So happy you're back, missed the amazing cab rides and content.

@I_like_planesandtrains860

8 ай бұрын

Your right

Merci pour cette belle vidéo, je suis conducteur de tramways de Lille France, merci encore

Happy to see another trip from you - I'd never seen the Liverpool independent line, so something new and great! Even more of a thrill was the Claymills crossing at 13 minutes in - the Victorian building on the left is the Claymills Pumping Station that I'm part of the team restoring and running - and the car behind the motorbike at the crossing gate is mine!

@johnwalker194

8 ай бұрын

Just read your comment and the other one about the storm and floods and realised I was around at the time having just got home from the Nuneham viaduct project ! The guy on the blue motorbike at claymills is me 😎 I remember wishing I'd took a snap of the test train not knowing it took one of us 😂 small world eh ?

I was that boy at Warrington bank quay at the end of platform 4 thanks for the tones mate

I’m amazed how quiet the cab is. Really enjoyed this. Thank you.

@terry-wc9sw

8 ай бұрын

turn your sound up, it aint that quiet

@tonyhogwood4737

7 ай бұрын

it is compared to a 66@@terry-wc9sw

@terry-wc9sw

7 ай бұрын

43,s are very noisy inside the cab also outside the cab too. are@@tonyhogwood4737

This is an amazing video, so precise and clear and I so love the scenery around the Derbyshire/Staffordshire border as it was well known to me in my rambling days in the early seventies with the CHA in Coventry. Another trip to savour and take in on wet rainy, windy and snowy afternoons in Atlantic Canada. Thank you for making my day Ben and keep up the hard earned good work you make in your productions for us avid railway buffs to enjoy.

Great video and what made it even better for some strange reason, not one advert.

The Ribble Viaduct is a disgrace, it is a grade 2 listed building but the intention seems to be to allow it to rust into the river. Such neglect should not be allowed.

@miawgogo

8 ай бұрын

deferred maintenance is how austerity manifests itself on the railway's

@michaeljohndennis2231

6 ай бұрын

They wasted so much money on HS2 that they could not be bothered to maintain existing lines - Network Rail is a disgrace, the trade unions are also too powerful

@anonthemous7437

5 ай бұрын

​@@michaeljohndennis2231 are you under the impression that somehow the unions want less works done on the railway, and would prefer it rot than to have jobs?

@najaB76

2 ай бұрын

​@@michaeljohndennis2231 False. HS2 has been funded by borrowing specifically for HS2. They didn't take money out of other pots to pay for it, which also means that cancelling Phase 2 didn't make money available for other purposes.

@micrashed

5 күн бұрын

I imagine the North Union bridge will end up being declared unsafe and simply being demolished ( see Tramroad bridge, Southport rly School Lane Bridge and so on) - there are a lot of cast iron plate track beds over the Ribble and I cant imagine any of them being in rude health any more

As a ex Fireman/Driver I really enjoyed your video, it’s a different world out there with you lads now.Kind regards🚂🚂🚂

Great cab ride in my favorite train Class 43 Hst Thanks 🇩🇰🇩🇰

I like these British train videos, because the rain is always different

I like youtube because there are people like you. Thx

nice to have you back brilliant video as usual thanks for time and effort

Absolutely fascinating video. Thanks so much!

Great video. Loved the 'Ribble (falling to pieces) Viaduct' caption. Ace!

Thank you, Ben. An excellent trip; and it was especially welcome to have a glimpse of the Crewe Independent Lines.

Fantastic video just watched on big TV. Thank you for showing it

Thanks for this Ben, good to see you back. Looking forward to all the nooks and crannies you are going to be taking us to. Cheers

Good to see you back, and thanks for a fab video.

Great video, thanks for taking the time to post.😊

I was going to see the HST tour in London today, but this is a good way to spend my afternoon. Glad to see you uploading again.

Interesting, entertaining and superb quality/information. A big thanks for posting.

At last!!!! Great to see you posting again, excellent videos.

Ben nice to see you being able to post again. This is a very interesting video in that it both allows us to do a cab ride in an HST power car, but also see the aftereffects of that really bad storm tht eh UK had in the past week. The flooding is amazing and bad.

love yer work man thanks x

Quaity, interesting video. Thanks, Ben. Looking forward to the next one in your series.

A really interesting video with a fantastic route. Looking forward to other videos in this series

Excellent. Thanks for the hard work in producing the videos, much appreciated. Look forward to future videos.

Very enjoyable to watch and interesting, keep them coming A1*

You have a like and a new subscriber! Really interesting routing and a first for me was transiting the Liverpool Independent lines through Crewe. Good (timely) location captions, too. Great job! I look forward to the next one…! Best wishes from a retired S&T man (1977 - 2018).

Ben that was a fabulous video well done looking forward to seeing some more what a train Paul in Kent

Great to have you back Ben, I enjoyed that Thank's. Mike👍👍👍

Excellent, some nice rare track there too, and good to see the goods lines at Preston back in use.

Yes Ben is back, & what a video. Well worth watching. Thanks Ben.

Excellent. I look forward to future videos. really interesting and great quality

Ben that was an excellent video. Will watch the other videos that you are planning. Thanks

That was absolutely fascinating. Thank you so much.... that journey around the Independent lines at Crewe was interminable but wonderful 🙂

Thank you for the video today, Ben. Always look forward to the ride. See you on the next. Cheers mates! 🇬🇧🙂👍🇺🇸

Great video, glad to see you back posting again! Looking forward to more :)

Hi Ben glad to see uou back I really enjoyed this video and I will certainly be following the rest of the test train series you have fabulous

Great video thank you!

You're back! How excellent 😁

Good quality filming (with very clean windscreen). I really enjoyed watching this. Thank You for the upload.

Sehr gut., ein schönes Video. Danke.

Wow ! Great video, i especially love the noise and hearing those turbos spool up 😊 as another viewer has stated, im in the video at claymills crossing on my motorbike having just finished a greggs corn beef slice and heading off on an adventure. I remember wishing I'd got a snap of the test train as it passed, not knowing it got one of me 😂 subscribed !!!

Thanks Ben looking forward to future uploads ribble viaduct reminds me of cassandra crossing

Nice to see you have made a come back.

Hi Ben good to see you back I miss those HSTs

Nice to see you back Ben😁 Great video from a 43. Thank you👌

“Wake up babe, Ben is back”

Amazing video as always keep up the good work

Thank you! 👍

Great film..... especially liked the Crewe independent, Earlestown/Parkside/Lowton and down slow/down goods approaching Preston....thanks.

I really enjoy your videos as I get to see places I wouldn't be able to get to

Thank you.

Excellent Drivers Eye View this Fantastic watch

Gee, I thought we'd lost you, Ben. Glad to see you back so keep 'em coming.

Fantastic video Ben, some of these unusual routings are very interesting, Crewe Independent lines and especially the one around Earlstown, by far freight traffic is the most interesting to watch, for two reasons mainly, one the slower speeds enables us to enjoy more of the rail infrastructure and secondly the unusual routings, can't wait for the next video.

Nice video Ben and nice too see my stomping ground at the green footbridge at Euxton Balshaw Lane Junction from the cab view

Ribble Viaduct (aka North Union Bridge) 1830s, I believe. Quite an engineering feat. A beautiful video. Thank you for sharing.

I adore these videos.

Cool thanks

Wow From my Local Station too Looking forward to this watching it Now

Great video.....being a local lad bit disconcerting to see the combination heading South from Derby initially given the destination, but all's well that ends well!!

Fab video Ben. I took a photo of this working at Preston that day, think the video ends some 2 or so mins before I appeared lol!

Excellent journey visually.

Great video

Excellent video, excellent diesel sound. :-)

Lovely weather, Ben! It doesn't always rain up here in the Northwest!

Excellent.

I saw this at Preston. So funny to see me on a vid

Very good.

Excellent video Ben watched part 2 first doh! Wondered where the 321's ended up after leaving my local line. Lots of lines ive never been down on cab rid video's. Thank you for posting.

Gracias Ben. Un gran vídeo para un excelente y precioso viaje.!!! Me encanta viajar en tren, y si el viaje es bajo la lluvia, entonces se convierte en una deliciosa melodía bailable, que deseo no acabe. Me encanta bailar con trenes.!!! Congratulations.!!! 👏👏👏

@pacolillo8153

8 ай бұрын

@@KahunaPepper ohhh!!! 🎶 Que lástima.!!! Me parece, que no estámos en el mismo tren. Perdón..🥰

@pacolillo8153

8 ай бұрын

😘

@pacolillo8153

8 ай бұрын

...Respeto tu opinión.!!!

@pacolillo8153

8 ай бұрын

Sabes una cosa...!! Nuestras opiniones y nuestros diferentes puntos de vista, no pueden, ni tienen que enturviar, el placer que representa, disfrutar de la misma y buena experiencia, que nos proporciona a tí y a mí, el placer de realizar un "viaje en tren". Simplemente es que lo estamos haciendo desde "ventanillas" diferentes. El viaje es el mismo.!!! Un fuerte abrazo

The Ribble (falling to pieces) Viaduct reminded me of the film The Cassandra Crossing - and that's not a good thing! Great to have more videos from you Ben!

In Central Trains days we signed via Castle Donington but not via Alrewas. Our diversions would not have fitted around the City Line service! Thanks for the look at the the back road.

Been needing aa cabride fix after exhausting yours and Don Coffey's vids 😅

Nice to see you back - looking forwards to watching

Welcome back

Love it

Always look forward to a Ben Elias video.

great video ben on different tracks

Thank you Ben for a really enjoyable video. Lovely cab ride. So, the Ribble Viaduct is in a bad way.

Wow didn't know you was a train driver this is cool

bit late to the watch party. but great job with the video. nice camera setup and editing. interesting part of the network. interesting diagram on a typical wet British day!

What used to be called the track recorders , squirt out red paint on an area of twist etc . Good tools , and not seeing very many patrolmen extremely necessary..great video , must take some time to sew it together . Appreciated 👍🇬🇧

Welcome Back

I drive for GWR but have always fancied doing the HST test train

I find it hard to believe this is quieter than most trains today

Loved seeing the 321s and 777(s) at Walton and the old wagons on the left

Nice to see these flying machines doing 110mph plus on test trains still! pitty they still ain't in passenger use as there is still loads of left in them!!! Nice video 🥰

@colinnich

8 ай бұрын

They are still in passenger use

Gotta love the LSL Preserved GMT Class 142 Pacer on the high Level line (R) at 01:15.20 ❤

2:19:00 I used to stand on the right to watch trains before the houses were built. A couple of times I saw some of the last 8 HST Power Cars built with APT-P test trains

My lords driver!

@beneliastrains

9 ай бұрын

😂

Ben I have often teavels fro Crew to Blackpool, but never seen a train running the rickety viaduct!

Love the speed indicator

@peterdean8009

8 ай бұрын

That showed the speed limit for the line, not the train speed.

@neilcaunter3147

8 ай бұрын

Thanks, but that’s just ruined my day 😢😮

Five star coverage

I believe the construction work before the chord onto the main line at Litchfield was the HS2 underpass, that will now not be used.

@beneliastrains

8 ай бұрын

That is indeed the HS2 underpass and it will still be used. It is just south of Handsacre where HS2 will join the WCML

@raymondflanagan9355

8 ай бұрын

Ah right. Thanks

43274 & 43257 due in Blackpool on friday i will video them as they pass Poulton-Le-Fylde on friday afternoon

Peter Simons. I cant find your reply but thank you. 👍