Trains at: Tamworth, WCML/XCR, 05/02/22
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- čas přidán 11. 02. 2022
- An incredible but windy time spent at Tamworth on the West Coast Mainline and Cross Country Route where we see plenty of services from London Northwestern Railway, Avanti West Coast, Cross Country and freight from GBRF, DB Cargo UK and DRS.
Cross Country don't feature all that much unfortunately due to engineering work taking place around Water Orton, the long distance traffic was sent via Lichfield Trent Valley.
Tamworth station was opened by the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway in 1839. The station was built on the existing line connecting Derby to Hampton-in-Arden where the London and Birmingham Railway would be reached.
In 1847 the Trent Valley section of the West Coast Mainline was completed by the London and North Western Railway which allowed for a joint station to be constructed connecting the two lines.
In 1924 the station was given official low and High level names, this was because at the time of constructing the station hadn't been envisaged to have long distance trains stopping. It was built purely for local stopping trains at the time.
Tamworth has always been a fan favourite of train spotters and this rings true right through to when steam engines were thundering through the station. This was because at the time Tamworth was the closest station to Birmingham where you would be able to see the bigger steam engines giving it the full beans as they head north and south. Of course you still had the pulling power of the freight trains coming through across both levels. You would typically find them standing in a nearby field that is now sadly a large housing estate. But you still get great views from both levels of the station either way.
The old station was demolished 1961 and rebuilt in 1962 following the electrification of the Trent Valley Line, this in turn meant that the higher level platforms had to be raised up to give enough clearance.
My next station will be Wolverhampton.
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For less than 2 hours on a Saturday morning that was a pretty impressive array of traffic you saw and plenty of freight. Thanks.
I was very surprised with the amount of freight that I was getting
Very busy morning; nice footage
Thanks very much
I bumped into you at Stafford when you were filming on the 28th last month. Just found your site (and the Stafford vid, with me just about staying out of sight !!). Great work Mr Tornado. Love your work. Subscribed.
Well thank you kindly for subscribing to my channel it is greatly appreciated :) Stafford was a great day, there was so much to see coming through
Great video 🍺👍
Excellent video.
Thanks very much :)
Brilliant video once again! I really enjoyed this :)
Thanks very much
Cool video once again. I enjoyed it. :)
Thanks very much :)
Fantastic video,nice catches 👍🏻
Thanks very much
I do enjoy Tamworth station
Very good amount of freight in the video GBRF
Never gonna complain about the amount of freight coming through, this bodes well for when I come back here for a rush hour film later in the year
Amazing video legend Tornado I was enjoying watch videos
Thanks very much :)
An impressive video mate! Nice and short but a deep sense of Variety, a few nice tones, a few mares, the odd surprise of the Northern 323 units & the cross style layout. Not to mention your witty dialogue which adds flavour! Keep up the good work! 👍
Thanks very much, I would have liked to have stayed a bit longer but unfortunately time was against me as I had to get to Lichfield so I could catch a WMR service to get back into Birmingham in order to get to Wolverhampton
Great video👍👍👍
Thanks very much
Great video
Thanks very much
Great video at Tamworth plenty of freight and 390's
Thanks very much :)
An excellent video again and I guess this will all bode well for your rush hour session later on this year! Nice to see lots of freight it must be said albeit minus Freightliner! I think the highlight though has to be the class 60 on the tanks. Just in case you're interested in the numbers on the wagons, I do know a couple from this video and the rail care branded tank is 88046 while the one with the bits of grey paint on it on one side of the tank is 88171 and that also without the ladders on it. Whatever the ladders are used for on the tanks I don't know! The usual load of tanks on the Kingsbury-Humber workings and vice versa is 30 or 32, so 28 tanks perhaps what you may not always expect on there. I managed to see a 66 on the Lindsey-Kingsbury loaded tanks on Wednesday plus another one on the Kingsbury-Humber empty tanks on the same day along with a 60 in its Puma livery on the Humber-Kingsbury loaded tanks! Talk about winners there! The Puma liveried 60 incidentally is 60074 'Luke'. Any 60 though is nice to see on the tanks. The Lindsey-Kingsbury working if it did manage to run on the day would have been nice to see in this video but oh well! I guess you can't win them all! Still a nice selection of freight nevertheless at a station that could be one such that is known for having a freight frenzy! It certainly delivered here didn't it!
Tamworth is always a great station to come to because of the vast amounts of freight and passenger traffic that you get coming along, although it would have busier if the XC route wasn't closed for engineering works which I think are for HS2 unless I'm mistaken. I'm impressed that you know the numbers of the oil tankers, I certainly wouldn't be abler to remember all that.
@@Tornado922 You mean able! Yes I do know the numbers but mainly when I am at Nottingham Station due to the speed of the freight trains through there. Two of them in the video here were easy to identify despite its fast speed. The VTG stickers on some of their wagons advertise safety I think. Basically on the top it says that safety is no accident.
Great railway video again Tornado922.
Thanks very much :)
Short but sweet.
Time was against me on this day
Awesome video as always buddy from Alan Shelley
Thanks very much
@@Tornado922 your welcome
when I was at penrith I saw 88007 "Electra"
Very nice
Just as an idea if you're looking for the better views on the lower level of Tamworth, there should be a lift and some steps to where the other platform is from the upper level platform you were on. Basically it's just an idea for when you do your next rush hour film! To be fair the low level does have amazing views on the platform adjacent to the one you were on! Mind you it's not so easy having to scramble for the next train from the upper level to the lower level! The same could be said with Smethwick Galton Bridge but Lichfield Trent Valley would probably be easier as usually only West Midlands Railway serve the upper level there! I guess stations with two levels can usually be hard on terms of picking the best viewing spots though and I guess Tamworth could well illustrate this! I'm expecting more wind to feature in the forecast on at least some days next week (or this depending on the day the comment is viewed), so do stay safe out there if you're planning to do any filming! Also fingers crossed the gaming side of the channel comes back soon!
I know the area that you mean but I think in terms of overall views of the line in either direction on the low and high levels I would be better off staying where I was doing my filming from
Excellent scramble by the way to get from one freight to the other! The views are probably better on the other platform on the lower level but I can understand why you usually stick to the two platforms whatever numbers they are as can be illustrated by the scramble!
I think the area where I was standing is perfect as it allows me to go to the lower level within seconds.
Another awesome video tornado 922 loving the videos.can you please please do Newcastle upon Tyne sometime thanks
Thanks very much, I will see what I can do for you
Come back to Harlington on the MML.
I will see what I can do
Tamworth Has A Lot Of Freight
It is a great station to come to for freight
@@Tornado922 I Like Watching West Coast Main Line Videos. It Is My Favourite Mainline And It Connects To Other Lines
Hemel Hempstead
That’s my local!
I will see what I can do for you
Thanks
@@Tornado922 thanks! If you do, I might tag along if that’s ok?
@@Mrkbk2008 be my guest
Great Video Any chance you could go back to Wolverhampton train station
Thanks very much, I have released a film from Wolverhampton earlier this morning
Could you do Coventry again?
I will get that done at some stage this year
I think Tamworth should be called the Compass Station hence the North-South High Level and the East-West Low Level.
Sounds good
How about Coventry?
I will get that done at some point this year, but I can't say when that will be
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With me :)
It was a great time spent there :)
Hi tornado how can you tell where the train is going
I use a website called Realtimetrains for all of my information
Norwich? And how is my inspire trainspotter
I will get Norwich done at some stage this year. I'm doing very well thanks, how are you?
@@Tornado922 im not to bad thanks, just waiting for Greater Anglia to run their trains from Norwich to Stansterd airport so i can go to Brandon station (my local) to get some Horns.
Nuneaton again
That will be covered in a rush hour film later this year!
@@Tornado922 good good
Blackpool
What is it with you and wanting me to go to Blackpool? Here's a thought, try asking politely!
Looking at what I can see in the description box below on Cross Country's diversions via Lichfield Trent Valley, I probably should have said do Lichfield Trent Valley! Oh well! Never mind!
I still think Tamworth was the better option as I wouldn't have got all that freight if I went o Lichfield
@@Tornado922 That would be 'to'! Also now I should have said do both Tamworth and Lichfield Trent Valley, the first for all that freight and the second for all of the Cross Country diversions! Maybe this year you'll get to cover some diversions! Carlisle for example in November on a weekend (not sure which weekends as a whole) I think would likely get some LNER diversions, so there's something that you could maybe think about!
Hello love trains I will like and subscribe but please can you do another.Video at Tamworth please From TRAINSPOTTING54
That's very kind of you to do so, I will be covering Tamworth later this year with a rush hour film
Bordersley
I will see what I can do for you
@@Tornado922 ok
Great video .
Thanks very much :)
Great video
Thanks very much :)
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