Trains at Norwich (GEML) 25/08/2020

[@StarlifeStudios]

Hello Everyone! I apologise for the poor train variety in this video and the shaky camera work in some clips. There was a lot of wind during Storm Francis and this, unfortunately, shows in the video footage. Norwich used to be a fantastic station for variety and is now the overwhelming home of the Stadler Flirt. Be sure to LIKE the video if you enjoy 😀

[@jamescale9431]

Hi

[@camotech1314]

Don't apologise, these trains are still cool

[@Transportationspotting]

Heavily miss the old gustf

[@soggylevi3274]

Love the FLIRT but do miss the Class 90 , my local station love it too much

[@StarlifeStudios]

I miss the 90s too. I honestly regret not coming here last year.

[@soggylevi3274]

@@StarlifeStudios They were an icon, if you go to Great Yarmouth , there is some carriages and a class 90 sitting in the carriage sidings.

[@StarlifeStudios]

Rest In Peace old trains! Like this comment if you miss them!

[@Aviationfan2022]

Ye I literally miss the class 90s

[@robertmwamba7971]

and I miss an EMR Class 156

[@robertmwamba7971]

Also, they’re soooo many future trains coming soon

[@martinharry7745]

I love 7554 train

[@nathansrailwayphotography8125]

I miss old trains

[@eastangliantraction1034]

Great vid! Norwich is my local, shame to see all the 90s gone but there is still one at crown point!

[@ejc7129]

Great video..Stadler City, Norwich the City of Flirts now 😂😂👍🏽🇬🇧

[@StarlifeStudios]

Pretty much EJC! I actually felt sad about what’s happened here.. I’m all up for better trains and all but a little variety helps!

[@ejc7129]

@@StarlifeStudios unfortunately, compared to the 1980’s etc, there really is no variety anymore. Passenger workings are 98% multiple units now, hardly any loco-hauled services left (Some Chiltern and Trans-Pennine use 68’s, but thats about it really) - When we had mainly loco hauled passenger services it was great because you never quite knew what you would get e.g. A Glasgow-Penzance train via the WCML would swap from Electric to Diesel at Birmingham New Street. Normally a service like that would be booked a class 50 from Birmingham, so immediately there was 50 different loco’s it could be. However, frequently a class 45 or 47 would fill in (No class 50 available) or occasionally something way more bizarre like a 37 or a pair of 31’s 😂 it was far more random and exciting back then. You could go to Inverness and see a Cardiff based loco there. Alternatively, it was no shock to see an Inverness based loco turn up in Cardiff 😎👍🏽🎉🎉

[@StarlifeStudios]

@@ejc7129 I think that’s a really good point and you could argue that the multiple units have enabled the railways to save money. I think you’d also notice those locos more at interchanges like Birmingham New Street. I wasn’t around when those locos were as random as you say but one of my earliest memories was a 47/mk2s to Manchester Piccadilly and it was awesome 😃

[@ejc7129]

@@StarlifeStudios yep it really was great fun back then 😎 other major loco swapping places back in the day for major XC routes were Reading, Bristol Temple Meads, Wolverhampton, York, Coventry and Plymouth, occasionally Crewe or Preston. e.g. A Penzance to Newcastle service may be worked by the same loco throughout or swaps at Bristol TM and New Street were not uncommon, so you could have 3 different loco’s on your train for that journey. Some South West to the North West and Glasgow were booked for loco swaps at Wolverhampton or Crewe, instead of New Street, while some Poole/Bournemouth to Manchester/Glasgow services swapped from diesel to electric at Coventry instead of New Street, depending on where the service was booked for the swap, they were all different. In 1984 I rode on a Summer Saturday Paignton to Glasgow behind peak locomotive 45038..it worked the service all the way from Paignton to Crewe (under the wires from Birmingham) before it was swapped at Crewe for an Electric loco 😎👍🏽🎉

[@jordanstrains3139]

Awesome video mate love it

[@theimperialist2686]

Another excellent video mate.

[@StarlifeStudios]

Thanks Imperalist 😃

[@camotech1314]

My favourite line, also these trains are some of the very few that always seem to arrive early.

[@uhegbu]

An Intercity train is planned to visit Norwich on the 16th of March 2022, coming from Crewe via the North London Line to Stratford. If the weather is good, I will see it at Hackney Central, mid morning.

[@lbautosandrails]

Amazing video!

[@westy6214]

Great video, shocking to see a 156 go all the way to Liverpool, must be a pain to ride although I doubt anyone is doing the full journey

[@StarlifeStudios]

Thanks Westy, I’m glad you enjoyed the video. I took the 156 in this video from Ely to Norwich and that was enough for me! These too will be replaced by 170s soon. Ironically, Central Trains pre-2007 used 170s on this route.

[@drw-jd6tu]

wouldn’t they double up at Nottingham?

[@martinharry7745]

I 'love watching trains

[@StarlifeStudios]

Well your in the right place! I’ve almost got 100 Videos of just that 😃

[@elvispresley2599]

How often do greater Anglia trains or how many do go to great Yarmouth per day?

[@SiaThe1andonly]

This station is my local station for holiday for great Yarmouth!! I see my train on the end platform

[@ukrailspotter21]

I remember that 745007 & 010 was the first two on service to Norwich and 745/1s have Stansted Express brands but sadly no dusty bins

[@StarlifeStudios]

Hi Arnold, Abellio seem to have enough 745s for Norwich runs but it seems they still struggle to allocate 745/0s.. I have a few videos of 321s coming up 😃

[@ukrailspotter21]

@@StarlifeStudios are you doing trains at Stratford Regional

[@StarlifeStudios]

I’d like to once the 720s are in service. Hopefully then we can see the maximum variety ie. 360s, 321s, 322s, 720s, 745s. I’ve also heard talk that pairs of 755s may also start operating London to Lowestoft services.

[@ukrailspotter21]

@@StarlifeStudios yep. But sadly 360/1s are moving to EMR

[@kianthetrainspotter7777]

@@ukrailspotter21 its going to east midlands express

[@Trainspotter11_]

Fantastic video! I really enjoyed this :)

[@StarlifeStudios]

Thanks Trainspotter11 😃

[@Trainspotter11_]

@@StarlifeStudios your welcome :)

[@Vk.Dane7]

Once full of DMUs and EMUs now full of 745s/755s

[@StarlifeStudios]

I’m afraid so, I like the 745s/755s but they have no character. A 156 or a 90 has so much character!

[@Vk.Dane7]

@@StarlifeStudios RIP in the chat for the old DMUs

[@StarlifeStudios]

I’ve put a comment at the top of the video for everyone to like 😃

[@GreatEasternMainlineSpots]

I miss the 90s so much I have trainspotted them for years at Colchester North station since I was 7 I am 14 now it has been a while since I done it due to lockdown so I missed 3 years of trainspotting

[@jordanstrains3139]

I’m the same too bro I miss them they are one of my favorite trains

[@nathansrailwayphotography8125]

Great video

[@StarlifeStudios]

Thanks Nathan 😃

[@uktransportgames]

Class 745 and 755 invasion!

[@StarlifeStudios]

Pretty much DeBritishCoin Transports, Its kind of sad that all the variety has gone :(

[@Transpennine]

God a 156 all the way to Liverpool from Norwich? That should be a Meridian/Aurora/Turbostar/class 158 for such a long way

[@planeslovergabe19]

Can you do a video on the Brighton MainLine at Gatwick Airport

[@StarlifeStudios]

Unfortunately with London now effectively in Lockdown, videos in that area will be difficult. I’m hoping to increase the amount of south London content soon after everything has normalised.

[@planeslovergabe19]

Oh ok

[@samuelwhite92]

Good video

[@StarlifeStudios]

Thanks Sam, I need your help actually. Can you recommend some stations where you can see the Castle HSTs? Further north the better.

[@samuelwhite92]

@@StarlifeStudios erm I’m not sure mostly Devon maybe Bristol area

[@nathansrailwayphotography8125]

@@StarlifeStudios you find Castle HSTs around Devon and the Bristol area

[@StarlifeStudios]

@@nathansrailwayphotography8125 Bristol Parkway then? or do they branch off before? I’m not 100% sure what routes they stay on.

[@PK345Transport]

I diddent know you been to Norwich

[@joncrawford3485]

I know there's a few "no variety" posts here now and that's understandable due to the trains GA were using, but you have to understand that like some other areas of the country (Wales for example) we here in GA-land had 2nd/3rd/4th hand stock which was getting seriously long in the tooth. In the past (looking at the crystal ball) the last new set we had here was D6700 (aka the first class 37) way back in Dec 1960. Before than, we also had the class 31 first, and even the Britannic stream locos before anyone else. There is a story why we here in Anglia haven't had anything better since then (blame Norwich Crown Point) but that's by-the-by. So, the plastic Flirts are a refreshing, if not rather hard-seated, change to whatever GA thought they had spare (153,156,170). Of course, it would be nice if they cleaned the bloody things on the outside once in a while! Also - the 90's are still around; they're now a rather OTT orange colour pulling for Freightliner. And the 86's they replaced aren't being scrapped; they're being stored & refreshed...

[@googlehomeboi9975]

I miss 90s

[@acegarr22]

I hope one day Stadler Flirts get built for where I live.

[@StarlifeStudios]

Hi M3lgar, the Stadler Flirts are very nice trains and are certainly worthy replacements for most UK train routes. Flirts are currently planned in Wales and I would not be surprised if other train operators also introduce them in the future. Trinity Railway Express (TEX) Rail also operate a variant of them in Texas, US .

[@RobertThomas-io5jn]

There used to be a lot of variety at Norwich, now its just 2 types of flirts and sometimes an emr sprinter

[@transportguy1k635]

Cool! What camcorder did you use there?

[@StarlifeStudios]

Hi Jay! I use a Panasonic hc-vx1eb on my videos now.

[@transportguy1k635]

Thanks! Il probably get one of those one day! Superb! 📹 👍🏻

[@transportguy1k635]

Just a question. What is the difference between on optical zoom and a digital zoom?

[@StarlifeStudios]

@@transportguy1k635 Hello, Optical Zoom is the physical lens movement (better quality). Digital Zoom is where the camera software zooms in on the image to imitate additional zoom. My camera has 20x Optical and 12x Digital combining for 32x Zoom although the software is sooooo good that you wouldn't even notice it! Good Question by the way :D

[@transportguy1k635]

@@StarlifeStudios how do you add additional zoom into the video? On the camcorder or on the PC / Laptop? 💻

[@notnjx1610]

I did not release how much the flirts had taken over, but this is great, I love flirts!

[@samuelwhite92]

Been there

[@weeney56]

Haven’t been there

[@sarribel]

not a fan of these kind of menacing looking 755s myself... THX

[@oscar38]

I've got to have a moan im afraid. The seats on the new carriages are not comfortable. They're too upright.

[@martinharry7745]

That's OK

[@pokefan-ix7sh]

2000 subs special

[@StarlifeStudios]

I honestly didn’t plan for a special video because I didn’t think it would happen this early!

[@NorthWestElectrics]

Too many stadlers

[@StarlifeStudios]

Sorry about that Jaden! Unfortunately, Norwich doesn't have the variety it once did..