Great selection Luke, thanks for sticking it out. It's quite a novelty to see the sparks fly with the third rail, doesn't clutter up the place as it does with all the overhead stuff! Do have a great Christmas, I trust you'll have bit of a relax and here's to a cracking 2024 for you and yours.
Wait till you hear it powering out up the hill in part 2 mate. The black 5 working very hard with the duff really pushing hard to help at the back too.
Thank you for another awesome video Luke. Pity about the signal failure so well done in sticking it out for us. Hope you had a great Christmas and I wish you a very Happy New Year to you and yours
I've enjoyed your content for a while now. keep it up! Have a great Christmas, looking forward to your New Years Eve episode. I hope they let you stay on the station this time, I never could do over night spotting, I think you're all mad! Cheers Luke.
Cheers Bill, yeah wasn’t sure what to do at the time but think I made the right decision in the end. Hope you had a great Christmas pal and all the best for the New Year.
No need to apologize for something beyond your control Luke. We seem to be a fairly dedicated crew, we Digglers and I don't think you will be seeing volumes of subscribers rushing to leave over some imagined slight about train volumes. Have a good day tomorrow mate.
I have never come across your work prior to this viewing and I was just about to hit the 'pit' after watching Carlisle by L.G. when your name popped up on the next offerings menu. So I dived in and was pleasently surprised and thankyou very much. Cracking stuff!
Brilliant video Luke and well done for your 24hr shift!! When I worked for Network Rail managing the Eastleigh network services, we were able to turn directionally sensitive traffic by running them via Chandlers Ford to/from Westbury to correct any traffic that was the ‘wrong way round’.
Brilliant video and I rate the bingo ahah! Also I think I speak for everyone we appreciate you showing what engines are on the train, their numbers and where they’re coming and going. Brilliant mate
Cracking one mate, always something going on down in the south. Merry Christmas and a happy new year mate. Inter city already have a good line up for 2024
Cheers mate, got more variety than I could ever have hoped for to be honest. Think I’ll be booking on a couple of trips for the new year. Hope you had a great Christmas pal.
Thanks a lot mate, I think starting again was the right choice getting most of the next day dry but as you’ll see in Part 2 it didn’t last long! Have a great new year Les and hope you had a nice Christmas.
Thanks for another great video - excellent technique, mostly with tripod I assume, and you let the trains do the moving not the camera. Makes for very good viewing. Look forward to part 2. Happy New Year to you and cheers from Martin down under in New Zealand.
Thanks very much Martin, yeah that’s a conscious effort to not pan too often. I use a mix of tripods and a monopod when I don’t want to take up too much room on a platform. All the best for the New Year mate 👍🏻
Things you do for your subscribers! Well done for 24 hours part one and looking forward to pt2. Love the bingo and shed count as ever and it would be nice to splash the wins each time a little more. It can be too subtle for me! Getting near to 4k is no surprise and roll on the celebration 24hr. Will it be Scotland next, in winter as I know how much the weather is part of it🤣 Merry Christmas Luke and family🎅👍
I’ll see what I can do for the next one mate, good idea! Plans already afoot for the 4k one, think I could probably pick anywhere and get terrible weather. Merry Christmas Andy, hope you had a good one.
you're a better man than me.....long waits between trains sometimes...not fun when it's raining too. You go boy......Good place for seeing a lot of railway infrastructure and trains. Thanks.MP
Thanks mate, at least those lulls gave me chance to get some grub or a drink. Stafford was a lot harder not having any time to leave the station for a break.
You need to find something less arduous for these subscriber milestones however entertaining they may be. 24 hours on a UK station in winter is nuts - the equivalent of climbing the North face of the Eiger!
Absolutely great stuff, sorry about the signal failure, but you still got a great variety of Loco’s. It’s worth knowing, exiting the Station, turn right and right over the bridge, and there is a superb, food and craft beer bar, called Steamtown, which brews its own plus guest beers. And of course you have Spoons Opposite.
Cheers John, it more than made up for it in the end. I got a breakfast in spoons after finishing, did mean to visit steamtown, I saw it on google maps but just didn’t have the time to get over there in the end. Next time!
😅I am new to the channel. A former resident of Southampton and now living in Suffolk. I actually have a press cutting of the first electric test train through Eastleigh back in the day.
I did 12 hours overnight at Crewe back in about 1987/88 and despite there being almost every class of loco there - 08s, 20s, 31s, 37s, 47s, (no 50s that far north though!), the very occasional 56 or 58 and even one of the few 25s or 45s that were still around, 81s, 85s, 86s and 87s, plus DMUs, EMUs, all kinds of freight wagons, tanks and a lot of mail vans all through the night - after 8 hours or so it was becoming a bit of a challenge to stay i. awake and ii. interested in whatever was about, but I couldn't leave as a I went up there by car with a few mates and two of them, including the driver, had buggered off somewhere else so I had to wait for him to return - this was way before mobile phones, obviously! Anyway, if I was currently wearing a hat, I'd take it off to you for managing 24 hours somewhere, especially these days. At least the 66s come in a variety of colours to keep things mildly interesting! 😀
Thanks a lot mate, it does get tough to stay enthusiastic getting close to that 24 hour mark to be honest. True about the 66’s, we’ll take what we can get when it comes to sheds haha. Bet Crewe was fantastic back in the day, it was still great when I was a kid in the mid to late 90’s!
very ambitious for a 3k subscriber "special" but well done for trying this I should wait till 10K subscribers for your next big one maybe Rugby as a good spot for lots of freight
Cheers mate, I do them every 1000 subs and we’ve got to 4 since so will have another coming up soon. Not been to Rugby for a few years, need to go back soon it would be great for a special.
Fantastic video it's got it all 37s 69s & 47s and the black 5 can't wait for part 2 all the best my friend have a great Christmas and New year 😊👏👏👏👏👏👏👍☃️🌲🚆🚅 Rory
Not too far off yeah, I did go to bed for a sleep after cancelling the first try though so only 24 straight. Haha at least a few red crossings out on 796 😂
Many apologies for the 'never come across your work prior' comment because, of course I obviously have! It was the location that turned me upside down and left me scratching my old bald crust! Therefore I must pay more attention to detail instead of relying on guesswork. Sorry about that.
It’s a tenuous one tbh Mark, the tour finished a couple of stops up but with the halt for coal etc is a part of the trains tour. With the bingo being just a bit of fun I’ll class it as close enough.
Another corker of a 24H special ! These things happen I guess but you must have been knackered after getting up for being ready by 7 so not even a full night sleep beforehand! When did the issues become resolved and had you persevered overnight would you have got much?? Should have changed the Bingo sheet “Tesco Container” to “ONE Container” 🤣👍🏻
Thanks a lot Roy. They seemed to sort out in the early hours but there was so many delays I’d say only half or so of the trains ended up actually running so didn’t miss too much. I’d have got it really quick with a pink container haha.
Another Cracking video, pity about the signal failure, but that's the railway for you, anything can happen. I have liked this video & subscribed earlier after watching another video of yours. I was going to suggest for your 4k subscribers 24hrs as Stafford, but i see you've allready done that one lol. Look forward to PT 2 of Eastleigh. Happy New Year.
Haha great minds think alike mate, hope you enjoy the Stafford vid if you give it a watch. We’ll be going further up north for 4K if the plan comes together 👍🏻 have a great new year pal.
I spent five years working as a secondman at Eastleigh. Watching this video brings back so many memories of the location. Thank you.
Glad I could bring you some nostalgia Tony, thanks for the comment 👍
Great selection Luke, thanks for sticking it out. It's quite a novelty to see the sparks fly with the third rail, doesn't clutter up the place as it does with all the overhead stuff! Do have a great Christmas, I trust you'll have bit of a relax and here's to a cracking 2024 for you and yours.
Thanks a lot John, it was great to see it after the rain the sparks really fly. Hope you had a great Christmas mate and all the best for the New Year.
Perfect viewing for Christmas Day, thank you 😀
Thanks a lot mate, hope you enjoyed it 👍🏻
Excellent as usual. Thanks for taking the time and trouble. Merry Christmas and a Happy new year.
Cheers Alan, hope you had a good Christmas and all the best for the New Year too
Nice puff-puff choo-choo steamer with duff in tow 🥰
Wait till you hear it powering out up the hill in part 2 mate. The black 5 working very hard with the duff really pushing hard to help at the back too.
Thank you for another awesome video Luke. Pity about the signal failure so well done in sticking it out for us. Hope you had a great Christmas and I wish you a very Happy New Year to you and yours
Thanks a lot Katrina, think it all worked out in the end. I had a lovely Christmas thanks, hope you did too and all the best for 2024.
I've enjoyed your content for a while now. keep it up! Have a great Christmas, looking forward to your New Years Eve episode. I hope they let you stay on the station this time, I never could do over night spotting, I think you're all mad! Cheers Luke.
Thanks a lot Martin, much appreciated. Thankfully managed to stay on this time, third times a charm!
Great video! This channel is awesome! Congrats on 4 thousand subscribers!
Cheers mate, glad you enjoy it 👍🏻
Fantastic as ever. My little boy looks forward to watching your videos every two weeks. He loved this episode. Keep it going Luke.
Thanks a lot mate, glad he enjoys them. Start them early lol.
You are always enthusiastic Luke come hail rain or shine . Always an interesting watch John
Do my best John, don’t always feel it by the 18th hour haha.
Thanks for another great one Luke, sorry the signal failure spoilt your day - you did look disappointed. Happy Christmas.
Cheers Bill, yeah wasn’t sure what to do at the time but think I made the right decision in the end. Hope you had a great Christmas pal and all the best for the New Year.
No need to apologize for something beyond your control Luke. We seem to be a fairly dedicated crew, we Digglers and I don't think you will be seeing volumes of subscribers rushing to leave over some imagined slight about train volumes. Have a good day tomorrow mate.
Thanks a lot Chris, appreciate that mate. Hope you had a great Christmas and all the best for the New Year, see you in the stream soon.
I have never come across your work prior to this viewing and I was just about to hit the 'pit' after watching Carlisle by L.G. when your name popped up on the next offerings menu. So I dived in and was pleasently surprised and thankyou very much. Cracking stuff!
The UA-cam algorithm sometimes throws me a bone mate haha. Glad to hear you’re enjoying the stuff though Chris, cheers!
Well done Luke interesting as usual, merry Christmas and a great new year, thank you.
Thanks very much Sheila, have a lovely Christmas and New Year.
Brilliant video Luke and well done for your 24hr shift!! When I worked for Network Rail managing the Eastleigh network services, we were able to turn directionally sensitive traffic by running them via Chandlers Ford to/from Westbury to correct any traffic that was the ‘wrong way round’.
Thanks a lot mate, bet those were some interesting times! They could have done with your expertise that night I’d bet ha.
Excellent stuff. Many thanks for this marathon filming.
My pleasure mate and cheers 👍🏻
Thx for a fantastic year .!!🥃🥃🥃merry Xmas to you and yours .!!👍👍👍👍
Cheers mate, made sure to take those emojis to heart haha. Hope you had a great Christmas and all the best for the New Year.
Brilliant video and I rate the bingo ahah! Also I think I speak for everyone we appreciate you showing what engines are on the train, their numbers and where they’re coming and going. Brilliant mate
Cheers Jack, always like to do the bingo on the 24 hour vids to add a bit of fun to the proceedings.
very good duncan
Thanks mate
Great video as usual luke ,24 hours on a station in December!! Well done.
Cheers Howard, thinking of going North for the next one so better put on a couple of pairs of long johns haha.
Thank you for sticking it out
Cheers Ann, always worth it in the end.
Cracking one mate, always something going on down in the south. Merry Christmas and a happy new year mate. Inter city already have a good line up for 2024
Cheers mate, got more variety than I could ever have hoped for to be honest. Think I’ll be booking on a couple of trips for the new year. Hope you had a great Christmas pal.
@@DiggleJunction cheers, all they need is a pacer tour and i'm sorted and yes it was a great chritmas thank you, hope's your's was to.
Great video Luke . Admire your stamina staying out in that weather . Merry Christmas and all the best for the coming year
Thanks a lot mate, I think starting again was the right choice getting most of the next day dry but as you’ll see in Part 2 it didn’t last long! Have a great new year Les and hope you had a nice Christmas.
Brave man to attempt a 24 hour marathon. Great video, well done 🤓
Thanks a lot mate, glad you enjoyed it. Makes the effort worthwhile 👍🏻
Quality...You should make this an annual event. I would defy anyone who says Eastleigh cant produce the goods. Great stuff, now onto part 2... cheers.
Thanks again mate, would like to make it down at least every 6 months 👍🏻
Brilliant video, thankyou. It never rains in Eastleigh.
Haha just my luck! Thanks a lot mate.
Thank you for the channel and the live, camera throughly enjoyed them both a merry Christmas and a happy new year to you.
You’re more than welcome mate, glad to hear it. And thank you, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you too!
Great video Luke looking forward to part two.Have a great christmas and new year👍
Cheers Tony, hope you had a great Christmas and all the best for the New Year 👍🏻
As usual Brilliant video keep it up merry Christmas.
Cheers Kevin, hope you had a great Christmas.
My go to station for freight and variety. Great video, nice one 👍
Lucky to be down there mate, always something interesting around there it seems. Cheers 👍🏻
Thanks for another great video - excellent technique, mostly with tripod I assume, and you let the trains do the moving not the camera. Makes for very good viewing. Look forward to part 2. Happy New Year to you and cheers from Martin down under in New Zealand.
Thanks very much Martin, yeah that’s a conscious effort to not pan too often. I use a mix of tripods and a monopod when I don’t want to take up too much room on a platform. All the best for the New Year mate 👍🏻
hi Luke great video as always 37s sound amazing look forward to part 2 Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
Thanks a lot mate, can’t beat the 37’s! Hope you had a nice Christmas and have a great New Year.
@@DiggleJunction yes thanks and same to you
Things you do for your subscribers! Well done for 24 hours part one and looking forward to pt2. Love the bingo and shed count as ever and it would be nice to splash the wins each time a little more. It can be too subtle for me! Getting near to 4k is no surprise and roll on the celebration 24hr. Will it be Scotland next, in winter as I know how much the weather is part of it🤣 Merry Christmas Luke and family🎅👍
I’ll see what I can do for the next one mate, good idea! Plans already afoot for the 4k one, think I could probably pick anywhere and get terrible weather. Merry Christmas Andy, hope you had a good one.
Another great production Luke. Might I suggest that if you ever need a theme tune, Crowded House's "Weather with you" might just work. :)
Haha thanks mate. Think you could be right there!
That DVD is mine this time! hahahahaha good work on part 1 buddy :)
Haha would be an easy delivery mate!
@@DiggleJunction id be round like a shot bangin on the door! 🤣🤣
Great journey Luke. Good to see a Whatley Quarry working, literally a stone’s throw (sorry) away from me. Have a good Christmas.
Haha I’ll let you off with that one! Thanks mate, hope you had a good one too.
you're a better man than me.....long waits between trains sometimes...not fun when it's raining too. You go boy......Good place for seeing a lot of railway infrastructure and trains. Thanks.MP
Thanks mate, at least those lulls gave me chance to get some grub or a drink. Stafford was a lot harder not having any time to leave the station for a break.
Fantastic 🎉. Great to see 37409 out again. Great video
Thanks mate, hopefully we’ll see a lot more of it soon when the painting is done.
Excellent as always Luke. You do well sneaking in "old school" locos in on your 24 hours 👍
Cheers mate. Always do my best to plan ahead and get the most interesting stuff but couldn’t have imagined this one!
You need to find something less arduous for these subscriber milestones however entertaining they may be. 24 hours on a UK station in winter is nuts - the equivalent of climbing the North face of the Eiger!
Haha I didn’t expect to ever be doing them so often mate but they’re a lot of fun. Hopefully we get another one a little closer to summer!
Hi Luke, thanks for a great video and your persistence. Happy Christmas and a prosperous new year.
Thanks a lot John, much appreciated. Hope you had a great Christmas and all the best for the New Year.
Excellent as per mate Merry Christmas to you
Cheers pal, hope you had a great Christmas 👍🏻
@@DiggleJunctionyes thankyou hope u did too
Eastleigh is a great spot. Used to be a lot busier but its still a good days worth of trains to see there.
Par for the course everywhere these days, but with a bit of luck we can still get decent days out.
Great video mate, very interesting locos out and about, you'll be getting used to these 24hr sessions soon haha - Merry Christmas 🎅
Too used to em mate haha. Thanks a lot, hope you had a great Christmas.
@@DiggleJunction I had a quiet but really nice Christmas, I hope you had a good one too
Great video Luke!
Thanks a lot mate 👍🏻
Ay up Lad Merry Christmas & congratulations on the achievement mate
Cheers mate, hope you had a good Christmas! All the best.
Great video, looking forward to part 2
Thanks a lot 👍🏻
Absolutely great stuff, sorry about the signal failure, but you still got a great variety of Loco’s. It’s worth knowing, exiting the Station, turn right and right over the bridge, and there is a superb, food and craft beer bar, called Steamtown, which brews its own plus guest beers. And of course you have Spoons Opposite.
Cheers John, it more than made up for it in the end. I got a breakfast in spoons after finishing, did mean to visit steamtown, I saw it on google maps but just didn’t have the time to get over there in the end. Next time!
Amazing video as always👍
Thanks a lot pal 👍🏻
😅I am new to the channel. A former resident of Southampton and now living in Suffolk. I actually have a press cutting of the first electric test train through Eastleigh back in the day.
Nice to have you Peter, blimey that’s a great keepsake. What year was that from?
Congratulations🎉🎉🎉
Thanks a lot 👍🏻
great footage
Cheers Paul 👍🏻
I did 12 hours overnight at Crewe back in about 1987/88 and despite there being almost every class of loco there - 08s, 20s, 31s, 37s, 47s, (no 50s that far north though!), the very occasional 56 or 58 and even one of the few 25s or 45s that were still around, 81s, 85s, 86s and 87s, plus DMUs, EMUs, all kinds of freight wagons, tanks and a lot of mail vans all through the night - after 8 hours or so it was becoming a bit of a challenge to stay i. awake and ii. interested in whatever was about, but I couldn't leave as a I went up there by car with a few mates and two of them, including the driver, had buggered off somewhere else so I had to wait for him to return - this was way before mobile phones, obviously! Anyway, if I was currently wearing a hat, I'd take it off to you for managing 24 hours somewhere, especially these days. At least the 66s come in a variety of colours to keep things mildly interesting! 😀
Thanks a lot mate, it does get tough to stay enthusiastic getting close to that 24 hour mark to be honest. True about the 66’s, we’ll take what we can get when it comes to sheds haha. Bet Crewe was fantastic back in the day, it was still great when I was a kid in the mid to late 90’s!
Great video again
Cheers Andy, glad you enjoyed it mate 👍🏻
Thanks all the best
Cheers Barry, same to you 👍🏻
Love the class 37 and class40
Me too 👌
Great Video..
Cheers pal 👍🏻
very good
Thanks a lot Duncan 👍🏻
great video buddy keep up the good work
Cheers Jamie, much appreciated 👍🏻
cool video nice tractor trash 🥰 bet you frozen your sack off!
Need to remember the long johns next time!
13:00 lovely weather! 😁🙄😬☔
Haha think I made the right choice starting again just to get out of that weather!
Loved the video and have joined thank you
Thanks very much Geoffrey, great to have you 👍🏻
very ambitious for a 3k subscriber "special" but well done for trying this I should wait till 10K subscribers for your next big one maybe Rugby as a good spot for lots of freight
Cheers mate, I do them every 1000 subs and we’ve got to 4 since so will have another coming up soon. Not been to Rugby for a few years, need to go back soon it would be great for a special.
Fantastic video it's got it all 37s 69s & 47s and the black 5 can't wait for part 2 all the best my friend have a great Christmas and New year 😊👏👏👏👏👏👏👍☃️🌲🚆🚅 Rory
Cheers Rory, it was one hell of a trip down to your neck of the woods. Hope you had a good Christmas mate and all the best for the New Year 👍🏻
@@DiggleJunction having fun right now with my two grandsons all the best my friend 😊🚆🚅
There is more action at Eastleigh than Diggle junction.Train spotters paradise
My local station from my dads ofc
Top place to have so close mate 👍🏻
So, wait. With the restart, this is actually 40 hours? 🤔🤯🤧 Guessing that 66796 will need at least a partial repaint now? 🤭
Not too far off yeah, I did go to bed for a sleep after cancelling the first try though so only 24 straight. Haha at least a few red crossings out on 796 😂
Did u start again the following morning ?
Yeah mate, I knocked it on the head after stuff started diverting and began again at 7am the next morning.
wud love to do overnight eastleigh
It’s great on a busy night tbh mate, without ticket barriers etc you’re alright on there.
nice video your braver than i am
Cheers Simon, braver or madder, not sure sometimes!
Come do a 24 hours at Taunton as I hear all kinds of tons and noises and it would be interesting to see tbh
I’ll have a look at Taunton mate, if it fits the bill it’s definitely an option.
@@DiggleJunction omg thanks so much
Picked a good 24hrs!
Got so lucky mate, I knew the steamer was running but everything else was a nice surprise!
@@DiggleJunction definitely! Eastleigh is always good for freight but picked the right 24hrs for all the extra stuff!
You must be jinked, along comes the black 5 and a unit blocks the view on the following line.
Heart dropped when I saw it accelerating into shot, thankfully fast enough to be out the way in time!
Many apologies for the 'never come across your work prior' comment because, of course I obviously have! It was the location that turned me upside down and left me scratching my old bald crust! Therefore I must pay more attention to detail instead of relying on guesswork. Sorry about that.
No apologies necessary mate, totally understandable, these videos aren’t my usual fair 👍🏻
How is 5z76 ecs classed as a railtour?
It’s a tenuous one tbh Mark, the tour finished a couple of stops up but with the halt for coal etc is a part of the trains tour. With the bingo being just a bit of fun I’ll class it as close enough.
Another corker of a 24H special ! These things happen I guess but you must have been knackered after getting up for being ready by 7 so not even a full night sleep beforehand! When did the issues become resolved and had you persevered overnight would you have got much?? Should have changed the Bingo sheet “Tesco Container” to “ONE Container” 🤣👍🏻
Thanks a lot Roy. They seemed to sort out in the early hours but there was so many delays I’d say only half or so of the trains ended up actually running so didn’t miss too much. I’d have got it really quick with a pink container haha.
Hope I win np diggle to a fellow train spotter to train spotter let’s roll
Good luck mate, got to be in it to win it!
@@DiggleJunction oh im in it to win it for sure
24 hours in 34 mins, not 24 hours is it then 😅
Haha maybe part 2 will be 23 hours, 26 minutes long? 😂
@@DiggleJunction I hope so 🙏
Your a serious train spotter but don't use the 24hr clock.
Ha always do mate, I was going for a counter for this one rather than the date and time I usually do 👍🏻
I guess with 4k you are in trouble - again.
Haha I must be a glutton for punishment mate. Plans already in place for the 4k, should be a great one.
Another Cracking video, pity about the signal failure, but that's the railway for you, anything can happen. I have liked this video & subscribed earlier after watching another video of yours. I was going to suggest for your 4k subscribers 24hrs as Stafford, but i see you've allready done that one lol. Look forward to PT 2 of Eastleigh. Happy New Year.
Haha great minds think alike mate, hope you enjoy the Stafford vid if you give it a watch. We’ll be going further up north for 4K if the plan comes together 👍🏻 have a great new year pal.