Cab Rides
Avon Valley Railway
The Avon Valley Railway runs over part of the former Midland Railway line between Bath Green Park and Mangotsfield, which along with the Somerset & Dorset route between Bath and Bournemouth, closed in 1966. Here we enjoy a footplate ride on Tkh49 (otherwise known as T3A or Ferrum 47) Class 0-6-0T No. 4015 Karel between Avon Riverside and Bitton Station on 16th September 2012. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y495Z5NmZIM
Beer Heights Light Railway
A footplate ride behind BHLR 0-4-2STT No. 4 Thomas II on the 7.25" gauge Beer Heights Light Railway at Pecorama near Seaton. My thanks to the driver and railway for their assistance with the filming! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVsn7T2LuIo
Bodmin & Wenford Railway
With Ben Warren driving Class 50 50042 Triumph, we enjoy a cab ride from Bodmin Parkway to Bodmin General on the Bodmin & Wenford Railway working the 1400 Bodmin Parkway - Bodmin General DEC on 13th October 2018. Listen to that 16 cylinder English Electric 16CSVT power plant! Mega!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OOpN_vpYic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OOpN_vpYic
In what could have been commonplace had the Southern's Withered Arm network of lines to Wadebridge and Padstow continued into the diesel era, we enjoy a cab ride in Push-Pull Class 33/1 33110 as we head from Bodmin General to Bodmin Parkway on the Bodmin & Wenford Railway on 6th May 2014. Enjoy the Sulzer Type 3 magic and Classic Traction would like to express its thanks to Chris Hart (General Manager) and the Bodmin & Wenford for allowing filming to take place. www.youtube.com/watch?v=htfB3WCen6M
Filmed from the cab of Class 50 50042 Triumph, we enjoy a cab ride from Bodmin General to Colesloggett Halt on the Bodmin & Wenford Railway on 25th June 2011. With thanks to the Bodmin & Wenford Railway and filmed with full permission of the crew and General Manager. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiIQprReDWo
Filmed from the cab of Class 50 50042 Triumph, we enjoy a cab ride from Colesloggett Halt to Bodmin Parkway on the Bodmin & Wenford Railway on 25th June 2011. With thanks to the Bodmin & Wenford Railway and filmed with full permission of the crew and General Manager. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21gSChtJ9GE
Filmed from the cab of Class 50 50042 Triumph, we enjoy a cab ride from Bodmin Parkway to Colesloggett Halt on the Bodmin & Wenford Railway on 25th June 2011. Classic Traction TV would like to express their thanks to the Bodmin & Wenford Railway and filmed with full permission of the crew and General Manager, Roger Webster. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1R3agvTKnE
A Class 37 cab ride on a DMU drag! Filmed on 22nd September 2007, we enjoy a cab ride in Class 37/0 37142 hauling a Class 108 DMU on the Bodmin & Wenford Railway as we journey from Bodmin General to Boscarne Junction, and up to the bufferstops, currently the limit of the line towards Wadebridge. Classic Traction would like to thank Roger Webster (General Manager) and the staff of the Bodmin & Wenford Railway for allowing filming to take place. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-NHSYk6iP8
Bredgar & Wormshill Light Railway
A footplate ride on wood burner (although restored to use coal) BWLR 0-6-0WT No. 9 Limpopo on the private Bredgar & Wormshill Light Railway in Kent on 29th October 2017. Built by John Fowler in 1930, Limpopo worked on the Sena Sugar Estates and was used at a sugar mill at Mopeia in Mozambique, before being repatriated in 1998 and restored to working order in 2003. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e48yhS_juuM
East Kent Railway
On 26th August 2013 we enjoy a cab ride in Class 101 DMU 101682 on the East Kent Railway from Shepherdswell to Eythorne. Once part of the extensive Colonel Stephens empire of light railways through the Kent coalfields, the cab ride includes passing through the biblically sounding 477 yard long Golgotha Tunnel, surely one of the longest tunnels in preservation. Enjoy this cab ride on one of Kent's often overlooked preserved railways! www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoUcruN4VZI
Gloucestershire & Warwickshire Railway
A driver's eye footplate view on BR (WR) 79xx 'Modified Hall' 4-6-0 7903 Foremarke Hall from Toddington to Broadway on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway on 29th March 2019 during a 30742 Photo Charter courtesy of Martin Creese. Enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVloHS5a9JM
Lynton & Barnstaple Railway
In one of my favourite narrow gauge locomotives, we take a ride on the footplate of SR Manning Wardle 2-6-2T 190 Lyd as we head up the 1 in 50 gradient from Killington Lane to Woody Bay on the Lynton & Barnstaple Railway in North Devon. Hopefully one day we will enjoy Lyd on a return visit and journey all the way to Lynton! www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oVCMu1c_qs
A footplate ride on a combination that has not been possible since 1935! Double-heading with SR Forney 2-4-2T Yankee Tank 762 Lyn, we enjoy a footplate ride on SR Manning Wardle 2-6-2T 190 Lyd as they climb the 1 in 50 gradient from Killington Lane to Woody Bay on 1st October 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emyf6qiGsfY
Plym Valley Railway
Filmed from the cab of Class 50 50017 Royal Oak, we enjoy a cab ride on the Plym Valley Railway from Marsh Mills (PVR) Halt - Plym Bridge Platform on 24th August 2013, on the former Launceston branch which closed in December 1962. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCd2hwdfbyE
Sittingbourne & Kemsley Light Railway
Filmed in August 2013, we enjoy a cab ride over the 2'6" gauge Sittingbourne & Kemsley Light Railway courtesy of SKLR 2-4-0ST Leader from Sittingbourne Viaduct to Kemsley Down. This industrial narrow gauge railway was opened in 1904 to transport raw materials from Ridham Dock to serve the Bowater's Paper Mills in Sittingbourne. Saved for preservation in 1969, the line closed from 2008 to 2012 for extensive repairs to the iconic Sittingbourne Viaduct, and today runs for almost 2 miles to Kemsley Down along the former narrow gauge main line of this industrial railway system. My thanks to the crew of Leader and the railway for allowing me to film from the footplate! Thanks and enjoy the film! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pai0TNr25E8
South Devon Railway
Filmed from the cab of GWR auto trailer No. 233, we enjoy a cab ride between Ashburton Junction (Totnes) and Staverton propelled by GWR 55xx 2-6-2T Prairie 5542 with a return Totnes - Buckfastleigh auto working on 30th May 2017.
A footplate ride on GWR 55xx 2-6-2T Prairie 5526 from Buckfastleigh to Staverton on the South Devon Railway. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oerSzQe_MWE
In Part II, we continue our footplate ride on GWR 55xx 2-6-2T Prairie 5526 from Staverton to Totnes on the South Devon Railway on 6th April 2009. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KajwYpTWZCU
Severn Valley Railway
In true 'London to Brighton' style and filmed from the cab of Class 52 'Western' D1013 Western Ranger, we travel the 13 miles between Bewdley and Bridgnorth on the Severn Valley Railway in just 3 minutes, at simulated speeds of over 500mph! Filmed during one of the ever popular driver experience courses on 8th September 2005, 'Western Ranger' sounds as sweet as a sewing machine as she reaches a simulated speed of 530mph whilst climbing Eardington Bank!
Filmed during a Driver's Experience Course in Class 52 'Western' diesel-hydraulic D1013 Western Ranger, we enjoy a cab ride from Bewdley to Northwood Halt on the Severn Valley Railway.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80vJzQYDXh0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80vJzQYDXh0
Filmed during a Driver's Experience Course in Class 52 'Western' diesel-hydraulic D1013 Western Ranger, we enjoy a cab ride from Northwood Halt to Arley on the Severn Valley Railway. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbD1nf0arJg
Filmed during a Driver's Experience Course in Class 52 'Western' diesel-hydraulic D1013 Western Ranger, we enjoy a cab ride from Arley to Highley Loop on the Severn Valley Railway on 8th September 2005.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a08x1rxinzE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a08x1rxinzE
Filmed during a Driver's Experience Course in Class 52 'Western' diesel-hydraulic D1013 Western Ranger, we enjoy a cab ride from Highley Loop to Hampton Loade on the Severn Valley Railway on 8th September 2005.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pk-0ZcL0csQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pk-0ZcL0csQ
Filmed during a Driver's Experience Course in Class 52 'Western' diesel-hydraulic D1013 Western Ranger, we enjoy a cab ride from Hampton Loade to Eardington Halt on the Severn Valley Railway on 8th September 2005. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxkjH10CfV0
Filmed during a Driver's Experience Course in Class 52 'Western' diesel-hydraulic D1013 Western Ranger, we enjoy a cab ride from Eardington Halt to Bridgnorth on the Severn Valley Railway on 8th September 2005.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtKXc4u2CSg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtKXc4u2CSg