Class 50 cabride Exeter - Salisbury
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- Cabride Exeter St Davids to Salisbury aboard class 50. Calling at Pinhoe, Honiton, Axminster, Crewkerne, Yeovil Junction, Sherborne, Templecombe, Gillingham, Tisbury and Salisbury. Viewers are reminded not to flush the toilet while the train is in the station and to please be upstanding in raising a glass to the driver.
This must be filmed post 1983, as that was when Templecombe Station was reopened. Thank you for bringing old memorise back to me
Summer of 1991 when it was filmed.
Great Video. Reminds me of when I started work on the Railway at Oxford in 1988. I use to catch a train at 06:50 from Banbury every morning. This service was the Banbury to Paddington . Every day it would be a class 50 with 8 mk1 coaches on . Use to lean out of the window and hear the engine working hard pulling away from the station. Really miss the loc and coach’s, these plastic trains now are not the same. I went from Reading to Exeter last year on a class 800. They are quite impressive with their acceleration .
That was some run! Only now are people beginning to appreciate the gross disservice done to this country by Beeching sixty years ago. Difficult to imagine the work undertaken laying these tracks,all by hand,possibly with a steam shovel,but mostly long hard days,summer and winter,sleeping in tents,and just digging day in day out. Definitely a bygone age.
reduction to single road on this line was stupidity internal br politics not beeching when ex gwr were put in charge they reduced the lines capacity as it rivalled there traditional london exeter route
@Aussie Pom Beeching is generally blamed because it was HIS report that recommended the closure of lines despite Marples being the one who actually went with enforcing the closure. Thus why its generally called the Beeching Axe instead of the Marples Axe, I doubt anyone thinks of Marples as a saint even when compared to Beeching. Even so, a lot of lines and stations were closed as far back as the 1930s where there was rapid closure so it's not a new thing.
A lot of misunderstanding of Beeching’s report based on wild speculation in the press. According to BR figures line closures for the twelve years prior to his report was 4065miles. The twelve years following his report……4065 miles. A remarkable coincidence but it does put it into perspective.
I remember that climb from St Davids to Central in the late 1940's when a Merchant Navy or a West Country would have 2 E1/R tanks assisting. A lovely experperience, thanks for the ride! Viewed frrom Queensland Aust.
Fairly recently a WC/BB slipped to a halt on it.
Very scenic ride and love those English Electric locomotives.
A lovely little piece of history - thank you for making & sharing! :)
Lovely to hear that big old 16CSVT digging in on the steep climb up to Exeter Central.
"...in such a chain of diverse circumstances was one of the finest main lines in the country built up. Although constructed as a series of disjointed units the line from Basingstoke to Salisbury and Exeter forms incomparably the best line from London to the West; and the fact it is such a good route - so free from curves and petty restrictions - owes much to the massive influence of Joseph Locke..." - Nock, O.S., 'The London and South Western Railway' (London, 1965), p. 31
Great video and my favourite loco and seeing that climb from St David's to Central is sommack, listening to that engine working on headphones is wonderful as well you get a great sense of the power of these magnificent machines. Use to work a lot down here in my railway DAYS, litter picked all the stations and worked on almost all the structures. Thank you
Glad you liked it Dave. Got some more coming up, so please remember to subscribe! Cheers
Wonderful nostalgic scenes of bucolic West of England. Even the weather was perfect. Thank you.
Sounds fantastic. I actually drove from Exmouth to Salisbury last week, takes bloody ages. Would rather have been on this train.
Great video !! In your description, a reminder of some grafitti years ago on the "Do not flush the toilet while in a station" sign......
Under it was scrawled "Except at Aldershot".......!!!!!! 🤣🤣🤣
Ah yes the filthy bay platform at Salisbury used by tramps.
A great vidio I have really enjoyed watching it. Many thanks Chris 👍🎈
I spent the best part if 17 years driving 159s up and down this line. I would by have loved to experience what it was like in a class 50...not the breakdowns though especially with no mobile phones. My workmates at Sals told me how they had to go across a field to a farmhouse sometimes. Very long sections, few signals and few phones. I used to joke that the next signal was in the next county they were so far apart.
That's why the area Manger Gerald Daniels got mobile phones in 1987 where the drivers carried them on a diagram for the services, then in 1988 the loco's were fitted win NRN phones in the cabs and a square radio pod on the roofs. I have to say from 1984 to 1992 I didn't have many problems only water heat or drivers errors like short men on DSD pedals etc but before the phones there were some long walks.
@@Thunderer0872 We had to take a portable NRN for use on the Western if we went beyond Exeter to Paignton or Plymouth or diverted via Westbury. I hated using it and rarely did, rather get down on the SPT if there was one nearby.
Pre CSR when I was a guard (Bournemouth), the number of times the driver got down on the SPT only for the signal to change as they picked it up. I used to joke that the signalman had a little camera in the signal. 😁
This is brilliant what a treat really enjoy the scenery and look forward to the next posting
Thank you very much for this video, it is very interesting for me!
Excellent video made even better with name of stations captioned. Even today, 30.11.19, class 50 locos are pulling a charter train from Bristol to Newcastle with similar toilets on mk1 coaches!
Thanks for the class50 cab ride. The 50 are beautiful diesels. Some great countryside and run down railways that one day might recover to be a better network!!😎🐓🐓🇬🇧
Hi there Norbert, well we've been meandering with you for quite some time now
and enjoying the journey, always so good to be out and about with you.
The cab view is immersive and very relaxing I find. Anyway just wanted
to drop by and say thank you.
Happy memories of trainspotting on Salisbury station on Saturday afternoons in the late 80s! :-) Half expected to see myself on the platform somewhere!
amazing loco drive my friend..love from india❤🇮🇳
Cannot stop watching. Brilliant
As I am now finally not a newie living in Honiton (Moved here in 2000) it is great to see the massive changes on the railway and surrounding countryside.Whimple before they extended the left hand platform out to meet the track and removed the right hand platform. Honiton Wow station has chamged. That ticket office was there when I moved down here but was soon replaced by a loverly new and bigger one. Signal box now gone and where George Blake saw mills now a new building and Bradfords. Also the house i have was not built yet just fields. Exeter Central have removed all those large planters within the last year and a half and done some new work to spruce the station up with the new lifts installed. Exeter St Davids now a massive change within the last two years. A new and inproved TSD for the class 150s and now finished the new large GWR offices and spares building. I started coming down here in 1996 when my sister moved to Whimple. Use the route from Honiton to Exeter weekly befor this covid 19. We were just starting to get the goverment to see dueling the line would be a good thing and the passanger numbers are still rising. Trains were getting packed at all times of the day before covid. Thanks for posting this video.
This is a wonderful film!
Thanks!
Many great memories of cycling down to Feniton station aged about 12 or 13 and then catching the train, making it move forward so that the guard's van was adjacent to the short platform!
I like hd 4k vids like everyone but this is great...good to hear the engines sounds and track noise etc...ty
Yeah, if only we had it in the early 90s! This is Hi8, which was about as good as it got for most of us then.
This is great. Thanks for posting.
Glad you liked it
That 1:37 incline just before Exeter C is incredible!
It's bidirectional so you can be on a 159 going head to head with a Pacer up there.
@@arch9enius didn't realise it was bidirectional!
@@arch9enius Only Bi directional on the down line from Exeter Central Not on the line the video is on, the up line. The line the video is on is in the direction shown only. Also doubtful they would have 2 trains at the same time either as there are not that frequent! or allowed under signal regulations?
@@Thunderer0872 I do remember the incident I talked about. THe Pacer had the legs on us for a bit. It was probably going between Paignton and Exmouth, so would be turning right after Central. I couldn't tell you the traffic conditions or if it was an out of the ordinay movement.
What are the chances that the grade and the timestep are the same.
What a great cab ride. Thanks for sharing it.
cheers. James/FFV.
This is an amazing video and you really get an idea of how fast the old girl is going.
Line speed is 85mph sure there were moments of 90mph down Honiton bank though?
Class 50's on this route. they were the days!
In my half-term holidays in Exeter in the early seventies, my friends and I would get Rail-Rover tickets for the week. Our favourite was the ticket that covered the run to Salisbury; we travelled that line so many times!
Happy days indeed my friend
Very interesting to see the Chilmark connection and Dinton yard. Thank you for posting.
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Nice to see the old layout at Gillingham, the buffer stop is still locked behind the signalbox but the track lifted. The overgrown up siding is actually often in use. Ironic in back in the eighties I would have lamp and stores serviced this 50 led service up at Waterloo never for once thinking I would be living quite close to one of its stations in deepest Dorset.
As a one time user of the Atlantic Coast Express (ACE), it was sad to see this extended branch line now.
A great video thanks for uploading. I do like an 80s cab ride video. Was very surprised at the amount of single track between two large towns.
It's the reletively sparse countryside in between. Seaton Junction and Templecombe are both shadows of themselves. Hell, they're both shadows of themselves today compared to this video.
Was double track all the way until singled in April 1967 after Beeching.
Wonderful video! Travelled over this line many times in the seventies and eighties, but never drove over it. Thanks for posting!
We saw 50s heading past Sherborne bottom in the mid 80s.
Classic and iconic sound of the Class 50 hoover ❤
Crewkerne Station canopy. One can still see the repair to the canopy after 'Bibby Line's escapade in 1953!
This 50 sounds in great order and performing well.. wish I could have done more on this route. Did manage a run right towards the end of the 50s on here.
A real treat. Thanks.
Interesting as the film reveals "Wrong Line Working", between Exmouth Junction and Pinhoe station (Due to track relaying). Probably filmed on a Sunday.
NOTE: The train stops at the signal (displaying a red) just after "Black Boy Tunnel". The Flagman standing by the signal, communicates by signal post phone with the signalman in Exmouth Junction box a couple of hundred yards further on, before giving the Driver permission to pass the signal at Danger, and "Proceed at Caution Wrong Line" to Pinhoe station.
At Pinhoe another flagman is waiting on the platform exhibiting a red signal (hand held flag). He must liase with both Exmouth Junction signalbox, and the Person In Charge (PIC) of the level crossing. Which has to be operated manually, in this situation, as this CCT (Circuit Controlled Television) full barrier crossing, is not fitted with bi-directional automatic control. Hence the PIC standing the other side of the crossing, awaiting instructions to lower the barrier, once the signalman gives permission.
The Driver & Guard, would of course have known in advance of the track occupation, and the method going to be used to pass trains. As all this information would have been printed in what were known as the "Weekly Notices", which were given to ALL staff likely to be involved, such as train crew, signalmen and track staff.
All the carefully laid out rules are of course in the then BR Rule Book, to cater SAFELY, for such out of course operations !!!!!!!
nice to see Gillingham which was my station for Mere.
Great vid., thank you.
0:07 Exeter St Davids (Depart)
1:59 Exeter Central (2:52 Depart)
3:42 St James Park
3:59 Blackboy Tunnel
5:44 Exmouth Junction
8:37 Pinhoe (9:17 Depart)
11:35 Broad Clyst (Disused)
14:32 Whimple
17:30 Feniton
21:11 Honiton (21:44 Depart)
24:01 Honiton Tunnel
28:14 Seaton Junction (Disused)
30:53 Axminster (31:22 Depart)
36:52 Chard Junction (Disused)
43:28 Crewkerne (45:53 Depart)
51:44 Yeovil Junction (52:15 Depart)
57:14 Sherborne (57:41 Depart)
1:02:34 Milborne Port (Disused)
1:05:55 Templecombe (1:06:27 Depart)
1:10:28 Buckhorn Weston Tunnel
1:12:56 Gillingham (1:13:28 Depart)
1:18:38 Semley (Disused)
1:23:16 Tisbury (1:23:36 Depart)
1:32:26 Wilton South (Disused)
1:35:32 Salisbury (Arrive)
Thanks!
Thanks, I lived at both Sherborne and Milborne Port so knew all footpath crossings and bridges between Templecombe and Yeovil junction intimately. So nice to see. I remember the reopening of Templecombe station.
Fabulous trip great to see where the old track bed was before network rail made much of the line single track until we got to Yeovil junction
British Rail.
BR back in the 60s, long before Network Rail
Ding ding! I'm a tram 🚋 and I approve this video! Great footage!!
What it must of felt driving one of them 50s flying along through the remote countryside at speed on a single track a bloody thrill that must of been
Great stuff. Thanks.
Very nice real time journey video with station captions, took me back in Sep- Oct stay at Yeovil and my weekly journey to Waterloo and back to yeovil Jn. Via Salisbury, Basingstoke and woking...
Thank you. Will be uploading Salisbury - Waterloo soon, once I've muted out the colourful language!
@@norbertnedsworth7172 Oh nice, how did you do the sound on this one as I can't hear the AWS in the cab and the horns sound like the mic was in the rear? I remember the cabs being very quiet and the Horn loud above your head.
@@Thunderer0872 The mic was indeed in the rear cab as previous attempts proved impossible for us not to swear for an hour and a half! Shame really but never envisaged the footage to be on TH-cam.
@@norbertnedsworth7172 really glad it is mate brings back tons of memories. was this early 1990?
Have you done it yet? (sorry if I've missed it!)@@norbertnedsworth7172
This video is as if it was yesterday for me! I first travelled down to Exeter from Salisbury in the mid 80's, then as luck would have it from the late 80's for the next 10 years I use to travel down to Devon on business one day a week. I would travel down by train one day a week from Salisbury to Exeter St Davids, then change to go onto either Torquay, Paignton or Plymouth, each alternative week I would drive, there wasn't a lot of difference in time taken going by car or train! I clearly remember the class 50's being on their last legs with Glorious the last of its class to go, then the class 47's taking over with the odd class 33 being substituted until the class 159's took over in the early 90's. When the 159's took over the fortunes of the line took off with the improved timings and with passenger numbers increasing, now it's difficult to get a seat sometimes it's so busy. To improve timings further they have now double tracked outside Axminster, I could never understand why they didn't utilise the long stretch of double track that was insitu at Dinton to improve timings, those sidings there which used to serve the RAF at Chilmark have long gone. It's wonderful to see this journey from the cab. Great video and thanks for posting.
I was thinking exactly the same re Dinton. Double track laid, but sadly taken up. Oh for double track on the whole route once more. We must be happy that the line survuved - Beeching wanted it closed west of Salisbury.
Great video, nice channel, subbed!
Nice to see this route in the daylight. In November 1992 I worked a charter along here to Waterloo with a pair of 31s and a 33 providing the ETH and all I remember was the route had a lot of steep gradients both up and down on it. I had a few traction motor flashovers!
According to Wikipedia there are 18 "Hoovers" in preservation around the country.
Getting a class 50 for my n gauge. Hoovers were pilloried atm but I was a secret fan.
Views of England hithertoo seen only by the few - thanks so m,uch!
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There is a small section of redoubled track either side of Axminster which is a sign of improvement, but it cost millions to reinstate. Singling 0f trunk routes was a rather stupid short term measure that has turned out to be a very expensive mistake.
The line was severely downgraded in 1969 stations were torn down yards ripped up and the service reduced so badly it nearly closed.
@@annescholey6546 most of the stations were cut in 1965 with the lager ones gone in 1967 when the line was singled.
@@Thunderer0872 They retained the real ale stations though... ;-)
Feniton, used to be known as Sidmouth Junction !
I remember seeing the Hoovers thundering through Surbiton and making a hell of a noise when they hit the bridge to the south of the station!!!!
Paul O'Connor I remember them in Putney
A train hitting a bridge is always going to make a racket.
Nice video! 🚂👍
he certainly got that loco motoring :) good video
Camped overnight near Milborne Port, and awoke to the sound of a Cl.50 heading down to Yeovil Jct. The guy in the station buffet was a little surprised to have a customer at 06:30 in the morning wanting a cup of tea and a sausage sarnie. Happy days.
Just watched this and what a journey! A really fast trip - non stop from Pinhoe to Axminster. What a travesty to single this line, far superior to the winding GWR Hants & Berks line which hardly called at at any significant town. This line should never have been singled. I only hope I live long enough to see far more doubling of the track, and some semi-fast trains west of Salisbury. Fingers crossed!
Do you know when it was actually singled? I suppose though it wasn't all done at once but over a period of time?
This line should never have been singled. Also noted that BR didn’t have much money in those days but compared to Notwork Rail at least they used to keep the railways tidy.
Pretty much all the surviving stations on this route have a better service today than they ever did in the past.
At 27:29 the driver, for at first no apparent reason, sounds the two tone horn. However, there is an unusual reason why. At 27:48 the train crosses a road bridge, and there's a house just visible. The lady who occupied that house was a pensioner, who always used to wave to the trains as they passed by. She was so well known for doing so, the drivers started to blast their horns to let her know they were coming. Sadly, in November 1987, the 84 year old was found murdered, and the case featured on Crimewatch. Her killer was later caught, and jailed for life. Incidentally, the village the train passes at 27:48 is called Shute.
Thanks. Ray of sunshine you are, init. Good yarn though. 🙂
I think of that poor lady every time I pass the location. Our children thought she was "Thomas's" Mrs Kindly.
27:29 is for the second lady who took over the waving, he gave the horn to let her know he was about to pass, the bridge with the square looking cottage was where the woman was murdered. but the first one we all meet one afternoon when the loco's were finishing BR had given her cab ride from Honiton to Exeter and she rode back in the train with a load of 33 bashers I was there as 50's finished but couldn't stop traveling on my line knowing it was going to end soon. anyway the second lady moved away once 159's arrived.
I watch this almost daily so looking forward to Salisbury - Waterloo chief.
I'm working on it. Not sure if to mute the whole trip (easier to do) or spend many hours editing the language - which could offend.
@@norbertnedsworth7172 You should have heard the Welsh talking on Railscene HST Paddington to Bristol. One stand out was about signals and the guy said the Bobby said ''Remain in the platform.. it was long enough to build a F...ing platform!" lol I spose it depends on if people know the voice? I doubt anyone will be offended?
@@norbertnedsworth7172 normal sound would be nice, we all need the thrash if there's any? cab windows down I hope?
I wonder if the tunnel @ 3:57 has been re-named!!! Also, I remember seeing the Hoovers thundering through Surbiton at 75 mph, and the noise they made as they accelerated up through the cutting towards Clapham!!!!
I doubt it? I don't think it would cause any offense? Besides it's only known to the railway not really a public knowledge of tunnel names generally. There's a Brown Queen tunnel in Cornwall!
No because the road above is called Blackboy Road and has some history in Exeter. Think something to do with Civil War.
Wish you would show more of in the cab working driver etc,
Awesome sound storming up the bank out of St. D. I wonder did the pilotman who came on between Exmouth Jct and Pinhoe have to wait for the next train back, which would have been the best part of two hours, or did he get a lift back?
Nice journey, but what a racket. It sounded as though the loco was going to shake itself to pieces.
wow nice job
I really wish i had a time machine so i could ride these fabulous locos and be able to lean out and have fun. 😔
I wish I could see double track all the way to Padstow!
... and a solitary tear rolls down my cheek.
Not a line I've used often, but I have used it. One of my first times was when, instead of Yeovil Junction, mum felt Crewkerne more convenient. We left Yeovil Junction and a little further on was stopped at a signal. Or so we thought. As the train started, we realised our carriage was too far back for the platform and as we glided through, so there was Uncle Roy waiting for us looking perplexed. We had to travel to Axminster to get a train back. That was 1975 so my guess it would have been a 47, possibly a 50: would that stretch of line have been single at that time?
How long before they make them change the name of the tunnel just past S james Park?
Yes, never use the toilet at a station.... unless its slough. Seriously though I enjoyed that. Especial when the train visited the station of my home town of Sherborne.
What's the siding trailing in from the left just before Exeter Central? No longer there according to google maps, and whatever was there before now seems to be an apartment block.
not a siding, catch points at the top of the 1:37 grade to catch runaways.
Whilst slagging off Beeching, it's worth looking at Marples and the whole thinking of the Government back then.
83,584 views Still climbing very nice!
THE HOVER TRAIN!
Hi I like your train video do you have the class 50 carbide from salisbury to exeter? Please
Congrats on reaching 30.000 views chief any update on Salisbury - Waterloo or Salisbury back to Exeter?
Slow progress. What would your thoughts be if it was a silent film? I'll publish a short clip and see what the response is.
@@norbertnedsworth7172 Shame would it compromise you? silent might not go down so well. 51k Because it's like being there. is there no way of isolating the chatter or raising the thrash over chatter?
@@Thunderer0872 Its very hard work but agree it is better with sound. I've replied to your earlier comment on the other video. As its 'for your eyes only', I'll delete in 24 hours. Cheers.
@@norbertnedsworth7172 Sent a Hi, almost 52K now wow. shame not many likes for such an awesome video. must be folk like me who watch it twice a day? 12 dislikes... must be Crompton or Shove fans?
Re-Post chief any reason why or you have more than one run and picked the wrong version?
Ah deleted the previous versions, okay.
Previous thumbnail was Glorious at Andover, so changed it.
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Really interesting to see a historical run on a Class 50. So much has changed on the line but sad because I remember how it was in 1964 as a double line main line. So badly down graded.
I used to take the train from Yeovil to Exeter when I was a student at Exeter University in the mid 1960's. It looked a lot different back then!
When was this from? Looks around late 80's early 90's possibly?
Early 90's
1991 as Salisbury GW yard has gone.
Ah how I miss that 16 CSVT syncopathed 'chant rom hell'. Back here in Portugal we used to have 10 'Hoover sisters'. The sound was a little different (a different model of turbos), but the engine was the same th-cam.com/video/MORiNRthLzc/w-d-xo.html
Seeing those clips brought back some great memories of being on holiday in Portugal. That EE sound combined with beautiful weather was magic.
Ah the memories! I often used to take a half day off work, train up to Waterloo then Class 50 down to Gillingham & back, and then back home to Leatherhead by teamtime. Went on a 159 once but oh so boring! Never did it again. Amongst many other trips I once did Exeter-Yeovil on a diverted 'Cornish Scot' with 13 coaches and banked up to Central by another 50 on the back. Also one evening Exeter-Basingstoke with a driver in a hurry - flat out between the stops. I won't say what speeds I was timing! And finally, I could sometimes here the 50s on the down newspaper train from where I (later) lived near Farnham - more than 3 miles from the railway. Oh joy. Wish they'd bring em back.
Happy days mate!
The old warships used to run this route before the 50s
1964 Warships, 1971 33's, then Class 50's 1981 until 1992 with Scottish 47/7's 1991 to the end 1993. But 33's featured all the time to replace 47's & 50's but we have had 37's and even a 56 cover for no motive power.
great vid NN. Can you put a date on this.? found by accident, i get to see - at a distance ,the family home. Thanks.
93 is best I can do at present. I'll ammend when I've found my notes! Thanks for subscribing.
@@norbertnedsworth7172 Summer 1991 as the Garden at Templecombe is being built and the GWR yard at Salisbury was lifted in May of that year. Class 50's finished regular work March 1992.
Was this 2 track back when it was The Southern Railways' flagship route to the southwest?
Yes
Most of it was singled circa 1967. However, the long stretch between Templecombe and Yeovil Jct was soon deemed a cut too far, and the upline remains operationally and bi-directionally double track. The downline remains one-direction only.
That's Hellfire!
Was the point just before Exeter Central in the wrong position on the left??
They're catch points. Anything rolling back down hill towards St Davids would be derailed.
Hmm what year was this filmed?
1991
Definately Filmed on a Sunday with the Relaying job going on at Exmouth Junction.
indeed and you rarely see wrong directional travel in cab ride videos. up on down line I assume thats the down we are on ,dont know Exeter line well..thanks to the track laying lol.....quite rare ahh I see in station directed to the Up...Main Down was on right..
and they kept the train running!
I cant see any evidence of AWS in this video.
@@pauloconnor2980 Mic was in rear cab.
From 34:00 to about 35:50, the track seemed really rough.
Jointed rail, and wooden sleepers?
Concrete sleepers but there was a derailment there in 1973 so maybe rough track bed where the wagons came off? Coaxdon siding was situated there in steam days for lime Kilns which you can still see a wall covered in ivy. The over bridge before that is the Fosse way.
If I recall correctly, the driver may have had a bit of wind! Please remember to subscribe, makes me feel wanted!
@@norbertnedsworth7172 I did last year.. subscribe, wind is every day! LOL
Can you update your video, you have missed Sutton Bingham (disused) station, the platform edge is clearly seen in your video! Sutton Bingham is just south of Yeovil Junction opposite the large reservoir.
Thanks for your comment. In a word, no! Too much hassle
Very interesting, do you know when it was filmed ? Looks 1990's ?
summer 1991
Excellent cab ride, what year was this filmed as there is only single track a lot of the way.
There has been a mile or two of doubling through Axminster now, and the up platform is back in use.
Summer of 1991 was when this was filmed. The line was singled in 1967 but they retained a loop and reversable up line between Templecombe and Yeovil. Templecombe station was closed then but re-opened in 1983. The Axminster loop was re-opened in 2009
Thank you for that info.@@Thunderer0872
Nice video! Do you know what year this video was filmed? Roughly! (I'm guesstimating 1980s due to Network South East branding?)
Educated guess: Summer of '88 or '89. The passing loop east of Tisbury opened in 1986, and looks reasonably weathered-in - that was my primary clue, correlated with the 155 and 207 (looks like 013) at Salisbury. I wonder which Hoover it was? And agreed - great video!
@@TomCro73 Thanks Tom
It looks like they're still building the A35 bypass outside of Axminster, which was finished around 1991 if that helps.
Summer 1991 as they are working on the garden at Templecombe which opened in September that year, also the Great Western former station yard at Salisbury was torn up in March of 1991.
47/7 on the down train we pass just after Yeovil Jct, so '89 or soon after probably