Virgin Pendolino.Rugby down fast.Cab Ride at 125mph.

[@EinkOLED]

Travelled on the Pendolino from manchester - London Euston on the 9:15 train. The tilt is more noticeable at night and the speed felt sensational, more akin to a motorbike than a train. It took just 2 hours 15 minutes to reach the Euston station. Which makes it the fastest transport option for the machester - london route. A very nice train indeed, recommend anyone to try it out.

[@eckyhen]

Yup and no need for HS2. Better spending this money on upgrading the entire rail network.

[@PikaPluff]

@@eckyhen HS2 was supposed to alleviate the congested WCML by having more track essentially which is basically a 2 in 1 improvement.

[@eckyhen]

​@@PikaPluffFor the huge cost of HS2 we could upgrade the.entire rail network.

[@Lee_303]

@@eckyhen I completely agree, not because I live in its path, but because many of the London to Birmingham trains are always short formed. Chiltern calls itself "Mainline", has powerful new locomotives & a spacious luggage van (push - pull), yet the formation is still only 5 or 6 coaches. On the LNWR, you won't see 12 coaches because they've decided to stop at the local stations into Birmingham, when that used to be a metro service from Coventry. The politics of HS2 is probably more about greed & one political side trying to topple the other, financially,

[@EM-yk1dw]

Indeed makes you wonder why if HS2 is needed?

[@scottmurphy4278]

Travelled on a pendolino today from Wolverhampton to Birmingham. Everything went according to plan until we got into the Birmingham tunnel. About half way through there was a massive bang and a huge spark. The driver put the emergency brake on and after we stopped the power went out for about 20 seconds before the emergency lights came on. We were in there for at least 15 minutes before we managed to crawl into Birmingham New Street. Turns out the overhead wires had come down, which is why there was major disruption today.

[@ccolimon]

It's amazing how the signals and points all work so perfectly at such high speeds!!!

[@sjokomelk]

I'm pretty sure the signals are standing completely still next to the railway 😜😂

[@hav431am]

*breaks speed limit* wow i didnt derail

[@daveb0789]

It's the vigilance making the beeping sound not the DSD. In railway terms down means away from London and Up means towards London. The PRI nor preliminary route indicator won't replace feathers on a signal. It's just to give the driver advance indication of the route set before the junction signal.

[@soundseeker63]

Super! I love how these things fly like an airoplane round the curves.

[@JoeD17]

12 years later I’ve come to remind you, you commented this.

[@Gaffer_Bouncers]

It's like a motorbike

[@sivaramana2]

super video, thank u

[@Lee_303]

What a tragically underused station Rugby is. I would have most of the TV expresses stopping there as first stop out of Euston. I'd have the Wolves first stop at Cov & then hourly via Brum to Liverpool, another the same but to Manchester. I'd have the suburban Northampton trains splitting at Rugby for TV & West Mids. I'd also put the souther bays back into use as a commuter terminus.

[@trevorhopkins715]

Love to blast the horn as I passed the freight loco lol

[@joysboy6588]

Can we please have a moment's thought for the level of TRUST between the driver & the signaller.......

[@EM-yk1dw]

The tilt makes me queasy, but impressive speed through Rugby.

[@andysim232]

I remember the "APT" (Advance Passenger Train) many many years ago that broke during with a train full of media press. Everyone one laughed and said it will never work. Now look at the work full of tilting trains =)

[@zotoda]

i love this

[@nevoobrazimiy]

virgin Pendolino when she says she's home alone:

[@1madaboutguitar]

Arr thats quite cool and reassuring. I always wondered what would happen if a driver had a heart attack or something

[@andrewwalker9421]

the TRAIN has a safety device which stops the train if driver fails to respond to action ; it s called a DEAD MANS HANDLE.

[@bus131]

This may sound stupid, but what is the signal that looks like a national speed limit sign near some of the signals?

[@RazordraacGaming]

Before the signals? That's a warning to tell you what aspect the next signal is at. If it's a diagonal line (like the national speed limit sign) then the next signal is at danger (red). Otherwise it is horizontal to show a clear (green) or caution (yellow) aspect.It's usually used when there's poor visibility of the signal ahead, such as on a tight bend, and you would not have time to react to it when you see it to slow down/stop in time.

[@gfgfgf466]

It's a Banner Repeater. As already mentioned it gives the driver advance warning if the signal ahead is showing a danger or proceed aspect.

[@trevorhopkins715]

@@RazordraacGaming horizontal is danger/ red. diagonal clear is clear to proceed

[@manomaylr]

@@trevorhopkins715 yeah, the line looks like the arm of a semaphore

[@Kennynwten]

WOW!

[@SingHouse]

does that sound alert not get intensely irritating throughout your entire career as a train driver??

[@scottmurphy4278]

It’s most likely the DSD (Driver Safety Device). The driver has to respond to it to confirm they’re still conscious and able to control the train safely. If the driver does not respond, the train will automatically apply the emergency brake to ensure the train doesn’t crash if the driver is incapacitated.

[@manomaylr]

@@scottmurphy4278 aren’t most of the chimes from the AWS?

[@squizza28]

Says it's "down" but it's actually heading north towards Nuneaton!!

[@audigex]

squizza28 “up” is towards the official start of the route, normally the major city. Almost all trains go “up” to London, for example, and “down” away from it. It has nothing to do with north or south

[@xaiano794]

If you want to know why they have up and down lines instead of north/south east/west, it's because tracks could loop back on themselves, so one section may be north -> south while another south -> north and this would get very confusing for passengers and could even cause safety risks with confusing which trains were on which tracks, so the tracks were simply defined in reference to one end, everything was up towards that point and down was away.

[@DavidR_192]

Up = towards London. Down = away from London. "Rugby Down" means at Rugby in the direction of travel away from London. = correct.

[@SamuelIles2015]

Was that train on half tilt or full tilt?

[@Abu_Champ]

probs half tilt bc turns were not that strong you should see linslade curve

[@beachbum4691]

Hopefully, the driver knowing the lines and junctions feels at ease, It seems like a lot of speed in what are very often very confined spaces?, I'm ex British Airways and prefer travelling at speed with a lot less clutter close to the pointy end and cabin.............

[@xaiano794]

It's fine as you know all the route by heart

[@390052Knight]

still learning parts fo the AWS... what's the beeping at 1:39?

[@DavidR_192]

That was the DVD (Driver Vigilance Device) - the foot pedal that the driver keeps pressed down, but must lift up every 90 seconds, to show they're still conscious. Basically, the "chime" is the AWS clear confirmation (green signal) and the "beep beep beep" is the DVD.

[@DeepakSoni-G]

I hope one day Indian railways also will cruise in this speed.

[@thegardensentinel]

Just keep pedalling,,,every sitting position has a set of pedals, cranks and chains. Even in the loo 😮👄🦴😜

[@henkzaanstad2256]

Wauw

[@davidellis279]

If one of these high speed trains ever jumps the track it’ll be a major disaster,it’ll rip miles of track up before it comes to a halt unless of course it nose dives down an embankment,God help the passengers and crew if it happens.

[@xaiano794]

already did - greyrigg - they are built like tanks, the one woman who died, died from a heart attack, not the crash. They are super safe.

[@trainlover2224]

How did you get a cab ride?!?!

[@trainlover2224]

Maybe.

[@dhouse-d5l]

And all happening on a contact area less than a pin head...one day

[@TheRealTrains806UK]

I saw rugby

[@andybray9791]

Imagine 140mph

[@TheRealTrains806UK]

Wait, let's search 395 cab ride cuz they do 140mph

[@darylkemp1257]

They Don't as there not allowed well capable of 140mph but 125mph is the maximum on the uk mainline apart from hs1 wich still has a speed restriction its limited to 180 mph even though some of the french eurostar rolling stock are capable of 200mph + we brits really like to curtail the potential of our railways

[@DavidR_192]

@@darylkemp1257 - Incorrect. HS1 is limited to 140mph, not 180.

[@darylkemp1257]

@BobC250 the eurostar sets can do over 200mph but yes are limited to 140 on HS1

[@AdamsTrains]

@@DavidR_192 Incorrect, St Pancras -> Fawlkham Junction (South of Ebsfleet International station) is 230km/h for all traffic, and from there to the Channel Tunnel is 300km/h. Javellins (Class 395's) only do 225km/h (140mph)

[@malcolmgeorge1180]

They should have ordered more of these fleets than Hitachis, they don't tilt like these🤷🏿‍♂️😵‍💫

[@EdgyNumber1]

Not that version. Hitachi do produce a tilting train though.