An hour at Ipswich

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An hour at Ipswich

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An hour spent at Ipswich watching a few anglia trains and a container train passing through
Hoping to film a bit more here over the next few weeks

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@MrWheelie33 7 ай бұрын

Also the only newer passenger trains that I know that don't need wheelchair ramps as most platforms are level with the trains which is brilliant

@stevewareing8525 7 ай бұрын

Happy New Year Brian, great video. 👍.

@KarrrRep 7 ай бұрын

Good to see you again missed you. Hopefully you will be back down my neck of the woods again sometime. Sunny here in NMP.

@TimmyVulture 7 ай бұрын

I can remember 03s and 08s on the occasional trip down to the docks via the lower yard sidings in the 80s. There was quite an extensive rail system on the docks until the 1970s and you can still see the odd bit of rail down there to this day.

@stephendavies6949 7 ай бұрын

Interesting. I recently bought an orange-livered OO gauge Bachmann model of an 08 shunter purely because it's currently plying its trade at Ipswich.

@beeble2003 7 ай бұрын

1:40 Yes, that's a bi-mode unit. You can tell them because they have the half-length windowless carriage that contains the engines, as at 1:56. That platform's used for the Felixstowe and Lowestoft trains, so your first guess was reasonable. 2:10 No idea if they still fuel locomotives at what you call the old fuelling point, but there are often a couple of 66s parked there, unless they've changed that in the last couple of months. You get a decent view of the VMF from passing trains.

@tomm856 7 ай бұрын

I used to work in Tees yard, not far from Durham. At one time it was a huge marshalling yard with a hump but now it's almost all gone.

@chrisnicholls8636 7 ай бұрын

Nice to see you back Brian, are you route learning down there mate

@easternrailfreight 7 ай бұрын

Brilliant vid Bri, you're in my territory!! You should try the Felixstowe branch line you get plenty of freight, or Stowmarket but that is a slightly biased opinion!

@StevenHughestransportvideos 7 ай бұрын

The repeater was uaed heavily by the guards on the hauled trains as they dispatched from the back of the train and could see the train had the road before despatching. I havent been to Ipswich since u moved up north. I must pay a visit to the region again this year

@letrainavapeur 7 ай бұрын

According to Open Street Map (the best for showing rail lines) that bridge was to Ipswich docks. Keep the videos coming.

@Traindriverbrian1 7 ай бұрын

Thankoyu for that it’s behind my hotel

@carlrobinson3574 7 ай бұрын

You can see the rails still on the bridge on Google maps. The line used to cross the the road where the entrance to the VMF is. As said it then used to go to the docks, but I don't think are any old rails visible any more as the dock/waterfront has completely modernised

@MrWheelie33 7 ай бұрын

My home town that Brian been in Durham 8years now I do miss it sometimes though

@xbx.trains2192 7 ай бұрын

I believe that line is the abandoned Ipswich Docks line. Does what it was called went around the docks. Closed in late 80s or early 2000s i think due to Felixstowe taking away a lot of its traffic. Only a short 1km spur of it left that rarely gets use.

@easternrailfreight 7 ай бұрын

Ipswich Griffin Wharf, DB run to it very rarely but probably not long until GBRf take that job over lol

@carlrobinson3574 7 ай бұрын

This is my local station so was interesting to see you here. My daughter has been working near Crewe for the last year and I've driven on the Shavington bypass a number of times so know Basford Hall a bit as well.

@Traindriverbrian1 7 ай бұрын

I’m here for another fortnight so will be around

@stephendavies6949 7 ай бұрын

Living in Suffolk, I can say that the new trains have transformed the services in East Anglia. It's just a shame that so many of the branch lines no longer exist.

@annatrindall9829 7 ай бұрын

Those 755's may be the mutts nuts but to me they are cold,soul less things. I liked it better when we had the class 68 diesels running from Lowestoft.

@stephendavies6949 7 ай бұрын

@annatrindall9829 I can relate to that. I grew up in South Wales and from time to time in the 1980s, 90s & 2000s the usual DMU services on one of the Valley Lines was replaced by class 37 hauled trains. Lovely!

@joewright6000 7 ай бұрын

They haven't sent you to the early learning centre have they?

@MrWheelie33 7 ай бұрын

Somewhere very close to the hotel where you are Brian they use to have a train crossing with those lovely white wooden gates many years ago until late 80s which would run round to the bridge taking them to the Ipswich docks how much of the crossing on Ranleigh Road is still visible I'm not sure but it's very close on the road you're staying on

@onesandzeros 7 ай бұрын

Happy new year Brian

@easternrailfreight 7 ай бұрын

66744 is the GBRf 66 in the yard, awaiting VMF attention

@robd2184 7 ай бұрын

You don’t seem to be posting from “ behind the wire “ anymore ? Has it been disallowed ?

@stephendavies6949 7 ай бұрын

What's your view on the new 93s? Do you think they are the answer to "filling the gaps" that remain unelectrified?

@annatrindall9829 7 ай бұрын

I think they'll do well here.

@roslynlock9205 7 ай бұрын

Hi glad to see you on utube again can you say about the freight liner wagons do they have dedicated routes like the one in your videoor can that set when is gets to Lawley Street get to another destination or dos it return to Felixstowe

@Traindriverbrian1 7 ай бұрын

They stay in sets usually for a week at a time

@xbx.trains2192 7 ай бұрын

And due to redevelopment if it. most restaurants and the university nowerdays but still signs it was there

@MrWheelie33 7 ай бұрын

True if Brian gets time he should still see evidence of some of the track lines near the waterfront and Bourne Bridge over the road close to the skate park aswell hopefully if its still there

@SteveSmithRailways 7 ай бұрын

Ipswich for 3 weeks....lucky you. Training course? I think the old stabling point is now used for units when not in use. I had the pleasure, or should I say dis-pleasure of going on one of those new units from Liverpool St to Ipswich. Again, modern plastic crap that are not very comfortable at all. Still, things like comfort aren't on the top of the list of TOC's now. Those days are long gone. I feel sorry for commuters today.

@beeble2003 7 ай бұрын

:shrug: I live along the Great Eastern Mainline and use the trains every few weeks. They seem fine to me -- no complaints about comfort, and London to Norwich is only two hours, so it's not like you're on them for long.

@GreatEasternMainlineSpots 5 ай бұрын

@@beeble2003he's just blinded by nostalgia mate,the trains that came before then weren't amazingly comfortable either

@gwrydd 7 ай бұрын

random question but with work dragging you to places all the way down near london from crewe do you ever fear of getting stuck down there?

@Traindriverbrian1 7 ай бұрын

No it is either a hotel or taxi either way we get looked after

@johnson_street_IEMD 7 ай бұрын

Hey, I saw 4M87 earlier today at Penkridge and wondered why 90014 was with 90013 tonight - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/e6xlh8Rj0czIp6M.htmlsi=uz0vEzEzUM0mCpyU - instead of 90004 as they were only last week - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nr1keN2dvKqZoKM.html - and this got me wondering how the 90s are paired up and for you guys (Freightliner) what determines the splitting up of working pairs ... especially given yours seem to run like clockwork, compared to that of other operators 90s in times gone by ..