Nothing better to sit down and watch this as therapeutic therapy for the mind when you've spent two days listening to England getting Aussie bashed in the cricket 😂😂. Some wonderful history and local lessons. Brilliant and thanks for your efforts in producing videos like these

This is to much of a coincidence for me not to comment. This premiered on August 11th (my birthday) and covers the journey from Hazel Grove (where I lived age 1-5 and again age 11-14) to the place of my birth (Blackpool - Victoria Hospital). Thank you for this video and especially thanks for the well timed tickertape explanations along the bottom of the screen on this and others of you excellent videos :-)

Another great job Don and very well researched. It was nice to see the developments at Bolton but caused an "all our yesterdays" moment! Spent a delightful period there as Assistant Area Manager (Parcels) with my 100 ladies who sorted and loaded parcels from the surrounding mills serving the mail order industry long before Amazon.

Thanks. Brings back memories of around 1960 when in summer we often went on Sat nights at 4 pm from Stockport to Blackpool North to go dancing at the Winter Gardens ballroom. 4 shilling ( 20 pence ) return. Left Blackpool at midnight then walked home 4 miles from Stockport to Bredbury. Happy youth.

Thanks for the ride. It was good to see the BNFL Springfields plant at Salwick where I served my apprenticeship in 1977. I had 20 wonderful years there. I'm now going to travel with you from Preston to Carlisle. Thanks for taking us along.

Hi from Pennsylvania. Thank you Don for another of your fine, informative videos. I see directly ahead of the train at the end the notable Blackpool Tower, which I remember from videos of Blackpool’s unique streetcar line. Blackpool’s streetcar line is the only one which ran uninterrupted through the dark days when tram lines were in ill repute throughout the UK and were all abandoned. Now modern streetcar systems, called Light Rail Transit (LRTs) are being installed worldwide. Blackpool’s system was recently renovated to modern standards, although great care was taken to retain its unique history and character. You do such a great job on these presentations. Thank you again!! CAS

Don’t mean this in a bad way Don,but when I can’t sleep I put on one of your excellent train journeys,they are so relaxing 😀

An interesting video and the historical arches in restoration. A unique video today. Thanks Don. 🇬🇧🙂👍🇺🇸

I'm a Brit who has lived in the States most of his life. Americans think the phrase "Mind the Gap" is enormously funny. I have never understood why. Great vid, anyway. Very informative.

Don these films are excellent, and indeed just get better and better. Far better than any drivers eye view films which I have seen over the last 30 years.

Thanks again Don for taking us to the seaside. More nostalgia. As a 10 year old I was evacuated from Hull to Fleetwood. I travelled alone changing stations at Manchester, and then at Kirkham and Poulton. Trains crowded at all times. I suppose we should not have been surprised that there was trouble with a water crossing Moses Gate!!

Bolton to Blackpool journey was epic and very informative (my world not done that journey since the early 60s) Just loved the whole journey.Thanks for the memories 👍

They just get better and better! An object lesson in producing in-cab videos. Thanks, Don, for the considerable time and effort you must expend producing these videos.

Thanks Don, I always enjoy your very well produced and annotated videos. keep up the good work!

Does a very good job of explaining why upgrade projects can run so late. It's not just a case of stringing the wires up, the whole line is upgraded as well. In fact, it does a better job of explaining the difficulties that can arise than Network Rail do themselves.

Fascinating video Don, especially liked the description of the engineering works at Chorley Tunnel and the Flying Arches. Back in the late 1950s I used to travel on steam trains from Oldham Mumps to Bolton via Manchester once a month on a Saturday with my Mum to visit my Dad who worked in Bolton.

Excellent. They just keep getting better and better. Great captioning especially at the points of historical or technical interest. keep 'em coming.

Always a pleasure to ride with you. Thanks Don.

Thank you for another educational and entertaining film! I especially enjoyed the section on the flying arches!

This video is so professionally made. Thank you, Don.

I very much enjoyed this video with all the information provided. The annotations and maps really help a Yank understand your rail system. Cheers from Wisconsin.

Many thanks for the effort you put into these. It was highly enjoyable AND very interesting.

What a brilliant video, thank you so much for sharing.

Excellent production, really enjoyed it, many thanks

Hi Don... Can't wait my friend... Thank you...

Another excellent and informative experience, thanks Don, keep them coming!!

Brilliant video with loads of information about things and places on the route. EXCELLENT 😀

These are the very best of this genre. Thanks Don.

Yet another fantastic video, I never tire of watching your videos over and over again. Thank you for providing them.

Absolutely fabulous videos. Thank you.

Thank you, I appreciate the obvious time and effort that has gone into the production of this video.

Well done Don - another excellent production!

Really excellent Don. Thanks so much. A great cab-ride and loads of interesting facts. (Especilly liked the restoration of the 'Flying Arches') Thanks again.

Stunning video Don. Really enjoy your channel keep up the amazing work mate.

Continuing my rail education around the UK. Thanks for another great video!

Now watching the premiere at the correct time. Good to see the video will NOW run on to Blackpool, passing my fave local level crossing at Carleton. Am sure it will be as EXCELLENT as all your others.

I love how you name every station you stop at or go thru,wish they all did

Thank you, Don, your videos are a great comfort during this time of "stay at home" lockdown.

This is one of the best cab videos I have seen for a very long time. Bravo Don, 1st class work that I very much appreciate. Thank you.

Brilliant video as always Don. Thanks

Not just a great video but a fascinating history lesson too... Thank you Don... Lovely Jubbly...

Beautiful video! just found this and im glad someone has recorded a drivers eye view of my local line!

Really enjoy watching your videos. Especially with the comments and historical and technical information.

Another excellent video! I do like your informative and educational notations.

Thx Don, for yet another superbly presented, and commented, video. It is such a pleasure to be a part of this community that you have created.

Another good video Don thanks once again for all the imformation that you put on it

Thank you for all your hard work in producing yet another great video.

Another excellent video, with really good comments. Thanks, Don.

Great video again Don. Very enjoyable ninety minutes. 👍🙂

Another terrific video with excellent captioning - thanks.

Really enjoyed that ride,seeing places I would otherwise never see. Some very interesting developments along that line,especially the Arches. What a feat of engineering that was!

Hurrah for the Flying Arches. Well done. Love the intricacies of the Victorian inner city elevated sections. Very Charles Dickens! Another interesting journey. Thanks.

excellent video, very informative and enjoyable to watch, thank you very much for your time and effort.

Another brillaint video! I found the section on the Chorley Flying Arches very interesting!

In my travels around the UK I've always admired the Stockport Viaduct, now I see what it's like to cross it! Dramatic urban views going through Manchester also, and the story of the Chorley arches is fascinating! Chance to travel about with you is a perfect escape from our current quarantine...Thanks so much!

The story behind the restoration of the Chorley’s Historic Flying Arches is fantastic! Would newer happened in Sweden. The Brits know how to save historic landmarks.

You’re a good man, Don C. Your efforts to entertain and inform us are much appreciated. This video is a fine example of that. Thanks for doing a great job. 🐨🇦🇺

Another magnificent video, a must see for anyone interested in British Railway’s and again, great information along the way. Thank you Don.

Once again a superb and informative presentation. I've done this run from Manchester to Blackpool before electrification so brought back fond memories. Thank you Don

Don, your videos are rapidly becoming my most eagerly awaited alerts. May you never run out of routes! Another fascinating trip, especially the bit about the arches

Facinating rail travelogue....very informative comments...all round ...very good video...Well Done

Great video, interesting facts about the tunnel a the arches, another very good video Don, thanks for sharing!

Fantastic video Don. The information is great. Some of the catenery at skew bridge junction is amazing. Don't think I've seen fizzy knitting so intricate and that signalling is a marvel. Many thanks.

Another great and informative video Don,thank you for uploading it. Its my local line and my local station (Chorley), nice to view it from this angle....

What a wonderful trip Don, thanks for sharing

One of the better done cab rides, and very informative. Well done! I wish someone would do an Acela Express this good

I am enjoying your videos immensely. Thanks.

Thanks for the video I rely look forward to them I live in the South West and find your Videos fascinating and very interesting Thanks Again

Yep, another good'un. This route went through my neck of the woods, Manchester to Preston. Nice to see the old familiar places. Thanks Don.

Only just seen this. Another excellent and very informative video. I was aware of the Chorley Arches but never knew the history of them until now.

I'm playing catch up, another great video & as always, thanks to the folks that help you to achieve these

Another great video from you, thanks so much for sharing. Brings back memories of when my late dad worked at Longsight shed in the '70s & '80s when everything was British Rail. The downtown Manchester skyline has changed a lot since I was last there in the late '80s.

Hi Don what another great film! Your route knowledge is amazing, love the compassion between the the two Aldlington stations think correct spelling, think also the Cheshire one is far the prettier one! plus the information on the flying arch’s was very informative brilliant what they did plus the fact that no one will really see it. Good on Network Rail. Enjoyable journey on a very wet day here on the Kent coast. Eddie 🤓

Stayed throughout the premiere, hope the charity benefits well with nearly 400 watching by the end. My 60 minute dog walk over the Carleton Crossing to the next bridge and beyond back to Bispham and Cleveleys was good to see and nice that the housing estate on the outskirts of Blackpool is finally back on track (well not literally). The Flying Arches, the highlight with superb background information. FYI, there is a plan to extend the tram route with an outer circle to include Poulton-Le-Fylde using the old train route. I hold my breath on that one ! Cheers Don.

You've just stolen 90+ minutes of my Saturday morning because I was transfixed by your video, complete with ordnance survey map open on another tab to identify the landmarks. Truly fascinating, thank you for a most interesting and educational production, well done!

Thank you Don for a most interesting trip to Blackpool, I have watched a Blog from a Blackpool Lad called Nodrog I watched all his videos from early 2018 when the start of the electrification began, he is very passionate in railways in that part of the country. Great to see how things have changed over the years, with routes disappearing not always for the better. I do hope that they decide to reopen the Fleetwood branch. thanks again for sharing your journeys with us my it long continue.

Yet another outstanding production 👌

Thanks Don for another excellent video. The extended feature on Chorley tunnel and the flying arches gave a real insight into the complex engineering work that was undertaken there. You also mentioned the line from Preston via Blackburn and Copy Pit summit to Hall Royd Junction and I wondered what the chances were of you getting permission to film this fascinating route. I’m guessing it’s a bit off the beaten track for you.

Superb as ever, Don! Cheers

Hi Don, this has been very very entertaining and thank you so much for the Text Commentary, very informative. I've not been on this route to Blackpool North for nearly 25 years now. I have a vivid memory of a day trip to Blackpool with my Mum back in 1983 , we pulling into the station and walked inside to be greeted by a giant poster for the new Bond Movie Octopussy. Good times and thanks again for the video.

Just watching your video and around Oldfield Road, one of the places I used to work back in the 1980's has gone and new buildings going up and around East Osdsall Lane the firm had some of the railway arches but all that land has been cleared and I presume all the small industries that were in the arches have been moved out. Going through Piccadilly your video shows how much new buildings are going up, seems to be tower cranes everywhere. Fantastic to see.

Look forward to watching this one.

outstanding video one of Don's best it's all the extra iofo that makes his videos so good

Thanks for sharing such a great vídeo. Indeed very informative for a bloke living faraway from UK...the story of the arches in Chorley is touching, considering that here in my country all the intercity passenger services have stopped. The lines and stations are mostly ruined or abandoned. By the way, you English railroad engeneering long ago built the early railroad system of my state São Paulo: Santos-Jundiaí (São Paulo Railway), Sorocabana, Noroeste, Mogiana, Cia Paulista de Estrada de Ferro. Cheers from Brazil.

another fantastic video sir seeing bolton were we travelled to from castleton to train spot in the 50s brilliant

This is one hell of a fantastic video. Thank you so very much

Another great video thankyou Don.

Another goodie, thanks Don.

Super vid. as usual please keep up the good work. P.S. Nice to see since the electrification that the Chorley cakes are now made with currents and not currants. !.Thanks again.

Good job it wasn't raining at Blackpool. No cover for passengers! Excellent commentary. Not an area I know well, so it has added to my knowledge. Thanks.

Thankyou, Don.. I love this. :)

Great video. I lived in the flats right next to Layton Station up until 2016, I used to watch the old semaphore distance signal on the Up line. Nice to see the line all electrified.

I live in Blackpool just on Cromwell Road about 2 minutes walk to the depot yard. I can actually hear the class 319s motor sound as shoot out from Blackpool North. It is amazing to hear it. Also a lovely video Don.

Another great video 👍🏽

Thanks for a great video with some fascinating information. And that photo of the accident between the ballast train and DMU looks horrendous.

Another great video.all best wishes.

Thanks don for another wonderful journey on a great rail network cheer's bob.ps I wish our trains could run this fast.

Interesting and informative - thanks

Hi Don! Brilliant videos as per usual. I think being in the dead centre of the tracks is far superior. :)

Great video . Thanks , Don