Rickmansworth to Amersham driver pov

[ramesh046]

You remind me of David Cameron!

[Mounhas]

That's something different. Journey time from Amersham to bak Street, is it long, and are there fast trains missing out inner suburban stations?

[Mounhas]

@Mounhas But then your video "Baker Street to Harrow by A60 stock" answers my question below re missing stations.

[LordRassy]

In theory, could you run a cable from the third rail into a house? My electric bill has gone throuh the roof since i started growing exotic plants, so i'm looking at the alternatives???

[Murderdogs]

@LordRassy Hahaha! The line is 600v, so you would need a transformer. It will be increased to 750v in a year or two on this line. But yes, if you wired the positive terminal of a step-down transformer to the outer electric rail and the negative terminal to the rail in the centre (or the normal running rails if it's not the tube) then yes, it would work!

[ChumpusRex]

Wow. That line looks identical today!

[formulacountdown]

I still struggle to believe that 2:16 is the M25....

[Tripnick]

I like the video but why does it stop at 3:55?

[DANEBLUEGNOME]

Very interesting veiw, but speed start you've got?

[Bails992]

what was the top speed?

[A60stock]

@Bails992 They used to run up to 70 mph but in latter years were restricted to 50 mph. The ride above 50 was pretty dreadful passengers were bounced all over the car.

[RDL1984]

@A60stock

But now, with the refurbished rail structure, that units (and the newer S Stock) can go again until 70 mph?

[kingbleah]

why do we still need train drivers ?.

should it not be totally automatic? in this day and age?

[A60stock]

@kingbleah When the Victria Line was being planned driverless trains were envisaged, but the Public Relations office at LT said the public would not use unmanned trains so a 'train operator" was out in a cab to open and close doors and press the start button. The Victoria Line is a successful automatic railway, that just happens to have man in the cab. The Central line is now in a similar position and the Jubilee line will follow on soon. Its the British distaste of change.

[chezvegas87]

@A60stock or probably, lets not let computers take over every job, coz soon there will be no jobs left requiring people

[Bails992]

@kingbleah there was an automatic train designd for nyc subway but no one trusted it and so they got rid of it i dont blame them i would not trust a driverless train

[bronzeonion]

@kingbleah Wouldnt that be abit boring?

[formulacountdown]

How did you get this?

[A60stock]

With a camera mounted in the cab besides the motorman

[douglas1249]

What is the centre track for???

[Jammers22]

Two tracks for wheels, two tracks for the electric current. The middle one is electric plus the raised outer one - sometimes on the left, sometimes on the right.

[yadnala]

i could have been signalman at rick or amersham to. Met relief sinalmen were god. I thank you for posting these. Got any footage of the regulating rooms (signal boxes)? Harrow was very impressive!

[A60stock]

The two lines join tracks south of Rickmansworth and run together to Amersham. The Metropolitan Railway always shared the line with the Great Central Railway (which started in Manchester) from the time when both were owned by Edward Watkin who wanted trains to run on to Paris through a Channel tunnel ( they started to build in 1881), but was not to be realized for over100 years. BTW Edward Watkin was responsible for building the CPR across Canada.

[rgales81]

So the Met line shares trackage with the commuter lines?

[theignorantpeasant]

Wow, Metropolitan Red coping on the roof, and an uncovered footbridge.  Those were the days. Now we've got a rotten white roof, and a rotten covering on the footbridge.

Thats progress for you.

[ordjay]

Fantastic; what great videos. A simple but effective concept; letting the (lifelong!)London Transport user into that world of the driver POV. Thanks

[AppleOranges12]

Wow, thats 16 years ago!