Edinburgh to Newcastle - Border Express
Video | 3 months ago
I've been saving this footage since November 2022 to break the journey up. It's a gorgeous autumn day and we take a mid afternoon fast ride back from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle Central via the upper section of the ECML. We actually run east out of Edin...
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Hull to London Kings Cross
Video | 3 months ago
We take an ultra modern Class 802 where classic icons once went. From Hull we go west to Temple Hirst Junction then for a fast run down the East Coast Main Line to London Kings Cross. It's a fabulous October day and the massive wiper/washer is busy giving y...
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Longport to Tuebrook Sidings
Video | 4 months ago
A so called "light engine" move, this is anything but. We bring 69001 from EMD at Longport near Stoke on Trent to Tuebrook Sidings at Liverpool. This Type 5 Titan has been in for maintenance but is needed back at Tuebrook to bolster the fleet. Roger McVay t...
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Crewe to Holyhead with post production soundtrack
Video | 5 months ago
Filmed on a glorious day in July 2025, we follow the North Wales Coast to Holyhead. The excellent commentary by Driver Manager Dave Wright has been added in post production. Traction - Class 805. Drone footage courtesy of Avanti West Coast.
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Crewe to Walsall 0Z99
Short | 6 months ago
We're on a mission. 70007 is in the cement and stone terminal at Walsall and has run short of coolant. In that case, you don't risk it failing completely on the return journey, the best course of action is to send out an assisting locomotive - 70016. We run...
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Wakefield to Denton (Heaton Norris)
Short | 6 months ago
The date is 5th January 2026 and we are in the process of returning 6M22 - the Hunslet East (Cross Green) stone train empties back to Tunstead in Derbyshire. The days are short and trip will end near Heaton Norris where we run out of daylight. However, on t...
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Nottingham to Matlock Trilogy
Video | 7 months ago
In this trio of videos we cover the Midland Mainline's efforts to forge north to Manchester via the arduous route of the limestone hills of Derbyshire. We take an EMR service from Nottingham to Matlock stopping along the way to ride the 9 mile branch to Wir...
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Newcastle to Carlisle - Tyne Valley Express
Video | 7 months ago
A trip along the wonderful Tyne Valley on a summers day in 2025. Andy Scott talks you through the route which has loads of original NER artefacts. We follow the Tyne through stunning landscape and have a little look at Adrian's Wall. All maps courtesy of Ri...
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Dagenham to Bedford
Video | 9 months ago
It's April 2022 and we follow this trip from Dagenham to Bedford via what is known as the GOBLIN (Gospel Oak to Barking Line). Our train of JPA cement tanks has been unloaded and will make its way back to Earle's (Hope) works in Derbyshire. It's a fascinati...
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Crewe to ELR
Video | 9 months ago
It's a lovely September afternoon and we have a job to do. Tomorrow, the East Lanc's Railway are holding their R200 celebrations. They were lucky enough to bag one of Freightliner's celebrity Class 70s and our job is to travel north on the WCML then east to...
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Middlesbrough to Newcastle
Video | 9 months ago
Join us on the R200 journey through genuine Stockton & Darlington territory. It's a gorgeous July day in 2025, the year we celebrate 200 years of the modern railway. We take Northern's stopping train up the Durham Coast all the way to Newcastle. It is a fas...
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Dowlow to Ashburys
Guide | 1 years ago
We join our usual Freightliner driver Vinny for another heavy freight video. This is a new Job from Dowlow Quarry near Buxton in Derbyshire to Ashburys, right in the middle of Manchester. Our mission is to take a mix of 24 JNA and MWA wagons to the stone te...
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