Romford to Lowestoft via Great Yarmouth

[@michaelbarnard2128]

Looks like some CWR going in along the haddiscoe new cut, I was told they weren't going to do that stretch due to cost and the flooding issues there. Great video really enjoyed it. I help look after the station gardens at somerleyton so was nice seeing them from a driver's perspective 😊

[@AngliaCabRides-vv5ck]

Yes, I saw them there as well. Hopefully, it will be replaced soon. You and your colleagues do a good job keeping the station looking clean and tidy and well presentable at Somerleyton it's always good to see

[@General_Confusion]

My Granddad used to drive steam engines on these lines during and after the war, he had his train shot up by the Germans twice in a month either side of Witham. After he retired and they were changing over to diesel he said that it took him an hour with steam from Colchester to Liverpool Street and it doesn't matter what they do with trains it will always take an hour.

[@AngliaCabRides-vv5ck]

I bet he had some stories to tell about that

[@General_Confusion]

@@AngliaCabRides-vv5ck To be honest i barely remember, he's been dead for 50 years. But the Germans stuck in my mind and the time to London, plus he liked the winters more than the summers, too hot on a footplate in summer. I don't suppose you have so much trouble with Messerschmitt's now?

[@AngliaCabRides-vv5ck]

Haha I would be a bit worried if I had too, I have been told stories of trains being used as target practice for the American A-10's when they was based in Suffolk

[@deltic1964]

What a Fantastic Video More Please

[@AngliaCabRides-vv5ck]

As and when I can 👍

[@deltic1964]

@@AngliaCabRides-vv5ck Looking Forward to them

[@daviddeniseskippings1054]

I had looked forward to the route taken by the Easterling, Liverpool streeet to Beccles non stop then split to Lowestoft and Gt Yarmouth, south town,2 hours 30 minutes!

[@AngliaCabRides-vv5ck]

@daviddeniseskippings1054 I've been past the two remains of the bridges this week while on holiday

[@mitchellgiffard1978]

Loved watching this cab ride i wonder if they will extend the queen Elizabeth line one day beyond shenfield.via Colchester/southend.

[@AngliaCabRides-vv5ck]

@mitchellgiffard1978 thank you for watching am glad you enjoyed the video, you never know they might extend it that far one day

[@Cliffordhurst951]

Just as a matter of intrest, there were three. British railway stations named after public houses. Bat & Ball in Kent (pub now closed, Berney Arms in Suffolk (pub now closed) and Portsmouth Arms in Notth Devon (status unknown)

[@bonetiredtoo]

Three Cocks Junction in Mid-Wales was another. The pub still exists.

[@samuelgarrod8327]

Berney arms is in Norfolk.

[@traintakes]

Thanks for recording this, really enjoyed barrelling down the Great Eastern mainline and then along to Yarmouth and Lowestoft! A smashing little set of routes there. Silly question, where are you normally based - did this involve a short stay in East Anglia for you? Hope you enjoyed it if so!

[@AngliaCabRides-vv5ck]

@trainsonthebrain Glad you enjoyed the video, There is no silly questions if you want to ask you are welcome too, I am based in Anglia I have been here for about 5 years now having previously been over Wessex area.

[@traintakes]

@@AngliaCabRides-vv5ck excellent. I’m from West Norfolk originally, moved to London for work but still head back as often as I can. Went to to Wroxham recently for a trip an along the Broads, fantastic!

[@AngliaCabRides-vv5ck]

@trainsonthebrain I was on the Broads boating for a week just last month, I am hope to be able to get Liverpool Street at some point.

[@GordonShuffell]

Great video .r u going to do one on the Acle route?

[@AngliaCabRides-vv5ck]

Glad you enjoyed the video. I am hoping to eventually capture the whole of Anglia so at some point hopefully I will do Acle

[@SonofChurchill]

Shame can't see Layups from Romford station.

[@jakesdiner]

Looked like line side bushes were covering a bunch of speed signs coming into Ipswich, is that pretty common or is something amiss there?

[@AngliaCabRides-vv5ck]

With the wet weather we have been having it is not unexpected but there is a team going round cutting back the vegetation

[@itsmyview2024]

in the first 10 minutes what are the whistle sounds for?, no sign of track equipment.

[@AngliaCabRides-vv5ck]

That I believe is just different sounds you can hear as I can honestly say I only sounded the whistle before I moved at the start and not again till I had to which was much later on

[@fluxington]

@@AngliaCabRides-vv5ck I wonder if the OP was referring to the high pitched whistling noise (actually heard throughout the whole video), which a nerd like me knows isn't AWS! I wondered is it in fact, a driver vigilance device?

[@AngliaCabRides-vv5ck]

@fluxington I think you might be right as the audio editing tool I use to to remove the voices does affect what the other sounds in the cab sound like

[@peterdean8009]

Thanks. Can you tell us why were you routed from Reedham to Gt Yarmouth and back, before you turned off to Lowestoft?

[@georgepitchley3946]

That what I was going to ask, for want of a better description why did you not go right coming out of Reedham?

[@AngliaCabRides-vv5ck]

I had to refresh the route as I hadn't been over it for a while, and if we don't keep up with our routes, then you can not go over them

[@niro571]

feels weird seeing Romford station without BTP there or someone doing something stupid 😉

[@mikkie444]

What is the top speed you can to do?

[@AngliaCabRides-vv5ck]

The machine is limited to 60Mph

[@ACELog]

Would I be right - the unit you were driving is a Tamper? Ah yes - just answered my own question from your Plasser bridge video. A Plasser 08 .

[@AngliaCabRides-vv5ck]

@ACELog You are correct it is a tamper, I put a photo at the start of every video of the one I use to record from.

[@thomassmiffie3132]

I don’t get it! Why did you go all the way through to Great Yarmouth?

[@AngliaCabRides-vv5ck]

@thomassmiffie3132 I was due a refresh on the route or it would be taken off my route card

[@kenboyooo]

Why the DETOUR ?

[@AngliaCabRides-vv5ck]

I had to do this as I hadn't been over the route for awhile so I requested a drive over it to keep my current on the route

[@kenboyooo]

@@AngliaCabRides-vv5ck that explains it , just thought crikey he ain’t saving a planet 🌎 going that route thought when you left Ipswich you would go Woodbridge Blyth Lowestoft. Any way you got there safe and that’s always the main thing. Thanks for your reply. Take Care . 🚂

[@AngliaCabRides-vv5ck]

@kenboyooo Unfortunately we are not aloud to run over the East Suffolk line via Woodbridge during the day as we are restricted to 20 Mph over the route and would cause delays to the passenger trains, thank you for watch and you're welcome to ask more questions anytime

[@ontherailsuk]

6J90 by any chance?

[@AngliaCabRides-vv5ck]

Yes it was

[@john45305]

As you come out of Romford station, What do those yellow painted line represent between the rails you was running on. Great video yet again from you. Many Thanks

[@AngliaCabRides-vv5ck]

@john45305 That is from the Network Rail Stoneblower it leaves a strip of yellow paint a set distance apart to mark where it is working

[@audigex]

It’s a shame you’re only covering parts of the route with commentary - you may have covered it before but it’s offputting to those of us new to your channel

[@AngliaCabRides-vv5ck]

Point is noted and I will not skip the commentary if I make one like this again thank you for watching and raising this

[@martyn6792]

Out of interest, why didn't you go directly to Lowestoft

[@AngliaCabRides-vv5ck]

I had to refresh to Yarmouth as I hadn't been over the route awhile. If I didn't, it would be taken off my route card

[@martyn6792]

@@AngliaCabRides-vv5ck that explains it, a great video with plenty of looping etc

[@martyn6792]

@@AngliaCabRides-vv5ck and those beautiful swing bridges

[@AngliaCabRides-vv5ck]

I was lucky enough to see inside of one last year and see the inside workings of it

[@JL-rx6hl]

No wonder the railways are in such a state if you have to do routes just to be allowed to do them! thats like telling a car driver "well, as you havent driven on the M1 for a while you are not allowed on it anymore" come on all you have to do is accelerate and brake, the signallers do all the hard work setting up the route for you!

[@chrisfrost8456]

Why they had to put a bleeding Diesel behind Clan line what an insult to the Merchat Navy Preservation Society's years of running this superb loco without any failures in its history of running on mainline. 😮

[@AngliaCabRides-vv5ck]

@chrisfrost8456 am not sure but I think that it might just be standard practice now as a fail safe set across the board

[@foxstrangler]

Usually diesels are inserted into the consist to provide 'Hotel' services, i.e. electricity/heating to the coaching stock. It's also required by NR as 'insurance' against failure, as costs for delays and disruption to scheduled services costs a fortune, and it's the charter company that foots the bill.

[@nathantutty7454]

Chris, FYI I have a thing or two to do with the locomotive you mention. Normally we are unassisted by diesels. Occasionally one is put on the back for operational reasons/ leaf fall etc. Mainly more recently due to the hot weather NWR have a system in place where steam locomotives are assisted by a diesal. This reduces any risk of sparks and setting the world on fire. Hope that helps.

[@tonywise198]

The "Reedham single" track is a bit rough! I bit like the Isle of Wight, Ryde-Shanklin, which seems to be shingle rather than ballast in places. Nice long trip. Thanks.

[@AngliaCabRides-vv5ck]

@tonywise198 Glad you enjoyed the video and the Reedham Signal is a bit ruff to drive over, I don't think there are any plans to renew the track there any time soon

[@davidpanton3192]

Great, but I do wonder what the point of this trip was!

[@AngliaCabRides-vv5ck]

It was a transit move as the machine had been working out of Romford at the weekend, but it then needed to be moved to Lowestoft, ready for it to work on the East Suffolk Line that night

[@DavidUKesb]

@@AngliaCabRides-vv5ck Do you then return to London by passenger train? Thanks.

[@AngliaCabRides-vv5ck]

On this occasion we got a passenger train from Lowestoft about 06:30 in the morning before the move to get us to Romford in time to do the pre departure checks

[@petersharpe3186]

A very long-winded journey.

[@AngliaCabRides-vv5ck]

@petersharpe3186 being limited to slower speeds than passenger trains does mean it takes us longer to get places

[@annamarietrindal1967]

For a kick off you cannot go to Lowestoft via that dump great Yarmouth, you have to go via Norwich

[@nathantutty7454]

Do you drive trains? Did your Grandad drive the flying scotsman perchance? 😅

[@AngliaCabRides-vv5ck]

@annamarietrindal1967 Did you watch the video as you would see that I didn't stop at Norwich but I did at Great Yarmouth and this was not a passenger train but a OTM