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Ron Fisher 2: Railway and Travel Videos.
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เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 4 ต.ค. 2011
Hello, and welcome to my TH-cam video channel.
My main interest is trains and railways, but I'm also interested in other forms of transport so buses and boats will also make an appearance, as will some general views of places I visit.
I hope that you'll find something of interest.
Although I'm fairly new to videoing, I've been taking stills since 1953 and many of my still photos are on my Flickr site. Here's the address if anyone's interested to have a look:
www.flickr.com/photos/train-pix/collections
TTFN,
Ron Fisher.
My main interest is trains and railways, but I'm also interested in other forms of transport so buses and boats will also make an appearance, as will some general views of places I visit.
I hope that you'll find something of interest.
Although I'm fairly new to videoing, I've been taking stills since 1953 and many of my still photos are on my Flickr site. Here's the address if anyone's interested to have a look:
www.flickr.com/photos/train-pix/collections
TTFN,
Ron Fisher.
RD27677vid. 230001 at South Greenford.
RD27677vid. SOUTH GREENFORD.
GWR ex Vivarail Class 230 BEMU (Battery Electric Multiple Unit) at South Greenford on a test run from West Ealing. The long term plan is to use it on a regular basis on the West Ealing to Greenford branch but, at this stage, it is still undergoing extensive testing to make sure that it will be reliable enough to use in everyday passenger service.
The Class 230s are repurposed ex London Transport District Line D78 Stock trains, a concept pioneered by the now defunct Vivarail which was led by the late Adrian Shooter. The main advantage is the rapid charging system which can recharge the train’s batteries in a matter of minutes.
Wednesday, 19th June, 2024. Copyright © Ron Fisher 2024.
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***More Great Western Trains can be seen in this playlist: th-cam.com/play/PLFsbViNeGSHl9ulDOLYSjygj-V5GOmQfD.html
GWR ex Vivarail Class 230 BEMU (Battery Electric Multiple Unit) at South Greenford on a test run from West Ealing. The long term plan is to use it on a regular basis on the West Ealing to Greenford branch but, at this stage, it is still undergoing extensive testing to make sure that it will be reliable enough to use in everyday passenger service.
The Class 230s are repurposed ex London Transport District Line D78 Stock trains, a concept pioneered by the now defunct Vivarail which was led by the late Adrian Shooter. The main advantage is the rapid charging system which can recharge the train’s batteries in a matter of minutes.
Wednesday, 19th June, 2024. Copyright © Ron Fisher 2024.
***I hope you like this video; if you do, please give it a 'thumbs up' and, if you haven't done so already, subscribe and hit the bell to be notified of future videos. Thanks in advance.
***More Great Western Trains can be seen in this playlist: th-cam.com/play/PLFsbViNeGSHl9ulDOLYSjygj-V5GOmQfD.html
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D27457vid. Meet the Meerkats.
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D27457vid. AFRICA ALIVE! MEET THE MEERKATS. The meerkats at Africa Alive!, a zoological reserve and wildlife park at Kessingland in Suffolk, eastern England. Thursday, 15th August, 2024. Copyright © Ron Fisher 2024. I hope you like this video; if you do please give it a ‘thumbs up’ and, if you haven’t already done so, subscribe and hit the bell to be notified of future videos. Thanks in advance.
D27255vid. (Rude!) Water Clock.
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D27255vid. SOUTHWOLD PIER, SUFFOLK. Entirely operated by water, this clever contraption has been entertaining and amusing visitors to Southwold Pier since it was constructed in 1998. Monday, 12th August, 2024. Copyright © Ron Fisher 2024. I hope you like this video; if you do please give it a ‘thumbs up’ and, if you haven’t already done so, subscribe and hit the bell to be notified of future vi...
RD28081vid. 45041 arriving at Wansford.
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RD28081vid. WANSFORD STATION, NENE VALLEY RAILWAY. B.R. built Type 4 1Co-Co1 Class 45 ‘Peak’ Diesel-Electric 45041 ROYAL TANK REGIMENT arriving at Wansford Station, the headquarters of the Nene Valley Railway in Cambridgeshire. It was just finishing a round trip of the line via Yarwell and Peterborough. Thursday, 8th August, 2024. Copyright © Ron Fisher 2024. I hope you like this video. If you ...
RD27683vid. 230001 at South Greenford.
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RD27683vid. SOUTH GREENFORD. GWR ex Vivarail Class 230 BEMU (Battery Electric Multiple Unit) passes South Greenford non-stop on a test run from Greenford to West Ealing. The long term plan is to use it on a regular basis on the West Ealing to Greenford branch but, at this stage, it is still undergoing extensive testing to make sure that it will be reliable enough to use in everyday passenger se...
RD27927vid. Dorset Coast Express.
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RD27927vid. On Wednesday, 24th July, 2024, The Railway Touring Company ran a 'Dorset Coast Express' from London Victoria to Bournemouth and Weymouth. It was hauled by LMS 'Black 5' class 4-6-0 44871 and this short video shows it passing Southwood which is between Farnborough Main and Fleet Stations on the L&SWR main line. Copyright © Ron Fisher 2024. For more videos of steam on the main line, s...
RD27866vid. Bakerloo Line 1972 Tube Stock.
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RD27866vid. A short video of London Underground Bakerloo Line 1972 tube stock. This is now the oldest rolling stock in use anywhere in the U.K. apart from some of the preserved carriages that can be found on heritage railways. Although the ‘72 stock is due for replacement, this may not happen for some time - the late 2030s or even the early 2040s according to Wikipedia. The video was shot at Ba...
RD27808vid. SUDBURY TOWN.
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RD27808vid. A brief interlude at Sudbury Town Station on the Uxbridge branch of London Underground’s Piccadilly Line. It was designed in the Art Deco by Charles Holden and built in the early 1930s to replace the original station. Regarded as a classic of its time, it is now a Grade II* listed building. Another interesting feature is that the roundels and other signs are in the Johnston Delf Smi...
RD27643vid. 230001 at Greenford.
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RD27643vid. GWR ex Vivarail Class 230 BEMU (Battery Electric Multiple Unit) at Greenford on a test run from West Ealing. The long term plan is to use it on a regular basis on the West Ealing to Greenford branch but, at this stage, it is still undergoing extensive testing to make sure that it will be reliable enough to use in everyday passenger service. The Class 230s are repurposed ex London Tr...
RD27586vid. A Class 70 and A Class 59 at Basingstoke.
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RD27586vid. Two freight trains at Basingstoke. Firstly, we see Freightliner Class 70 Co-Co diesel-electric 70015 take the line to Reading with the 14.57 from Southampton Marine Container Terminal (MCT) to Coatbridge Freightliner Terminal (FLT) and then Heidelberg Materials Class 59 Co-Co diesel-electric 59 101 ‘Village of Whatley’ runs through on the down main line with the 15.37 from Woking Do...
RD27438vid. Up and Down Desiros.
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RD27438vid. Up and down South Western Railway Siemens Desiro Class 450 EMUs at Basingstoke Station's Platform 1. The first train is seen setting off on its journey to London Waterloo and then a second train is seen arriving at the end of its journey from Waterloo. Friday, 14th June, 2024. Copyright © Ron Fisher 2024. I hope you like this video; if you do, please give it a 'thumbs up' and, if yo...
RD26868vid. LINDA departing from Tanybwlch.
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RD26868vid. FFESTINIOG RAILWAY, TANYBWLCH STATION. Ex Penrhyn Quarry Railway 2-4-0ST/T Quarry Hunslet LINDA departing from Tanybwlch with ‘The Quarryman’. This is the return train from Porthmadog Harbour Station to Blaenau Ffestiniog. Saturday, 4th May, 2024. Copyright © Ron Fisher 2024. I hope you like this video; if you do I would be grateful for a ‘thumbs up’ and, if you haven’t already done...
RD26864vid. LINDA arriving at Tanybwlch.
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RD26864vid. FFESTINIOG RAILWAY, TANYBWLCH STATION. Ex Penrhyn Quarry Railway 2-4-0ST/T Quarry Hunslet LINDA arriving at Tanybwlch with ‘The Quarryman’. This is the return train from Porthmadog Harbour Station to Blaenau Ffestiniog. Saturday, 4th May, 2024. Copyright © Ron Fisher 2024. I hope you like this video; if you do I would be grateful for a ‘thumbs up’ and, if you haven’t already done so...
RD26860vid. 197 044 at Blaenau Ffestiniog.
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RD26860vid. Transport for Wales Class 197 DMU 197 044 departing from, Blaenau Ffestiniog working back to Llandudno. Saturday, 4th May, 2024. Copyright © Ron Fisher 2024. I hope you like this video; if you do I would appreciate a ‘thumbs up’. Also, if you haven’t done so already, please subscribe to my channel to get notifications of future videos. For more videos of trains on the main lines of ...
RD24844c(vid). Southeastern Networkers at Waterloo East.
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RD24844c(vid). Trains of South Eastern Railway 2-car Class 466 and 4-car 465 Networkers call at London Waterloo East Platforms B and A. These are the suburban platforms. Thursday, 2nd March, 2023. Copyright © Ron Fisher 2023. I hope you like this video; if you do, I would be grateful if you would give it a ‘thumbs up’ and, if you haven’t already done so, please subscribe and hit the bell to rec...
RD26842vid. MERDDIN EMRYS at Blaenau Ffestiniog.
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RD26842vid. MERDDIN EMRYS at Blaenau Ffestiniog.
RD26828vid. TfW Class 197 DMU at Blaenau Ffestiniog.
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RD26828vid. TfW Class 197 DMU at Blaenau Ffestiniog.
RD26834vid. LINDA and the ECS for The Quarryman.
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RD26834vid. LINDA and the ECS for The Quarryman.
RD26823vid. BLANCHE at Blaenau Ffestiniog.
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RD26823vid. BLANCHE at Blaenau Ffestiniog.
RD27079vid. DAVID LLOYD GEORGE at Penrhyn.
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RD27079vid. DAVID LLOYD GEORGE at Penrhyn.
RD27073vid. Gravity Train at Penrhyn.
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RD27073vid. Gravity Train at Penrhyn.
RD26694vid. West Midlands Trains 196003 and 196002.
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RD26694vid. West Midlands Trains 196003 and 196002.
RD26692vid. Avanti West Coast Voyager 221105.
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RD26692vid. Avanti West Coast Voyager 221105.
RD26817vid. BLANCHE at Blaenau Ffestiniog.
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RD26817vid. BLANCHE at Blaenau Ffestiniog.
RD26811vid. BLANCHE departing from Porthmadog Harbour Station.
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RD26811vid. BLANCHE departing from Porthmadog Harbour Station.
Donald and Douglas
Fascinating. Nice to know they are testing the concept (that is from a person who only has eyes for steam !).
I've yet to get the unit in service, but will keep an eye out next time I'm in London to see if its running and worth a trip out. Did you get chance of a ride?
No; it was it was only the train crew and the engineers doing the testing on board. No members of the public. The running days and times can be seen on Realtime Trains when they're doing the test trips. If you do get to see it running, don't go to South Greenford if you're videoing - it's too noisy from the A40 / Western Avenue.
Gorgeous little animals those meerkats!! I see none of them wear specs like Sergei!!
They're certainly cute - but you should see their teeth and claws!!
Hardly dramatic for Christ's sake, they are on a big island !!!!!
When cut off by the tide, it's quite small island. And it's the rescue that's dramatic, not the the island.
I was there on Monday this week, but sadly it wasn't running. Hope to see it at somepoint actually in service as it was parked up in the sigings at West Ealing.
If you look on Realtime Trains you can see when it's scheduled to run, and at what times. Even then there's no guarantee...
Nice shot!
Nice shot. Missed you the last couple of weeks.
Great shot & location! 😀😃😄
Thank you 🙂🙂
I love that old place, but there’s some very foolish people visit it. READ THE NOTICE AT LOOKOUT BUILDING FOLKS. It’ll give you the safe times to cross.
Indeed; there are several signs giving the safe crossing times...
Love the Bakerloo line. Intend to visit everything North of zone one in a weeks time as part of my Underground series.
I was born and bred on the Bakerloo Line Initially, my local station was Neasden on the Stanmore branch and then it was North Wembley on the Watford branch. When we were waiting for the train at North Wembley on our way to see my grandparents, I used to look out to see if our train would be a little red train or a big brown train. The little red trains were the Bakerloo 1938 tube stock and the big brown trains were the ex LNWR LMS Oerlikon sets. They weren't really brown of course, they were LMS maroon, but they were probably a bit faded and grubby by then so just looked brown to my young eyes. One day, to my great surprise, the big brown train was a big green train - nationalisation had arrived!
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i went on that unit
On that day?
@@ronfisher2-railwaytravelvideos nah yesterday
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Get them while you can as the replacement is out to tender. To be hoenst though they aren't a unit I've ever really been interested in.
+++More videos of South Western Railway trains can be seen here: th-cam.com/play/PLFsbViNeGSHnDnhsb-P3bv9-bbwdU8cbJ.html
Looks good but only time will tell .
Gorgeous, that Ffestiniog Railway!’ Used to be one of my favourite places to holiday!!
It still is one of mine!
+++For more videos of trains on UK heritage railways see: th-cam.com/play/PLFsbViNeGSHnOuAr10FmQ85ao_vLXTxr2.html
When we first started running gravity trains, young women rushed out into their back gardens, holding up their children and you could see the word 'Taid' on their lips.... Taid is Grandpa - they were saying in Welsh, 'Look, just like Grandpa told you!'
A friend of mine is building a time machine in his spare bedroom. When it's finished, we'll all be able to go back and see them for real...
The NSE 47 we saw at St. Erth, is 47705, which was the second 47/7 to leave Scotrail. It moved at the end of May 1989 to Stratford Major depot for overhaul, and repaint into NSE livery, losing its name "Lothian" in the process, and was then allocated to Old Oak Common.
I'm going to guess Spooners Café & Bar.
And you've guessed correctly! Congratulations. Yes, was is indeed taken at Spooner's and, for those who may not know where Spooner's is, it's at Porthmadog Harbour Station on the Ffestiniog & Welsh highland Railways in North Wales.
Which country
Wales; North Wales to be precise.
Congrats. to @yorkshirewanderer6176 who's on a winning streak as he's got the last few quizzes. I'll have to make them harder in future! In the meantime, navigate your way over to his channel to see the range of goodies he's got on there.
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Familiar but nkt ready to have a guess yet. I'm guessing the wooden viaduct will give it away to some.
Had more time now and tracked it down by the signal initially.
@@yorkshirewanderer6176 But it's a pretty standard upper quadrant signal as seen all over a large part of B.R. But as you said before, the viaduct is quite distinctive...
@ronfisher2-railwaytravelvideos Looks like it's from the NE to me the signal, but might be wrong.
@@ronfisher2-railwaytravelvideos AS no one has guessed from last week its Ushaw Moor
@@yorkshirewanderer6176 Well done! Yes, it's Ushaw Moor in Co. Durham. How on Earth did you manage to fathom that out?! You said that it's a North Eastern signal, but it looks like a bog standard B.R. signal to me, so what's special about it? There's nothing left of the station or the viaduct now; it's just a footpath. ☹☹
I see that the North Wales weather did not disappoint! Charming little engines.
That was they only day that it rained. It was fine after that and got better every day.
I'm not going to guess this week as I've got a couple recently. I think I do know though, but not even going to give a clue in case I put my foot in it....
Go on; no-one else has had a go so, before I come clean, let's have your theory.
@@ronfisher2-railwaytravelvideos Wellington and where withdrawn locomotives were stored
@@yorkshirewanderer6176 Yes, that's exactly where it is. Or perhaps I should say was. Did you know, or did you do a bit of detective work? BR database, for example?? If so, you're the only one that did! This week's quiz pic. is now published, so any ideas?
@ronfisher2-railwaytravelvideos Detective work using the loco as my starting point. I'm not old enough to have visited some of the places you captured.
Very nice video and thanks for sharing. Dave
I'm struggling this week even though I've travelled on most of the underground recently. I'll go for Epping as an outside guess.
No matter how much you travel on the Underground, you won't see this view! It is indeed Epping, taken from the driver's cab of a tube train arriving from Ongar. However, as I'm sure you know, the Epping to Ongar line was closed by London Transport and taken over by the Epping Ongar Railway -- but not as far as Epping station; they stop short in the middle of Epping Forest. They do have aspirations to extend into Epping, but it will have to be a new station a little further up the line, so you won't be able to recreate this view.
@@ronfisher2-railwaytravelvideos I thought it might be a bit of a trick question which is why I went Epping with you not longer being able to make that journey. It does feature in one of my early videos of my travels around the London Underground as I make my way through Geoff Marshall's book.
Gorgeous view through the bridge!!
The little red locomotive looks very much like the Epping Ongar Railway’s Hawthorne Leslie.
Congrats to Yorkshire Wanderer who correctly identified the location as Dingwall. If you don't already know it, his channel is well worth a visit: www.youtube.com/@yorkshirewanderer6176/videos
No-one even attempted to say where this might be, so if anyone's wondering, it's Barrow Road, Bristol. 45552 had brought a Home Counties Railway Club special train from London Paddington.
Nice shots, I’m rather fond of networkers!
They've certainly been around for a long time.
@@ronfisher2-railwaytravelvideos early to mid 90s I believe
@@AnthonyFurnival Indeed; I can certainly remember them in BR days.
@@ronfisher2-railwaytravelvideos Thames Trains is the earliest memory I have of them I think
I know this one I think as I was up there late last year. Dingwall.
Yes, you're right. It's Dingwall. Perhaps it hasn't changed much in the last 64 years!
@@ronfisher2-railwaytravelvideos Def changed since then, but for my visit I bought the Great Railway Journeys Through Time book for the line to look at what it once looked like and what to expect.
@@yorkshirewanderer6176 It turned out to be a wise investment then!
I'm surprised that no-one got this as it's view seen by millions of passengers on the Ffestiniog Railway as it goes round Boston Lodge Curve. The train in the distance is between Portmadoc (as it was at the time) and Minffordd.
Glorious videography, fellow!! Love it!! And yes, I have been to the Bluebell Line!!
Glad you like it. 🙂🙂 The Bluebell's one of my favourites as my first experience of railway volunteering was at Sheffield Park. That was in July, 1960, a month before it opened to the public. I've still got a few more videos from the Bluebell to go on YT, so watch this space...
Cambrian Coast, Dovey Junction?
Nope!
You were in the right country, but too far south. It a train between Portmadoc (as it was at the time) and Minffordd seen from the Festiniog Railway's (only one F in those days) Boston Lodge Works.
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Cool locomotive. Outstanding video and thanks for sharing. Dave
Thanks for watching Dave. There are now three Double-Fairlies at work on the Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railways and the newest one was built as recently as last year. There are also two more, but these are no longer steamable.
Congratulations to Dave Lowing for correctly identifying the location as Par, the junction for the Newquay branch.
Watched your videos from the last few days around Wales and wondering why I have no Welsh railways on my list of places to visit this year.
I'm trying to catch up with some of my footage from last year before I do much videoing this year, so there's still a few more to come. You really ought to have a trip or three to Wales though, especially if you like narrow gauge railways. Admittedly I'm more than somewhat biased, but you should put the Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railways at the top of your 'to do' list!
very nice. Many greetings from Germany from the trainspotter
Vielen Dank. Grüße aus England. 🙂
Glorious view from Dawlish Station!! You make fine videos, which are always worth watching and are always appreciated.
Which is the junction?
What do you mean? Haven't you read the description?!
That’s the South Devon Railway, is it not? Glorious scenery!!
No, it's not! If you read the description, you'll see that it's the Dartmouth Steam Railway. That's also in Devon.