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1971 Midland Mainline cab ride St. Pancras - Sheffield

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1971 Midland Mainline cab ride St. Pancras - Sheffield 18/06/2014 at 18:16 #61829
jc92
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3685 posts 		I found these on Youtube and thought they may be of interest to everyone else:

part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RH3J-rTdKrc

part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0OIfpziQ2w
"We don't stop camborne wednesdays"
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1971 Midland Mainline cab ride St. Pancras - Sheffield 18/06/2014 at 19:15 #61830
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1742 posts 		Cor yes!!!

Thank you for that... one or two old memories there as well as a lot of signalling fascination.
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1971 Midland Mainline cab ride St. Pancras - Sheffield 19/06/2014 at 04:05 #61840
BarryM
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2158 posts 		Hello Joe,
Could you provide the links please?

TIA
Barry
Barry, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Last edited: 19/06/2014 at 04:06 by BarryM
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1971 Midland Mainline cab ride St. Pancras - Sheffield 19/06/2014 at 05:50 #61841
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386 posts 		Part 1 and Part 2
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1971 Midland Mainline cab ride St. Pancras - Sheffield 19/06/2014 at 18:51 #61857
delticfan
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476 posts 		Talk about a trip back in time. My old home station at Chesterfield ain't changed much.
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1971 Midland Mainline cab ride St. Pancras - Sheffield 20/06/2014 at 01:29 #61860
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272 posts 		Must admit I was never that interested in the MML until I moved to Sheffield. Interesting to see Dore station with four tracks. Haven't they proposed re-doubling the Hope Valley line passing through Dore. The approach into Sheffield (Midland) has certainly changed !!

Some of the place names on the commentary made me laugh - not how the locals pronounce them eg Beauchief is actually pronounced as Beesheaf and it is Bradway tunnel not Broadway tunnel.

Thanks for sharing this interesting video.

By the way, what are all those funny posts with arms on them ?
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1971 Midland Mainline cab ride St. Pancras - Sheffield 20/06/2014 at 01:40 #61861
uboat
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219 posts 		interesting thank you.
please post more if available.
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1971 Midland Mainline cab ride St. Pancras - Sheffield 20/06/2014 at 06:54 #61868
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963 posts 		" said:


By the way, what are all those funny posts with arms on them ? :P
Gibbets where the bodies of errant train crew were displayed as a warning to others.
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1971 Midland Mainline cab ride St. Pancras - Sheffield 20/06/2014 at 18:42 #61889
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23 posts 		" said:


Some of the place names on the commentary made me laugh - not how the locals pronounce them eg Beauchief is actually pronounced as Beesheaf and it is Bradway tunnel not Broadway tunnel.

Thanks for sharing this interesting video.

By the way, what are all those funny posts with arms on them ? :P
Yes. Where's "Totton"? Is it anywhere near Toton?

Thanks to the OP for posting these, though.

One thing that struck me was how vulnerable p-way workers seemed. Ok, they're wearing Hiviz of a sort, but I can't remember a single instance of the driver sounding the horn on approach.
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1971 Midland Mainline cab ride St. Pancras - Sheffield 20/06/2014 at 18:45 #61890
Muzer
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718 posts 		Totton is between Redbridge and Ashurst (New Forest) (previously known as Lyndhurst Road), I'm sure that's not quite where they meant though ;).
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