Weardale Railway Route Learning - Wolsingham to Stanhope (Return)

Weardale Railway Route Learning.
Filmed on a 101 DMU.
Wolsingham Depot to Standhope (Return).

[@robertplace6131]

yes , intresting , lovely contry-side views , spoiled only , by the inset picture from the cab, bobbing around !

[@drdoolittle5724]

Thank you for sharing with us - track appears very 'old', is that because lack of funds?

[@nymrfootage]

The line had been used very little when this was filmed. Improvements were subsequently made when mainline locomotives ran over the line taking the opencast coal out

[@Christopher125]

Thanks for uploading, when was it filmed btw?

[@nymrfootage]

It was filmed back in 2008

[@Christopher125]

@@nymrfootage Ah, thankyou

[@britanniafirst1254]

It is not a 101 DMU. It is a Class 140 unit.
Worst thing ever built for British Rail. I used to drive 101’s and I used to be a driver trainer on 142’s 143’s, 156’s.
The bad state of the track is made worse by the single wheel arrangement on the Class 140 unit, they are glorified busses on rails.

[@Howardthompson]

Yes that's a class 141 unit which has since been scrapped.