Ok Ben this was like watching a video where I wasn't with you as there a fair few shots which are different to mine which is great. You did a better job at Didcot North with the one class 70 which I knew you would have, but at Appleford your zoom filming was excellent I think.

Nice freight train video 👍😎😎👍

That's some serious accelleration from a standing start.😲

I love that train called Furious. It makes me think of Daniel Ashville Louisy, who like me is crazy about trains. I only wish I were younger as I'd definitely be writing to GBRf and asking if there were any roles which could suit me.

Great video Ben, the reason I am saying that is the amount of 507 footage which you must of seen the units twice, and what a surprise with that LE 69 you got on film. Oh yes you captured the sound of 507001 perfectly, which my son Paul went on today to get some food from Southport.. Great stuff Mike.

I am on holiday in Southport with the family next week. Hoping to catch some 507's whilst in the area as well.

Cracking vid there Ben,need to visit a couple of those locations myself.Do like a 70 working hard,shame 003 wasn’t working on the day for you.Regards Dave👍🏼

That’s a great series of vids from France Ben,always nice to see what other countries are doing,looks like you had a good time.Cheers Dave👍🏼

Oh yes this was a great afternoon wasn't it, I had forgotten you hadn't uploaded this one.

A very good mix of French trains and a English shed Ben, I did hear some heavy breathing from you, I hope that was excitement of seeing great freight trains in France, cheers for the upload Mike.

Another cracker from over the channel Ben. Loving these visits to France mate, thanks and take care, Colin.

Awesome footage Ben. Some great shots there, especially at Hatton jcn mate. Thanks for sharing Ben, all the best, Colin.

Great location Ben and all interesting trains as well.

1:17 it’s almost like a proper 66 Ben

Ahh my favourite and most visited place in France! Top stuff mate.

Great video Ben. How will the 5 day track posession (27-31 July) between Leamington and Bicester North disrupt freight? Any idea which routes they will be redirected onto?

Hatton North Junction looked like a nice place to be on the day, birds singing, no howling wind then a distant rumble of a 68 getting ever louder to shatter the illusion of peace and tranquility. Great video all round Ben.

Absolutely brilliant stuff Ben. That's some great footage from great locations

We will regret in the future that Green Zelots have crippled our country . Germany still uses coal power for generation . We are too goody goody . Global warming is a big smoke screen. John

Excellent video Ben 👍

Wow you’re back in Warwickshire

Fantastic Ben. The triple header on coal hoppers on 3.55. was a great catch and so good to see some ex EWS 66's working away out there. Really enjoyed mate, thanks for sharing and i look forward to the next episode. Best regards Ben, Colin.

No short freights here Ben, was impressed with the amount of doubleheaders you filmed at this location, and I have to mention the red sheds which was great to see. 😊😊

Great coverage of this historic event. Nicely put together & presented. So sorry for your loss Ben. A lovely tribute dedicating this to your Dad.

I guess there's been some track work somewhere not to far away. Love the weed plough on the front of the class 507 as it enters the platform. What on earth was that pink think ? Great video.

Posable two trains to from the UK the 66 looks like the daventry walter vands and the DB 185/6 looks like the ALu novelis train with the vans on the back , gret euro action ben

Very nice mate - having been to Hazebrouck a few times I’ve never actually gone to this spot, I’ve always driven past it on the other side of the road! Great to see sheds doing their thing 😎. Looks like that green gate/fence is new, it’s not there on Google maps. What a bummer as it’s right in the way!

Excellent video Ben, you caught some very good freight workings and locos. Double headers, triple headers, but the good old 66's can do it all on their own.😁

16:00 I can see the Amazon prime logo on that container train in this clip Ben

4:15 that EWS 66 is almost like a proper EWS shed loco Ben

Interesting to note that all containers were mainland Europe in origin and no overseas jobbies. enjoyed that.

So sorry to hear about your loss Ben. This is a lovely tribute to him. My Dad passed away in 2007 and I was away in Kazakhstan on a plane trip and Mike kindly drove to Heathrow to pick me after I got an earlier flight back to the UK. Take care, Matt

A great shame that the politicians have decided to cease coal production and power generation from it. Britain's CO2 output was less than 2 % of world manmade output. An insignificant amount in my view and a great loss to close off an energy resource. Furthermore, hardly economic or environmental sense to be importing coal from places like Venezuela when there are still huge deposits here. Thank you for caring to record this great but sad event.

Super vid, really well put together.

Fantastic video, loved it, well done. For someone from Lincoln, heading back home from down south from any trip or dropping off the M1, the sight of these cooling towers always got me. For I then know the trip home is almost done. they were my gateway to home counties. Are there any rail tours planned to go around the site before decommissioning? like they did with Cottam recently?

Some different locations which I have not seen before. Very interesting. Regards John

Another terrific video in the French series. Mind the gap when alighting, there maybe wild animals lurking at the platform edge, and if they don't get you the cables across the platform will.🙄 Hope there is more to come Ben.

Brilliant footage Ben. Plenty of diesel hauled freight which was quite suprising, and that track nearest the platform was in need of the weed sprayer. Take care Mate, Colin.

Thank you Ben for showing your fourth day of filming all sorts of workings.

Close it all down and transition into what?, where is the work to soak up all these redundancies?, I know people still out of proper work since 2010 when all this chaos started with Coal Plants, Opencast Mines, Coking Sites, Steelworks etc. If it had made the difference they said it would at the time we would all be enjoying plentiful affordable energy. If people are priced out of the economy then what’s it all about?.

Do something with your sound levels...

Another great one mate, not done this part of France and it doesn’t look too bad at all for freight!

Fantastic video mate, really is the end of an era. Also thoughts with you at this difficult time with the passing of your father.

Fantastic stuff mate, those loco hauleds don’t have long left now so good to get some on record. I’ll watch the other videos from France soon! Also a good amount of freight variety caught, sadly when I visited I saw next to nothing.

Great Job Ben and a lovely touch dedicating it to your Dad , thinking of you all .

Plenty more of this shit to come under labour

Past my human lifespan the truth might be told of climate change and other things in the 21st century and the wicked people who impoverished this United Kingdom, not to save humanity but for huge financial gain for themselves. I say thank you to all working people who over hundreds of years made Britain and the world a better place.

A country ruined by politicians with the brains of a peanut.

Ben so very sorry for your lose of your father, never evert thought this day would come in the 70's and 80's coal trains ran every where one after the other and took it for granted it would carry on for ever, a very sad day indeed, just hope the tosspots in government don't make the country live to regret this Also believe the postal trains are now going to end with the post office using lorries, yet another part of the railway gone forever

Lovely video, I was on site the week before and took plenty of footage of the 3rd to last coal train (66784) going through the unloading shed at Ratcliffe, great tribute.