Travelled behind a similar locomotive from Euston to Manchester Piccadilly in 1968. Sheila Handcock bought me a drink. Sixth Form Trip from Burnley to visit the Bank of England as an A Level Economics trip.
You were brave setting off for that. I really wanted to see Mayflower at York but with 3 inch snow I stayed home even though they said it would not last long. It was all gone by lunch time but the chaos it caused with floods made me glad I had not gone out. Mayflower never reached Barrow in Furness she was removed at Warrington and the diesels only made it as far as Preston over 2 hours late.
It'd be the wind that was the problem, bringing down the wires (or causing havoc, as the newspapers like to say), so that was probably why trains weren't running north of Carlisle
Very good video Tim and yes the snow is causing problems for the trains especially when most of the new trains are hybrid electric trains they don’t manage well unlike the older diesel trains
Ah - the two great vulnerabilities of electric traction - overhead wires in stormy winds and powerful axle-mounted electric motors getting close to flood waters or deep snow. Diesels also have the axle-mounted motors of course - but steam locos just plough on regardless as 60007 demonstrated for us earlier this year.
I'm not sure that the electrics were actually having problems - it was rather a case of Avanti and Trans-Pennine Express deciding that they simply wouldn't operate north of a certain point, Preston (mostly) for Avanti and Carlisle for TPE. The station staff told me that some drivers were having difficulty getting into work - but that would presumably be Northern crews and Northern were, for the most part, running a good service.
We had a bit of rain in Kent - and there was a medium strength wind blowing for two days. It's years since we had a whole windy weekend like this down here; I wasn't here for the 1987 100mph blast. Good vid. I see the AL6 still needs a Brush 4.
Ah - the hurricane - I remember it, although it didn't affect us up here. In storm conditions, especially in high territory such as Shap or Beattock, the risk of overhead wires coming down is very real so I suppose a class 47 is just a classic case of belt and braces. Best wishes.
Thank you. Yes, I am a fairly frequent traveller along that particular stretch of track. Fortunately, with a Senior Railcard the Cheap Day Return fare is very reasonable.
Thank you Michael - yes, that first generation of electric locos were powerful, efficient and good-looking. The opera was Tosca - a transmission from the Met Opera, New York. Would you believe that our regional capital, Dumfries, doesn't have a cinema? Fortunately, the local Burns Centre in the old town mill has a small, quite intimate, theatre/cinema, which can handle these occasions - for a small audience!
Carlisle? Bloody Carlisle, Tim? AGAIN !!! You vloggers must be tripping over each other up there. Is there not another location where you can practice your art?
Travelled behind a similar locomotive from Euston to Manchester Piccadilly in 1968. Sheila Handcock bought me a drink. Sixth Form Trip from Burnley to visit the Bank of England as an A Level Economics trip.
You were brave setting off for that. I really wanted to see Mayflower at York but with 3 inch snow I stayed home even though they said it would not last long. It was all gone by lunch time but the chaos it caused with floods made me glad I had not gone out. Mayflower never reached Barrow in Furness she was removed at Warrington and the diesels only made it as far as Preston over 2 hours late.
I liked this, and liked your commentary. I also like Carlisle!!
It'd be the wind that was the problem, bringing down the wires (or causing havoc, as the newspapers like to say), so that was probably why trains weren't running north of Carlisle
Very good video Tim and yes the snow is causing problems for the trains especially when most of the new trains are hybrid electric trains they don’t manage well unlike the older diesel trains
Ah - the two great vulnerabilities of electric traction - overhead wires in stormy winds and powerful axle-mounted electric motors getting close to flood waters or deep snow. Diesels also have the axle-mounted motors of course - but steam locos just plough on regardless as 60007 demonstrated for us earlier this year.
Yes it’s advantage of diesel trains like the class 66
Very good Tim, looked like it was electrics that were having problems but diesels were ok. Apart from 86259. 😮
I'm not sure that the electrics were actually having problems - it was rather a case of Avanti and Trans-Pennine Express deciding that they simply wouldn't operate north of a certain point, Preston (mostly) for Avanti and Carlisle for TPE. The station staff told me that some drivers were having difficulty getting into work - but that would presumably be Northern crews and Northern were, for the most part, running a good service.
Well done for getting out to make this video, must have been very cold.
Thank you Lisa. Yes, it was - absolutely perishing!!!
We had a bit of rain in Kent - and there was a medium strength wind blowing for two days.
It's years since we had a whole windy weekend like this down here; I wasn't here for the 1987 100mph blast.
Good vid. I see the AL6 still needs a Brush 4.
Ah - the hurricane - I remember it, although it didn't affect us up here.
In storm conditions, especially in high territory such as Shap or Beattock, the risk of overhead wires coming down is very real so I suppose a class 47 is just a classic case of belt and braces. Best wishes.
Another great video tim, you must have a season ticket or something considering how many times you go from Dumfries to Carlisle 😂
Thank you. Yes, I am a fairly frequent traveller along that particular stretch of track. Fortunately, with a Senior Railcard the Cheap Day Return fare is very reasonable.
Thanks for that video, Tim. That electric loco looks great! I wonder what the opera is?
Thank you Michael - yes, that first generation of electric locos were powerful, efficient and good-looking.
The opera was Tosca - a transmission from the Met Opera, New York. Would you believe that our regional capital, Dumfries, doesn't have a cinema? Fortunately, the local Burns Centre in the old town mill has a small, quite intimate, theatre/cinema, which can handle these occasions - for a small audience!
Carlisle? Bloody Carlisle, Tim? AGAIN !!! You vloggers must be tripping over each other up there. Is there not another location where you can practice your art?
If you live where I do - in a word - NO.