Near miss at Whitby on the Esk valley line with a ballast train and a very unhappy driver.

[@green856w]

Why did it take about 6 minutes of video to get to the key learning point?

[@iangregoryhome]

Did I blink and miss the near miss!?

[@tonywilliams4357]

I must have fallen asleep and missed the exciting part...

[@user-jt2eu1cc6p]

I live in the isle of mann and there are many unmanned crossings on both the IMR and the MER.

[@jonathanwills6030]

The bobbled hat lady was in the wetherspoons on the Quay afore it reached the crossing..Great footage though.. cheers

[@samspade975]

We never seem to get any sit down protesters on the railways, ah well

[@bigdarbs19]

Jeez it doesn't get any closer than that. I was holding my breath, then I realised I couldn't hold it for that long.

[@alanhesketh9265]

Nice video, but I would hardly describe it as a near miss, it wasn't as if the train was doing 50 mph. I bet they jumped out of their skin when he sounded the horn...lol!

[@FeckHallBahn]

Enjoyed this, thank you. Always nice to see freight.

[@dafyddreesjones4323]

Great video thanks for sharing

[@MickeyM-yg9ty]

Moneyshot at

[@nobbybrown8056]

Near miss? Where, those people were miles away!

[@Peasmouldia]

You leave emotional reaction behind when you step onto the footplate. The driver is just concerned for the safety of his train and the people on the crossing. It's what pilots call " the sterile cockpit principle". Don't get mad, just take a deep breath and focus!

[@teessidetransport]

When was all this recorded?

[@Daytona2]

Nicely framed shots 👍

[@bartonseagrave9605]

Normally the Middlesbrough to Whitby Service is very poor, they could easily run one every hour in summer but this Holiday Special is much loved.

[@RTTVProductions]

A 'Near Miss' is a term used by the R.I.B & HSE and it would be used to describe what has been shown. As the driver you don't know what is going to happen next, the pedestrian decides to commit suicide, or another pedestrian in sheep mode decides follow the other two pedestrians and not get clear! Dependant on the speed of the train it"s braking distances can be around 1/4 of a mile, unlike a car stopping on a sixpence as perceived from a railway perspective. This is the real problem you have, some people don't get it locos have far greater stopping distances than cars nor realise the weight of the two locomotives. To prove a point & without looking on Google I wonder who can tell me what is the combined weight of the two locos?

[@pbsteamatspeed7683]

Good video. Scary how people take risks at crossings. There was footage on itv about people leaping barriers at Blakedown only this week.

[@kevanhubbard9673]

The mysterious platform 2 at Battersby Junction you must be stood on.I have never seen anything use it but somebody once told me that the NYMR use it for loco run arounds when they run their specials between Grosmount and Battersby Junction usually using vintage diesels.

[@boblovell5789]

It's good to see the raiway at work. That's what these videos portray. Makes a change to NYM services, or other!