Crewe to Chester - DRIVERS EYE VIEW

Ha Ha... With that wheel flat the class 153 sounds just like a steam loco...

Thank you for all the effort that went into this! Not just a cab view but a thorough description of the line and its history.

Excellent video with just the right amount of information re: local history, signalling etc. I loved the occasional shots of trains passing the locations we were seeing from the cab - the windscreen could use a wash! - great for adding context. Looking forward to the next one!

Not sure why this popped into my YouTube but glad it did. I travelled this route many , many times in the mid 1970s to get to my ultimate destination, Birmingham. I had to change at Crewe. Brought back a lot of memories. I learnt a lot about the route, especially the old stations no longer in existence. I recall the Rolls Royce facility outside Crewe where lots of Rollers were parked, viewable from the train. I guess that closed down some time ago. Many thanks Next stop Chester to Holyhead. I used to live on the Menai Straits and could see the bridge !!!

The commentary is very valued. I have been on this line from Chester to Crewe in late Summer - it was really atmospheric and almost like a rite of Autumn.

I have travelled this line many times and never knew about it's history until watching this, thanks

I love these commentary videos. As this route exists in a simulator environment, I have picked up the bit about drainage problems around a 65 limit and will have to use that myself when I run that route in that environment. Happy to know more about the closed stations, as well. Keep up the good work documenting these routes, they are infinitely better than uncommentated runs.

Thanks very much for sharing ! Well done!!!

Excellent video, very well put together. Love the additional information. It's good that the various TOCs participated and let you publish this. They should know that it is very good PR. I wish there were cameras on the front of all trains, with live streaming so passengers on board could watch their journey via the on board wi-fi. I can't help but notice on so many journeys on the East and West coast main lines and other major routes, how many built up areas trains pass, but with no station for miles and miles. Many of these places are still having new developments and constantly expanding. It's not just new lines we need, or old routes brought back to life, we also need lots of new stations built on existing lines to serve the local population. Especially if we have to change our transport habits in the future as we move away from our dependence on the internal combustion engine. Even a small network like Merseyrail has had Maghull North, and is looking at other new stations such at the Baltic Triangle.

Excellent, great cab ride .

They also get coupled up with class 158 or 150 and come to us in Holyhead too often nowadays they are nicknamed dog boxes but either way they get the job done

Thanks for another fab video

Magnificent it’s be a year since we last had a drivers eye view

Great video Paul!! Xx

Amazing vid. I did the crewe-chester shuttle on march 14th this year. It was operated by 158836

Thanks Paul, always a pleasure. :face-purple-smiling-fangs:🏳‍🌈

Great video, but I guess it isn’t worth the trouble to clean the windscreen for a 27-minute journey. 🐨🇦🇺

That wheel flat needs attention!

Great video there 👍

At Beeston Castle the mounds on the left with metal boxes on top are all part of an abandoned GPSS Oil Depot.