Calder Valley
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- čas přidán 27. 06. 2024
- It was a horrible morning for mid summer but we can’t control the British weather. The route takes us to Salford Crescent then reverses to take us through Victoria to Rochdale and then through Summit Tunnel to emerge in the picturesque Calder valley. We then take Bradley Wood chord to bring us back towards Manchester but there is method in the madness - it allows us to pick up Huddersfield before the train continues to Newcastle. Information includes the Summit Tunnel fire and braking during low adhesion.
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Dieghton should be shown as Deighton.
I love your videos and I always really enjoy watching the ones that go through my neck of the woods. In North Dean woods next to the Greetland junction, there used to be a bench that was in the perfect position to sit and watch the trains go by. A perfect way to spend an hour or so on a sunny day.
Glad you like them! That’s my favourite route to drive too 👍
Thanks for another brilliant video, the comments you add are not only informative but also educational too. The two diasters you mention I had never heard about. The time and effort you put into your programmes with so much detail. Superb, absolutely superb.
Thanks Peter. When I do the return trip, I’ll tell the tale of another incident that could have been a lot worse than it was and that involved one of our 185s.
Superb. These really are the best cab ride vids on CZcams. Great job.
Thanks Jim.
How beautiful is rainy and misty weather! I do wish for more of it; it is very soothing and softening. Bright, burning sunshine and heat? No thank you! Stop complaining!
Another brilliant example of the 'gold standard' of railway videos - thanks Don.
Thanks to you for the feedback RWM.
This would have to be one of the best ‘Driver’s Eye View’ channels on CZcams. Thanks for doing a great job in keeping us entertained and informed. 🐨🇦🇺
Thank you Martin. There will be more coming this year.
Very atmospheric with this gloomy light, particulary in the beginning. As you watch, you feel the urgent need for a good cup of hot and strong coffee...
It does feel like that but it was actually quiet worm. I’ll get some winter footage when I get chance.
@@doncoffey5820 Your typo was my nickname in primary school.
Thanks Don for the privilege of riding in your cab, and being given so much interesting information. Once again, I marvel at the amount of human effort went into the construction of the line. I feel slightly guilty as being one of those sound asleep whilst you were busy working!
Yes, it hurts when the alarm sounds at 2.00am but it soon passes after a shower. Bed time is around 6 or 7.00pm for that one!!!
Cannot express how much I look forward to these gems, really enjoyable. As for the weather it just suited the early morning start and looked great, pulling out of the station at the start reminded me of an early 60's British crime movie, dark & misty. Thanks so much for all the trouble you go to so as we can learn as we travel with you. Regards Pete
Thanks Pete. Yes it did have a”moody” look about it. In my new software I can add old Pathe type effects!!! I can’t even switch it on just yet its so complicated.
Another lovely video from Don, very enjoyable.
Thanks Anthony, more coming soon.
Christ, I'm addicted now. The timing and flow of the information is always engaging and interesting. None of that getting off at stations and chatting to folk malarkey, just a proper bloody railway journey ! Thanks.
No hanging about Chris, we’ve got people to move! Glad you enjoyed it mate.
Excellent video, presentation is to a high standard and carries a wealth of relevant information via the feed at the bottom of the screen. Speaking as an ex driver from 70s/80s, 'leaves on the line' have always been an issue but I feel have become more so with the demise of loco hauled services and introduction of lighter multiple units. The lineside vegetation is also allowed to encroach much much closer to the running line than it ever would have been in my time. Many thanks for an enjoyable video, I still miss the 'footplate' even after all these years !
Thanks Edwin. I could retire now but I’m enjoying myself so I’ll keep going “until it hurts”!
Every time I watch this great video, with the dull light, rain, and lit up buildings, I a.ways think of the film blade runner
Quite a few people have made that comment.
A really interesting journey, thank you.
I was a young Constable at 'Happy Valley' in the early 1960's and can recall the efforts of double headed Jubilees/Black Fives as they pulled away from the stop at Sowerby Bridge. Often caught an evening Newcastle-Liverpool express from Wakekfield Kirkgate to Sowerby Bridge. The signal box there was one of the only places you could find humanity in the middle of the night at weekends.
Thanks Patrick, thats really interesting because of course, I drive the Liverpool express’s frequently. We mainly go via Huddersfield but during engineering we also use the Calder Valley. I’ve got a book of that line and some of the views are unrecognisable. I thought the Happy Valley series were superb and anybody watching them will recognise the locations. I’ll talk about the Wainhouse Tower in the return journey.
@@doncoffey5820 I wonder if you would answer a couple of questions. With this modern mode of traction do drivers work their way up a 'link' or are the certified for 'route availability'?
Absolutely love Manchester's Victorian industrial architecture, especially the way the high level railways bisect the city itself. Thanks for a brilliant vid.
Totally agree. I love the mix of buildings from old to new.
Another very good video from you . Pity about the weather but it didn’t impede vision too much . Look forward to another one soon . Thank you for all the information , you put on the bottom of the screen .
Glad you enjoyed it Graham.
Thanks Don for the most interesting information about the Trans Pennine area, as someone living in Kent its good to learn about other parts of the UK as one cant get about nowadays its my way of seeing this great country of ours. Thanks again Don keep up the good work.
And thanks to you for being a regular Phillip. More coming soon.
@@doncoffey5820 Great looking forward to it
Many thanks for this video Don, I found it when looking for information about the Summit Tunnel fire. I haven't visited the area since the late 1980s (and then only went as far as Littleborough) but it seems to have changed hugely since then! All the very best, Simon.
Thanks Simon. I’ve been lucky enough to organise talks by Donald Reid who was the engineer in charge of investigating the wreckage of the tanks involved so was privy to some detailed first hand information. He also had samples of the melted bricks from the tunnel lining.
Thanks Don. This is a belter, and I never realised you could access Huddersfield from the eastbound Calder Valley route. I especially liked the atmospheric.section between Piccadilly and Ordsall Lane where we floated in the murk above a slumbering Manchester. Almost surreal!
I was worried that it was gloomy but a lot of people liked that John.
i find youre videos brilliant don and with the information you give makes them more enjoyable spent many happy times at newton heath sheds walking thru the steam trains for the numbers late 50s no health n safety in those days ahah again thank you
I spent many hours at Newton Heath but not quite steam days. Sounds idyllic Lennie.
Another great video Don, and its great to see you supporting a charity. As a "signalling enthusiast" I do appreciate your comments as to the signal workings, as also the commentary about the line and points of interest.
Thanks. I try and mix up the subjects where I can so all the videos don’t get monotonous.
Another trip down memory lane through the landscape of my childhood.
The highlight of this route as amid was Luddenden Foot station... Still lit by oil/gas lamps, there was a porter who greeted trains with the cry of "Lurft"... (Luddenden Foot, but years of abbreviation had taken its toll)!
Every time I head that way in my truck, all I can hear in my head is... " Lurft"!
Another superbly shot and presented vid! Thank you!
I drove down there only last week with a set of empties for Ardwick. I love that sloping stone bridge and the wall that formed the back of the station is still there. Lurft! I’ll remember that 😉👍
Brilliant ride through some amazing countryside. I don't even hate the rain (I do come from Manchester so used to that) but I think I would have to carry some glass cleaner if I were lucky enough to be driving. Hate the wiper chatter and smears :)
Thanks Don, great run.
I meticulously clean the screen with glass cleaner and a microfibre cloth before mounting the camera but some of the wiper blades just drive you and me nuts. I’ll get better footage in good light one of these days.
i really loved that. i get the best seat in the house he he. thank you don for sharing these beautiful videos.. my best friend who lives in the uk watch these as she is shielding at the moment so she really love's them. take care and god bless you..from the usa
I’m pleased that you and your friend enjoy them. There will be another soon.
Hi Don, can I just say I marvel at your work. Living here in Ireland our rail network leaves a lot to be desired but being a frequent visitor to Manchester and riding both a Train and Metro I love being able to relate to your adventures . Even bought myself the track map plan series and was able to follow this route step by step. Keep up the great work sir.
Thanks Kenneth. I’m glad you find them interesting.
Great video, excellent Tipps. Thank you, without this, I'd never knew about this nice area, Calder Valley.
There will be some new footage down there soon.
I watched the whole video. I was only going to watch a little bit but then I kept on reading and got curious what was next. That was very entertaining! you gave me some ideas
Glad you enjoyed it Jaw Tooth.
As usual Don, a really great watch. My son lives along that line so I travel fairly often to Hebden Bridge and Mytholmroyd and love the scenery. But the unrestricted view you are able to share really does make me appreciate just how beautiful this area happens to be. The only down side is that the weather was not ideal and even so the beauty still is very apparent.
Thanks Colin. We occasionally get diverted that way so maybe I’ll get a better day next time. A really good day would help you see that view out of the front even better.
I loved this......it was interesting to see the once freight only line from Sowerby to Bradley Wood Junct.Thankyou.
More freight only line soon.
Thank God nobody was injured in the petrol tank fire in the Summit tunnel. That was a dreadful accident that occurred in the tunnel. Its a miracle that the tunnel escaped most of the fire flames. Sometimes an accident can cause casualties and destruction . Otherwise the journey was quite rainy. It must be quite risky to drive the train through such weather.
Not really Anmol, water on its own doesn’t cause problems as long as it doesn’t cover the rails but contamination like leaves causes big problems.
one can imagine the hard work to cut through those long tunnels that came after l/boro with pick n shovel
It’s an astonishing feat Lennie. Have a look at this video when you get chance. czcams.com/video/_c8jvixQGpQ/video.html
Hi Don, yet another brilliant film, me personally as previous comments as ex secondman used to love that time of the morning with no one around, great atmosphere upon departure though the mist & rain, will have a rerun again later! Eddie 🤓
Glad you enjoyed it Eddie. Somebody said it was like the Bladerunner movie and it was now he says it!!!
Its always interesting to watch. I have to say I find it quite restful and de-stressing. Thanks for posting. Safe travelling.
Same to you Phil, thanks.
Nice video Don. I loved the information at the bottom of the screen and was imagining Fred Dibnah's voice reading it.
Aye, you are uncannily close to reality Terry only he’s much posher than me ;-)
Yet another informative, and interesting video, Don. Thanks, matey!
Thanks Derrick.
Yet another wonderful and informative video, thank you. I watch your videos all the time so the charities will benefit, so nice of you to do this.
Thanks Drew. Google cough up around the 25th so I’ll publish on the community page how well its done.
in the 60,s we had zen and the art of motorcycle maintainence to chill to, know we have these tranquil videos which are a work of art.
I’m flattered to have replaced Zen!!!
So informative, and such an excellent video. Thank you!
Thanks Andy.
Wonderful video. Apparently Summit tunnel was the longest in the world when it was built. I am sure everyone on here knows that already.
It was indeed Johnny. Quite a feat for the day.
Excellent video. Thanks for sharing.
Excellent as usual. Always interesting. Enjoyed and thank you👍
Thanks.
Another excellent upload, interesting and highly informative as always, especially since it featured my local line between Victoria and Rochdale. I wouldn't otherwise ever have been aware of these unusual TPE workings.
What a fantastic video! Really fascinating and strangely relaxing!
Glad you liked it Ben. Everybody like a train ride and these videos give you the best seat in the house;-)
Excellent work,thank you
Thanks Don for yet another riveting video .Simply delightful.
Very kind Neil. Thank you.
Another superb video Don, thanks, and well done!
Much appreciated Geoff.
Another lovely and informative video, thanks again Don!
Cheers Keith.
Brilliant video as always Don. Thanks
Thanks Paul.
A super video. Great information at timely intervals. Many thanks
Thanks Ian.
Thanks, so much new knowledge. Really informative on the infrastructure.
Thanks for watching.
Once again Don another brilliant video. First class information once again.
Thanks David.
You're a marvel Don. Thanks for posting this great cab-ride.
I’ve been called a lot of things but marvel is rare! Thanks Frank.
Most welcome, Don.
Thanks again Don for an excellent and informative trip! Waiting for the next one!
Thanks as always Per. Next one should be a rerun of Lime St to Vic. Coming soon. I’ve got Blackpool coming soon if the weather will cooperate and I’ve also got something special in the pipeline.
@@doncoffey5820 Bad weather is part of the everyday life Don! Have a nice summer! :-)
Excellent video Don. A pleasure to watch. 👍🙂
Thanks Ian.
Lovely video, as usual,. I especially like them because you also explain about various matters along the way. Hope we can 'explore' other routes, soon. Thanks from an Italian railway fan!
Yes, we’ll be out wandering again soon!
Excellent cab ride Don and very informative as always, very many thanks. (But what a vile morning!)
It was indeed awful Mike but if there had been a clear sky, the sun could have made it unwatchable.
Thanks Don, another great video as always.
Thanks Rick.
An excellent video for us train buffs, thank you and Trans Pennine.
Thanks Peter.
Great video as usual, i look forward to your informative and interesting route videos
Blackpool coming soon Adam!
Another tremendous video Don. I really enjoy them. Thanks for taking the time to film, edit and present them.
We have to be grateful to TPE, Northern and several other individuals that help me too.
Thank you Don. Tremendous video. The sun don’t always shine.
From memory, that was midsummers day! Boy did it rain.
Excellent Quality, even in bad weather, informative and on the Calder Valley line... what more could one ask for?... thanks Don. Lucky man doing that job on those routes.
Love every minute of it Malcolm.
wow - thanks a lot for this wonderful trip with so much interesting informations. Very impressive!
Glad you enjoyed it Chris.
Thanks, Don, for another great trip. It's cold, windy, and showery here in my part of Australia this afternoon, 9.6, 'feels like' 2.6. Your captions, as ever, add so much.
Hi Bruce! You’ll make up for the weather is December!!! Thanks for following and the kind words mate.
Excellent vid., very interesting and informative. Thank you for a very entertaining hour [almost].
Almost entertaining or almost an hour? Haha, I know what you mean, thanks Tony.
Great video as usual Don. In my opinion better for the adverse weather rather than the ever sunny vids some channels put out. Not that I dislike the fine weather vids, it's more we have more adverse weather than sunny days, so the concept brings more than a touch of true reality :) Keep up the great work !! :)
Thanks John and had it have been a clear day it might well have been unwatchable due to the rising sun.
Anothere xcellent and well-captioned video. Thanks Don.
Thanks Ray.
Hi Don thanks for posting another great video really enjoyed it. The captions really add to the video and are very informative. Coming from down south I don’t know too much about the railways around Manchester so learning loads. Keep up the excellent work!
Will do Roger, thank you.
another great video the rain the dark more like the railways we know worth waiting for.Well done you never disappoint Don
Thanks Brian.
Another excellent video. Well-filmed and informative. Keep up the good work!
Will do Dan.
Extremely interesting. Thank you.
Thanks Ian, much appreciated.
Another comfortable and interesting trip. Thanks Don. Cheers mate.
I swapped shifts to get that footage Martin. It was a delightful spell of summer weather but on that one day it turned!!!
Smooth ride. This is an excellent video!
Thanks!
Great video as always and what great line. 👍Thumbs Up👍
Its a lovely route. Hopefully I’ll get it one day in good weather.
Thank you so much, I get this train and I've never seen where we go before!
Driven over it twice this week Hywel! Glad you enjoyed it.
A bit late to the party, what an excellent video, thoroughly enjoyed the ride, traveled the line many times, but never had such an excellent view, loved the info about local points of interest seen through technical eyes. Cant believe it is 36 yrs since summit tunnel fire. Will be watching more of your videos. Hooked.
I’m glad you liked it. The two freight train videos show both ways in much better weather and there’s lots of route info too.
Hello Don. I really enjoyed that one. It has been great to see that route from the cab - and in typical northern weather!! That must be the only timetabled passenger train that passes through Victoria non-stop. My best wishes as always. 👍🏼
Hello Ian. Hope you are well. There might be others through the night but certainly not many. We don’t work them all - sometimes York drivers do.
Another great trip. Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it Emlynn.
Thanks Don for another very informative video, I had not heard about the disasters and was very interested in learning about them.
There was another which I will include with the return journey when I eventually film it.
Don Coffey I will look forward to that Don
Another nice one. Thanks again Don.
Thanks!
Thank You again Don, for this brilliant video!!
Hi Theo. I hope all is well. I’m working on several others so sit tight!
@@doncoffey5820 thank You!
Great video ! You weren't kidding about the weather !
I know, it was horrible but its surprising how many have asked for footage in heavy rain so it ticks that box!!!
Excellent video Don. What more can I say? Keep them coming.
You’ve said all you need to, much appreciated.
My thanks Don for yet another great video. How fast an hour can pass !! But goodness you had to set your alarm for this one !! I love all the comments below. the film. As my only railway experience equates to some voluntary heritage steam railway work I still don't get all the signaling etc comments but, thanks to you I am learning !!
Keep watching Jim, you’ll sign the route soon!!!
Excellent Don, I've been looking forward to this one.
Thanks Paul. There are loads of abandoned stations down there!!!
Don - as a Brit now living in Michigan, USA it is always great to see your videos. How the Manchester skyline is changing ... yet Huddersfield remains pretty much the same! My Great Grandfather worked at Newton Heath Loco and my Dad grew up there, so this was very memorable for me. My Dad could never have done your job - he wouldn't venture into Yorkshire! I eventually persuaded him to take the train to Halifax one day, but he wouldn't admit to liking it! I worked for BR until privatisation and moved to the USA in 1995. I return to Blighty annually and always try to fly into Manchester and take the train from there to my destinations. Thanks for your wonderful videos. Nick
Cheers Nick. They talk a bit funny over there but I seem to get on with most of them ;-) BTW, I used to go to Troy quite frequently in my motor industry days.
Best train videos on CZcams, I think. I enjoy the commentary about the routes and sights to see. You really do a lot of work finishing your videos so nicely. Here's something you might consider, shoot a video from behind a steam engine going along the narrow-gauge Ravenglass & Eskdale RR in the Lake District. -- Greetings from Stillwater, Minnesota, USA
Thank you. I can’t promise “La'al ratty” but I will probably be filming on the steam railway from Porthmadog soon.
Amazing! Beginning remind me opening scene of Blade Runner (Original Ridley´s with Vangelis Music). In past this was typical British weather I was used to. Recently I´m out of luck and during my Manchester-Huddersfield trips I do not know how rain looks like. :) Same hot sunny weather as we have in Central Europe.
Yes, I know what you mean with the misty twilight view of the city. I never get tired of taking a train through there.
Back in the days when the Bradford Film and Photography Museum was worth visiting, before it was dumbed-down, they had a gallery that demonstrated the behind-the-scenes work that went on to produce the Calendar local ITV news programme, and they used the Summit Tunnel fire, and all the various recorded and live reports and interviews, to illustrate this. The shots of huuuuge bright orange jets of flame coming from each of the air shafts was very dramatic. It's amazing that the tunnel survived with so little damage; I remember just after it happened (before it had cooled enough for engineers to enter and assess the damage) there was talk that the tunnel might have to be permanently closed.
I remember the news footage like it was yesterday and I organise regular talks on the subject. Next one is on the 23rd Sept if you can make it.
Thank you for posting, this is the first time I have ever seen the line from Todmorden through to Deighton via Bradley. I always meant to go on this line when it was re opened to traffic but so far haven't. Wouldn't mind but I only live in Huddersfield..... :)
Cheers David.
Apart from this being a superb and informative video, maximum kudos for being the only person (as far as I know) to get the exposure just right - specifically avoiding that annoying auto exposure burn-out when exiting tunnels and underpasses that you see in other cab ride videos.
I’ve messed around for ages with the GoPro’s and experimented with footage I don’t even publish. I think its about as good asI can get now and thanks for the positive feedback.
Marvellous! If I ever leave Yorkshire this video will remind me of the penetrating drizzle that makes West Yorkshire what it is! I've also walked across most of the pedestrian crossings between Sowerby Bridge (Mr Unhappy's refreshments) and Huddersfield. There's a glimpse of the River Calder about 3 minutes before Brighouse where I saw the only otter I've seen in the wild.
Thanks Glyn. Never seen a wild otter myself!
These videos are excellent.
Thanks Mark.
Having watched it again from the beginning, its another excellent video. Bit different in the gloom and rain. Well captioned and route described.
You sometimes see more when you look for a second time. I totally get that.
Coffey!!! You are, simply, the best.
Why thank you (but I think I’m not as good as Paul Whitewick or Martin Zero. Maybe one day!!!
@@@doncoffey5820 - too modest by far!!!
Now this is what I've been waiting for. Great work Don.
Did anyone else think of Blade Runner at the start of the video?
Thanks David. Was it you who said about Dr Who in Morley Tunnel? Yes, it was grainy because the camera steps up the ISO to capture the light but it was moody too.
100% agree. The other one I was thinking of was Metropolis. Either way, just great stuff to watch.
Wonderful - thanks Don
Much appreciated.
Ooh! Looking forward to seeing this!
I used this route frequently in the 1960s - usually via Halifax and Bradford, of course - though I remember one journey in 1960 between Darlington and Manchester routed via York, Castleford, Wakefield Kirkgate and the Calder Valley line. Ye gods - what changes!
My thoughts too, from university days in the 70s. So many trees and no industry!
Another billaint video! I like how its not filmed in perfect weather. The rain makes the line look so atmospheric!
I just wish it had a quieter wiper Henry.
@@doncoffey5820 To be honest I didn't notice the noise.