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under Beaching, this branch line was to be closed. Thankfully Barbara Castle ( transport minister) of the Labour Party would not sign it off for closure. She said it was a pretty route and said it would stay open. So pleased this branch line was saved. Excellent video and really informative narration about the history if this line. Many thanks.

Loved the history, didn't like all the errs and the sound dropped slightly at about 14 mins

this non commentator version is so much better

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Jabber jabber ever jabber um ahh ahh yak yak yak. Lovely video but that voice droning on and on with never a break plus the constant err umm etc drove me crazy. I just wanted a breather from the voice

Great video but the narrator needs to learn to eliminate the "uh" or "er" from his speech. One now and again is forgivable, but between almost every word!

Surprised you changed the points back for another train to come down the hill as thought your train would be the only service on the route

Err Err Err Err. This Err and indeed Err. Completely spoils the video.

I made a OO model of this line and it features in a few of my early videos on my channel. Very interesting to see this now.

Thank you for sharing :-) The surroundings are beautiful, very satisfying to watch.

Nice. But I think that you should consider to go 4k - just due a quality of the video.

Excellent! 🙂

As an Australian tourist and a fan of all things Cornwall, I can honestly say on my three visits to Looe over the years I've only ever travelled there by train.

An important function added at LK Branch and Coombe twenty years ago is Train Protection & Warning System (TPWS), which protects trains from passing (in the case of this line) 'Stop' boards without the token/ train staff plus authority to proceed. After the guard requests the LK signaller's authority, putting the token or train staff through a release instrument also switches off the normally-energised TPWS track equipment for a set time. If that isn't done, TPWS does as designed anywhere else - initiate a brake demand on 'passing the red' and stopping the train short of any potential collision. Gunnislake trains also reverse en route at Bere Alston, but TPWS is not required there because the One Train Staff section consists of the whole branch. TPWS is provided at St Budeaux platform, however, where again a train staff release instrument switches it off and back on.

Really informative commentary, excellent.

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Nice video and a lovely ride, but there are some things I don't understand. 1:At Coombe junction, once the points are changed for the journey to Looe, why don't they just leave them for the return journey if that train is the only one on the track? 2: there were two level crossings, one where the train had to slow to 10mph, but at the other they had to stop, despite the fact that the driver could easily see that the crossing was clear and that there was no traffic or people anywhere near the crossing. Why?. 3: what does the white cross on a blue background mean? 4: At one point there was a speed limit sign of 25mph, but underneath there was another limit showing 40mph with the letters "SP" above. What does "SP" stand for?

It is tempting to imagine this line electrified with the 3-phase AC system. The absence of many level crossings and the almost constant 25 mph points to that. The Swiss and notably the Italians have researched much on this, so it should be easily realized. Those countries operated the running rails and two parallel overhead wires to provide current. Since English practice includes feeding rails, it could be running rails, side rails and center rails, so no overhead at all. With thanks to the London tube system that holds the 3 rail formation in experience. Why here? It was noted that tourism is booming out here. And there should be more space for housing near the underway stations. Fotr this area is a paradice to live in. And a special rail power construction will attract interest. Did you know that a downhill train automatically starts reversing it's power to the power network if the speed begins to exceed the desired value?

14:01 Pheasant running onto the track!

Very interesting piece of railway history. I will certainly be visiting this branch line soon.

I lived at Pendean for five years. I and my husband had "a joint appointment", running the home --- Pendean Children's Home, under Cornwall County Council. and we lived there, with our young son. They were good times. Seventeen children, who were in the care of the Local Athority, lived at Pendean. We had four lots of siblings, in that number. The children attended local schools. A League of Friends provided extra* things for the children. Including a minibus, and a holiday at Butlins, Minehead. We had a cook, two cleaning ladies, and a gardener. One morning, the gardener had a very bad accident, when mowing the grass very early, when the dew was still on the ground, and his foot was seriously injured. I have very happy memories of living at Pendean, and of Liskeard....... I remember a Mr Tamblyn? and a Mrs Clemo?....who may have been on the League of Friends.......

My 3rd great grandfather was born in Liskeard in 1827.

I took this train in the fall of 2018 for a few nights in Looe--I was always curious about the tiny stations that seemed to be in the middle of nothing that we passed along the way! Great history lesson and video.

I'm a train and I approve this video! :D Choo choo!!!

Thumbnail is beautiful

Thought my job was boring, but think this driver job is far woss !

What modes are used in traditional Cornish Music?

Greetings from Belgia! Nedeleg Lowen deoc’h holl! 😉👍🏻

Why are there yellow AWS magnets on a branch which is completely unsignalled and the reductions in speed mandated by the PSR signs are so small? Are the AWS magnets there to ensure driver vigilance? What's the balancing speed of a Class 150 DMU on a 1:40 rising gradient (eg Hemerdon Bank eastbound)?

Ton marthys, gwreys yn ta oll ha Nadelik Lowen!

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sod critters, huh? seeing so many fences ALL at once, it's high time I rewatch a good doc recalling subsequent turmoil from that their friggin crown's _Enclosures Act_ :pfft:

If traveling on the day,take change. The wife and I rode this line in 2019, the guard who takes the fare did not have much change.

Family recipe 😅 let's face it this is just an incredibly tedious advert for the Grocers shop ! Is PC Angel there too or is he down at the station eating some chunky monkey 🤣🤭

Very Good

I feel like I know Mandy intimately after this …

Interesting - but please try to stop umming and erring with almost every breath!

Fantastic video. Thank you for the history lesson.

Interesting and well-researched commentary in the first half. Sounds like a must-ride line!

I would like to see another shewing of this Railway taken in the Summer when the leaves are out - and particularly if the sun is shining - please!

Thank you for your detailed and interesting comments about this Railway. The anecdotes on the various mishaps was very interesting and would not have been known otherwise. That you told of them shewing the part of the line where it took place added greatly to its impact! I'll drink to that - in Cider, of course.

Is there a more beautiful train journey to be had?

A lovely video spoilt by constant waffle. So much so I actually tuned out !! Although the history was interesting in parts it would of been far far better to break it up with pauses and divide the narration into equal amounts for the out and return journeys !! By doing that you would greatly improve this video, as currently I would give it a score of 3 out of 10.

Great commentary more please

I'm a retired signalman, the last box I worked had semerphore distance signals, one lever was tall as it used wires to pull the signal off and the other shorter as an electric motor operated the signal, semerphore distance signals which aren't fixed are rare now, I won't even go there with the lack of cloth to pull the levers.

Hopefully will be able to travel on this line end of June after lockdown finishes.

I hope his relief bollocked him for the fingermarks on the levers!

Do you happen to know the radius of the curve on the 1 in 40 section?

Great