UNUSUAL TRAINS ON THE WEST SOMERSET RAILWAY INCLUDING THE BLUE PULLMAN 2 JULY 2024
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ก.ย. 2024
- A film company has taken over a half of the railway so normal services are very restricted, running today only from Bishops Lydeard to Watchet. Here are some scenes at Williton and Doniford. As it is no longer possible to run round a train at Watchet, a steam loco is provided at each end of the train. The Blue Pullman is just here to take part in the film.
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That HST looks fantastic in Blue and White. So clean as well ..thanks Admiral and Val.
It certainly is being well looked after!
Nice to see Mr. HST at the end. You got to see two steamies, what more could you have asked for? My 42nd birthday is only a few days away. It falls on Sat. 6th July, and I'm celebrating it on the Cambrian Heritage Railway in Oswestry.
That's a good way to spend your special day!
Happy Birthday Kelly. We hope its not as wet as it is here!
Good to see the blue Pullman but as always steam is better, thanks Mike.
Thank you Terry.
As my ancestors are from Somerset, I felt obliged to subscribe. Thank you! (Virginia)
Welcome!
Well done for capturing the Blue Pullman! I’ve seen it on other videos! It seems to run down to the West Country quite a lot.
Williton looked so beautiful with all the flowers there! Thanks Admirals!
Thanks Diana.
Very interesting video Mike. The Blue Pullman looked amazing
Very smart!
Hello Mike lovely video with the double header with the locomotives going backwards ,that was great that you were able to film the blue pullman.😊
Thank you Joanne. Yes, it certainly was something different.
Great Video Mike you are so lucky living in such a lovely part of Somerset. I have now arrived home missing my time there already.
Thanks Steve. Yes we do feel very Blessed, living in this lovely part of the country. Let us know when you are down here next. Enjoy the Classic Shows.
Nice one Mike I think there is a HST up here on the watercress line 12th July 😊
Whose is it? The WSR had a Castle set running either side of the Diesel gala in june , probably the last chance to ride one.
In mid 1960s I needed to travel from Paddington to Bath early evening or late afternoon. There was no need, I thought, to book and found it was this Pullman train. At each train doorway a steward checked tickets and had to refuse me boarding. Fortunately, a lady behind had spare ticket so I travelled. I gave her the money which was something like 25/-. (£1.25).
It was just an extra cost and did not reserve a particular seat.
PS Now Googled. It was the Blue Pullman I travelled on. A memory revived.
Thank you Gordon for that interesting story. Thanks also for the Mags. Best Regards to you and Jenny.
I do enjoy your videos Mike and also the simple commentary. I live equidistant from SVR and GWSR. I am lucky but would love to visit WSR soon
Thank you Martin, glad to have you on board. We hope you may be able to visit the WSR soon. Best Regards from Mike and Val.
Loved the video mike kind regards as usual to you both❤
Thanks Mike.
Nice catch that one mike is a real shame the original pullman power cars were scrapped would have been a great sight to on mainline or heritage lines ,
Just a Heads up this is happening on Monday the 8th of July , If you or anybody else is interested You can of course catch it on the rail cams .Class 52 D1010 ‘WESTERN CAMPAIGNER’ - the date of Monday 8th July has been set for the body of this loco to be lifted from her bogies and slewed over to the adjacent track, where the ex-BR Swindon stands will be (by then) positioned and levelled, ready to carry the 50-tonne load. The lift will be performed by two 120-tonne road cranes that will be supplied by BALDWINS CRANE HIRE working in tandem. The lifting will start by removing the two Bristol Siddeley Maybach MD-655 engines, each of which weighs close to 6 tonnes each, to reduce the weight of the loco body and minimise the stresses on the 62-year-old loco body structure. The transmissions and cooler groups were removed for overhaul last year, so the interior of the loco will be easy to access and will be ready for a thorough clean-up and re-paint once the body is safely lowered onto the stands.
Thanks Paul. And for the news of the Campaigner.
Doniford Halt, I remember walking along that platform when it was in Montecute Station a few years after the Yeovil to Taunton line was closed. Good to see it recycled.
Yes it is. It used to have a long seat inside. I wonder why that was removed.
Watching on webcam from work today, I couldn't understand the train formation or timetable. Two locos, reversing at Watchet?! Why not have one loco and run round at Williton if it's a short line running day?
Guess the BP may be part of the reason why.
Lovely video - thank you. Great to see Williton from the platform level for a change.
I would have thought that the 3 Car would be a better option, Seems to be a mystery why they are not using it, There’s a Netflix series being made on the line at the moment, Hence why there’s a change in the timetable during the week and shorter runs. During the weekends it’s back to normal with trains running the length of the line.
@@paulfrancis764 yes - perfect set to use for these circumstances.
Of course, if it's a case of "must be steam", then a single loco running round at Williton still strikes me as cheapest (coal / crew and other running costs) and with the operational interest of a run-round at each end for the punters to enjoy.
However, I don't run the railway - merely admire it from afar! Quite sure there are good reasons for the decisions made and not my intention to criticise from a position of zero knowledge. Lovely sight to see a "banked" train, even if the gradients wouldn't strictly justify it!
Marvellous to see a rail tour covering the line. Hopefully that put some shekels in the coffers, as Netflix presumably are, too.
Wonderful railway - a time capsule marvel. Hope to get there before the season is over. Thank you staff and volunteers for keeping this national asset going.
Nice Video 👍
I forgot to mention that it will be at Williton on July 8th as I said it should be on Webcam if you want to watch.
That was interesting... it was good 👍 thanks Mike .. how that footpath to Doniford halt has overgrown 🥹 My favourite stations are Minehead Blue Anchor Stogumber and BL ...
What was that long blue Pullman train doing there ..? And why so many carriages ? They all have so many carriages and I don't know why ... because there couldn't be that many passengers at any one time surely . If you look at any branch lines still running you'll only see just two carriages ...
Have you got rid of that little silver convertible that Val has ? Is the Picanto an all wheel drive ..? It looks nice 😊
from Val - Thanks Janina. I still have my Silver Copen, but not for too much longer as difficulty for us both getting in and out, with our limited mobility, etc.
The Picanto is 2 wheel drive. We are all interested to hear more about the pullman train and the filming. The WSR is keeping such details to itself at the moment.
Hia Mike, how are you both keeping? I've had quite a busy summer so far, train spotting & going about to places. Some of which I've uploaded onto here, funnily enough I watched blue Pullman myself yesterday. She passed my station Worle Parkway around 10:35am. On her way down to you guys, I've literally just uploaded my video. Anyway sit back & enjoy my latest uploads. Give Val my regards as well please Mike.
Thanks Liz. That's a good capture of the Pullman.
Hi Mike & Val. I was out and about at Dunster yesterday, and a Train fronted by Earlstoke Manor and a Diesel at the other end were going backwards and forwards between Blue Anchor and Dunster for Hours! I managed to get some Video concentrating on the Carriages and what was going on inside, but didn't really see much apart from Picnic Baskets on the Tables and some very bored looking people looking out of the Windows! You could see Camera equipment at various points, but really nothing so interesting as to warrant a TH-cam Video!, so I think I'll wait until the Agatha Christie production comes out on Netflix!... Still plenty of action going on here at Minehead by the Sound of it, (Tuesday 2nd July) I can hear Steam Whistles every now and again sat in my Garden in Old Alcombe.
Very interesting goings on at various stations, Percy. Val and I are hoping to catch some of the action today.
pullman was a long one.we will be on that line sunday again.
I have found out today that the Engine lift on the 1010 Weston courier will take place on Monday the. July 8th , However for those of us hoping catch on The Williton web cam. This maybe switched off during the lift , Its just a case of having look on the cam on the morning.
Thank you Paul. I wonder why the railway makes it difficult for people to see such interesting things!
@@ADMIRALSCORNER Yes it’s a real shame Mike . It would be something to watch and interesting as well not something you’d see everyday but hopefully it won’t be switched off, However it’s a private railway and unfortunately they call the shots
But its not really a Blue Pullman at all is it, its an HST125.
From the webcams it looked as if the trains were traveling beyond Watchet. Might they have been terminating at Washford?
No Watchet was the end of the limited running at this time that the film is being made. Some non public trains are running beyond as part of the film's story.
Watching from South Africa, sad to see how the woke can get upset about car registration plates. Fear not, I won't harm staff cars. Cannot reach that far. 😊🎉
Ha Ha!
Please either remove the vehicles registration or cut them from the clip. Those are private cars and what they have to do with trains i have no idea, plus thats someone private car respect their property and i would gather as the blue car has a private plate i doubt they want it over the internet. Please remedy the requested actions or i will ask youtube to remove this clip
/!\ Geriatric car theives work this station! /!\
Not good to display number plates on vehicles that may be railway staff or general public...and no need for this unnecessary distraction in a railway video.
If you don’t want your number plate seen or recorded in public may I respectfully suggest you travel by bicycle or better still, train.
Not when people travel to there place of work when they have to travel along way
Peering into private cars and making crass uninformed comments does not make for good content either and certainly violates TH-cam guidelines about privacy