Peter Pan Defies Storm Bert 23 11 24

[@TWLB1015]

I was onboard the tour, when we set off from Gloucester I was generally thinking that we would only get as North as Carlisle but it was great that we were able to go all the way to Edinburgh!

[@srfurley]

I was on the 11.02 from London Marylebone to Birmingham Moor Street yesterday. Didn’t see any snow but the track was flooded for a considerable distance South of Banbury. Trainhad to run at a reduced speed and we arrived into Birmingham about 30 minutes late. No problems on the return at 17;45 and we arrived into Marylebone dead on time. Thought we might have problems with things blown onto the line, but there was none of this.

[@ThomasHaynes-c9f]

Tim, thank you for your dedication to your art. We had a few inches down here in the West Midlands but not enough to cause major problems if you know how to drive! Hope you enjoyed your late breakfast / lunch and the opera, best wishes and stay safe. Till the next time! Best regards, Tom. 👍👍

[@schoolshorts]

Thank you Tom. Conditions were bad here in the morning but improved as the day went on. The Solway Firth has always had its own micro-climate and rarely suffer s from extreme conditions. More filming tomorrow, all being well!

[@polythenewrappedme6102]

1:09 "Platform 5 for the 08..... service to Newcasrle". Nope it has already gone !

[@MrOldmeg]

"see you again one of these days" don't think that's aloud 😃😄😀

[@Northerner_Transport_Hub]

Another great video tim, you must have a season ticket or something considering how many times you go from Dumfries to Carlisle 😂

[@schoolshorts]

Thank you. Yes, I am a fairly frequent traveller along that particular stretch of track. Fortunately, with a Senior Railcard the Cheap Day Return fare is very reasonable.

[@tattoo1084]

Good Tim and nice to see the 86 again, was in Scotland and was plenty snow. On the return home was surprised not to see any on Cross Fell.👍👍

[@schoolshorts]

Thanks David - more to come, I fear.

[@AndreiTupolev]

It'd be the wind that was the problem, bringing down the wires (or causing havoc, as the newspapers like to say), so that was probably why trains weren't running north of Carlisle

[@schoolshorts]

Electrification's great vulnerability - especially on high ground - and we have a lot of that up north.

[@FraserWest-um4ue]

Very good video Tim and yes the snow is causing problems for the trains especially when most of the new trains are hybrid electric trains they don’t manage well unlike the older diesel trains

[@schoolshorts]

Ah - the two great vulnerabilities of electric traction - overhead wires in stormy winds and powerful axle-mounted electric motors getting close to flood waters or deep snow. Diesels also have the axle-mounted motors of course - but steam locos just plough on regardless as 60007 demonstrated for us earlier this year.

[@FraserWest-um4ue]

Yes it’s advantage of diesel trains like the class 66

[@cedarcam]

You were brave setting off for that. I really wanted to see Mayflower at York but with 3 inch snow I stayed home even though they said it would not last long. It was all gone by lunch time but the chaos it caused with floods made me glad I had not gone out. Mayflower never reached Barrow in Furness she was removed at Warrington and the diesels only made it as far as Preston over 2 hours late.

[@schoolshorts]

Brave? Insane, more like! Sorry you didn't get to see Mayflower but you were probably wise to stay at home. According to what I've just seen online, there's more to come. Oh joy!!!

[@cedarcam]

@@schoolshorts LOL I said to a friend who did go we must be nutters doing what we do after my freezing day out to see Blue Peter. Yes I saw that too Hopefully not on Thursday when I want to see Britannia although there could be a parcel delivery then so will have to see.

[@grangetowncardiff6935]

I liked this, and liked your commentary. I also like Carlisle!!

[@schoolshorts]

If you like steam trains then you've got to like Carlisle since it has more visiting steam specials than anywhere else in Britain. Glad you enjoyed the video - best wishes.

[@lisaodd3196]

Well done for getting out to make this video, must have been very cold.

[@schoolshorts]

Thank you Lisa. Yes, it was - absolutely perishing!!!

[@chrisburton9645]

We had a bit of rain in Kent - and there was a medium strength wind blowing for two days. It's years since we had a whole windy weekend like this down here; I wasn't here for the 1987 100mph blast. Good vid. I see the AL6 still needs a Brush 4.

[@schoolshorts]

Ah - the hurricane - I remember it, although it didn't affect us up here. In storm conditions, especially in high territory such as Shap or Beattock, the risk of overhead wires coming down is very real so I suppose a class 47 is just a classic case of belt and braces. Best wishes.

[@Backwardlooking]

Travelled behind a similar locomotive from Euston to Manchester Piccadilly in 1968. Sheila Handcock bought me a drink. Sixth Form Trip from Burnley to visit the Bank of England as an A Level Economics trip.

[@schoolshorts]

Happy days! Thank you and best wishes.

[@Backwardlooking]

Until Bill Grundy pulled her away to the Restaurant Car.

[@peterkinloch666]

Very good Tim, looked like it was electrics that were having problems but diesels were ok. Apart from 86259. 😮

[@schoolshorts]

I'm not sure that the electrics were actually having problems - it was rather a case of Avanti and Trans-Pennine Express deciding that they simply wouldn't operate north of a certain point, Preston (mostly) for Avanti and Carlisle for TPE. The station staff told me that some drivers were having difficulty getting into work - but that would presumably be Northern crews and Northern were, for the most part, running a good service.

[@michaelmiller641]

Thanks for that video, Tim. That electric loco looks great! I wonder what the opera is?

[@schoolshorts]

Thank you Michael - yes, that first generation of electric locos were powerful, efficient and good-looking. The opera was Tosca - a transmission from the Met Opera, New York. Would you believe that our regional capital, Dumfries, doesn't have a cinema? Fortunately, the local Burns Centre in the old town mill has a small, quite intimate, theatre/cinema, which can handle these occasions - for a small audience!

[@PeterClarke-p2r]

Carlisle? Bloody Carlisle, Tim? AGAIN !!! You vloggers must be tripping over each other up there. Is there not another location where you can practice your art?

[@schoolshorts]

If you live where I do - in a word - NO.