WCML Avanti diversions at Barthomley level crossing 4/9/22

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  • @ejs229
    @ejs229  Рік тому +45

    Thank you all for the kind comments! Some interesting photos by others:
    Barthomley road 1983
    www.flickr.com/photos/142767848@N08/30563351796/in/photolist-Mn4qQT-V8pTvt-MYL7T6-NyMaFj
    Barthomley crossing 1988
    www.flickr.com/photos/56940751@N08/19578071734/in/photolist-vQ3JCW-zBcWSs-zLYXn4-2jBgr6B-nizyhb-2jc6kpU-foBXt2-73m6wi-foSgKs-yPbgjc-2jc6kKJ-RPFWVY-2jc6kgY-8YE2HT-n7sCv2-zGMLwc-FSsD7W-8YGTUj-VLpnW7-foSsAQ-zRtNgb-2n7r8yK-2jc6jKH-e54WZ5-7YbhgH-2jfgc6t-RyUfBR-zphWBE-2jtGh6Z-GnSNU5-2jtDsHi-G95pLY-ySskYy-2jc3BtR-2npSAqo-ngDSq1-2jc6jET-2jc7EiV-fpc3Qq-2mLHC3U-HtVFRb-foC7GR-Np8XZT-SBxQsa-2jc7Ey9-2jc6jxJ-zTLiyz-2jc6k1c-yK5xNS-2jc6jPL
    Virgin Pendolino
    www.flickr.com/photos/30268259@N03/8338973159/in/photolist-dGYQm7-dGTqci
    Oldest photo I can find of crossing itself, 2006
    www.geograph.org.uk/photo/228958

    • @trainlover123trainsrock
      @trainlover123trainsrock Рік тому +2

      Nice footage, and nice to see the 390s in good detail up close while in motion

    • @griffany
      @griffany Рік тому +1

      Nice trains from a New Level Crossing @ejs229

  • @michaelcampin1464
    @michaelcampin1464 Рік тому +253

    Now this video shows the reason why local lines should not be closed. Ideal to use due to a mainline closure. Hence the success of railways during WWII. So many alternative routes were available that freight, troops etc could still be moved after mainlines had been put out of action due to bomb damage

    • @rafthejaf8789
      @rafthejaf8789 Рік тому +7

      They won't be so useful in world war 3 though! 😅

    • @michaelcampin1464
      @michaelcampin1464 Рік тому +1

      @@rafthejaf8789 you are right but nothing except being a cockroach will help you to survive. But do you really want to.?

    • @electrohalo8798
      @electrohalo8798 Рік тому +7

      @@rafthejaf8789 you doubt the British railway system, also WW3 ain’t happening

    • @barrythedieselelectricstea5217
      @barrythedieselelectricstea5217 Рік тому +9

      there only beeching and the government to blame for so many local lines and stations closing when they should have been left alone 😠

    • @coxallk32
      @coxallk32 Рік тому +3

      Agreed pal. I love this video. Almost like it's not real.
      10/10 fom me. 👍

  • @Laurencepro99
    @Laurencepro99 Рік тому +90

    Theres just full on 11 car pendolinos going through such a small quiet place and i love it.

    • @ejs229
      @ejs229  Рік тому +15

      That's what I liked too, they're just so out of place

    • @mjddev
      @mjddev Рік тому +2

      Salutations Laurence

    • @Laurencepro99
      @Laurencepro99 Рік тому +1

      hi morgan jd

    • @icarus_falling
      @icarus_falling Рік тому +1

      It strikes me as a 155 type crossing lol maybe a 156

    • @antonyhobbs1144
      @antonyhobbs1144 Рік тому +1

      It's an 11 carriage train
      NOT
      An 11 car train
      (IT'S IN THE UK NOT THE USA)

  • @philipwall6407
    @philipwall6407 Рік тому +107

    There were hundreds of these branch lines when I was a child in the late 50's I thought they had all been removed by you know who. It was lovely to see this, brought back some happy childhood memories.

    • @ejs229
      @ejs229  Рік тому +2

      Great to hear this :)

    • @ethankerr05
      @ethankerr05 Рік тому +2

      i whish they'd bring back a lot of the old there was no need for them to go

    • @1chish
      @1chish Рік тому +2

      If by 'you know who' you mean a certain Lord Beeching then that isn't correct. He stopped or curtailed rail services but he didn't ever recommend lifting tracks or demolishing stations. That was done by politicians. Mostly Labour and especially Barbara Castle.
      Many people blame Beeching but in fact he saved BR and even put in place major systems used now like Intercity and Freightliner.

    • @markknight1011
      @markknight1011 Рік тому +2

      Unusual to see electrified branch lines.

    • @robdogwalker
      @robdogwalker Рік тому

      @@1chish that's true,if the tracks had been left,it would mean a lot of work to reinstate,but cheaper than laying new tracks (HS2 is a good exmple of expensive ). If I'm correct,some Heritage lines are looking to connect with current mainline stations where possible, to provide a "new"service.

  • @twinboo529
    @twinboo529 Рік тому +5

    Everyone here's complaining that England has almost no lines left, but when compared in Ireland, it is filled to the brim!

  • @cesarblumenau
    @cesarblumenau Рік тому +5

    Excellent my friend. Greetings from Brazil.

  • @mobiletransportvideo
    @mobiletransportvideo Рік тому +73

    Presumably the house windows are insulated.

    • @pauldevenish
      @pauldevenish Рік тому +11

      If it were my house, I wouldn't have given a damn 🤣

    • @creativejamieplays7185
      @creativejamieplays7185 Рік тому +15

      Either way you will hear it from the vibrations

    • @redgoon698
      @redgoon698 Рік тому +3

      I’d love it

    • @ijmad
      @ijmad Рік тому +6

      You probably get used to it after a time. And presumably there are fewer trains on normal days, and fewer still at night.

    • @southwesterntrainspotter1889
      @southwesterntrainspotter1889 Рік тому +3

      Hi, how often and in what local area does this happen coz it looks really cool. Great vid btw

  • @geordieal
    @geordieal Рік тому +21

    I would love to own that house! My mam used to live right beside the Newcastle to Carlisle line and I loved sitting there watching the trains pass by the end of her garden…amazing how quick you get used to them and barely hear them anymore!

    • @johnpalmer4102
      @johnpalmer4102 Рік тому +1

      It would be a bit noisy if you didn't love trains though!

    • @TerryTheNewsGirl
      @TerryTheNewsGirl Рік тому

      My Gran lived above St James's Park in Exeter. It was glorious!!

    • @geordieal
      @geordieal Рік тому +1

      @@johnpalmer4102 funnily enough after a very short time your brain just kind of blocks them out, they just become a part of the background noise. Even the heavy nuclear waste trains that used to pass my mams house were just filtered out unless you were actually watching for them!

    • @never152
      @never152 Рік тому +1

      We lived next to styal line in Manchester and it didn't bother us after a while - even the freight train! We miss the trains now tbh.

    • @t3mpomusic
      @t3mpomusic Рік тому

      good luck selling it

  • @DarthCoco
    @DarthCoco Рік тому +11

    To see just how 'local' of a line this is, it's genuinely satisfying, and to see all those various trains pass through. Many of those trains I would quite frankly not forsee passing on this line.

  • @josephinebennington7247
    @josephinebennington7247 Рік тому +7

    It’s like seeing Avantis on the RHDR!

  • @OlafProt
    @OlafProt Рік тому +50

    I could live in that house happily.
    I was wondering why you could see the trains from Alsager direction seemingly turning a corner in the distance but looking on google maps I see its just where it goes back to double track. Very interesting - thank you. These are the things I miss about England.

    • @Neil070
      @Neil070 Рік тому +3

      I bet it's called Gatekeepers Cottage!

    • @LoneSheWolf09
      @LoneSheWolf09 Рік тому +3

      My son and I would be in our element watching trains go past if we lived there too

  • @1Modeus
    @1Modeus Рік тому +5

    Beautiful British sceneries 😍

  • @Neil070
    @Neil070 Рік тому +11

    This is beautifully filmed, as enjoyable to watch the countryside and cottage as the trains. Thank you.
    I have a young relative who is completing his (very long and thorough) training as a train driver.
    I envy him.

    • @ejs229
      @ejs229  Рік тому

      Thank you, I hope he enjoys it!

    • @Rich72James
      @Rich72James Рік тому

      How long is the training out of interest?

  • @done-ahhh578
    @done-ahhh578 Рік тому +89

    I didn't know until now there was any single track sections in the UK that were also electrified. I thought all electrified sections were double track or more.

    • @SirNigelGresley4498
      @SirNigelGresley4498 Рік тому +34

      There's also the Redditch branch - but I am certainly surprised that a single track line capable of taking 390 diversions is electrified!

    • @robbiemorrison7085
      @robbiemorrison7085 Рік тому +11

      There’s quite a few, I know the Epsom Downs line from Sutton is third rail single track. The abbey line from Watford Jct to St Albans abbey is, Lymington Town is third rail. The Hertford East line also.

    • @robbiemorrison7085
      @robbiemorrison7085 Рік тому +10

      Also the Braintree branch, which has White Notley station which is the least used in Essex

    • @v52gc
      @v52gc Рік тому +5

      Met line Chesham branch and pre-closure Epping-Ongar on the Central.

    • @harviemilligan1887
      @harviemilligan1887 Рік тому +4

      In Scotland we have at least the following single track electrified sections: Stirling to Alloa, Drem to North Berwick, Dalreoch to Balloch, Craigendoran to Helensburgh Central, Westerton to Bearsden, Hillfoot to Milngavie, Hamilton to Haughhead, Whifflet to Sunnyside Junction, Shieldmuir to Wishaw, Ardrossan to Largs, Port Glasgow to Wemyss Bay, Lanark Junction to Lanark and Dumbreck to Paisley Canal. The Argyle Line (Rutherglen to Kelvinhaugh) looks single at the West end but is actually a burrowing junction with two single stretches, one each for the up and down lines, so I don't know if that counts.

  • @Stefan8u
    @Stefan8u Рік тому +10

    Great video, and thanks for showing off this little forgotton piece of track. I didn't think anything like this existed except on private heritage railways. Inspiring to look for more!

    • @ejs229
      @ejs229  Рік тому +3

      It's a hidden gem, very picturesque. Be sure to check out other people's videos of it, there's a few I've seen.

  • @railfreightdrivergallagherGBRf
    @railfreightdrivergallagherGBRf Рік тому +15

    In the upcoming 2023 Crewe Remodelling program, which will see the west side of the station (p13 plus north & south bays returning to use) this section of the Crewe - Kidsgrove line is due to be re - doubled again, to increase capacity. All to do with the revamp for HS2.

    • @ejs229
      @ejs229  Рік тому +2

      That's brilliant to hear, if it goes ahead.

    • @carlastaton4150
      @carlastaton4150 Рік тому

      As you'll know, the Blue Tunnel crosses Platform 13. Passengers walk along there to catch rail replacement services because the buses can't use the shiny new car park on the east side of the station. Seems there are disused underground water tanks that might collapse under the weight of heavy vehicles.

    • @railfreightdrivergallagherGBRf
      @railfreightdrivergallagherGBRf Рік тому

      @@carlastaton4150 That's going in the remodeling.

  • @georgyporgy8401
    @georgyporgy8401 Рік тому +1

    I can live at this house for ever :)

  • @KingofGamingAndTrains456
    @KingofGamingAndTrains456 Рік тому +18

    As a train enthusiast I would definitely want to live in that house near the tracks.

  • @TCOphox
    @TCOphox Рік тому +3

    Man imagine a high speed train suddenly whizzing past your serene and tiny village lol. A juxtaposition indeed.

  • @Austin40424
    @Austin40424 Рік тому +5

    I stayed in an old station house in Christon Bank Northumberland on the ECML. Believe me it's noisy and begins to get on your nerves after a while. I'd go back though lol 😆
    Excellent vid thanks.

  • @mattvezz
    @mattvezz Рік тому +2

    That’s absolutely cracking

  • @dasy2k1
    @dasy2k1 Рік тому +37

    This could actually prove quite useful! I'm working on the resignaling project along the Alsager line

  • @paultaylor9652
    @paultaylor9652 Рік тому +12

    Is it me, or does it appear that some Avanti's West Coast Trains are travelling quicker than others, great little place to capture them up close, 👍 from me.

  • @bfapple
    @bfapple Рік тому +4

    I came across this level crossing on a road trip to Wales. Have to say that I was very confused seeing modern-looking electrification at a user operated road crossing.

  • @1chish
    @1chish Рік тому +13

    One of the railway's many little quirks! Nice catch.
    Always makes me smile that here in the UK we get a couple of 'toots' on the air horns and yet have very few crossing accidents while in the USA there is continual blasting of very large triple air horns at every crossing and yet have the worst record on crossing accidents.

    • @ejs229
      @ejs229  Рік тому +4

      US trains are way bigger and scarier too, shouldn't that be a deterrent by itself??

    • @1chish
      @1chish Рік тому +3

      @@ejs229 Well yeah you'd think but apparently not so!
      And the really ironic thing is when an accident happens the media blame the train .... Brightline in Florida is always getting stick.

    • @TheNapalmFTW
      @TheNapalmFTW Рік тому +7

      There's a lot lot lot more at grade crossings in the US and freight trains go on for miles. The temptation to beat them is high

  • @ithewonder
    @ithewonder Рік тому +2

    It's like having a train go through your back garden lol. I bet that house has got some serious cracked plaster lol

  • @sopheba
    @sopheba Рік тому +1

    Imagine having that at the back of your garden!

  • @_trains
    @_trains Рік тому +1

    Great video, nice quality to! Can't believe I didn't find you sooner.

    • @ejs229
      @ejs229  Рік тому

      Thank you 😃

  • @outfromtheshadows
    @outfromtheshadows Рік тому +1

    What a lovely place to live, and you can train spot from the comfort of your own home!

  • @DerekHubbertipdn
    @DerekHubbertipdn Рік тому +11

    That length of track is partly under control of the MOD as it is the access track to the ammunition factory. It can be commandeered by the govt if needed in time of war.

  • @lappilappland3708
    @lappilappland3708 Рік тому +1

    Important Fence...Very Protective....

  • @JintySteam1
    @JintySteam1 Рік тому +2

    Its so bazar seeing Pendolino's travel down a single track branch line. The people at that cottage must have wondered what was going on, lol.

  • @neilbolger2679
    @neilbolger2679 Рік тому +2

    Nice vid of the diverts. Keep local lines open for enthusiasts to enjoy these machines

  • @leenettywilson528
    @leenettywilson528 Рік тому +1

    Brilliant video this is mate I enjoyed it , i would love to live in that white house not because of the house because of the trains I wouldn't get tired of listening to them seeing them also the beautiful scenery, nice one stay blessed godbless you,

  • @Bertie_Ahern
    @Bertie_Ahern Рік тому +1

    Yep, I think most of us would dearly love to live in that house lol

  • @followthetrawler
    @followthetrawler Рік тому +4

    that is so cool - makes me want to visit

  • @japethstevens8473
    @japethstevens8473 Рік тому +2

    The only thing missing was a tourist steam engine, to complete the set. Surreal views from the bedroom windows!

    • @ejs229
      @ejs229  Рік тому

      I'll definitely try to capture steam if it ever goes through here again. There was a WCRC railtour going through here that day which I unfortunately missed!

  • @WhiskeyGulf71
    @WhiskeyGulf71 Рік тому +1

    You would think it would be called Oakhanger crossing as it’s nearer to Oakhanger than it is to Barthomley

  • @andressanchez4517
    @andressanchez4517 Рік тому +1

    High speed train in someone's garden... Love it

  • @jeffreydavies9036
    @jeffreydavies9036 Рік тому +3

    A great video and an interesting location. Thanks for posting.

  • @TheRealMartinDominik
    @TheRealMartinDominik Рік тому +3

    The front pic looked suggestive of the train having diverted into someone's garden

    • @ejs229
      @ejs229  Рік тому

      It's just the world's biggest model railway lol

  • @TheTrainiac377
    @TheTrainiac377 Рік тому +23

    Imagine just seeing a 11 car high speed train role pass your house on your peaceful branch line, my ass would be full on confused

    • @TerryTheNewsGirl
      @TerryTheNewsGirl Рік тому +2

      Not sure I'd be that enamoured nowadays, but it would have been Heavenly during blue rail BR days. 37's and 50's and FGDMU's chugging past? Yes, please!!

    • @Neil070
      @Neil070 Рік тому +4

      @@TerryTheNewsGirl A lot of soot and dirt, though, in the old days, I had to clean up the family grave, the cemetery is alongside the Birmingham-Worcester stretch of the Main line.
      Back in the early 60's, I was terrified of the old steam trains hurtling past. I grew to love railways and rail travel as a teenager and adult

    • @stephenduncan3605
      @stephenduncan3605 Рік тому +2

      Where I live in Blackpool has trains in and out of North Station going past my back garden and some of them are Pendolinos!

  • @neilstrains
    @neilstrains Рік тому +6

    Fantastic video thanks - what a brilliant crossing. Subscribed!

  • @garyley4270
    @garyley4270 Рік тому +1

    What an amazing video. Also the dog at 3.26,!

  • @koichishimamura5051
    @koichishimamura5051 Рік тому +1

    I think the camerawork is pretty good!

  • @liamtomlinson4901
    @liamtomlinson4901 Рік тому +2

    As a track man myself I can confirm that the rumors you’ve heard are true. There are talks about reducing the size of the infrastructure by eventually removing smaller lines and keeping main lines only meaning a lot of areas will be cut off. Like a few plans on the railway it probably won’t go ahead

  • @petersyme7083
    @petersyme7083 Рік тому +2

    It must have been planned that this line would be used as it wouldn’t have been electrified

  • @marccheban194
    @marccheban194 Рік тому +2

    Beautifully done video!

  • @GoldM4official
    @GoldM4official Рік тому +1

    3:23 props to the dog

  • @TerryTheNewsGirl
    @TerryTheNewsGirl Рік тому +2

    I would give anything to live in that house.

  • @daviddennison6578
    @daviddennison6578 Рік тому +1

    A train spotters paradise

  • @Andy13april64
    @Andy13april64 Рік тому +3

    Wonderful video. I would love to have a house near rail tracks.

  • @MickNolan-ms5rw
    @MickNolan-ms5rw Рік тому +1

    Love this location. Thumbs up and subscribed

  • @ThatTrainAndBusGuy
    @ThatTrainAndBusGuy Рік тому +1

    love train spotting especially this :)

  • @callumwhite2993
    @callumwhite2993 Рік тому +3

    Imagine living in that house 😅

  • @Welwyn22
    @Welwyn22 Рік тому +1

    Very interesting location, great video too!

  • @redgoon698
    @redgoon698 Рік тому +9

    Being a trainspotter, I’d love to live in that house

  • @justinobrien3593
    @justinobrien3593 Рік тому +1

    Good video 📹 👍

  • @noelgribble1004
    @noelgribble1004 Рік тому +3

    Bit quieter to how our American train driving cousins treat a crossing.

  • @MePeterNicholls
    @MePeterNicholls Рік тому +6

    The first time I had to use this crossing as a driver I was really nervous. You have to open both gates, drive across, and close both gates.

    • @ejs229
      @ejs229  Рік тому +5

      I know exactly what you mean, once the red light comes on you've only got about a minute before the train arrives. I believe they're going to close it off to vehicles at some point and covert it to Pedestrian/cyclist only.

    • @dasy2k1
      @dasy2k1 Рік тому +1

      @@ejs229 that's the long term plan as I understand it. But it's not happening with the upcoming resignaling even though the crossing itself is being recontrolled

    • @trainrover
      @trainrover Рік тому

      why its decomissioning over any upgrade?

    • @MePeterNicholls
      @MePeterNicholls Рік тому +4

      @@trainrover cost no doubt. The uk is about to embark on austerity 2.0. Good bye cruel world.

    • @carlastaton4150
      @carlastaton4150 Рік тому +1

      Yes, there are signs on the road asking if you've closed the gates!

  • @scottyj8135
    @scottyj8135 Рік тому +1

    Ok I see rail track I see trains 🤔 Very niiiccceeee

  • @davidfalconer8913
    @davidfalconer8913 Рік тому +2

    An excellent way to keep their hedge trimmed ..... ( ? ) ........... DAVE™ ................

  • @tonydavis5628
    @tonydavis5628 Рік тому +1

    Brilliant video

  • @Nick-ux7zt
    @Nick-ux7zt Рік тому +1

    I've been on one on this route, I didn't know it at the time because it was before I was a train spotter. Anyway we stopped at CRE and then STA but passed several (7 I suppose) stations between the two.

    • @ejs229
      @ejs229  Рік тому

      You would have gone through Alsager, Kidsgrove, Longport, Stoke, the disused stations at Wedgwood and Barlaston, and Stone.

  • @TheoDubs8692
    @TheoDubs8692 Рік тому +1

    The thumbnail image is quite amusing it looks more like a toy pendolino on some quaint little 1950s countryside layout than real footage!
    The train frankly looks far too big for its surroundings 😆

  • @Leonion6
    @Leonion6 Рік тому

    Poor people who live in that house.
    It's fun to watch a train pass by once/twice but not when you have to endure that noise many times a day every day.

  • @send2gl
    @send2gl Рік тому +6

    I wonder if that house rents out rooms.
    Unusual to see high speed trains on a single track. Did I see Royal Scot on one train?

    • @ejs229
      @ejs229  Рік тому +1

      You did - 390044 "Royal Scot" set the fastest London - Glasgow record for a 390.

  • @icarus_falling
    @icarus_falling Рік тому +1

    Wow the OHLE is pretty minimal there isn't it. Hardly notice it.

  • @johnson_street_IEMD
    @johnson_street_IEMD Рік тому +2

    Nice :-) 90035 came past here on its way back from Leicester

    • @ejs229
      @ejs229  Рік тому +1

      Thanks, when was that?

    • @johnson_street_IEMD
      @johnson_street_IEMD Рік тому

      @@ejs229 7th October 2021 - ua-cam.com/video/rGoP0cTp4oY/v-deo.html

  • @Lizpig
    @Lizpig Рік тому +1

    Those are so cool

  • @mikego18753
    @mikego18753 Рік тому +1

    Good vid.
    Thanks.

  • @ObsLevelCrossings
    @ObsLevelCrossings Рік тому +4

    Nice one!

    • @ejs229
      @ejs229  Рік тому +2

      Thank you :)

  • @breeze1472
    @breeze1472 Рік тому +1

    Nice captures

  • @philipbrailey
    @philipbrailey Рік тому +3

    Nice camera work.

  • @thebrummierailenthusiasts5329
    @thebrummierailenthusiasts5329 Рік тому +3

    Look how close the building is to the railway line

  • @onlycompetitions5083
    @onlycompetitions5083 Рік тому +2

    That fence doesn’t half wobble when the southbound trains pass it.

  • @paulodonoghue7478
    @paulodonoghue7478 Рік тому

    Interesting to note only a few drivers blew the horn on approaching the crossing. A very busy day for the gate keeper.

  • @keithgarton83
    @keithgarton83 Рік тому +1

    Wow

  • @epicdude999
    @epicdude999 Рік тому +1

    390121 sounded like it was saying hello😂

    • @ejs229
      @ejs229  Рік тому

      Maybe it was lol

  • @LookingForLocos
    @LookingForLocos Рік тому +2

    1:08 scared the hell out of me lol

  • @neilmilsom4847
    @neilmilsom4847 Рік тому +1

    really cool

  • @TheLondonTransportDroid
    @TheLondonTransportDroid Рік тому +1

    Very nice video

  • @jerrywinder7249
    @jerrywinder7249 Рік тому +1

    Probably used to the odd freight traffic!!

  • @thekeeper7885
    @thekeeper7885 Рік тому

    Imagine living in that house......Jesus the noise

  • @ergotot45
    @ergotot45 Рік тому +2

    The "Knotty" should have been made double track when it was electrified.......a missed opportunity

    • @ejs229
      @ejs229  Рік тому

      I agree. It used to be double track until 1985, but was singled as it was only an hourly train back then, and the planners were a bit short sighted.

    • @TheHobohobbit
      @TheHobohobbit Рік тому +1

      @@ejs229 Good old BR

    • @worldcomicsreview354
      @worldcomicsreview354 Рік тому +1

      @@TheHobohobbit "Short sighted", it's what you find if you look up "Railways in the UK" in an encylopedia.

  • @g2macs
    @g2macs Рік тому +4

    Ok, from experience living above a main road, you get used to the noise of a passing train in that cottage, but the unexpected toot of the horn at all hours would turn my brain into either syrup or axe toting, train driver mass killer.

  • @CommandoG331
    @CommandoG331 Рік тому +1

    What a lovely little spot of railway. Good video 🔥

  • @WeeGraeme68
    @WeeGraeme68 Рік тому +1

    I'm wondering what timeframe that is over. It seems like quite a few trains.
    It's also good to see that they just give enough of a toot on the horn to make their presence known rather than the enormously long blasts some of the US train videos show.

    • @ejs229
      @ejs229  Рік тому +2

      Hi, I filmed between 15:14 and 17:14 exactly, so 2 hours.

    • @WeeGraeme68
      @WeeGraeme68 Рік тому +2

      @@ejs229 Wow. That's quite a bit of traffic for a line like that.

  • @valtrus901
    @valtrus901 Рік тому +3

    Very nice. Would love to live in that house, settling into a nice niche, looking at the down-sloping road leading to the crossing. Would have my own personal train line. Btw, how many lines run through this crossing? It appears there are at least 3 different train designs, leading me to believe there are at least 3 different lines. Nevertheless, enjoyed the video and thanks much.

    • @ejs229
      @ejs229  Рік тому

      Thank you :). This is the line between Stoke and Crewe. The EMR trains were doing Crewe/Newark Castle, the LNWR ones were on Crewe/Birmingham, and the Avanti were unusually diverted, but running their normal routes.

    • @valtrus901
      @valtrus901 Рік тому +1

      @@ejs229 Thank you for the clarification, tho' you ID'd the trains in the description, which I had not seen initially watching the video. Again, thank you for this video. Well done....

  • @jammiedodger7040
    @jammiedodger7040 Рік тому +1

    It’s a bit of a weird line for class 390 to be going down

    • @ejs229
      @ejs229  Рік тому

      They usually only do it at night, once or twice a day. 390112 went through here at 00:12 this morning

  • @chrisgironde6669
    @chrisgironde6669 Рік тому +3

    Great house to live in if you’re an Anorak

    • @kenstevens5065
      @kenstevens5065 Рік тому

      Provided you are hard of hearing and cannot feel vibrations the ideal house to live in.

  • @georgethomas7814
    @georgethomas7814 Рік тому +1

    The vibratins in that house must earthquake level

  • @GodAtum
    @GodAtum Рік тому

    i feel sorry for whoever lives in that house

  • @thoughtful_criticiser
    @thoughtful_criticiser Рік тому

    I bet that Network Rail was wishing that the other road was still in place when this took place.

  • @don1estelle
    @don1estelle Рік тому +1

    From the Description I notice this used to be a double track Railway probably could do with redoubling?

    • @ejs229
      @ejs229  Рік тому +1

      Apparently it's being redoubled next year? Certainly needs it

  • @johnnycull
    @johnnycull Рік тому +1

    Great shot's . the Large gate to the left is upsidedown ?.

  • @bengreatorex502
    @bengreatorex502 Рік тому +1

    Is this on the line from Stoke to Crewe? The Avanti trains don't normally pass this way, am I right? I had never heard of this before. Do they continue to London via Stoke?

    • @ejs229
      @ejs229  Рік тому +1

      Hi, this is Stoke - Crewe yes. I think these diversions have only happened 2-3 times this year, might be wrong. The 390s in this video were doing Glasgow/Manchester/Liverpool to London via Stoke, and vice versa.

  • @southwesterntrainspotter1889
    @southwesterntrainspotter1889 Рік тому +3

    Hi, how often do these diversions happen and in what local area does this coz it looks really cool. Great vid btw

    • @ejs229
      @ejs229  Рік тому +1

      Happens whenever there's engineering works between Crewe and Stafford I think

  • @stephenduncan3605
    @stephenduncan3605 Рік тому +1

    Is this the Crewe to Kids grove line? I know part of it is single track.

    • @ejs229
      @ejs229  Рік тому

      It is yes, all you need to know is in the description :)

  • @mirrleesuk
    @mirrleesuk Рік тому +1

    Great video. Please keep them coming. Is this next to Mill Land Cottage? Cheers Tim

    • @ejs229
      @ejs229  Рік тому

      It's on mill lane yes 😊