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Cromer to Sheringham and Holt - Hastings DEMU cab ride - 23 July 2016

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  • Weybourne Wanderer: Cab view from Cromer to Sheringham and along the full length of the North Norfolk Railway to Holt. Filmed from our preserved Hastings DEMU on Saturday 23 July 2016, during the outward leg of our Weybourne Wanderer railtour.
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    In this video we cover all 9 miles of track that still exist from the Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway’s 180-mile network. We begin at Cromer and run the 3 miles and 50 chains to Sheringham, beyond which the line was closed by BR in 1964. A replacement station was opened in 1967, slightly closer to Cromer, which allowed the level crossing in the town to be closed. However, the original Sheringham station, and the next 5¼ miles of the old line as far as Holt, have been preserved and form the North Norfolk Railway. The closed level crossing was re-opened for occasional (less than one day per month) use in 2010, re-linking the preserved line with the national railway network.
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    We are treated to the spectacle of the level crossing being opened to rail traffic for us, with the barriers consisting of temporary roadworks-style barriers and an impressive throng of onlookers present (see below for a link to the procedure for use of this crossing). Once we’ve called at the old Sheringham station, we proceed along the steeply graded line, through Weybourne and past three fine signal-boxes to the current terminus at Holt.
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    Video footage is from an unattended unmonitored forward-facing cab-camera in motor coach 60116 Mountfield. Audio footage is mostly recorded in the rear cab, because of route-conductor and driver conversing - save for a brief burst at Sheringham that comes from the video-camera’s feed.
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    0:00 - CROMER station
    1:50 - Cromer Junction
    3:27 - Runton East
    4:36 - Runton West
    6:34 - West Runton station
    9:06 - approaching Sheringham
    10:52 - Sheringham station (National Rail)
    14:03 - proceeding over the Sheringham East Level Crossing, onto the North Norfolk Railway
    15:09 - SHERINGHAM station (North Norfolk Railway)
    19:05 - departing Sheringham
    27:18 - Weybourne station
    30:23 - Kelling Heath Park station
    34:51 - HOLT station
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    Video, soundtrack and captions © Copyright 2016-2018 Hastings Diesels Limited.
    www.hastingsdi...
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    Equipment: video by GoPro Hero3+ camera with suction-mount and extra batteries; audio by Sony ECM-MS907 microphone and MiniDisc MZ-R30 recorder; video production by Da Vinci Resolve (free).
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    The railtour began at Hastings and ran via Tonbridge, Bromley South, Kensington Olympia and the North London Line to Stratford, then the Great Eastern Main Line via Colchester and Ipswich to Norwich; a reversal took us to Cromer where we reversed again. The return route was different, as after Norwich we ran direct to Ely and thence via Cambridge and Royston and up the East Coast Main Line to rejoin the outward route at Camden Road. The outward leg was video-recorded from Stratford to Norwich, however the presence of two members of staff in the cab and our lack of rear-cab audio for that long duration means that it will only ever be published as a silent cab-ride... and not in the immediate future.
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    North Norfolk Railway - www.nnrailway.c...
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    Here is a link to an annotated extract from Network Rail’s Sectional Appendix:
    www.dropbox.co...
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    Here is a link to the Sectional Appendix entry for operation of Sheringham East Level Crossing:
    www.dropbox.co...
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    Here is a link to a photo showing the signalbox diagram for Runton East Junction:
    www.flickr.com...

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  • @joebarrett4353
    @joebarrett4353 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Obviously a much publicised ride judging by the thousands of photographers on the route! Popular train. Lovely vid.

  • @davidnm21
    @davidnm21 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I love the sound of an English Electric DEMU. As a retired railway signalman of 23 years I used to ride these units down on the Southern Region especially out of Hastings and Eastbourne. They used to call them "Tadpole" units due to the different widths of the carriages. The Hastings units were built that way due to the narrow clearance in the tunnels on the 1066 Hastings route. It has been three years since I last went on The North Norfolk Railway. With all this covid business I hope to get up there very soon. Ooh that engine sound is heaven!

  • @andynixon2820
    @andynixon2820 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I moved to Norfolk a few years back and on my first trip to the northern part of the county I was astounded by how beautiful it was .

  • @7brr1940
    @7brr1940 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    A super film - I really felt as though I was in the cab. The onscreen info was really helpful and added much interest to the journey. Very well done.

  • @nigelturner2356
    @nigelturner2356 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Seeing this has made me realise how badly I've missed my summer trips top Cromer & Sheringham. It almost hurts!

  • @ramanaraoa5409
    @ramanaraoa5409 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    A train journey in 1960s was a happy event.
    People used to gather and wait to look at the passing train.
    Even, in High school exams a question used to be about describing a train journey.
    Thanks for vedeo.
    -- Ar rao, India.

  • @Purlee100
    @Purlee100 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Oh the sweet nostalgia! I used to ride between West Runton and Sheringham every school day more than 60 years ago, this was my first ''virtual'' trip down the line since 1957. Amazingly, I could recall it so well. Just great!

    • @hastingsdiesels
      @hastingsdiesels  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Heehee, glad we could bring this to you!

  • @totalapathy3955
    @totalapathy3955 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    From a bloody YANK, thank you very much for this great video. The captions were very informative. Great job!

    • @AllensTrains
      @AllensTrains 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      A peaceful and dream like cab ride back into the past. You had a nice bright sunny day for it, making it a more enjoyable trip than that ride down to Dover!

  • @christopherbraiden6713
    @christopherbraiden6713 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thanks for the cab ride totally enjoyed it. Thumpers are one of my favourite diesels, love the sound of them. The North Norfolk railway is beautiful must visit!!😎🚃🚃🚃💯🇬🇧

  • @tomrockliffe473
    @tomrockliffe473 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Thanks really great, I'm sitting out the lockdown in Wiltshire, missing my railway trips to Bath and Westbury, so this is most appreciated. Cheers.

    • @hastingsdiesels
      @hastingsdiesels  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you, glad you're finding this work beneficial! ^RG

  • @maegscale
    @maegscale 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Hello from Norway! 🇳🇴 Great footage. Very proffesional. Really enjoyed this .

  • @flippop101
    @flippop101 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Another superb film of Hastings Diesels as ambassador highlighting the possible cooperation between public and private. Very grateful!

  • @stephenrice4554
    @stephenrice4554 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Fine video and information . Nicely done 👍🇬🇧

  • @PaulSmith-pl7fo
    @PaulSmith-pl7fo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Hi. What an enjoyable video. I applaud the captions asking people not to trespass on the North Norfolk Railway, but for those who may not know, line-side photographers (if they were wearing orange his-vis jackets) held permits and were obliged to sit through a safety procedure lecture.

    • @G0IMB
      @G0IMB 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Good the NNR have a permit system backed by safety training.

  • @etna9726b
    @etna9726b 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The public interest in your train is remarkable! Wish we had the same in the US.

    • @dulls8475
      @dulls8475 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      We are train mad in this country. Which is ironic since we destroyed much of our network.

  • @caseybirdy1
    @caseybirdy1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    These are absolutely great movies of diesel trains by Hastings they do a great job with them. Many thanks from Canada.....

    • @wentonmastermind
      @wentonmastermind 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      And my own sincerest thanks from Toronto to Richard Griffin who made this video. What a beautiful day for all concerned. Bring out the poutine!

  • @billsmith3195
    @billsmith3195 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Well done. From South Africa. What beautiful scenery. S/Africa has some spectacular rail runs but systematically our railway neteork is collapsing. Theft of everything including track is common. Railway management is pathetic with BIG corruption in all avenue. Please keep what you have and preserve it. I would love to visit but will never happen.

  • @SeanLamb-I-Am
    @SeanLamb-I-Am 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I really appreciated the informative captions throughout the video. They were at just the right amount. Thanks!

  • @davidsmith6661
    @davidsmith6661 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Imagine if this line ran past Holt and on to Hunstanton through Wells-Next-The-Sea and then connected with the main line at King's Lynn. During the tourist season, it would be packed. Already the 'bus service - the 'Coast-hopper' - is always jammed during the summer season. Also, it would get a lot of traffic off the coast road.

    • @frankcurtis6179
      @frankcurtis6179 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      David Smith: I agree with you and have often had the same thought myself, Driving from Sheringham to Blakeny, Wells Next The Sea, Hunstanton and Kings Lynne during the summer on that often narrow crowded coast road is a nightmare.

  • @PEJUANGIMPIAN9
    @PEJUANGIMPIAN9 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    fantastic cabride, nature scenary along the way, very nice, thanks for sharing, greetings friend

  • @EdgyNumber1
    @EdgyNumber1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Fascinating stuff 👍 I do like the way the heritage line is connected to the active rail network.

    • @hairyairey
      @hairyairey 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm fairly sure that almost all of them are (definitely Nene Valley Railway) - just this one is highly obvious.

  • @scopex2749
    @scopex2749 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    1:02 “we depart Cromer 7 minutes late”.........
    Keeping to BR standards then to keep it authentic 🤔😂😂
    Great video

  • @brucewilliams8714
    @brucewilliams8714 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Marvellous. The line has great lengths of embankment: those navvies building the railway were worked hard.

  • @formidable38
    @formidable38 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Always like watching your video's, well edited and with informative captions, thank you!

  • @danman4633
    @danman4633 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    My Father worked on the former M&GN line in the relay gang during the 1950s,the track was in excellent condition when they closed most of the M&GN system in 1959. Money had been invested not only on the track but also signalling, a new turntable and engine shed at Melton Constable,they were building a new engine shed at South Lynn when the line closed. The Melton to Sheringham section closed in 1964.

    • @dulls8475
      @dulls8475 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I heard that one of the things they used to close lines was to renew everything. Even if it did not need renewing. This made the figures look bad and would get the line closed.

    • @danman4633
      @danman4633 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@dulls8475 They fitted new signalling and automatic level crossing barriers on the Kings Lynn to Hunstanton line, closed the line one year later in 69.

    • @dulls8475
      @dulls8475 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@danman4633 Apparently on the Brockenhurst to Ringwood and beyond line (S&D) they relaid the track the year before to fudge the figures.

    • @danman4633
      @danman4633 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@dulls8475 Sad times.

  • @JamesSmith-zv9nw
    @JamesSmith-zv9nw 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I missed this in real life and I was gutted so thanks for posting it.

  • @PrinceJohn84
    @PrinceJohn84 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Superb video and such a lovely part of the UK. Many happy memories made in Norfolk. 14:31 happened to us all at some point 😂

  • @peter9180
    @peter9180 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I travelled this line from Norwich to Holt in 1961 in the good old days.

  • @tutts999
    @tutts999 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Lovely video, we often pop up to Sheringham and Holt for an afternoon drive. The NNR is a real jewel in North Norfolk.

  • @Oldfaithful61
    @Oldfaithful61 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    As if time has stood still.
    In the 1830's and 40's, when the train began its triumphant conquering of the UK, people must have gathered like the ones we see here 15:00 to gaze in awe at the sight of the rare monster.

  • @RetroGangstarr
    @RetroGangstarr 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I love walking round Sheringham park by the sea with my border collie watching the trains go by bliss

  • @stevethompson4064
    @stevethompson4064 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Awesome video, lived in Narfolk all my life and never been on the NNR to Holt. But now after watching this, all i can say is roll on summer 2019

  • @OlafProt
    @OlafProt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I grew up to the sound of ‘Tadpole’ units passing my house beside Dorking Deepdene station. I live in Belfast now so I never see lovely preserved trains like this! I think I went to the NNR in about 1984 or something.

  • @thomasbottcher3524
    @thomasbottcher3524 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    A nice ride on the train! Greetings from Germany Lübeck (Schleswig-Holstein)

  • @JetWash944
    @JetWash944 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    A really fantastic video in such a lovely part of the world. North Norfolk really is a hidden gem!

  • @michaelgamble296
    @michaelgamble296 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I used to park my caravan at Brecks Farm near Weybourne Station and walk the disused part from there to Holt. Lovely. Then the NNR managed to re-open the line to Holt. Then walk back and catch a train to Sheringham for lunch. Nice day, if the weather was fine, for a paddle on the stony beach at Sheringham. Lots of good pubs to eat in.

  • @Hiddenuser-bv5mo
    @Hiddenuser-bv5mo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    A fantastic video. I never realised how amazing these DEMUs sounded from inside.

    • @ridefast0
      @ridefast0 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes they sound great on the inside, but my favourite experience was standing on a foot bridge over the train (at Brundall or Reedham) as it pulled away from rest, the exhaust blast nearly had my hat off!

  • @caseyjonessnr1200
    @caseyjonessnr1200 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I’ve travelled this line many times, but I’ve never seen the line from this vantage point. Excellent.

  • @mikeuk4130
    @mikeuk4130 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great video with very helpful comments, thanks. This brings back memories of 1998 (?) when Anglia hired the lovely Hastings unit due to a DMU shortage. Lovely sounds from the EE 4SRKT power unit and its associated control gear.

  • @steve_dangerous
    @steve_dangerous 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Never heard one of these Hastings DEMUs before. Having been born a stone's throw from the Vulcan Foundry, N-le-W, I certainly know what an English Electric diesel sound like. Instant nostalgia. Thanks for the upload - must see it after the lockdown.

  • @nicnak4475
    @nicnak4475 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fascinating thank you , I remember train spotting no 1001 when I was a kid back in 67, I remember she ran over her own speedo drive on one of my frequent trips to Ashford causing a delay lol , and was lucky enough to a few years later know a driver Alan Sinden who showed me around the diesel sheds in St leonards , was amazed by the piston size on the four cylinder DEMU ,they were massive , no wonder she thumps ! :o)

  • @matthewdavidcole
    @matthewdavidcole 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I got to ride this train the day it did this trip... Only I joined / left at Norwich. Only wanted to traverse the crossing at Sheringham.

  • @gb5uq
    @gb5uq 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Absolutely fantastic video. The information is superb. Many thanks.

  • @DrewofDrew
    @DrewofDrew 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Oh for the day this line opens again through Melton Constable to Fakenham and then to Dereham !! what a money spinner that would be !!

    • @EEWW2006
      @EEWW2006 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Norfolk Orbital Railway.

  • @Tom-Lahaye
    @Tom-Lahaye 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    A very relaxing video, the North Norfolk Railway is a nice line.

  • @waldenhouse
    @waldenhouse 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I always feel uneasy about running “wrong road” on a two track line. Thank goodness it branched off! 😂

  • @philliplove
    @philliplove 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Very good thanks, love these old lines. Best wishes

  • @clonking4436
    @clonking4436 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Excellent coverage. Lovely location.

  • @nutsnproud6932
    @nutsnproud6932 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks for the video and commantary in the corner.

  • @laurieharper1526
    @laurieharper1526 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Nice. I hope to see your DEMU and ride on it one day. I didn't know there was only one in preservation. I remember them from when I was young. They used to arrive/depart on platform 5 or 6 at Charing Cross. We went on holiday on one before we had a car - must have been the late 50s/early 60s. Used to love the noise they made.

  • @ChrisRichmond
    @ChrisRichmond 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    There I am at the end of Cromer platform! :-D

  • @pamcaven344
    @pamcaven344 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Very big crowd! Did you know trains only cross that level crossing 12 times a year maximum? It takes trains from the mainline to the heritage railway. 14:48

  • @robertfreeman2608
    @robertfreeman2608 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you that brought back some very good memories thanks again.

  • @robertgaudry2826
    @robertgaudry2826 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Beautiful landscape. Simple nature.

  • @RonCombo
    @RonCombo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    As usual, a seriously well-produced video. A real pleasure to watch. Thank you.

  • @robertcoleman4861
    @robertcoleman4861 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Beautiful journey thank you richard regards bob.

  • @curtiscarter7860
    @curtiscarter7860 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Oh my goodness, I know this area, and have always wondered what it would have been like to cross the two sections, now I get to see it up close, lol. It's a shame that the line all the way to Holt and beyond isn't apart of the national network anymore. Like my granddad said, Beeching was a criminal and to him, that name was a swear word, as he use to work on the tracks around that area years ago. I don't live their, but I do visit once every few years. People of Holt, rise up and demand reconnection to the national rail network, lol 🤣

    • @Isochest
      @Isochest ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ernest Marples is the biggest profanity. He was a True Politician dedicated to personal self enrichment at the Nation's expense

  • @chrismccartney8668
    @chrismccartney8668 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Great so many both at Sheringham BR Station and NNR .
    NNR is greatly supported by Sheringham residents as it spread the Holiday period with the Trains Bird Watching Seals ar Bkakeney and walk
    My parents retired thereon late 70 and had 20 plus happy years and I visited often and enjoyed this unspoilt part of UK..

  • @chrismccartney8668
    @chrismccartney8668 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fantastic Video showing the superb area of North Norfolk as can be seen by the crowds Sheringham people and holidaymakers are protective of both the NNR and Natiional Railways the line to Sheringham has been mooted fir closure many times but has been fiercly supported and it has paid both Railways add to Sheringhams appeal for holidays along with superb coast, walks seals at bkakeney etc.
    Happy memories for me as parents retired to sheringham in early 70s many happy memories
    They lived in Abbey Park and we used to cross railway to walk the cliffs with the dogs 😃

  • @EEWW2006
    @EEWW2006 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Lovely trip. Thank you for that

  • @neilfranklin5644
    @neilfranklin5644 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks I got yo visit here cromer and sheringham and once took the train to westbourne station, then the footpath back to sheringham along the cost, so never did the full journey to holt.

  • @frankcurtis6179
    @frankcurtis6179 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    The Line from Sheringham to Holt is actually a heritage line and the cost of operating it come from subscriptions and ticket revenue, Almost everyonel who works on it are volunteers.

    • @EEWW2006
      @EEWW2006 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      The NNR is one of the finest examples of a preserved railway you will find anywhere in the country

  • @chrisrobinson3792
    @chrisrobinson3792 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Love Norfolk x

  • @mikeking856
    @mikeking856 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Nice Video, also the screen narration was gooed also. THANKS

  • @gregkiteos1936
    @gregkiteos1936 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Good video. I do like the North Norfolk Railway and it looks even better when seen from the driver’s perspective. Thanks for the informative captions too. Did you know the line ran from Cromer to Norwich City station (the other major terminus in the city, now long closed) via Sheringham and Melton Constable? Now it runs from Sheringham to Norwich Thorpe via Cromer.

  • @johncourtneidge
    @johncourtneidge 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Beautiful, thank-you!

  • @highwindsclarke2685
    @highwindsclarke2685 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is a really good video Glad the weather was nice.

  • @paulsquires9117
    @paulsquires9117 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Brilliant video, well done.

  • @Calvertfilm
    @Calvertfilm 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fascinating. I know this track very well.

  • @rhodrage
    @rhodrage 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    That guy at 14:32 got quite a fright

  • @perrywilson2897
    @perrywilson2897 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I enjoyed that love that line been there so meny times

  • @johnmillard7555
    @johnmillard7555 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Very pleasant and restful to watch, but I would liked to have seen what we were travelling in.

    • @hastingsdiesels
      @hastingsdiesels  5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thank you. There are hundreds of photos of the Hastings DEMU at our website www.hastingsdiesels.co.uk

  • @paulineutting24
    @paulineutting24 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Very enjoyable thank you !

  • @steves5172
    @steves5172 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A great video - Thank you!

  • @nickrobson9636
    @nickrobson9636 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Miles and chains, love it! None of this new-fangled metric nonsense!

    • @suntexi
      @suntexi 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Absolutely. 1 chain = length of a cricket pitch. 1 chain x 1 furlong = 1 acre. I can still remember these things but ask me to define a hectare... I just couldn't do it.

    • @nickrobson9636
      @nickrobson9636 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@suntexi And 10 chains = 1 furlong, 8 furlongs = 1 mile, 640 acres to the square mile: this was bashed into us as primary school children!

    • @Cholseyroyal
      @Cholseyroyal 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      100 links = 1chain, Somerset CCC used to use one to mark out a cricket wicket back in the day.

    • @gordonphillips7229
      @gordonphillips7229 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Actually Nick it would have been much easier for me to assess the distance had he said 3 miles and 1 kilometre :)

    • @PaulSmith-pl7fo
      @PaulSmith-pl7fo 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@suntexi 22 chains to the mile?

  • @regblunden8895
    @regblunden8895 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    i drove the hastings diesels between eastbourne/ashford and selhurst depot. the best unit southern railway had on loan

  • @captbob3144
    @captbob3144 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    What an amazing way to see the English countryside. Thank-you for these videos. Could you explain the use of these token rings? Thanks

    • @ellieswinfen9200
      @ellieswinfen9200 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The exact token operation is quite complex and you'd be better off looking it up on wiki or google using Token Block Signalling as the search.
      The simple explanation is that to prevents two trains from running into each other, a train driver is given a 'token' by the signalman to allow him to proceed to the next section. The token itself has to be removed from a token machine by the signalman to allow him to change the signals for the train driver to proceed. The really clever part is that it does not rely on anyone remembering if a section is clear because the token machine has an indicator on it and you cannot give out a new token until the previous one is in the next machine on the line - think of it as a relay race where you cannot run without the baton in your hand

  • @paull2613
    @paull2613 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Brilliant thank you

  • @oddities-whatnot
    @oddities-whatnot 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Went on that about 25 years ago, drunk. Pretty area.

  • @emt43043
    @emt43043 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    It sounds like it’s English electric powered is it

  • @Haybalemelonhead
    @Haybalemelonhead 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I ride on the sheringham to Norwich route pretty much every day it’s alright but needs work and much better trains

  • @LordHartfield
    @LordHartfield 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Interesting to follow that trip along with an 1888 OS map from the Scottish National Library. Not too much has changed, even some of the original mile posts can be seen!

    • @hastingsdiesels
      @hastingsdiesels  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      The same mapping is used in the preparation of these videos. :)

  • @12crepello
    @12crepello 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Always intrigued by the way that thumper's engines run down as they are put under load. I used to think the driver had stalled it!!

    • @hastingsdiesels
      @hastingsdiesels  5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It's a design feature arising from the electrical train heating. If the engines are running faster than idle because the heating is on, they have first to return to idle rate before the Line Contactors can close. In our case the Tunbridge Wells power unit feeds the Buffet Car equipment and so runs in this mode even when train heating is off.

  • @CullenRick
    @CullenRick 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Great video, but such a crime that this short film shows all that is left of an entire railway network!

    • @pf32900
      @pf32900 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      There is a bit more of the M&GNJR at Whitwell & Reepham station. The Railway was built late and served many places that were already served by the Great Eastern Railway. Much of it was single track and even in the 1950s, its expresses were only doing 40mph. BR thought it could save £500,000 by closing it.

  • @mallyuk1
    @mallyuk1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    nice some lovely views,but had to laugh at 14.31 when driver pipped his horn
    everybody jumped

  • @peter9180
    @peter9180 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I seem to remember the level crossing at Sheringham being twin track in the early sixties,

  • @fredharrowven1040
    @fredharrowven1040 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Hi I have traveled this line and I was not to impressed but I take that all back, I just couldn’t remember what it was like 👍 and having seen it on TH-cam i will be doing that trip again, I live in Norwich Norfolk I have done NYMR railway an this one is not so long but it is just as good 👍 10 out 10.🌈🌈🚞🚆.

  • @AndreiTupolev
    @AndreiTupolev 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love the noise in the cabs on full power, the way everything rattles. The engine in the rear power car runs at higher revs than the front one because it provides electric supply for the train, doesn't it

    • @hastingsdiesels
      @hastingsdiesels  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ah yes - at *idle*, the engine that we can hear (rear motor coach) idles at a higher speed than that at the front. This is because motor coach Tunbridge Wells is also feeding the Buffet Car's equipment.

    • @hastingsdiesels
      @hastingsdiesels  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      At 26:31 we are on full power - it says so. That's notch 7, engine speed 850rpm, load controlled by the automatic load regulator.

    • @hastingsdiesels
      @hastingsdiesels  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You're right that it isn't a complex issue, but your mental model of the control system is different to that of W.J.Arnold Sykes and Hugh Smyth in the 1950s. One of the principal differences is that wheelslip is going to be more of an issue at low speeds than at high speeds. Yes, the driver's controller primarily controls diesel engine speed, though in the lowest engine speed notches 1-3 control the level of main generator field excitation. The Load Regulator operates in notch 5 and above, and its operation is unseen by the driver (though if you listen to the turbocharger note you can hear it operating, especially if the driver holds in notch 5 when pulling away from rest). Also, DC traction motors have "back EMF" which means that as they revolve faster, their ability to pass current decreases, so we have traction motor field weakening. I would point you in the direction of THIS handout: www.dropbox.com/s/ihormo3m292ulwf/DEMUs-Drivers-Handout.pdf?dl=0

    • @hastingsdiesels
      @hastingsdiesels  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @pmailkeey Wheelslip is most likely at low speeds because a DC motor's highest torque is at low speeds; its torque at no-load speed is nil. See lancet.mit.edu/motors/motors3.html
      The characteristics of the diesel-electric power unit are best served by treating it as a device with specific power settings, and these are what the notches achieve: engine-speed and full load. The load regulator is just there to ensure full load, and later to bring in the traction motor field weakening. And yes, as you'll have seen the engine-speed governor includes an overspeed device.
      You're right about the handout having a mistake in the starting battery diagram!
      CO2 isn't itself poisonous, but in sufficient concentrations it reduces the amount of oxygen available to support life.
      The third rail (and fourth rail on the London Underground) are still routinely "kept turned off" by means of short-circuiting devices, which can also be used to turn the current off by overload in emergency.
      Yes, modern DEMUs wouldn't have DC motors, they'd have 3-phase AC motors... like the Virgin Voyager DEMUs do. But that technology requires solid-state control gear which hadn't been invented in 1956.

    • @hastingsdiesels
      @hastingsdiesels  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      DMUs have notches on the power controller (apart possibly from 1st-generation ones with manual gearboxes).
      The solid-state power electronics necessary to run 3-phase AC traction motors on UK main-line railway vehicles wasn't approaching maturity until around 1990. Besides, the whole ethos of the DEMU design was to produce, as cheaply as possible, a "stop-gap" train with a design life of 10 years that would have as many components as possible (including the traction motors) the same as their SR EMU counterparts.

  • @paulshorney3465
    @paulshorney3465 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fantastic line👍

  • @JohnSmith-pd1fz
    @JohnSmith-pd1fz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    What a shame that "Holt" station is really in High Kelling and because of recent road and housing developments in the area beyond this station and westwards past the place where the original Holt station used to be, any further extension of this line towards Melton Constable, Fakenham and on to Kings Lynn is now impossible.

    • @cigmorfil4101
      @cigmorfil4101 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Also part of the B1110 is now on the original track bed.

    • @hairyairey
      @hairyairey 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Perversely the line could make money from freight alone if it was reinstated. The route should have been preserved if only as a cycle path.

    • @JohnSmith-pd1fz
      @JohnSmith-pd1fz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ++@@hairyairey++ I agree entirely! So much of the trackway remains beyond Holt with missing bridge spans only at Stody and Brinton, as i remember, then after the old Melton Constable junction towards Thursford the old Pygge's grave bridge has gone and the crossing north of Swanton Novers is open, albeit with the box now used as a garden shed. At Thursford there is very little left but beyond that, all the way to the missing Langor Bridge over the 1065 there are simple open minor road crossings. All of the way should have been mothballed in the 60's, instead greedy landowners and self interested parties were allowed to do as they liked. It was plain simple vandalism by Beeching and his followers at the time.

  • @StanleyV64
    @StanleyV64 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    17:47 my opinion of the most beautiful one on the railway!

  • @russouk
    @russouk 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love the hand painted Whistle signs....glad we have whistle and W signs not Horn sign...tradition is good

  • @timothyparsons8327
    @timothyparsons8327 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What a novelty...cab riding a “Hastings” ...enjoyable run (albeit on my screen!)

  • @malthuswasright
    @malthuswasright 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Real shame that we don't actually get to see the train!

  • @adrianrose8044
    @adrianrose8044 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    A couple of things sur[rised me on the video.One is that the tracks coming out of Cromer are single track and only connected by one crossover.I dont know how many trains run between Cromer and Sheringham ,but im sure it cant be many.Makes you wonder if a day will come when Network Rail close that little branch.It would be a heck of a lot quicker to get a taxi from Cromer to Sheringham.BUT those extra miles added to the NNR would be really beneficial to them,provided if Network rail ever disposed of it,didnt start ripping stuff up whilst in the process of sale.The other thing that surprised me is the amount of manpower needed to close the road.If at any point the Cromer section becomes available,i guess the crossing at Sheringham would need properly reinstating with gates (well hopefully gates not barriers).

    • @AndreiTupolev
      @AndreiTupolev 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      There seems to be one an hour to Sheringham. I think all the palaver with the crossing is only when there's occasional through workings, I think, if they haven't already, they'll install gates or barriers when they run more frequently.

    • @hastingsdiesels
      @hastingsdiesels  5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yes, there are 17 trains from Cromer to Sheringham on a weekday. But none of them would go to the old Sheringham station beyond the manpower-hungry level crossing - they'd terminate at the new short platform on the approach side of it.

    • @adamowen1986
      @adamowen1986 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      One of the issues for the NNR when they go to Cromer is lack of a run round for a single loco, at present any trains going to Cromer from NNR go top and tailed

  • @russouk
    @russouk 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Gonna put by some £££ and spend month one day going round on lines like this....on one stay somewhere overnight and just catch 1st train I see...so much around this great country we dont see.

  • @stevehillier7018
    @stevehillier7018 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The joys of continuous Welded Rail

  • @blackrider21
    @blackrider21 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The part about trespassing is valid however the North Norfolk Railway do a ticket you can buy called a lineside pass , It Grants the user full access to be lineside for the duration of the day aslong as they wear a hi vis vest , Last time i volunteered there there was no training involved in the Lineside pass you just get told to use common sense , as for me i have walked the full line a few times now knocking keys back in that have fallen out (while volunteering there plus at the time i was mainline PTS certified aswell), i even remember dead mans cutting and always hearing someone walking behind me when ever i walked that stretch (dead mans cutting is at 24:35 ) If i remember the story correct a trackworker was walking in the 4 foot when his lantern went out , at the same time a train came round the corner and hit him.

    • @martinusher1
      @martinusher1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'm used to train tracks in the US which aren't for the most part fenced and often run parallel to a road for long stretches. Its generally assumed that if can walk down a street without being run over then you should be able to walk beside train tracks without a problem. (There's also a suburban rail line at Helsingor, Denmark, that runs around the front from the main train station, it literally runs between the road and the sidewalk ("pavement"), the trains (two car multiple units) run slowly along that section because they're so close to you you can touch them.) So, let's not be paranoid about trains; you obviously don't want to cross tracks or walk beside high speed lines but for the most part they're safe to be near, just don't get too close.
      Interesting video, BTW -- well made and its a nice run through a bit of the country I've never seen before.

    • @blackrider21
      @blackrider21 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@martinusher1 Yeh over here our heritage lines (the one in the video after the crossing ) is limited to 25mph , on our urban lines the max is normally 70mph and on our high speed routes 125mph (not including high speed 1 ) however we do have a 0 policy on walking trackside , even unfenced trackside is still classed as tresspass and can come with £1000 fine if your caught.

    • @gordonphillips7229
      @gordonphillips7229 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@blackrider21 I think I should just add that this doesn't mean we don't have level foot crossing points in areas far from a bridge or level crossing where the emphasis is very much on the pedestrian to look and listen before crossing.

    • @PaulSmith-pl7fo
      @PaulSmith-pl7fo 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@martinusher1 We still do have deaths on our railways, but the vast majority are sadly suicides. What about the USA?

  • @alejandrayalanbowman367
    @alejandrayalanbowman367 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I have also ridden the old M&GN from Yarmouth Beach to Hemsby before it closed. Last train was at 11pm on a Saturday night, great if you'd missed the last bus.
    Any idea why there is a short stretch with lower quadrant signals?
    I have camped on Kelling Heath.

  • @cmeonthemove
    @cmeonthemove 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Oh look it's me by the signal at 28:45!