Cab ride from London Euston to Northampton

On a class 350 in 2013, rain between between Harrow and Watford

[vern]

Thanks for sharing. Brings back memories of the early 80's when I worked in the Divisional Office at Euston, commuting from Northampton. Back then it was either stop start on the Class 310's or the Master Cobbler and later Mistress Cobbler (aka as "The Poison Dwarf" - anyone reading this who used to work with me in Room 225 will I'm sure recall why). Almost guaranteed an 81/82/83/85 in the evening and even more guaranteed it would fail somewhere at least once a week, hour late into N'pton and another dried up dinner! Vern.

[gerardlang]

Awesome video. It’s nice to see how rail systems work in other countries. I’m an engineer here in the US, and the only “high speed” we have is from Washington DC to Boston. I would love to ride some of the trains there one day

[greatbritishentertainmentl]

Very nice trip as I've never been north of Watford Junction before as I use to alight there for the St Albans Abbey link to Bricket Wood. Great memories!

[aquilarossa]

Went past my old house in Milton Keynes near Wolverton that I have not seen since 1985 when we moved to NZ. Video before this the train went past Tooting Bec Common where i lived before MK and became 'London overspill', which does not sound very flattering. I was obsessed with trains as a kid. Not so many of them in NZ. I used to bunk off primary school and sneak on the tube going sight seeing. Mom would have had a fit if she had known.

[Rogsie-pl]

I like the way you reset the vigilance at every clear AWS. I never did it that way.

[nwguyuk]

Love the Pendolino overtaking at around 43:00 - Just shows how close the headways are.

Your train has only just had time to clear the Down Fast at Milton Keynes and make a stop, before the Pendo would have been seeing double yellows behind you.

This is why there is a need for HS2 to increase the capacity! The slightest delay, and it has a massive knock on effect.

[mikepocock]

Great video, it was lovely to see my home town station from the cab.

[shano]

Love the Vid, its great seeing cab rides from different countries, it may be annoying to some but something I have noticed in this Vid and not in others is that I like the fact that an alert rings out before every signal

[martinmarsola]

An interesting ride today. Thank you for the trip! Cheers mate!

[jacksugden]

Smashing journey with excellent infrastructure, with a very video camera in delightful clear conditions.

[gbuq]

I used to live at Long Buckby and spent may happy hours spotting at the station in the 1960's

[jwslijm]

In 70 seconds that train at 42:52 paasing this train and is never seen again after the curve!

[Huttworker]

Great to watch, used maps to get an idea on the route. Noticed flats when leaving Milton Keynes.

[Thunderer]

Great video, I have a question about the clear road AWS sounds, I was use to first & second generation traction AWS sounds with bells and horn/claxon, I've heard 158/9, 442's and 321 solid state AWS pings & pongs, but these 350's seem to have a hint of a vigilance bleep in with the AWS greens, is that party due to TPWS or new LED signals or a 350 trait?

[AFCManUk]

Used to travel this route, between Milton Keynes and Coventry, a fair bit. I'd always wait at MK for a Virgin Trains service, as the Midland Mainline via Northampton added a good 30-45 minutes to the journey.
Virgin services would usually be direct; MK - Rugby - Coventry, then onwards to Birmingham.

[Bigbro]

Great video but onscreen info, such as station and junction names, would make it more interesting. Thanks for sharing. 🐨🇦🇺

[captainjohn]

Nice video, Skraggie . . . always interesting to catch a glimpse railroading in the UK. Any idea why there lengths of rail scattered all over the place (exclusive of those lengths that are apparently intended to replace worn rail). I've seen this in a number of UK videos (actually, all of them it seems) and have wondered why the pieces haven't been collected and recycled. Thanks for the upload.

[dhouse-dl]

Fascinating. Does it join the KC line at some point and when did it cross the M25?

[garydunken]

Is the beep in the cab timed to occur at entry to each segment i.e. just before the each signal point, to alert driver to check segment signal? Anyone knows?
BTW, watching these express train videos at x2 speed is even more cool.

[WilliamHBaird-eqhp]

What A thrill ride and so much to see too!