Trains at: Stafford, WCML, 28/01/22, Part 1/2

A superb morning session spent at Stafford on the West Coast Mainline where we see plenty of services from Avanti West Coast, London Northwestern Railway, Cross Country and freight from Freightliner, DB Cargo UK, Colas Rail, Network Rail and test runs by Greater Anglia and West Midlands Railway.
Stafford station is a fairly large station and I used as a junction station for traffic travelling all over the country. Services from this station serve Manchester, Liverpool, Crewe and stations to the South of England. There are two lines meeting at this station, the main branch of the West Coast Mainline that goes via the Trent Valley and the second section that takes the line through the heart of Birmingham which allows for greater connections from Birmingham New Street.
The station was opened by the Grand Junction Railway in 1837. This was the first station to be built on the site, however it soon became inadequate because of the amount of passengers and trains using the station which then meant that a second station was built in 1844 which was then superseded by another station in 1862. Eventually all three getting replaced by the current station in 1962 to follow the modernisation of the West Coast Mainline.
Please do keep an eye out for part 2 where there is much more to be seen.
You can find me on Facebook through the group Tornado922, there you will find regular updates, videos and photos from all of my goings on throughout 2022.
You can also find me on Instagram through the name tornado922 where it isn't just rail related content that I produce.

[@JoshHodginsTrains]

Thanks jarred

[@andyrumsey3641]

Superb video. Watching with Subtitles was a right laugh. Would take a while to get to London Houston 🙂

[@robertstrainsnsw1596]

Nice way to start the year off nice to see the 56 and the 730 and 720 on test

[@Tornado922]

It was one of the best starts that I could have asked for that's for sure

[@FromClaphamJunction]

Excllent video , thank you

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much

[@ejkey72]

Make a trains at Aston

[@Mrkbk2008]

Happy new year! I love your videos

[@Tornado922]

Happy new year to you too! I'm glad to hear that you are enjoying my content

[@noelwithington1048]

Good to see you back filming.

[@Tornado922]

Feels good to be back

[@richardstringer6162]

Avanti trains are quite nicely cleaned. Compared to off white Thameslink dirt we get on the MML. Even EMR is dirty.

[@Tornado922]

I think that's more down to the nature of the route than anything else, the problem with the Thameslink 700s is that a lot of the dirt is accumulated from the 'shoe' that collects power from the third rail. So all of the dirt is being kicked off that and than run along the length of the car where the shoe is.

[@donnajackson787]

Good to see your amazing videos

[@Tornado922]

Thank you kindly

[@connergeorge9918]

Good to see your content back

[@Tornado922]

Hopefully it will be a much better year than the previous one

[@markthompson5711]

Great video tornado

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much

[@Alfie__2003]

He’s back!

[@Tornado922]

I most certainly am!

[@ghighlandchieftain4462]

Brilliant video legend tornado I was enjoy watch your videos and my fav 390 trains and super Voyager and flight trains

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much, I'm glad you enjoyed watching this :)

[@AntonFanify]

Happy New Year and welcome back.

[@Tornado922]

Happy New Year to you too!

[@paulhill8224]

Great video

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much :)

[@kbtrainspottingvideos]

Brilliant video and very enjoy it! Bring on Part 2!

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much :)

[@TheQualityQuintuple]

EXCELLENT WORK KEEP IT UP

[@Tornado922]

Thank you kindly :)

[@SamsVlogstrainsmore]

I love Stafford station!

[@Tornado922]

It is a great station to come to

[@davidlawler4019]

Hello Tornado! Thank you for your super vidoes and your unstinting efforts to bring the best to us watching on KZbin. No fun too standing on Stafford Station this time of the year!! Remember it well from days trainspotting there in the 1960s. and the time the 'City of Lichfield' came in pouting steam and smoke, Alas, all gone now along with shed visits to Springs Branch, Ditton Jct., Patricroft, Edge Hill , Bankhall and Aintree.. On a positive note, your generation of train spotters' will have a more healthy environment to enjoy your pastime in. Stay safe! Big Dave.

[@Tornado922]

Thanks ever so much I'm glad to hear that you are enjoying my content. Even though there is still some good variety on the railways this day and age I would have very much loved to have been spotting around this area throughout the 90s as there was just so much loco hauled traffic coming through the station.

[@johnlugsden7184]

QPW

[@ziaakbar2535]

Happy new year and what a way to kick of the new year with one of my favourite stations

[@Tornado922]

Happy New Year to you too!

[@theimperialist2686]

Great railway video Tornado922.

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much

[@AntonFanify]

If the Royal Scot were to try again and if the problems at Carstairs are sorted? It will break the record.

[@Tornado922]

Oh it would break the record without any issues

[@mrfonzie3044]

Thats a type 75 tamper they stop start as the hammers drop in. the type09 can tamp as it moves along.

[@pakroomitrains]

Excellent 👍👍👍 bro very nice ❤️❤️❤️

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much

[@TrainTube-xs8ri]

Hey tornado992! I highly recommend you go at night because there are a lot of freights and a mail train sometimes! I always go at night with my dad.

[@Tornado922]

I might come here one evening

[@ENCTrainspotting]

Great video👍👍

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much

[@benholtonsrailways4020]

Fantastic video jarred I absolutely love ur videos buddy

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much mate

[@syedhoque8009]

Happy New Year!

[@Tornado922]

Happy new year to you too!

[@VojtovySumavskeVlakyCZ]

good video like 👍

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much :)

[@VojtovySumavskeVlakyCZ]

@@Tornado922 you're welcome 🙂

[@Trainspotter11_]

Fantastic video! I really enjoyed this first part! :)

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much, I'm glad you enjoyed watching this

[@DJCox95]

A great video to start the year off. Happy New Year, fingers crossed that you'll be able to do all you hope to do in 2022. 🤞

[@Tornado922]

Thank you kindly and happy new year to you too!

[@RickyNowis]

Welcome to 2022 Tornado922. Hope you are keeping safe and well? What to day, well Stafford is full of the unexpected as you have demonstrated to show very well. An truly epic way to start the year to get things on track. Those 730's looks...epic is one of many words to describe it. These units will be replacing the class 323's which will eventually end up working with Northern. A similar class to the 730's which London North Western Railway has also bought will be replacing the 350/2 units.

[@Tornado922]

I'm doing very well thanks I hope you're keeping well? I certainly couldn't have wished for a better start filming wise to my year that's for sure

[@Andrewjg_89]

Stafford is a good station to spot trains on the West Coast Main Line. Never been to Stafford in my life.

[@Tornado922]

I would very much recommend coming here on a weekday as you're guaranteed to get a mixture of just about everything

[@danielbate13]

Great vid, thumbnail is epic too! 👍

[@Tornado922]

Thank you kindly :)

[@danielbate13]

@@Tornado922 😀👍

[@arnoldspottingvideos5652]

Great video mate. Didn't see West Midlands Railway class 196 Civity unit on test but at least you catch the 730 and 390121 the COP26 livery looks amazing 👍

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much, I have seen a 196 when I have passed the Arriva Train Care depot at Crewe on numerous occasions but I am yet to see one on test. The COP26 livery on the 390 really does look fantastic

[@Cpr1234]

Referring to 390044's record attempt, it was 21 seconds out. Not a bad guess

[@Tornado922]

Ah right ok, I wasn't to far out

[@LevelCrossingFan92]

Good!

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much

[@nottinghamtransportenthusi2784]

Excellent video there sir, complete with the usual slip ups! The 56 has to be the highlight of part 1 that's for sure! Shame about the Avanti West Coast 221 Super Voyagers not featuring here in this part but I'll have my fingers crossed for part 2!

[@arnoldspottingvideos5652]

Yeah she shall see in part 2 🤞

[@nottinghamtransportenthusi2784]

@@arnoldspottingvideos5652 That should be we shall see in part 2 and I'll have my fingers crossed for it!

[@Tornado922]

@@nottinghamtransportenthusi2784 Thanks very much, I always have a great time when I come here. It should be mentioned that a 221 super voyager did come through during my break between both parts

[@alanshelly7068]

Happy New year buddy from Alan Shelley

[@Tornado922]

Happy New Year to you!

[@alanshelly7068]

@@Tornado922 ty buddy from Alan Shelley

[@yotamamit9945]

yotam amit😊❤

[@Nathan-vd7zg]

Great video tornado! Love your videos and happy new year!

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much I'm glad you enjoyed watching this, happy new year to you too!

[@theorderofeli]

Desiros in general are getting louder with age - some of the 375s on SET are very loud now

[@Tornado922]

But they do still have much more to offer in terms of their life before they get replaced

[@theorderofeli]

Excellent video Its interesting to think that the 350/4 despite its somewhat "classic" Desiro appearance is a serious performer on the North WCML Having travelled a fair bit on the /1 and /2, they really aren't looked after by LNWR Voyagers showing again that its excellent braking and acceleration means that despite how much people may moan about them - there's not much to touch their flexibility

[@Tornado922]

I do find it slightly surprising that LNWR aren't really giving the 350/4s much care. Especially as they have a facility based at Northampton for the sole purpose of cleaning and maintaining the fleet. I will never understand why the voyagers get such a hard time from enthusiasts all over the country. Every time I have travelled on one I have never had any complaints what so ever, one of the many great things about them is that every seat has a charging point for phones on them (on the avanti west coast ones atleast) and I have always found them to be very comfortable for long journeys. I've done Birmingham to Exeter and Milton Keynes to Chester.

[@s.j6008]

Really Good video I enjoyed watching and how do you know if a 350 is ex transpennine?

[@jdraves1]

If the 350 is a 350/4 then its ex transpennine as transpennine ran 350/4s only

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much, and just as @Jdraves says if it is a 350/4 then is was former Transpennine Express

[@jdraves1]

@@Tornado922 how are you Jared?

[@Tornado922]

@@jdraves1 very good thanks, yourself?

[@jdraves1]

@@Tornado922 Not to bad thanks, What is your next station to go to?

[@peoplefirstforum3712]

Hi there Happynewyear From people first forum

[@Tornado922]

Happy New Year to you too!

[@funfairclipsuk_]

Earlier I filmed 4 class 20s and a 37!

[@Tornado922]

Very nice!

[@funfairclipsuk_]

@@Tornado922 yes

[@SRV777]

GBRf do testing for 720's ROG do testing for 730's

[@Tornado922]

Righteo

[@still_guns]

Personally, I find that 730 to be absolutely hideous. The purple and orange os not a good colour combination, the front end was designed by a child, and the all black front manages to make it look even worse.

[@Tornado922]

Certainly a strong opinion that's for sure, but I can see where you're coming from

[@TIMBOWERMAN]

Do NOT confuse Liverpool Lime Street with London Liverpool Street, I have had enough people do that and vice versa, and do not make jokes about it it is no laughing matter. The operators of the London station should change it’s name to avoid that confusion.

[@Tornado922]

I'll leave you to get in contact with them if you feel that strongly about it..............

[@nottinghamtransportenthusi2784]

I do like the climate change livery on the Pendolino by the way! Snazzy is the right word that's for sure and I suppose it's a carbon neutral Pendolino but you could say the same with all Pendolinos!

[@Tornado922]

Avanti have done a top job with the livery for that 390

[@ryanthornton9629]

I like to call 390121 the “Planetary pendo”

[@Tornado922]

That does sound like a very good name for it

[@chrisatrailway7573]

Excellent video 🍺👍

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much