Britannia - "Get out of my way, I'm coming through"
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- Опубліковано 7 вер 2024
- On a quiet country station in the Oxfordshire rain, BR standard Class 7, 70000 Britannia, shouts angrily at everyone to get out of the way as it rushes through a wet Hanborough Station at 57 mph, hauling the 19/12/2012 Steam Dreams Victoria - Gloucester Cathedrals Express along the Cotswold Line. (the old platform where the line had two tracks can still be seen)
First tho we have a First Great Western 180 Adelante class, on the Paddington - Great Malvern service, where the driver has trouble stopping on his mark.
Oxford to Charlbury Section of the Cotswold Line
After departing Oxford station, the Cotswold Line shares track with the Cherwell Valley Line to Banbury. About 220 yards (200 m) north of the station, the line crosses the Sheepwash Channel which links the Castle Mill Stream and Oxford Canal with the River Thames. Immediately east of the current line is a swing bridge over the channel which used to carry the London and North Western Railway's Buckinghamshire Railway line to its terminus at Oxford Rewley Road railway station.[9] The swing bridge is a listed building. The Rewley Road station building has been dismantled and re-erected at Buckinghamshire Railway Centre. The built up area east of the railway, visible across the Oxford Canal, is Jericho, a district which originated as lodgings outside the city walls where travellers could rest if they arrived after the gates were locked. The Eagle Ironworks of William Lucy & Co. was near the first road bridge over the track on Walton Well Road.
After the bridge, the open area to the left is Port Meadow, a water meadow bordering the Thames with a Bronze Age round barrow. The former LNWR Buckinghamshire Railway branches away to the north east. Proposals exist for re-opening the whole line and are included in the Draft Milton Keynes & South Midlands Sub-Regional Strategy, but there are many planning and funding matters to be resolved.
The line passes through Wolvercote. To the west, Lower Wolvercote was a centre for paper making, mainly for the Oxford University Press from the 17th century until 1998 and is the site of Godstow abbey, a Benedictine convent founded in the 12th century. The line passes under the viaduct carrying the A34 Oxford Western Bypass and 100 yards (91 m) further under the A40 road linking London and Fishguard.
The line now turns west; here the former Buckinghamshire Junction Railway link with the Buckinghamshire Railway used to converge from the east. About 4 miles (6.4 km) after Oxford station, Yarnton station was in the short stretch between here and where the Witney Railway diverged to the south-west. So far, the line has been close to the River Thames but the river now swings away to the south through a landscape dotted with gravel pits. The line now climbs the valley of the River Evenlode repeatedly crossing and re-crossing the river. Hanborough station serves the villages of Long Hanborough, Church Hanborough, Freeland and Bladon. The Oxford Bus Museum is next to Hanborough station.
From Hanborough the line enters the Cotswold Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and 1 mile (1.6 km) beyond Hanborough is Combe station. Building the line through Combe was difficult with several deep cuttings, four crossings of the Evenlode, and the diversion of a length of the river. To the south, just after the third river crossing are the remains of North Leigh Roman Villa. About 1 mile (1.6 km) beyond the villa the line crosses the course of Akeman Street Roman road. The Oxfordshire Way long-distance footpath follows Akeman Street from the north east to a point about 0.6 miles (1 km) north of the railway before turning to run through Stonesfield and meet the line at Charlbury station. The next station is Finstock. Between Finstock and Charlbury the deer park to the west of the line is Cornbury Park, original venue for the Cornbury Music Festival, which has now been replaced by the Wilderness Festival. The woodlands south west of the park are the remains of Wychwood Forest named after the Hwicce, one of the Anglo-Saxon peoples of Britain. Charlbury station is the start of the redoubled track and is first stop for faster trains over the line and retains its original Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway clapperboard building. Sir Peter Parker lived nearby at Minster Lovell and was a regular user of Charlbury station while chairman of the British Railways Board (1976 to 1983). The patronage of the head of the organisation may have helped to save the line at a time when the Serpell Report was calling for more rail closures.
you hit the nail on the head . get out of my way,,, I'm coming throughhhhhhhhhhhh.
The 180 is great!
Couldn't resist putting the comedy performance by the class 180 in.
you'll be going no-were
Firstly, much appreciate the historical blurb, very informative, hope the Oxford to Cambridge route gets reopened. as for the express whistling urgently, impressive, thanks for being there and sharing, wonderful, Cheers.
I'm glad it's not just my camera that goes all blurry just at the wrong moment - however, given the weather, not surprising!
Rule Britannia!
Very nice! I pushed like 👍👍👍
Greetings from Tokyo Japan :-)
Superb video.....what a great approach by 'Britannia'
I never tire of this video. Thought I should post a comment to that effect and say Thanks for posting....
I love the design of that new one, I wish I had some of those over by me!
A great approach shot of Britannia, well done sticking it out in such lousy weather. I can imagine the Class 180 on-board announcement "Please ensure you alight from the front 3 coaches, ermm no make that the front 2" lol!
Beautiful steam train. Reminds me of days of steam era as a kid.
Both is loving
Hi Geoff,Good one,Take Care ...Dave
Thanks, you too!
@@MrKnowwun ,Cheers Geoff. (:0)-
An excellent video with an excellent informative description. Happy New Year Barry
I'm not sure if I love that First approach more than the steam! Great capture! :)
Gordon be like when Percy is blocking the main line:
What can I say that hasn't been already said? An obvious appreciation of the total railway scene (borrowed that phrase from the "Railway Magazine) and a cracking good video! Reply to William esosito yes it's a quote from the story "Percy Runs Away"
Fuck yeah.
Diesel: Aaalright... sloooowly.... mhm. nope... just a little bit more.... okay alright... oh and be careful when you step out.... ... ... aaand here we go... carefull and slowly....
Steamloco: Chooo chooo outta my way btch!!!
Very nice, a Like from me.
gosh the video title sounds like gordon ''get out of my way exspress coming through '' xD
reminds me of a giant wasp!!!!!!!! that dmu thingy
How miserable does that modern bus look compared to that wonderful steam loco? 😐 A big step back for mankind.
Banastre Tarleton id use someth8ng atonger then a bus
Banastre Tarleton ua-cam.com/video/yriImErkHnc/v-deo.html
No! Steam train , dirty and slow, modern diesel, fast and comfortable.
@@simonjames3845 the type of transportation have nothing to do with comfort... Also a steam train is quite fast when you let it do its job...
And for the dirty I don't know what I like most between the burning coal and the burning diesel...
Have you ever travelled in a steam-era carriage? Third class is WAY more luxurious than modern First.
That steam engine was on full chat. Superb video given how close you were
This video shoots down the claim that steam locos are underpowered and slow. ;)
Skip to 2:30
I believe the driver of the 180 didn’t know where to stop correctly
He knew where to stop, but not how to do it first time
Yeah
Start at 2:30
Esposito sorry William left out the "p"
Now THAT'S some proper steam training. None of yer 25mph branch line nonsense :D
It does seem like there should be some provision to allow light railways to run at least a _little_ faster, provided they can demonstrate that the track, signals, engines and rolling stock are in good condition and well run and the brake systems are up to the job... 25 is essentially just a cover-all blanket to let you run whatever the hell you want in a potentially barely-functional state without creating TOO great a risk that it'll runaway or take an excessive amount of time to stop even with only the loco providing brake force. Same limit as unfitted goods trains were under, and for the same reasons.
Don't bother wasting your time watching before 2:20.
Wow whatever that ugly space ship is it sure doesn't look like a train! Luckily something that looks like a train comes to the station. I wouldn't want to ride whatever that other thing is.
Great film. That fgw thing at the start is so ugly. I didn't mind the modernisation plan diesels like Cravens or Metro Cammell ones but the modern ones are awful
Better than most porn.
Why have you included that stinking diesel in what is otherwise an enjoyable clip?