What is it like to drive a train in the rain? Piccadilly Line train to Rayners Lane Sidings
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- čas přidán 26. 04. 2024
- Please not this video was recorded before my Uxbridge video.
Some of the things I point out are repeated.
Hello and welcome to a new Piccadilly Line video.
This weeks video is a trip from Acton Town to Rayners Lane sidings in the rain.
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Only intended to watch for a few minutes but ended up staying for the whole journey. Thanks for the ride!
You are most welcome.
Συγχαρητήρια από Ελλάδα, ρομαντική βόλτα με τον σιδηρόδρομο του βροχερού Λονδίνου! ❤❤❤
Αν ζούσα εκεί, σίγουρα θα μετακινούμουν μόνο με το τρένο!
Brings back memories of our first trip to Britain from America in 1984. Heathrow to Earls Court station. Very enjoyable.
Glad you enjoyed it
Love love love your Underground videos. I lived in Reading for a few years and became a bit of an Underground nerd. Thanks for all your insights!
I enjoy watching your videos and appreciate making of these videos and thank you.
This brought back a flood of happy memories. I was on the Picadilly line only last Saturday.
Loving these, nice to see 'the tube' from the front end,
Thank you
Yet another great video. I love the way you explain all the signals and other devices on the line. Very interesting! You have answered many questions I've had over the years watching Underground vids..
Thank you. So glad you you enjoy it
I am thoroughly enjoying your videos and the technical input you give. Please keep them coming.
Dale Chatman I love your videos because I want to be a London Underground train driver just like you and your videos really inspire me so keep up the good work
I really hope you manage to become a driver
Dale said in a more recent video that TfL might be advertising for drivers soon -- keep an eye out on their website!
Hi, great, I use to live at Arnos Grove, so great memories there! Thanks all your great content. Steve
No problem Steve
I am watching longer than intended
The other night I was watching TV with my wife something I had seen before and watched the we hole of the cab ride from Liverpool Lime Street to Preston 😊
Running late brightened up the day for the passengers changing from the Ealing Broadway train!
Every cloud has a silver lining as they say
So true, used to be the most annoying part of my commute back in the day, always missed the connection there.
Highly recommend North Ealing though, it's a lovely station and not a bad walk either.
I usually find cab rides monotonous, but your informative commentary kept my interest. Liked & subscribed! Thankyou for uploading 😊
Mesmerising! Thanks also for your commentary, just enough. More please!
If you insist 🤣
This is a great informative and educational video, love your accent ... being from Ontario Canada ... thank you very much for sharing and for narrating along the line which helps us understand what you are doing as you proceed along your route. Looking forward to many more of your videos. Thanks again from Ontario, Canada.
Well hello Canada ( a place i am yet to visit). I am glad you enjoyed my little video
Nicely filmed video. Your commentary was clear and informative. Felt like a real trip out on the train.
Thank you
Nice to be out in the fresh air, even if it is raining. Very interesting.
Great video. Cup of coffee in front of P.C. relax and enjoy. Very enjoyable and I look forward to more from you kind sir. 👍
I shall do my best for you
Very enjoyable. Thank you for sharing.
Thoroughly enjoyed this video. Thank you for making it.
You are most welcome
Fantastic video Dale. So many memories. We moved to Rayners Lane in the 60’s. I used to catch that train to South Kensington where all the Museums were. As I was watching, I could still reel off every station in turn! I was only about 9 years old, when I first went on the underground. Different times eh? Thank you for taking the time to do this video. Really appreciated.
Enjoyed the Rayners Lane arrival in my armchair in Victoria,Canada. Fond memories of visiting my cousin aunt and uncle on Wellbeck Road,Rayners Lane from Sheringham Norfolk in the ‘50’s. Showing my age a bit. 1938 stock as old as me but there you go. My favourite.
Thanks well enjoyed!
Thank you for sharing your memories
Having lived in Cockfosters and used the Piccadilly line, it brings back happy memories watching these videos as I now live in York! Keep up the good work as I really enjoy watching your videos 🙂
Great video. I love the commentary on how the lines work and signaling. I don't travel anymore so these video train rides are brilliant.
A great video always nice to see as I traveled on the Piccadilly line to work every day.
Excellent video. Thank you!!
You are most welcome
Been riding the tube since being born in 78 the D stock with the orange moquette was my favourite
Great video looking forward to the next one
Anther interesting journey with an exellent commentary.
I've just found your channel. Thank you for your videos. Very informative without being over the top. Just subscribed and now playing catchup.
Hi, I used to regularly travel on the Piccadilly Line 75 years ago, between Osterley and Hounslow West, its western terminus at the time. Just visiting your channel brings back many memories of my time in the UK. The train service then was excellent compared to what I receive now from our local station here in Australia, but the weather does not seem to have changed at all over the last 75 years or so.
Thank you for sharing. The British weather never fails to impress 🤣🤣
This brought back some memories. I used to commute between Sudbury Town and Hammersmith. Used to travel a lot on the underground network until I moved away from north-west London over 30 years ago. Thanks for the ride. Incidentally, those buildings next to Alperton station looked recent, ie post-1991.
Brilliant,thanks so much
You are most welcome
Thanks for the video. I learn a little bit more of the British way of life all the time.
You are welcome
A fascinating insight into the driver’s perspective.
Thank you
Perfect english weather. Really refreshing. Thanks
I like to share the love
Thanks Dale for your videos, most interesting & informative. Love the unusual bits of the shunt sidings etc, etc
Look forward to your next content 🙂
Thank you. I will try and do some more soon
This was very enjoyable, thank you from across the pond.
You are most welcome
Brilliant video, really brought back memories when I used to visit London (albeit late 1960's early 1970's). Subscribed and will be looking at your past and of course future video's, thank you!
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It’s great to have you with us
Greetings from Australia. I'm an old (more ways than one) Colindale passenger. Many trips in the 60s on the Northern line down to King's Cross to see my sister. Keep the videos coming.
I will see what I can do. Glad you enjoy them
As always Dale fascinating 👍
Thank you
I like it relax to watch
That’s good to hear
Really lovely view despite the typical British weather. Also just learned that tube window wipers are air powered! Fascinating!
Glad you found it interesting
Yeah, they seem to be air-powered on most trains. I wonder why that is. I mean, sure, trains have compressed air available (runs the brakes) but they have electricity, too (turns the wheels).
But trains probably don't have 12V DC, as a car would, to power windscreen wiper motors. You can't use the traction voltage to run a small wiper motor.
@@simontay4851 Whatever electrical supply powers things like cab lighting could also power electric wipers. There must be some reason that it's prefereable to use compressed air.
Thank you for this. Years ago i used to commute from Eastcote to Ealing Common and whenever i had to wait on the westbound platform for a Met train, i would sometimes look over the concrete barrier at the sidings that used to be there. It still had one old coal wagon! Over the years it rotted away to just a chassis.
Thank you for sharing your memories
I love all the way in the midlands and love your videos!
That’s great to hear
Brilliant video
Thank you
Great videos. Thank you for filming and uploading 😀
You are most welcome
Great effort and Explanations of the technical working to your various Routes you Operate the Rolling Stock .. !!!!😮🎉😂
I enjoyed watching this video, it brings so much memories as I use to travel a lot on the tubes , especially on the Piccadilly line . I use to travel to London three times a year in the 90 s . I come from Malta. Thanks .
I’m glad you enjoyed it
I loved it. And u go past bottom of my mum and dads house just b4 u pass the big iron bridge heading for Rayners Lane. In 70's I used to sit on the steps having a crafty cig I pinched off dad lol
Don’t worry I won’t tell them should I see them 😜
Been driving main line for decades now, love the vid, great to see the last box I worked at Rayners lane.
Thank you
Great to hear technical aspects of operations as you operate and any little known history of key sections of lines. Great vids all around
Thank you.
Thanks very much. Enjoyed it
I am glad you enjoyed it
Hi,really like your videos, my dad was a ddm at Cockfosters for many years so love the piccadilly line,please keep the videos coming.
Thank you glad you are enjoying them.
Thank you. I like this video. Good commentary too.
Thank you
great videos! i could watch them all day!
Feel free to keep watching them 😜
Great video mate 😊
Nice vid. Brought back memories from my work commute back in the early 90's.
Glad you enjoyed it
I love cab ride videos, so relaxing to have as background. It was nice to have a commentary as well, which is something I don't generally like, but I liked this one. Nice vid bud
I appreciate that
I love this video keep them coming too
I shall see what I can do in the future
Great trip in the rain, thank you, Steve. (From New Zealand.)
Glad you enjoyed it Steve from NZ
Fabulous thanks. While watching I was thinking about the complexities of signalling and also making sure all the points are set correctly. It must be really complex. All the best.
Great video. Use to live near Sudbury Town/Hill now live in SW London. Great seeing these stations again.
thank you
A cracking video, thanks for posting it up, and roll on the next one.
You are more than welcome
Brilliant. keep up the great Videos!
I will try and film some more soon for you
I love this train videos😃😃
And they love you
Excellent video and grate information keep up the good work 👏👏
I shall do my best
Great video.
Thank you
It’s always cool to see how trains are run in other countries! Great video and wonderful commentary!
Thank you I appreciate the comment
This is a great video, I really enjoy the commentary and thanks for uploading
You are most welcome
Lovely atmosphere, quite enjoyable with the rain funny enough. There's something about London's Tube and its trains that always fascinates me. It's trains, but quite different.
Glad you enjoyed it
Very interesting video Dale, thoroughly enjoyed it👍
Thank you
I really enjoy that. I love the underground and thank you for taking your time to do that. It was really nice. Just hope we see some more. Please
Glad you enjoyed it. I will try to film some more in the future
@@dalecharmantravels8057 thank you so much
Great video, keep them coming👍🏻
I shall see what I can do
New subscriber here, the Piccadilly is my favourite Tube line and it is so underrated. I really enjoy your content to do with this line and I’m excited for the new trains to enter service in 2025 👍
Welcome to the channel. It’s great to have you here
I understand how the system works 😊
Hi Dale really like your underground content I find it really interesting and informative thankyou. 👍
Thank you glad you enjoyed it
Thanks Dale. Love the videos…
That’s great to hear
Excellent
Thank you
I’m really enjoying your drivers cab videos. I always fancied being a train driver. I drove busses for First for many years in Southend and was often tempted to make the big jump to train driving. I guess there’s many similarities, especially with dealing with the passengers. Like you, I did all the late shifts. It’ll be all right if you didn’t have to keep stopping all the time. Anyway, I’m now an English teacher in Japan, so no more busses for me. All the very best to you.
Nice Ride
Thanks
Really enjoyed the video, Thanks. I lived in Central London (Bayswater) for 15 years and always wished I could ride in the cab of an underground train (particularly to "see" the closed stations (British Museum, etc.)! I'm shortly returning to England for my annual holiday "back home" but flying economy! 73, Ian (Sydney, Australia)
I hope you have a good flight. I feel your pain flying back in economy. I fly from Perth back to London later today in economy 😥😥😥
I like your videos. Good stuff!!!
Thank you
Great video
Thank you
These videos are Amazing 🍺🍺
Thank you glad you enjoy them
I loved the video. I have always wondered what it would be like to be a train driver.
It’s dark lol. Well some times
More videos like these pls
Looking forward to your next upcoming video this Saturday Mr Charman
thank you
Very enjoyable. Except for the window wipers. lol. All the best.
its raining you want it to crash????/
They are rubbish. At least you are getting the full drivers experience
Love it
That’s good to hear
Your videos are great!
Thank you
I Really enjoy watching your content and very Informative.. You should be training New Drivers with your skill and professionalism
Just found your channel and subscribed looking forward to seeing your content 👍
It’s great to have you with us
What a brilliant video with excellent commentary
Love to be there to
Thank you
@@dalecharmantravels8057 handsome guy too
😊😊
Very enjoyable video Dale....interesting to have a ride in the rain as well. Those wipers must drive you foolish after awhile...quite noisy!
They can give you a headache after a while
Really good video was not planning on watching soong but glad i did.
Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it
Good video despite the weather / wipers etc . Seems like you had a lot to cope with on that trip . But glad you got through unscathed .
Very polite run!
I am a very polite person 🤣. Well sort of
I want to see more please!