I don’t know what it is about your videos, but I always end up falling asleep . Whether it’s the sound of the train or just your voice, I become so relaxed that I can’t stay awake. Take that as a compliment, not an insult.
I used to go to a music school in Harrow and got the tube there from Central London on the Piccadilly line when I was 10 in 1980,and this took me back.I’d especially love the speed the train got along the overground suburban stretches,a friend would sometimes join me going home (he lived in Acton)and we’d swing on the hanging hand bobble thingys😅
Thanks, Dale for these video's strangely relaxing to watch. Having found out about your daily commute, it would be interesting to see a journey to work.If anyone else is interested of course.
thanks so much for posting this, it's soooo nice to watch and get to know the route as well. Wish the driver from my city would do that!! 😂 Hello from Montréal! 🎉
Dale I am an Ex Pat living in Las Vegas, USA and grew up in England until I was 21 and am now 56. I am a HUGE train fan and always loved the London Underground. It’s amazing how far behind we are in USA compared to Europe with trains. I have a few questions for you. 1. How many hours do you work a day and how many days a week. 2. What’s the maximum hours you are allowed to work? 3. How do you take a break for bathrooms, lunch, dinner etc? 4. What do you do if you are sick during shift - like a major headache that would effect safety? 5. What’s you favorite thing about the job and least favorite? 6. Have you used US subways in Chicago L train or New York - what did you think and how did they compare? Love your videos, stay safe and keep doing them. Great stuff.
Dale, I really enjoyed this video, thank you! It brought back many happy memories of visiting those western stations though I was through late at night.
Another very interesting and enjoyable video, thanks for keeping it up. The tube has always fascinated me and having lived on the Isle of Wight my whole life, the tube has extra appeal to me where we have a long history of using ex LUL stock on our railway. Having been a bus driver for years prior to my current employment on the railway, I found it a bit alien that you were able to knowingly run early! I appreciate it is down to your control room to deal with regulating the service and clearly you did your bit by making them aware. It didn’t work, but you tried! As a signaller now, my heart sank when you said that the signal at Arnos Grove was put back in front of you.. I know you weren’t about to make any further movements, but still not the point! It’s drummed in at signalling school that you don’t ‘put back’ without confirming first with the driver, except in an emergency.
Thanks for sharing your videos with us and I did enjoy you show me driving the trains and and specially when went first class on a plane that was exciting because I never been in the first class and it looks amazing so thank you show me that 😊
@2:10 Signal A386 on the Heathrow loop is the last "pop-up" in use on the "main line" (of all the tube line). Basically they were put in a locations where there was a very long sight distance and the signal was expected to clear long before the train got their even at full track speed. Rational for existence is the belief that drivers when presented with a red signal at distance in these cases would unnecessarily start slowing to lengthen the time before they reached the signal and have to come to a stop, where it would still have cleared long before the reached it. As for the name, "pop-up" probably worked better in the early 1940's UK than "approach lit" which is used other places.
If I was a train driver I don't think I would be able to resist belting out the chorus to Billy Ocean's Red Light Spells Danger' every time I encountered a red signal.....but that's just me! 🤣
I very recently travelled the Heathrow Loop the other week on the heritage 1938 stock train, running out from and back to Northfields local platforms. I was in the seat right next to the open passenger/cab door, so I had a really good view into the cab. It was a great insight and trip, like your videos!
Hi Dale, don't know if you were driving today but the service went up the creek this afternoon and nothing was going east beyond King's Cross. Which meant I got to bash the crossover back towards Russell Square, very nice!
I have just finished. They did call me up and say we might have relief at Wood Green so you may have to reverse at King’s Cross and stable at Northfields. Glad I didn’t have to in the end
@@dalecharmantravels8057 Thanks for your reply Dale. It was a bit chaotic at King's Cross with Platform 6 packed and no stepping back for the drivers- they had to fight their way through the crowds on the platform if they'd brought a double ender in. Also a strange thing occurred while I was there- a train was ready to head back west but instead started to head into the tunnel towards Cally Road only to stop about a car's length in. They had to evacuate the passengers from the leading car to the second car and when it did eventually head off to Russell Square the now last car was left empty. Odd.
Another extremely enjoyable and informative video, giving us a view of the sometimes-unpredictable nature of railway operations. Thank you for taking us along in the cab with you once again - watching it was a very enjoyable way to spend time with a cup of coffee (but, sadly, I was also without any chocolate Hobnobs or Bourbon biscuits!) So, Dale, the “pop-up” signal that you mention between Heathrow T4 and T123 is also referred to as an Approach Lit signal (certainly when I was a licenced signalling designer with LU), albeit just the red aspect that’s affected by that function in this instance. I recall that it is featured in this location as the approach to the signal is a long, straight section of tunnel - and that would mean that Train Operators would be able to see the red aspect a long way before the calculated Sighting Point for the signal and may be inclined to ‘back-off’ the power and slow the train rather earlier than is ideal, thereby potentially affecting the service. It’s not designed to catch anyone out as it does illuminate when a train is still sufficiently in rear of the signal for Train Operators to react normally to a red aspect. Of course, the service frequency nowadays (i.e. since the line to T5 opened in 2008) is rather lower than it was at the time that the signalling in this particular area was introduced, so whilst this signal may not be one that Train Operators encounter at Danger very often, the approach-lit (pop-up) feature is one that should continue to serve its purpose in the event that trains run along this section more frequently for any reason - for example, late running or other forms of service disruption. Anyway, I’m looking forward to whatever your next video brings us - I know it’ll be good! Thanks again for another enjoyable instalment.
Hi dale thx for the shoutout Tattoo Joe, love the videos watch em all very interesting so much more to your job keep up the good work stay safe keep them wheels a rolling 😁
The Piccadilly line is the best tube line in London by far and the content that u do is amazing and I would like to know how I would get to be a tube driver in London many thanks and keep up the good driving
Most people become a train operator after joking the company in some other roles like station staff. They advertise the roles internally more than externally
Loved part 2 of the video Dale. Watched it a few days ago but forgot to comment. Regarding haunted London Underground, I'm sure over the years I've read that Covent Garden, Holborn (or British Museum?), Bank and Aldwych are supposedly haunted.
I think I've found out why I'm addicted to your videos - because you're as daft as me🤣🤣 I spend all day driving up and down the country, and do exactly the same things that you do - commenting on people to myself, singing a single part of a song that's then stuck in my mind for hours, ooo ing and ahh ing as you go - you name it🤣🤣 Edit - just got to end of the video, mate you crack me up, absolutely hilarious seeing the faces you're making🎉🤣
Dale, did you hear about the man who trained his dog to play a trumpet on the London Underground? He went from Barking to Tooting in just over an hour!
I used the Caledonian bottom-tier room (those rooms don't have en-suite facilities unlike the Club rooms) on a trip to Edinburgh and back last year; it was great, and I had very restful sleeps in each direction. I don't know if it really made sense as I live in Cardiff, but partly I wanted to experience a sleeper, and partly I equated it with saving hotel costs for a couple of nights which probably would have been more expensive actually as a festival was on in Edinburgh at the time. I hope you enjoy it!
16:59 Hi Dale, is there a reason that Hounslow East platform edges are illuminated when other non tube platforms are not? I noted that they’re lit even in daylight. Thanks for another great video! Regards, Neil.
Loving the video's. Not living in the Big Smoke, therefore not being a regular tube traveller I have a question. Could you explain the difference in the tile colours over the arches of the pipe at the various stations? 🤔.
So when some of the older stations were built people couldn’t read so they used different coloured tiles and patterns at different stations so people could identify the station
Hi, Dale, wherever in the world you happen to be. My power was off for nearly a day as Hurricane Milton blew through Orlando. Besides not having power, I lost mobile phone and internet access. But I was able to survive because I’m old too. I have to confess, before my power went out, I was watching a District Line video. I kept my head down during the parallel stretch so you wouldn’t catch me cheating on you.
I am sure I read somewhere that as built the evacuation shafts were also intended as two possible locations for the Terminal 5 station as well, although that never happened of course.
I did read recently that the T4 loop and the straight section is so long because they was going to add T5 station there. I think that would have been separate from the evacuation shafts
@@dalecharmantravels8057 As a layman that would make sense too. The Piccadilly is an interesting line, especially in terms of the closed (and potentially re-openable) stations, though pigs will fly before Aldwych would.
Not really it’s all the same. When it’s raining the Uxbridge branch can be a pain as it’s easy to put flats on the wheels or over shoot a platform if you are not careful. In the dry it’s fine
Have you ever had to do an emergency stop at Brompton Road, Down Street, or York Road with them still having emergency access? I became interested in the disused stations when Billy Connolly visted Down Steet on his tour of the UK series in the late 1990s.
Hi Dale first off cracking video as per usual. Couple of questions about the new stock anticipated, 1 are you aware if your cab space is larger and more comfortable? 2 im presuming that the new trains will be more comfortable in general, do you expect speed limit changes due the new stock or removal of some temp speed limits? 3 i only have fig rolls or shortcake which would you prefer
I will take a fig roll for a change please. As for the new train I believe the cab will have more space. As for comfort we will have to see. I don’t know about speed limits. I know the train will be able to go faster but unsure if the track and signals could cope with higher speeds
Congrats. As for the weekend it all depends what depot and roster you are on. Some may be an average of every other weekend others may be more. I think on my roster I get 2 4 day weekends 2 3 weekends and I think it’s 2 2 day weekends in every 19 weeks
IMHO the Surface Stock Detectors should still be used as a failsafe even when the new stock eventually works in automatic mode. Software can never be fault free, but rather fault tolerant, and in such situations, it is far better to have some kind of failsafe.
Hi Dale, when running very early in time, couldn’t you just run slightly slower to use up some of the extra time ? You could maybe design a board game about the tube, with hazards and strategies. Lol 😃
You could but don’t forget just because I Amy be running early the trains behind may be on time or late. So it can have a knock in effect. If they wanted me to hold at a station to loose some time they would call and tell me to stay at a station for additional time
I always try to stop in service one for a smooth stop. However you can leave it in any of the brake settings. Once you let go of the handle it’s similar to a handbrake
just remembered that some of the line is shut down for renovation.. would you be allowed to record the tunnels or something while it is shut down ??????
Interesting fact. T1 at Heathrow is still there and the building is fully maintained but not open to the public. The baggage system for the whole central area is run out of T1.
Morning old chap. Thank you again for another quick upload for all of us to see. When you get your new trains, standing up to cure a ‘numb bum’ might not be an option, because of the placement of the TBC, until the Picc goes full ATO then you can move around the cab freely, keeping an eye on the road of course as you’re doing so. Also your knowledge of signal placement on the line is second to none, but when ATO arrives, whenever that is, if it’ll be anything like the Northern, where the train is in essence a rolling signal, you might have no signals at all, apart from depot moves, so it’ll be weird for you guys at first, total darkness lol. Anyways, take care, looking forward to seeing you when you’re fully trained up on the new ones.
There was a rather interesting programme. 'Ghosts of the London Underground'. Unsurprising considering that the cutting of the tunnels may have disturbed burial grounds and there have been tragedies at stations. Particularly crushes at those used as Tube Shelters in WW2. A track- worker killed at South Island Place whom an inspector had a conversation with because he wondered why the man had an old-fashioned 'Tilley' paraffin pressure-lantern.
"It's the living you got to worry about,"😅 Talking of which, have you encountered any trespassers in the tunnels or sidings? Now, THAT would put the sh#ts up me!
@@dalecharmantravels8057- You would be great but saying that we have seen you in ‘grumpy’ mode (passengers throwing themselves at doors) so deep breaths when trainee messes up 😂
Hey Dale great video as always just one question why can you not stop at Stanford Brook on the eastbound? If there was an issue at Raven Court Park? Say if a train had broke down then where would you stop?
As the reply says there is no platform for the train running on the east bound fast. In an ideal world it would be held at Turnham Green. However it may have to sit in section ( between stations)
I don’t know what it is about your videos, but I always end up falling asleep . Whether it’s the sound of the train or just your voice, I become so relaxed that I can’t stay awake. Take that as a compliment, not an insult.
It’s not the worst thing people have said about my voice 🤣🤣🤣. Glad you enjoy the videos though
You're not the only one, have fallen asleep many times to his videos 😴
Me also
The whole thing is just so relaxing and friendly
Keep it up Mr. Charman
Proud to be a member of the "you lot" family. Epic two-parter Dale...thank you.
Yes, I'm loving, you lot
I used to go to a music school in Harrow and got the tube there from Central London on the Piccadilly line when I was 10 in 1980,and this took me back.I’d especially love the speed the train got along the overground suburban stretches,a friend would sometimes join me going home (he lived in Acton)and we’d swing on the hanging hand bobble thingys😅
Never waited so long for someone to come back from a PNR, but PT2 was well worth the wait... Cheers Dale.
I think I had drunk to much coffee that day 🤣
I'd love to have Dale greeting me when I fly into Heathrow - "hello all, welcome to London", that would make me feel at home!! 😆
Maybe I could sell it as a ring tone 🤣🤣🤣
I'm flying back into Heathrow on the evening of September 24th and sincerely hope he's there to greet me when I join the Piccadilly line
Thank you for consistently excellent, entertaining and informative videos!
Thank you for your support. I really do appreciate it
Thanks, Dale for these video's strangely relaxing to watch. Having found out about your daily commute, it would be interesting to see a journey to work.If anyone else is interested of course.
I do plan on recording it soon
thanks so much for posting this, it's soooo nice to watch and get to know the route as well. Wish the driver from my city would do that!! 😂
Hello from Montréal! 🎉
Dale I am an Ex Pat living in Las Vegas, USA and grew up in England until I was 21 and am now 56. I am a HUGE train fan and always loved the London Underground. It’s amazing how far behind we are in USA compared to Europe with trains. I have a few questions for you.
1. How many hours do you work a day and how many days a week.
2. What’s the maximum hours you are allowed to work?
3. How do you take a break for bathrooms, lunch, dinner etc?
4. What do you do if you are sick during shift - like a major headache that would effect safety?
5. What’s you favorite thing about the job and least favorite?
6. Have you used US subways in Chicago L train or New York - what did you think and how did they compare?
Love your videos, stay safe and keep doing them. Great stuff.
Thanks Dale, first class as always, and ending on a cliffhanger!! 😊 👍
I don't think first class is available on The Underground?
Hi Dale. Still working my way through your brilliant train vids. I would like to wish you a very happy Christmas and a prosperous new year.
Thank you Adam and the same to you. I hope you are on santas nice list
This channel should be considered as ASMR videos👌🏾
I had to Google that one 🤣
Dale, I really enjoyed this video, thank you! It brought back many happy memories of visiting those western stations though I was through late at night.
I’m so glad you enjoyed them
Lucky camera! always getting cab rides 🤣
Brilliant video as always, loved the ending. How many times have we all said "I knew that was going to happen"
I know 🤣🤣🤣
I cannot explain why, but you saying good evening good evening hello hello to the people on the platforms will always make me laugh. Excellent job :)
Thank you
Another very interesting and enjoyable video, thanks for keeping it up.
The tube has always fascinated me and having lived on the Isle of Wight my whole life, the tube has extra appeal to me where we have a long history of using ex LUL stock on our railway.
Having been a bus driver for years prior to my current employment on the railway, I found it a bit alien that you were able to knowingly run early! I appreciate it is down to your control room to deal with regulating the service and clearly you did your bit by making them aware. It didn’t work, but you tried!
As a signaller now, my heart sank when you said that the signal at Arnos Grove was put back in front of you.. I know you weren’t about to make any further movements, but still not the point! It’s drummed in at signalling school that you don’t ‘put back’ without confirming first with the driver, except in an emergency.
Thanks for sharing your videos with us and I did enjoy you show me driving the trains and and specially when went first class on a plane that was exciting because I never been in the first class and it looks amazing so thank you show me that 😊
You are most welcome.
hi dale I thoroughly enjoyed both parts of your video looking forward to more of your travels
Always look after your bits and take them with you if possible! Great video as always, keep 'em coming and I hope you enjouy your visit(s) to the US!
@2:10 Signal A386 on the Heathrow loop is the last "pop-up" in use on the "main line" (of all the tube line). Basically they were put in a locations where there was a very long sight distance and the signal was expected to clear long before the train got their even at full track speed. Rational for existence is the belief that drivers when presented with a red signal at distance in these cases would unnecessarily start slowing to lengthen the time before they reached the signal and have to come to a stop, where it would still have cleared long before the reached it. As for the name, "pop-up" probably worked better in the early 1940's UK than "approach lit" which is used other places.
As an Aussie Underground fan I'm loving the videos with your commentary Dale.
Even when you rabbit on lol 😆
The weather looks great in the tunnels. lol.
@@underwaterbubbles It's the only place where it's not raining in the UK.
Excellent 2 part video. Very interesting and educational. 👍
That confusion at Arnos Grove reminds me of my job, totally different line of work but the same predictable wrinkles you see coming a mile away!!
Some things are just so predictable
If I was a train driver I don't think I would be able to resist belting out the chorus to Billy Ocean's Red Light Spells Danger' every time I encountered a red signal.....but that's just me! 🤣
I really like watching you drive bc your the only driver who doesn't brake early and because you do perfect stops
I try my best. Thank you for the compliment
Me too Dale.. Me too.. love a Choccie Hobnob. They're a challenge to find in Aus at times! Thanks for an enjoyable 2 parter.
Excellent video and commentary.
I very recently travelled the Heathrow Loop the other week on the heritage 1938 stock train, running out from and back to Northfields local platforms. I was in the seat right next to the open passenger/cab door, so I had a really good view into the cab.
It was a great insight and trip, like your videos!
Wohoo! Wondered when part 2 would happen. It just did! Jay!
Hi Dale, don't know if you were driving today but the service went up the creek this afternoon and nothing was going east beyond King's Cross. Which meant I got to bash the crossover back towards Russell Square, very nice!
I have just finished. They did call me up and say we might have relief at Wood Green so you may have to reverse at King’s Cross and stable at Northfields. Glad I didn’t have to in the end
@@dalecharmantravels8057 Thanks for your reply Dale. It was a bit chaotic at King's Cross with Platform 6 packed and no stepping back for the drivers- they had to fight their way through the crowds on the platform if they'd brought a double ender in.
Also a strange thing occurred while I was there- a train was ready to head back west but instead started to head into the tunnel towards Cally Road only to stop about a car's length in. They had to evacuate the passengers from the leading car to the second car and when it did eventually head off to Russell Square the now last car was left empty. Odd.
Dale "always look after your bits"
Me "And Dale's swimming advice is back again next week" 😂
Another extremely enjoyable and informative video, giving us a view of the sometimes-unpredictable nature of railway operations. Thank you for taking us along in the cab with you once again - watching it was a very enjoyable way to spend time with a cup of coffee (but, sadly, I was also without any chocolate Hobnobs or Bourbon biscuits!)
So, Dale, the “pop-up” signal that you mention between Heathrow T4 and T123 is also referred to as an Approach Lit signal (certainly when I was a licenced signalling designer with LU), albeit just the red aspect that’s affected by that function in this instance. I recall that it is featured in this location as the approach to the signal is a long, straight section of tunnel - and that would mean that Train Operators would be able to see the red aspect a long way before the calculated Sighting Point for the signal and may be inclined to ‘back-off’ the power and slow the train rather earlier than is ideal, thereby potentially affecting the service. It’s not designed to catch anyone out as it does illuminate when a train is still sufficiently in rear of the signal for Train Operators to react normally to a red aspect.
Of course, the service frequency nowadays (i.e. since the line to T5 opened in 2008) is rather lower than it was at the time that the signalling in this particular area was introduced, so whilst this signal may not be one that Train Operators encounter at Danger very often, the approach-lit (pop-up) feature is one that should continue to serve its purpose in the event that trains run along this section more frequently for any reason - for example, late running or other forms of service disruption.
Anyway, I’m looking forward to whatever your next video brings us - I know it’ll be good! Thanks again for another enjoyable instalment.
Thank you for the info on that signal. As I have said in some videos my knowledge of signals is down to red, Green or yellow 🤣
Massive thumbs up as always, seemed like a nice day as well! 😎
Excellent video Dale , gives the flavour of the trials and tribulations of an underground driver . 👍
Great video dale
Hi dale thx for the shoutout Tattoo Joe, love the videos watch em all very interesting so much more to your job keep up the good work stay safe keep them wheels a rolling 😁
and Dale you are the man Behind the Legend
The Piccadilly line is the best tube line in London by far and the content that u do is amazing and I would like to know how I would get to be a tube driver in London many thanks and keep up the good driving
Most people become a train operator after joking the company in some other roles like station staff. They advertise the roles internally more than externally
Loved part 2 of the video Dale. Watched it a few days ago but forgot to comment. Regarding haunted London Underground, I'm sure over the years I've read that Covent Garden, Holborn (or British Museum?), Bank and Aldwych are supposedly haunted.
Glad you enjoyed it. I can’t say I have witnessed any spooky goings on. Well not yet any way 👻👻👻
Dale a great video again and a lot of information and nice to see a full run around.
Hello Dale. Again a great video and thanks for sharing this one. Until the next video
I think I've found out why I'm addicted to your videos - because you're as daft as me🤣🤣
I spend all day driving up and down the country, and do exactly the same things that you do - commenting on people to myself, singing a single part of a song that's then stuck in my mind for hours, ooo ing and ahh ing as you go - you name it🤣🤣
Edit - just got to end of the video, mate you crack me up, absolutely hilarious seeing the faces you're making🎉🤣
Life is too short to be normal 🤣🤣
Dale, did you hear about the man who trained his dog to play a trumpet on the London Underground? He went from Barking to Tooting in just over an hour!
Please don’t give up your day job 🤣🤣🤣
Southeastern also serves St Pancras int for high-speed services. Also lovely video :)
I thought I mentioned them but sorry if I missed it off
Could you do a sit down Q&A session - answer some questions? That would be a great video. Easier to do if you’re not driving.
From Birmingham. Another excellent, informative video Dale.
Thank you Dale great video
"I've never seen anything haunted - and im driving here for 150 years, now."
The long haul of the afterlife driver
I used the Caledonian bottom-tier room (those rooms don't have en-suite facilities unlike the Club rooms) on a trip to Edinburgh and back last year; it was great, and I had very restful sleeps in each direction. I don't know if it really made sense as I live in Cardiff, but partly I wanted to experience a sleeper, and partly I equated it with saving hotel costs for a couple of nights which probably would have been more expensive actually as a festival was on in Edinburgh at the time. I hope you enjoy it!
I was still there at the end Dale. Another great ride.!
Thank you
Top job once again Dale😁
Woo hoo part 2!!! Thanks Dale
Excellent video. I might be wrong but at 29:42 that’s a Picc train on the WB Local isn’t it?
I've never seen so many Pic trains on the west between Hammersmith and Acton! I almost thought one had SPADed at one point with how close they were!
I’m sure they didn’t have any spads as I’m sure they are all profesional like me 🤣🤣
I guess that was the backlog clearing after the issues at Russell Square we heard over the radio in Part 1
Bourbon biscuits are my guilty pleasure 😋
I try not to buy them as one turns in to one packet
Great Ride
nice video dale mate
16:59 Hi Dale, is there a reason that Hounslow East platform edges are illuminated when other non tube platforms are not? I noted that they’re lit even in daylight. Thanks for another great video! Regards, Neil.
Love the pic Line
Enjoy all these video. Very informative 👍. Any chance you could defect to the Jubilee Line, love the sound those trains make. 😉😁
No sorry. Cockfosters is the easiest place for my commute
Nice one Dale 😊😊😊
Happy Birthday Dale's Sister.
Thank you I shall pass it on to her
Another great video Dale! Thank you. Just out of curiosity do you ever luck in and get to run empty doing intra-depot moves?
Yes some times
Loving the video's. Not living in the Big Smoke, therefore not being a regular tube traveller I have a question. Could you explain the difference in the tile colours over the arches of the pipe at the various stations? 🤔.
So when some of the older stations were built people couldn’t read so they used different coloured tiles and patterns at different stations so people could identify the station
dale, if u had one choice to keep something from the old trains to transfer to the new what would it be?
I like the fact we can open the cab door in the open sections. I believe we won’t have that option on the new ones
@@dalecharmantravels8057 oh thats sad 😭
@@dalecharmantravels8057 well i think the s'tock drivers are going to be jelous when they see the new trains go whizzing past them lol
Hi, Dale, wherever in the world you happen to be.
My power was off for nearly a day as Hurricane Milton blew through Orlando. Besides not having power, I lost mobile phone and internet access. But I was able to survive because I’m old too.
I have to confess, before my power went out, I was watching a District Line video. I kept my head down during the parallel stretch so you wouldn’t catch me cheating on you.
@@TheBadCivilServant I’m so glad that you was ok during the storm. I will even let you off cheating on me 🤣🤣
I hope you didn’t suffer any damage
Dale. Are you allowed to put the camera on the other side of the cab? It would be interesting to see from the other window.
I will get my mics charged up and do that for a future video
@@dalecharmantravels8057 Ideal. Thank you 😊 👍
I am sure I read somewhere that as built the evacuation shafts were also intended as two possible locations for the Terminal 5 station as well, although that never happened of course.
I did read recently that the T4 loop and the straight section is so long because they was going to add T5 station there. I think that would have been separate from the evacuation shafts
@@dalecharmantravels8057 As a layman that would make sense too. The Piccadilly is an interesting line, especially in terms of the closed (and potentially re-openable) stations, though pigs will fly before Aldwych would.
1:10:02 nah, you need the weight to ensure proper rail adhesion for the front set of bogies. You risk flat spots on the wheels otherwise 😉
This may be a daft question (if I'm asking it almost definitely is), but how do the tripcock testers work without actually tripping the brakes?
Nice to see you again Dale, how are you doing? 👍👌
I am not too bad thank you. I hope you are well
Just a Question if you don't mind , is there any part of the tube you do not like driving on certain areas or certain track. 😊
Not really it’s all the same. When it’s raining the Uxbridge branch can be a pain as it’s easy to put flats on the wheels or over shoot a platform if you are not careful. In the dry it’s fine
@dalecharmantravels8057 OK thanks have a good week 😊 👍.
Have you ever had to do an emergency stop at Brompton Road, Down Street, or York Road with them still having emergency access? I became interested in the disused stations when Billy Connolly visted Down Steet on his tour of the UK series in the late 1990s.
I’ve not no
Hi Dale, love your videos! Just wondered if you get hungry on shift can you eat in the cab?
they really like their TSRs on the Piccadilly eh? They love adding them but they don’t remove them or make them officially permanent, it seems like.
I hope that as they are upgrading the line in places they will take out the TSRs and replace them with PSRs
Hi Dale first off cracking video as per usual. Couple of questions about the new stock anticipated, 1 are you aware if your cab space is larger and more comfortable? 2 im presuming that the new trains will be more comfortable in general, do you expect speed limit changes due the new stock or removal of some temp speed limits? 3 i only have fig rolls or shortcake which would you prefer
I will take a fig roll for a change please. As for the new train I believe the cab will have more space. As for comfort we will have to see. I don’t know about speed limits. I know the train will be able to go faster but unsure if the track and signals could cope with higher speeds
@@dalecharmantravels8057 fig rolls on route pal and thank you for the reply
Did the Piccadilly Line Trains used to run faster than 45mph, it feels like 70mph when I was a kid.
A lot of drivers used to speed, when the trains were better maintained and oversight from management was less strict...
No idea it was long before my time
I think the screeching of wheels may have given more of an impression of speed?
Dale, really enjoy your videos, why do tube trains not have audio advance warnings of signals just like mainstream surface trains ?
No idea. That’s all above my pay grade 🤣
Great videos dale, I completed my AC1 today for a train operator 🤞🏼goodluck to me.
Could you please tell me how often do you work weekends in a month?
Congrats. As for the weekend it all depends what depot and roster you are on. Some may be an average of every other weekend others may be more. I think on my roster I get 2 4 day weekends 2 3 weekends and I think it’s 2 2 day weekends in every 19 weeks
I have the feeling I'm watching a repeat of Part 1.
IMHO the Surface Stock Detectors should still be used as a failsafe even when the new stock eventually works in automatic mode. Software can never be fault free, but rather fault tolerant, and in such situations, it is far better to have some kind of failsafe.
Hi Dale, when running very early in time, couldn’t you just run slightly slower to use up some of the extra time ?
You could maybe design a board game about the tube, with hazards and strategies. Lol 😃
You could but don’t forget just because I Amy be running early the trains behind may be on time or late. So it can have a knock in effect. If they wanted me to hold at a station to loose some time they would call and tell me to stay at a station for additional time
When your at a station, do you always remain in brake 3 until leaving or is brake 1 sufficient after stopping?
I always try to stop in service one for a smooth stop. However you can leave it in any of the brake settings. Once you let go of the handle it’s similar to a handbrake
just remembered that some of the line is shut down for renovation.. would you be allowed to record the tunnels or something while it is shut down ??????
If you mean walk down the tunnels then no. Engineering trains are still running in the closed sections
@@dalecharmantravels8057 I thought they were going to replace the rails. but it was just an idea. could be interesting to see.
Interesting fact. T1 at Heathrow is still there and the building is fully maintained but not open to the public. The baggage system for the whole central area is run out of T1.
Do you need to let go of the handle in order to be able to use the doors open button ?
Dale, have you ever been up or down the evacuation shafts you mentioned? Perhaps in driver training for example? Or a practice exercise?
No i have not. I would love too though
Morning old chap. Thank you again for another quick upload for all of us to see. When you get your new trains, standing up to cure a ‘numb bum’ might not be an option, because of the placement of the TBC, until the Picc goes full ATO then you can move around the cab freely, keeping an eye on the road of course as you’re doing so. Also your knowledge of signal placement on the line is second to none, but when ATO arrives, whenever that is, if it’ll be anything like the Northern, where the train is in essence a rolling signal, you might have no signals at all, apart from depot moves, so it’ll be weird for you guys at first, total darkness lol. Anyways, take care, looking forward to seeing you when you’re fully trained up on the new ones.
Thank you. I do believe we should be able to stand in the new cabs. How ever until one turns up who knows
Hi dale i love the piccadlly line would you ever transfer to the central or jubilee line or bakerloo?
No just because of the commute to work
i just started watching your videos! it seems like you like driving trains quite a bit so i wonder how you aren't in any senior position?
There was a rather interesting programme. 'Ghosts of the London Underground'. Unsurprising considering that the cutting of the tunnels may have disturbed burial grounds and there have been tragedies at stations. Particularly crushes at those used as Tube Shelters in WW2.
A track- worker killed at South Island Place whom an inspector had a conversation with because he wondered why the man had an old-fashioned 'Tilley' paraffin pressure-lantern.
It’s not some thing I have encountered. Well not yet any way
50:02 - a colleague at work would burst out into song - but never got past the opening line.
Known to all as 'One Line Ron'.
Love your videos dale can I have a shout from Yorkshire?
I will try to remember next time I record a video
"It's the living you got to worry about,"😅
Talking of which, have you encountered any trespassers in the tunnels or sidings? Now, THAT would put the sh#ts up me!
I have had a few trespassers but not in a tunnel. Mainly around Rayners Lane
Great watching keep them coming.could you be an instructor for new drivers
They have just advertised for instructors. Not sure I want the hassle
@@dalecharmantravels8057- You would be great but saying that we have seen you in ‘grumpy’ mode (passengers throwing themselves at doors) so deep breaths when trainee messes up 😂
Hey Dale great video as always just one question why can you not stop at Stanford Brook on the eastbound? If there was an issue at Raven Court Park? Say if a train had broke down then where would you stop?
There's no platform for Eastbound trains. Would probably be held at Turnham Green unless already passed.
As the reply says there is no platform for the train running on the east bound fast. In an ideal world it would be held at Turnham Green. However it may have to sit in section ( between stations)
What would you change on the tube Dale to improve??
Any ideas???
From my point of view information is lacking. As a driver if I know what’s going on I can inform the passengers
Plain or milk choc Hobnob?
Dark choc it's the best
If you have them could I trouble you for one of each. For research purposes only 🤣🤣
If you were on a long straight level section, just how fast do you think your tube train would actually travel at if you ignored the speed limit?
Most of them wouldn’t do much more than 45mph. They are old and tired just like me 🤣
@@dalecharmantravels8057 Thanks Dale, great videos, love the way you just chat to us.