Fantastic 47s and other Visitors at Carlisle: 43s, 47s, 60, 66, 70, 90! 16, 17, 18 Jan 23

Fantastic 47s and other Visitors at Carlisle:
43s, 47s, 60, 66, 70, 90!
16, 17, 18 Jan 23
Over three days we see two Network Rail Class 43-hauled test trains, a Wes tCoast Railways stock mover with a pair of Class 47s and Locomotive services route learning with a set of Mark 3s and a 47.
A class 60 turns up to take away a failed Class 6 seen in my 12th January video.
A TransPennine Express68 appears one morning and is swapped for anther TransPennine 68 from Crewe.
Plus other regular trains!
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[@declanjoyce8640]

Love the snow shots in the evening light....

[@LeslieGilpinRailways]

Thanks!

[@amtrakharry]

Excellent again...:):):)

[@LeslieGilpinRailways]

Thanks!

[@stephendavies6949]

Hello Mr G. There are two things that make your productions stand out from others of a similar nature on TH-cam. First is the quality if the videos, especially the angles, frqmes and positions you manage to achieve, and second I the information you provide on what we're watching. This makes watching the videos so much more enjoyable. Regards, Stephen

[@LeslieGilpinRailways]

Thank you Stephen, that's much appreciated

[@thegrowler-blackwoodngauge]

Great collection of motive power Leslie.

[@LeslieGilpinRailways]

Thanks Euan. It was a bumper collection

[@TheDaf95xf]

Great catch that two tone green 47 Most of those trains pass the back of my house at Barton just north of Preston lol 😆

[@LeslieGilpinRailways]

Thanks! Good spot then to see trains on the main line!

[@amtrakharry]

Thanks!

[@LeslieGilpinRailways]

Thank you!

[@hermitageroad4713]

Great video well made enjoyed it

[@LeslieGilpinRailways]

Thanks!

[@Trainspotter4002]

Fantastic shots there!

[@LeslieGilpinRailways]

Thanks!

[@paulcartlidge751]

Great video Leslie very nice filming

[@LeslieGilpinRailways]

Thanks

[@dougiestuart]

Excellent video but must have been really cold for you.i was surprise to see TPE 68 at Carlisle.

[@LeslieGilpinRailways]

Thanks! I was as surprised with the TPE 68s

[@michaelmoran2022]

Great video Leslie,you have my sub👍👍😄😄

[@LeslieGilpinRailways]

Thanks Michael!

[@mels1811]

Excellent video

[@LeslieGilpinRailways]

Thanks!

[@TheHappyPensioners]

Excellent vid! Cheers!

[@LeslieGilpinRailways]

Thanks!

[@ianeccles111]

Another excellent frosty video, you can feel the cold just watching.
DB Cargo 66077 Benjamin Gimbert VC ? 6K27 1443 Carlisle NY to Crewe Basford Hall SSM.
There was a Class 47 named Benjamin Gimbert GC..
Benjamin was an engine driver for the LNER and awarded the George Cross and the Order of Industrial Heroism as was his fireman James Nighthall whose award was posthumous for saving an ammunition train from a fire on 2nd June 1944 during Soham rail disaster.
Regards Ian.

[@LeslieGilpinRailways]

Thanks! I confirmed the name and number matched on line as the nameplate is on the small side

[@ianeccles111]

@@LeslieGilpinRailways Hello Les, I don't follow modern traction , just like watching your videos.
The point I was making was the award, Ben was awarded the George Cross, the highest civilian award and not the Victoria Cross which is the highest military award.
I also owe you and your viewers an apology, I spelt his fireman's surname incorrectly, the correction being , JAMES NIGHTALL GC. there was a class 47 named in his honour in 1981 number 47579. I believe there is a class 66 also named in his honour in 2004 number 66079.
Regards Ian.

[@LeslieGilpinRailways]

@@ianeccles111 I did understand and thanks for reminding me of the LNER heroes.

[@AndreiTupolev]

Interesting to compare your videos with ones from the same place about 20 or so years ago; there's still almost as much variety of power today. And whatever else you could say, Carlisle station is looking much brighter and cleaner these days.

[@LeslieGilpinRailways]

Thanks. I agree about the cleanliness. A friend showed me a photo taken 40 years ago. There was a sea of litter across the station

[@EagleCreekRailRoad]

Another awesome compilation Les, Carlisle is great station for variety & interest for sure. Ben.

[@LeslieGilpinRailways]

Thanks Ben

[@FLRailroaddog]

Awesome leslie, especially of the engineer at the controls.. nice 😊

[@LeslieGilpinRailways]

Thanks

[@pauljohnson4525]

Thanks Les, another enjoyable video

[@LeslieGilpinRailways]

Thanks!

[@josephbland1999]

Good man, gives me something to enjoy on my day off that ain't clown world. Keep it up mate

[@LeslieGilpinRailways]

Thanks!

[@sydwoods.woodsendjunction9492]

brilliant video Les some great captures there matey on a very cold looking Carlisle well done . Hope you had some hot soup to keep you going lol, loved the 47s and the the ice on the overhead wires making the pantagraphs spark ...dont they have ice brakers no more. Thanks for sharing Les well done for going out at the crack of dawn you want an MEDAL Take care a t b Syd🥶👍

[@LeslieGilpinRailways]

Thanks Syd.. the sparks were on lines where electric trains had already been!

[@johnross9074]

Cracking days out Grommet!
Brilliant for the viewer, only concern is the amount of light engine moves, is this perhaps another reason our railways are losing money?

[@LeslieGilpinRailways]

Thanks John. The light engine moves are usually repositioning moves - to pull a return load or to do a specific job at a location before returning to where its next needed. The freight companies don't lose money!

[@AndreiTupolev]

They'd only move locos if they were needed somewhere else, or sometimes it's for driver training

[@hotdogpilot6319]

Rare to see electrical arcing in daylight! Nice to see 47 survivors too...

[@LeslieGilpinRailways]

Thanks Andy. Even rarer for me to manage to capture it 😏

[@UKTransportVideos82]

Nice to see proper action around Carlisle good video

[@LeslieGilpinRailways]

Thanks!

[@750VFR]

Looked like the log train headed down the WCML, if so any idea why they aren't on the S&C?
Keep warm.

[@LeslieGilpinRailways]

Not sure on the log train - its probably because there are sufficient gaps in passenger traffic - even with the logs sometimes sitting for hours in loops

[@garethclarke7375]

There is nothing quite like a Mark 3. Classic lines.

[@LeslieGilpinRailways]

They were great to see

[@AndreiTupolev]

Also interesting to think that, listening to the list of station stops on the S&C recited by RoboAnnouncer at4:45, that Appleby was the only station open back in the eighties 🤔

[@LeslieGilpinRailways]

Indeed it was - and Settle - except for the DalesRail trains on a Sunday from Blackpool North. Heck of a lot more passenger trains now than in the 60s too before all those stations closed.

[@chrismarshall1776]

Saw 47805 leave Preston at 10:45am on Tuesday

[@LeslieGilpinRailways]

Awesome

[@user-gu9pv7ck1i]

Another great post. Wonder. If the use of 43s on NR measurement trains will eventually make the 37s redundant.

[@LeslieGilpinRailways]

Thanks! Without knowing the relative weights I can't say. Some companies are retaining 37s for the less used and more weight restricted routes

[@peterjackson-cheadleheath1182]

Hi Les There seems to be more variety at Carlisle these days, TPE 68's and LSL 47's and with the 56 a few days ago, things are on the up! Were the LSL's route training for the summer I wonder. Thanks

[@LeslieGilpinRailways]

Thanks Peter. It goes in phases these days. No idea why LSL are route training - possibly new staff.

[@TrainLoverHimu]

Great video, well filmed.👍🎥👍👍👍😊

[@LeslieGilpinRailways]

Thanks

[@ModelTrainOutsider]

COol video. Every weather makes a different story. Speaking of story, why were you surprised to see the TPE 68 there... because it wasn't running, or not normally on that route? Anyhow, it was funny because then you just keep seeing it there, alone, as all the other trains go by, coming in and going out. Finally, at the end of the video, it just shunters off into a snowy sunset alone. One could almost imagine the disappoint shrug and sigh it makes as it rolls away. lol

[@LeslieGilpinRailways]

Thanks Anthony! Although DRS own the TPE 68s they are an unusual sight in Carlisle. I think one was already at the DRS depot and was being swapped with one with problems

[@kenwilliams3560]

Any idea why the 68s have started to appear. I have heard Chiltern are losing theirs and being replaced by TFW 175s

[@LeslieGilpinRailways]

Thanks

[@michaelchester8997]

Did the original peak class name plates go on the class 60s

[@LeslieGilpinRailways]

I don't think so

[@Abnerbandanovotempoinscrito1mi]

Bom dia excelente video afoto vario trrein lindo gostei todo com a neve 🌨 no trilho 🛤 do trem

[@LeslieGilpinRailways]

Thanks

[@geoffreyking4515]

What's fantastic about a diesel ??
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[@LeslieGilpinRailways]

Whats not? In the title at least