Happy to see another trip from you - I'd never seen the Liverpool independent line, so something new and great! Even more of a thrill was the Claymills crossing at 13 minutes in - the Victorian building on the left is the Claymills Pumping Station that I'm part of the team restoring and running - and the car behind the motorbike at the crossing gate is mine!
Just read your comment and the other one about the storm and floods and realised I was around at the time having just got home from the Nuneham viaduct project ! The guy on the blue motorbike at claymills is me 😎 I remember wishing I'd took a snap of the test train not knowing it took one of us 😂 small world eh ?
This is an amazing video, so precise and clear and I so love the scenery around the Derbyshire/Staffordshire border as it was well known to me in my rambling days in the early seventies with the CHA in Coventry. Another trip to savour and take in on wet rainy, windy and snowy afternoons in Atlantic Canada. Thank you for making my day Ben and keep up the hard earned good work you make in your productions for us avid railway buffs to enjoy.
The Ribble Viaduct is a disgrace, it is a grade 2 listed building but the intention seems to be to allow it to rust into the river. Such neglect should not be allowed.
They wasted so much money on HS2 that they could not be bothered to maintain existing lines - Network Rail is a disgrace, the trade unions are also too powerful
@@michaeljohndennis2231 are you under the impression that somehow the unions want less works done on the railway, and would prefer it rot than to have jobs?
@@michaeljohndennis2231 False. HS2 has been funded by borrowing specifically for HS2. They didn't take money out of other pots to pay for it, which also means that cancelling Phase 2 didn't make money available for other purposes.
I imagine the North Union bridge will end up being declared unsafe and simply being demolished ( see Tramroad bridge, Southport rly School Lane Bridge and so on) - there are a lot of cast iron plate track beds over the Ribble and I cant imagine any of them being in rude health any more
You have a like and a new subscriber! Really interesting routing and a first for me was transiting the Liverpool Independent lines through Crewe. Good (timely) location captions, too. Great job! I look forward to the next one…! Best wishes from a retired S&T man (1977 - 2018).
Wow ! Great video, i especially love the noise and hearing those turbos spool up 😊 as another viewer has stated, im in the video at claymills crossing on my motorbike having just finished a greggs corn beef slice and heading off on an adventure. I remember wishing I'd got a snap of the test train as it passed, not knowing it got one of me 😂 subscribed !!!
First time I've seen anything use the Ribble Viaduct (love the description by the way). I've seen some of the forums refer to it as the Cassandra Crossing 😆
Ben nice to see you being able to post again. This is a very interesting video in that it both allows us to do a cab ride in an HST power car, but also see the aftereffects of that really bad storm tht eh UK had in the past week. The flooding is amazing and bad.
Excellent video Ben watched part 2 first doh! Wondered where the 321's ended up after leaving my local line. Lots of lines ive never been down on cab rid video's. Thank you for posting.
Gracias Ben. Un gran vídeo para un excelente y precioso viaje.!!! Me encanta viajar en tren, y si el viaje es bajo la lluvia, entonces se convierte en una deliciosa melodía bailable, que deseo no acabe. Me encanta bailar con trenes.!!! Congratulations.!!! 👏👏👏
Sabes una cosa...!! Nuestras opiniones y nuestros diferentes puntos de vista, no pueden, ni tienen que enturviar, el placer que representa, disfrutar de la misma y buena experiencia, que nos proporciona a tí y a mí, el placer de realizar un "viaje en tren". Simplemente es que lo estamos haciendo desde "ventanillas" diferentes. El viaje es el mismo.!!! Un fuerte abrazo
bit late to the watch party. but great job with the video. nice camera setup and editing. interesting part of the network. interesting diagram on a typical wet British day!
What used to be called the track recorders , squirt out red paint on an area of twist etc . Good tools , and not seeing very many patrolmen extremely necessary..great video , must take some time to sew it together . Appreciated 👍🇬🇧
Fantastic video Ben, some of these unusual routings are very interesting, Crewe Independent lines and especially the one around Earlstown, by far freight traffic is the most interesting to watch, for two reasons mainly, one the slower speeds enables us to enjoy more of the rail infrastructure and secondly the unusual routings, can't wait for the next video.
Great video.....being a local lad bit disconcerting to see the combination heading South from Derby initially given the destination, but all's well that ends well!!
The Ribble (falling to pieces) Viaduct reminded me of the film The Cassandra Crossing - and that's not a good thing! Great to have more videos from you Ben!
In Central Trains days we signed via Castle Donington but not via Alrewas. Our diversions would not have fitted around the City Line service! Thanks for the look at the the back road.
Nice to see these flying machines doing 110mph plus on test trains still! pitty they still ain't in passenger use as there is still loads of left in them!!! Nice video 🥰
2:19:00 I used to stand on the right to watch trains before the houses were built. A couple of times I saw some of the last 8 HST Power Cars built with APT-P test trains
Cheers! HSTs can do HST speeds or normal linespeeds, not EPS. EPS is pendo and voyager only. In this case the train is not an HST - it's a traditional loco hauled train with mk2 and mk1 derived rolling stock and so can only do 100mph and normal line speeds.
Merci pour cette belle vidéo, je suis conducteur de tramways de Lille France, merci encore
So happy you're back, missed the amazing cab rides and content.
Your right
@@I_like_planesandtrains860 you're right
Great video and what made it even better for some strange reason, not one advert.
Happy to see another trip from you - I'd never seen the Liverpool independent line, so something new and great! Even more of a thrill was the Claymills crossing at 13 minutes in - the Victorian building on the left is the Claymills Pumping Station that I'm part of the team restoring and running - and the car behind the motorbike at the crossing gate is mine!
Just read your comment and the other one about the storm and floods and realised I was around at the time having just got home from the Nuneham viaduct project ! The guy on the blue motorbike at claymills is me 😎 I remember wishing I'd took a snap of the test train not knowing it took one of us 😂 small world eh ?
I like youtube because there are people like you. Thx
I was that boy at Warrington bank quay at the end of platform 4 thanks for the tones mate
I like these British train videos, because the rain is always different
As a ex Fireman/Driver I really enjoyed your video, it’s a different world out there with you lads now.Kind regards🚂🚂🚂
Sehr gut., ein schönes Video. Danke.
This is an amazing video, so precise and clear and I so love the scenery around the Derbyshire/Staffordshire border as it was well known to me in my rambling days in the early seventies with the CHA in Coventry. Another trip to savour and take in on wet rainy, windy and snowy afternoons in Atlantic Canada. Thank you for making my day Ben and keep up the hard earned good work you make in your productions for us avid railway buffs to enjoy.
Great video. Loved the 'Ribble (falling to pieces) Viaduct' caption. Ace!
The Ribble Viaduct is a disgrace, it is a grade 2 listed building but the intention seems to be to allow it to rust into the river. Such neglect should not be allowed.
deferred maintenance is how austerity manifests itself on the railway's
They wasted so much money on HS2 that they could not be bothered to maintain existing lines - Network Rail is a disgrace, the trade unions are also too powerful
@@michaeljohndennis2231 are you under the impression that somehow the unions want less works done on the railway, and would prefer it rot than to have jobs?
@@michaeljohndennis2231 False. HS2 has been funded by borrowing specifically for HS2.
They didn't take money out of other pots to pay for it, which also means that cancelling Phase 2 didn't make money available for other purposes.
I imagine the North Union bridge will end up being declared unsafe and simply being demolished ( see Tramroad bridge, Southport rly School Lane Bridge and so on) - there are a lot of cast iron plate track beds over the Ribble and I cant imagine any of them being in rude health any more
Excellent Drivers Eye View this Fantastic watch
I’m amazed how quiet the cab is. Really enjoyed this. Thank you.
turn your sound up,
it aint that quiet
it is compared to a 66@@terry-wc9sw
43,s are very noisy inside the cab also outside the cab too. are@@tonyhogwood4737
Too quiet. Needs a mic in the "business room".
nice to have you back brilliant video as usual thanks for time and effort
You have a like and a new subscriber!
Really interesting routing and a first for me was transiting the Liverpool Independent lines through Crewe.
Good (timely) location captions, too.
Great job! I look forward to the next one…!
Best wishes from a retired S&T man (1977 - 2018).
Excellent. I look forward to future videos. really interesting and great quality
Great cab ride in my favorite train Class 43 Hst Thanks 🇩🇰🇩🇰
Hi Ben glad to see uou back I really enjoyed this video and I will certainly be following the rest of the test train series you have fabulous
thank you
You're back! How excellent 😁
Thanks for this Ben, good to see you back. Looking forward to all the nooks and crannies you are going to be taking us to. Cheers
Very enjoyable to watch and interesting, keep them coming A1*
Ben that was an excellent video. Will watch the other videos that you are planning. Thanks
Excellent. Thanks for the hard work in producing the videos, much appreciated. Look forward to future videos.
At last!!!! Great to see you posting again, excellent videos.
Absolutely fascinating video. Thanks so much!
Wow ! Great video, i especially love the noise and hearing those turbos spool up 😊 as another viewer has stated, im in the video at claymills crossing on my motorbike having just finished a greggs corn beef slice and heading off on an adventure. I remember wishing I'd got a snap of the test train as it passed, not knowing it got one of me 😂 subscribed !!!
Thank you for the video today, Ben. Always look forward to the ride. See you on the next. Cheers mates! 🇬🇧🙂👍🇺🇸
Nice video Ben and nice too see my stomping ground at the green footbridge at Euxton Balshaw Lane Junction from the cab view
Great video thank you!
A really interesting video with a fantastic route. Looking forward to other videos in this series
Great to have you back Ben, I enjoyed that Thank's. Mike👍👍👍
Great video, thanks for taking the time to post.😊
Thank you.
Good to see you back, and thanks for a fab video.
Excellent, some nice rare track there too, and good to see the goods lines at Preston back in use.
Great film..... especially liked the Crewe independent, Earlestown/Parkside/Lowton and down slow/down goods approaching Preston....thanks.
Thank you! 👍
Great video, glad to see you back posting again! Looking forward to more :)
Hi Ben good to see you back I miss those HSTs
Ben that was a fabulous video well done looking forward to seeing some more what a train Paul in Kent
Thank you, Ben. An excellent trip; and it was especially welcome to have a glimpse of the Crewe Independent Lines.
love yer work man thanks x
Fantastic video just watched on big TV.
Thank you for showing it
Excellent journey visually.
That was absolutely fascinating. Thank you so much.... that journey around the Independent lines at Crewe was interminable but wonderful 🙂
I adore these videos.
Amazing video as always keep up the good work
Thanks Ben looking forward to future uploads ribble viaduct reminds me of cassandra crossing
First time I've seen anything use the Ribble Viaduct (love the description by the way). I've seen some of the forums refer to it as the Cassandra Crossing 😆
Good quality filming (with very clean windscreen). I really enjoyed watching this. Thank You for the upload.
Ben nice to see you being able to post again. This is a very interesting video in that it both allows us to do a cab ride in an HST power car, but also see the aftereffects of that really bad storm tht eh UK had in the past week. The flooding is amazing and bad.
Great video
Gee, I thought we'd lost you, Ben. Glad to see you back so keep 'em coming.
Quaity, interesting video. Thanks, Ben. Looking forward to the next one in your series.
Nice to see you back Ben😁 Great video from a 43. Thank you👌
Interesting, entertaining and superb quality/information. A big thanks for posting.
I was going to see the HST tour in London today, but this is a good way to spend my afternoon. Glad to see you uploading again.
Yes Ben is back, & what a video. Well worth watching. Thanks Ben.
Excellent video Ben watched part 2 first doh! Wondered where the 321's ended up after leaving my local line. Lots of lines ive never been down on cab rid video's. Thank you for posting.
Fab video Ben. I took a photo of this working at Preston that day, think the video ends some 2 or so mins before I appeared lol!
Nice to see you have made a come back.
Wow From my Local Station too Looking forward to this watching it Now
Excellent.
Gracias Ben.
Un gran vídeo para un excelente y precioso viaje.!!!
Me encanta viajar en tren, y si el viaje es bajo la lluvia, entonces se convierte en una deliciosa melodía bailable, que deseo no acabe.
Me encanta bailar con trenes.!!!
Congratulations.!!!
👏👏👏
@@KahunaPepper ohhh!!! 🎶 Que lástima.!!! Me parece, que no estámos en el mismo tren.
Perdón..🥰
😘
...Respeto tu opinión.!!!
Sabes una cosa...!!
Nuestras opiniones y nuestros diferentes puntos de vista, no pueden, ni tienen que enturviar, el placer que representa, disfrutar de la misma y buena experiencia, que nos proporciona a tí y a mí, el placer de realizar un "viaje en tren".
Simplemente es que lo estamos haciendo desde "ventanillas" diferentes.
El viaje es el mismo.!!!
Un fuerte abrazo
Very good.
Ribble Viaduct (aka North Union Bridge) 1830s, I believe. Quite an engineering feat. A beautiful video. Thank you for sharing.
bit late to the watch party. but great job with the video. nice camera setup and editing. interesting part of the network. interesting diagram on a typical wet British day!
What used to be called the track recorders , squirt out red paint on an area of twist etc . Good tools , and not seeing very many patrolmen extremely necessary..great video , must take some time to sew it together . Appreciated 👍🇬🇧
“Wake up babe, Ben is back”
Welcome back
Fantastic video Ben, some of these unusual routings are very interesting, Crewe Independent lines and especially the one around Earlstown, by far freight traffic is the most interesting to watch, for two reasons mainly, one the slower speeds enables us to enjoy more of the rail infrastructure and secondly the unusual routings, can't wait for the next video.
Great video.....being a local lad bit disconcerting to see the combination heading South from Derby initially given the destination, but all's well that ends well!!
The Ribble (falling to pieces) Viaduct reminded me of the film The Cassandra Crossing - and that's not a good thing! Great to have more videos from you Ben!
Been needing aa cabride fix after exhausting yours and Don Coffey's vids 😅
In Central Trains days we signed via Castle Donington but not via Alrewas. Our diversions would not have fitted around the City Line service! Thanks for the look at the the back road.
Always look forward to a Ben Elias video.
Excellent video, excellent diesel sound. :-)
Cool thanks
I saw this at Preston. So funny to see me on a vid
What a treat - Earlestown and the decrepit Ribble viaduct. Is that used much anymore? Thanks Mr E.
Welcome Back
I drive for GWR but have always fancied doing the HST test train
I find it hard to believe this is quieter than most trains today
Lovely weather, Ben! It doesn't always rain up here in the Northwest!
43274 & 43257 due in Blackpool on friday i will video them as they pass Poulton-Le-Fylde on friday afternoon
Nice to see you back - looking forwards to watching
Love it
Wow didn't know you was a train driver this is cool
great video ben on different tracks
Loved seeing the 321s and 777(s) at Walton and the old wagons on the left
Thank you Ben for a really enjoyable video. Lovely cab ride. So, the Ribble Viaduct is in a bad way.
I believe the construction work before the chord onto the main line at Litchfield was the HS2 underpass, that will now not be used.
That is indeed the HS2 underpass and it will still be used. It is just south of Handsacre where HS2 will join the WCML
Ah right. Thanks
Nice to see these flying machines doing 110mph plus on test trains still! pitty they still ain't in passenger use as there is still loads of left in them!!! Nice video 🥰
They are still in passenger use
2:19:00 I used to stand on the right to watch trains before the houses were built. A couple of times I saw some of the last 8 HST Power Cars built with APT-P test trains
is the HST in the EPS or the general speed limit band? Great to see you back again Ben
Cheers! HSTs can do HST speeds or normal linespeeds, not EPS. EPS is pendo and voyager only. In this case the train is not an HST - it's a traditional loco hauled train with mk2 and mk1 derived rolling stock and so can only do 100mph and normal line speeds.
Ben I have often teavels fro Crew to Blackpool, but never seen a train running the rickety viaduct!
Everybody moaned when the HST ousted the Deltics , but god, I miss these fantastic machines.
Love the speed indicator
That showed the speed limit for the line, not the train speed.
Thanks, but that’s just ruined my day 😢😮