HST cab ride from Stoke tunnel to Doncaster overlooked by Donny Power Signal Box. Normal operation explained over the ECML showing how driving and Signals work. Febuary 1989 as part Railwatch week. This practice of signalling is the same today but is now along side TPWS, which today monitors train speeds and enforces it if opproaching red signals to fast.
HST cab ride from Stoke tunnel to Doncaster overlooked by Donny Power Signal Box. Normal operation explained over the ECML showing how driving and Signals work. Febuary 1989 as part Railwatch week. This practice of signalling is the same today but is now along side TPWS, which today monitors train speeds and enforces it if opproaching red signals to fast.
Not Valentino Rossi but close!
The game is "Tourist Trophy" by Polyphony on PS2 out in 2006 same company as "Grand Tourismo" car games. I was riding the R1 note the Wheelie and stoppie in one 00.10
Class 56's on MGR trains in the coalfields of Yorkshire. 56069 passes through a powerstation discharch building. also a view of maintance at Knottingley depot.
HST cab ride from Stoke tunnel to Doncaster overlooked by Donny Power Signal Box. Normal operation explained over the ECML showing how driving and Signals work. Febuary 1989 as part Railwatch week. This practice of signalling is the same today but is now along side TPWS, which today monitors train speeds and enforces it if opproaching red signals to fast.
Neville Hill Depot in Leeds on the night shift, This shows the some of ECML HST fleet being serviced after working trains to the yorkshire area (Leeds and York). as seen by Railwatch
A little more on Railwatch week this time a look at Glaisdale & Battersby route before the signal boxes go. Just to show how little they knew what they are talking about there are manual boxes on the Main line in Cornwall, North Wales Cost, North East. and even between Gillingham Dorset and Honiton (even though it's not as main line as once was!) Sherwsbury ahh shall I go on?
50049 Defiance on the down slow between Brookwood and Pirbright JN following a stopping SWT service, We got on the Fast after Farnborough. also seen at Taunton.
D1015 Western Champion at Southampton Central and Eastleigh whilst on tour with Past time tours "Western South-Western" tour from Waterloo to Oakhampton, 73mph through Eastleigh.
A short film on the Pas-De-Calais Train ship at Dover, The old way of transfering wagons to Europe and beyond. Note 33206 & 203 Both unloading the ship at the same time this to prevent the ship capsizing.