Trains at Carnforth - 14/12/2016

Filmed on 14/12/2016. This station is the home of history of trains and what remains and is still in service, welcome to Carnforth (Season 3 Episode 87).
The original plan of going to Carnforth was to see two steam locomotives in action:
5V44: Carnforth Steam Town to Southall WRC
5M50: Carnforth Steam Town to Carnforth Steam Town via Helifield.
Sadly, both was cancelled. The Southall train wasn't requested despite both steam locomotives were in full steam that day. The Carnforth train was cancelled I think it was because of driver training duties. One of the steam locomotives was 45695 Galatea which has been on driver training duties for quite sometime.
Despite this, it was a good day as we see a variety of Virgin Trains, Arriva Rail North, First Transpennine Express and some freight heading for a variety of destinations including: Lancaster, Glasgow Central, Manchester Airport, Carlisle, Barrow In Furness, Preston, Edinburgh, London Euston, Morecombe and Leeds.
A quick look of what is the home of West Coast Railway Company, there is a variety of class 47's, 57's, 37's and the two steam locomotives which were supposed to be running but never ran. Not many tours left for 2016 but the jobs of refurbishing the coaching stock and maintenance of the locomotives as they are ready for the next tours to be ran.
Carnforth station originally had 4 platforms as Carnforth used to be the main connecting area for London, Scotland and The Cumbrian Coast. It shows how the times has moved on with the west coast mainline with what used to be class 47's, 86's, 87's and so much more. Not forgetting what started the project of the Virgin Trains Pendolino otherwise known as the APT tilting train. Sadly it had issues which resulted in them being scrapped and out of service for good.
A good station Carnforth is but hopefully will catch some rail tour action there in 2017.
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[@thomasnorton2679]

Most enjoyable film mate, not a station I have ever considered but I will now, big thumbs up from me

[@RickyNowis]

Thanks, pleased you enjoyed the film. Carnforth is a brilliant station to film at with trains doing 110 MPH through the West Coast Mainline. Definitely worth going to but suggest going when there is an ECS movement or when there are rail tours. There was supposed to be an ECS movement to Southall but was cancelled although there was two steam locomotives in full steam :-)

[@WilliamB161]

Very nice video

[@RickyNowis]

Thanks.

[@rafethetrainspotter]

cool video ricky

[@RickyNowis]

Thanks Man!

[@rafethetrainspotter]

my plesher

[@thomasnorton2679]

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[@StuAnderson90]

13:48 is called at night by Shakedown

[@RickyNowis]

Okay, thanks for that.

[@StuAnderson90]

i know it was random.. but had to be said... love the video by the way!! if your ever in the midlands give me a shout be happy to meet and spot with you for a few hours :)

[@RickyNowis]

Yeah it'll be great to train spot with you as well. I'm planning to start in the midlands now that you mentioned it. The plan will be to do like a circular route for first outing: Nottingham, Derby and Chesterfield :-)

[@StuAnderson90]

right a few tips, Nottingham is a nightmare because of the way of the station being outlined means you will miss things...Derby is excellent, im doing at some point i'll be doing Sheffield, Doncaster & Wakefield Westgate in one day, i still need to go back to Crewe due to filming this year and i had lost the footage so i will be needing to go back to crewe at some point to re do it :)

[@RickyNowis]

Thanks for the advice. Good plan, don't travel with Cross Country Trains between Sheffield and Wakefield as you won't get a seat unless booked in advance. Sorry to hear you lost your footage from Crewe, understand how bad it can be. I'll be heading back to Crewe as back in January, I went there to see the day variety but didn't get any freight at all which I wasn't at all happy about. I was in touch with Virgin Trains and watching videos of Crewe overnight as freight variety is really busy. Perhaps we can arrange to film overnighters along the West Coast Mainline. Best day for Crewe is when there is a lot of freight movements and variety about :-)