq7xmp80

[@jensham1945]

Thanks again Don. Longsight TMD (engine sheds as was) holds memories of my cousin and I going train spotting there on a platform ticket from London Road (Piccadilly) in about 1955. We managed to avoid staff for all of two minutes before we were threaten with hell fire and damnation by him before we were packed off on the next train back. Happy days.

[@doncoffey5820]

When I was a kid we used to wander all around the railway and nobody bothered. If we went on the engines at Buxton or Booth St, the drivers used to say “don’t touch anything and shut the door after”.

[@WHITTONZ]

Thanks for all your videos. I like watching them whilst following the route on a 1992 copy of Manchester A to Z. Great fun!

[@doncoffey5820]

A Track Atlas off Amazon is a really worthwhile companion to the videos. Glad you enjoy the videos.

[@WHITTONZ]

Your kind reply and advice is very much appreciated, I'll certainly give it a try BW

[@petertate5741]

Excellent informative video don't get to travel much by rail anymore keep em going Don and thankyou 😀

[@doncoffey5820]

Will do Pete. Next one on Saturday night. Take care.

[@44662dc]

The video's get better and better Don. I particularly enjoyed the info on the driving techniques of a class 185 a unit which I personally like. I think they are smooth runner with plenty of power when required. Keep em coming Don

[@doncoffey5820]

Thanks Denis. Next one in production as we speak 😉

[@MrRedneckuk]

Many thanks for another great vid. very informative captions.

[@calvingrondahl1011]

Thank you for the relaxing ride.

[@andrewholloway231]

A thoroughly enjoyable video. I really enjoyed it, the captions about the 'Eco' on the Class 185 are really good. Thank you very much.

[@doncoffey5820]

Thanks Andrew.

[@rydermike33]

Another great video Don, thanks so much for sharing.

[@doncoffey5820]

Thanks Mike.

[@davidtwyford8755]

Very well done video.....thank you for taking us along and sharing all that information.....loved the station attack cat at huddersfield!

[@doncoffey5820]

Thats a she cat called Felix. She actually has a facebook page and a book - honestly, just Google it. Just after taking that photo she leapt across the track to launch an attack on some poor pigeon that obviously looked worth getting mown down by a Class 185 for.

[@Colt-bd2mv]

Great video again Don. One of my favourite channels now.

[@drewsterwa]

Yet another fantastic video and possibly my favourite. Did you know that, for many years, Church Fenton played host to RAF Church Fenton (now Leeds East Airport), a satellite station of RAF Finningley, just north of Sheffield (now Robin Hood Airport). They were rapid response fighter stations charged with escorting Soviet bombers over the North Sea. In it's latter years Church Fenton focused as a mainly training station before eventually closing in 2013?

[@doncoffey5820]

I knew it was there but I didn’t know it was military so recently. There is another airfield a bit further south at Sherburn too. Thanks for the kind words Drew.

[@TheMisterB2u]

Very informative,like the captions on screen which are timed so you can read it before location.Good quality screenshots.Thank you.

[@doncoffey5820]

Thanks Mark. As you have noticed, I try to end the caption right at the start of the event.

[@sjfvideo9508]

Excellent! Interesting and informative. Thanks for the upload.

[@doncoffey5820]

Cheers Simon.

[@oceanfloor258]

Great job, well done. I was trying to imagine the days of steam engines negotiating that incline from Stalybridge, must have been quite a sight.

[@doncoffey5820]

Yes, I asked one of our guys who drives on a preserved railway and he said if you open one right up, it sucks that much air through it that the coal disappears in front of your eyes. It must have been murder on a hot day!

[@alstokesveteranfilmmaker913]

Excellent work, sir. With added captions at a speed I could read a map to.

[@doncoffey5820]

Thanks Al.

[@creativei3394]

Hey superb ride ,enjoyed lot ,especially when train passed through meadows ,lush green grasses wow it took me to heaven . also forgot to mention not only train journey but also in between tibits information its very informative , not other channel does that , they just show only videos . please keep up this work and do cover all the places in globe ! . :)

[@doncoffey5820]

Thank you for the positive feedback.

[@mattp1337]

Thank you for another enjoyable journey. I followed along in Google maps and learned a lot about these places.

[@doncoffey5820]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@adrian1533]

Another great cab ride, thanks.

[@AndyGabrielPowell]

What a great 'Docu-journey'. Superb video and excellent commentary. Brings a whole new dimension to cab rides. BTW, as a teenage anorak I was privileged on two occasions to get to Redditch and Wath to see the last of the Class 76's. Old they may have been but bullet-proof, well maintained and reliable nevertheless. What a tragedy.

[@doncoffey5820]

They were nostalgic and typically British to look at but they were also 1500V DC which made them restrictive route wise.

[@nwguyuk]

As always, an outstanding contribution for us Rail Enthusiasts! Just one minor point, on your commentary at 1:34:17 you mentioned the Azuma’s will run serving GNER - I think you meant LNER 🤦🏻‍♂️🤣. Because of the quality and enjoyment, I can overlook this minor indiscretion! We’ll just assume the excitement got to you 😉 Look forward to the next one!!

[@doncoffey5820]

I know. I quoted the river at Gatley wrong too. It’s the Mersey. Brain fart due to age is my excuse!

[@arnesw2647]

Great ride! So much to see and so much information. Thank you very much. Greetings from Norway 🇳🇴👍

[@doncoffey5820]

Hello Norway - the home of the world famous Hinducowgirl whom I’m hoping to visit next year!!! Thanks for watching.

[@StageParades]

As always Don a great video, have enjoyed many a trip at the hands of your kind upload service. Good you caught that plane going overhead at Heald Green (info please lol). Thanks, you are a good man. Steve

[@doncoffey5820]

That’s very kind Steve. I’m fairly sure the plane was a 757 but that’s all I can tell you!!!

[@StageParades]

@@doncoffey5820 - Just a thought Don, If ever you have a 5 minutes video of a Night Train on the move, would be grateful for a copy as would love to a better video for our track Riding The Night Train. And hey you know I was teasing about the plane >>> Have a good week, Steve

[@winders128]

Excellent video. Very helpful captions. Thanks for posting.

[@doncoffey5820]

Thanks David.

[@atlanticcoastexpress]

An excellent video Don, I learned a great deal. Many thanks also for the superb views of the inside and outside of Morley tunnel and down the enormous ventilation shafts! I remember one of the first safety films recorded on video tape, rather than on ciné film, that was made in Morley tunnel in the late 1960s (although I never saw the finished video) where they used a spot right under one of the ventilation shafts because of the extra light. There were extra ‘flaggies’ used and much co-operation with Traffic Control. Morley Tunnel was used because it was then less busy than Kilsby tunnel with its very large vent shaft. I remember also getting the opportunity to look down the large shaft (in a car park then!) in the Huddersfield tunnel when the Civil Engineering Department were repointing brickwork and had scaffolding and a material lift provided. I really admired the Victorian civil engineering! On your video we get a brief flash of light as we passed under this shaft. Thank you again for the excellent video and evoking memories of my own railway days. Rob.

[@doncoffey5820]

Very interesting Rob. Thank you.

[@onnomulder9775]

Thank you very much for this great cabride!! Cheers Onno.

[@doncoffey5820]

You’re welcome Onno.

[@MartinMiller1]

Excellent and compulsive viewing as always!

[@doncoffey5820]

Thanks Martin.

[@andrewganley9016]

Another outstanding cab ride from Mr Coffey Kudos

[@doncoffey5820]

One does one’s best! Thanks Andrew.

[@TainoHans]

Very nice video Don, especially because of all the extra information you gave.

[@doncoffey5820]

Thank you.

[@Tiffy552]

Thankyou Don, another great video.

[@doncoffey5820]

Thanks Tony.

[@Flymochairman1]

Excellent footage and thank you for the additional information also.

[@doncoffey5820]

Very welcome. Thank you..

[@stevehallam0850]

Another excellent and very informative video. Thank you for your efforts!

[@doncoffey5820]

Thanks Steve.

[@keithshephard6802]

Well Don, Your videos have done the trick. First week in December I’m leaving the car at home and heading for North Norfolk on the train. I’ve wanted to go through Standedge tunnel since I first saw it on one of your vids. I’m doing Man Picc to Leeds, Leeds to Peterborough, Peterborough Ely, Ely Kings Lynn. I know I could have gone down the Hope Valley Route, but Standedge is on the bucket list so no competition. Thanks for the inspiration Don, much appreciated 😊

[@doncoffey5820]

Sorry for the late reply Keith, I’m just back off holidays. That should be about now you visit my route. Its a pity I’m not back in work or you could have said hello. I hope your trip lives up to your expectations - we’ve had some lovely weather this week.

[@lesliegprice6652]

Excellent series , the railways of Manchester sure have changed, for the better, since I knew them in the seventies and eighties, Platform 3 at Victoria used to be part of the longest platform in the UK which stretched as far as the old Victoria Exchange station, it was used by the numerous newspaper trains that used to play their way over night across the country, I believe it stretched for nearly a mile......cheers

[@doncoffey5820]

I would love to have seen the old Victoria Station but I never did.

[@jasperbehringer2164]

Amazing video. Many thanks Don.

[@doncoffey5820]

Thanks Jasper.

[@playpaulbee]

Thanks for sharing this, excellent and informative, I'm very familiar with the Manchester sections, the 185's are very comfy, I enjoy every journey I have on them

[@doncoffey5820]

They are excellent to drive and so well built, they always get you home.

[@VMCAviationVideos]

Great video, can't wait for the next one, Thanks!

[@doncoffey5820]

Thanks. Working on it as we speak.

[@VMCAviationVideos]

@@doncoffey5820 - Perfect!

[@dewiz9596]

Thank you for a wonderfully educational video!

[@doncoffey5820]

Thank you for watching Bram. I’ll be showing you a newer version of that run soon.

[@HenrysAdventures]

Another brilliant video! Of all the trains we passed the Charter train at Holgate Sidings made it for me!

[@doncoffey5820]

Glad you enjoyed it. We see a lot of those on that run.

[@pamfulcher6037]

Another super video Don mate, cheers 🇨🇦

[@doncoffey5820]

Thanks Ron.

[@anthonychallis2472]

Another great video, thanks. It made me laugh, you actually arrived on time at Huddersfield. I travel fairly frequently on TPE between Huddersfield and Leeds, it’s very rare the trains arrive on time, usually delayed by 5 to 10 minutes, announcements often say “congestion in the Manchester area”.😀

[@doncoffey5820]

They had a long spell of running late after last year’s May timetable change. Nearly everything I’ve worked this year has been on or close to time.

[@AZ-74]

Glad you filmed it on nice cloudy day as opposed to the wet morning I’ve experienced

[@doncoffey5820]

Let’s hope we get a good summer.

[@MrCrankyChris]

Great video Don, I enjoyed the return journey into Piccadilly, some of the city skyline I recognise much has changed since I regularly traveled on the AM4's! I also went to Uni at York and so that has brought back memories of student travels.

[@doncoffey5820]

Glad you enjoyed it Chris. The cranes and the ever rising skyline are quite a sight at night too.

[@flyingporker100]

Don, thank you for sharing your cab with us. I really enjoyed it, and I felt I was with you. :)

[@doncoffey5820]

Oh good, glad you enjoyed it.

[@ramonwilliams5721]

On my third trip with you on this great one,these are long days on isolation.Compliments off the season to you and yours.🚂🚂

[@doncoffey5820]

And the same to you Ramon. Glad you liked it.

[@zulkiflijamil4033]

UK has the best rail system.