Happy to hear it. I'm not sure what it was about it, sometimes I get a really good feel about them and others less so! Reassuring to hear that it's in my head!
Baffles are also a pretty big deal in fire appliances, I wonder how many times people had to read the name Dennis with their head cocked to figure that out!
Yes, I think there's loads of ghost stories from around the network that could be covered in a podcast and I don't think each episode would need to be very long, probably 30 minutes at the most for most stories. I've got a book in my "to read" pile called 'Ticket to the gallows and other villainous tales from the tracks' by Barry Herbert. I can't remember if it was recommended elsewhere on this forum or I spotted it in one of the shops during a visit to the NYMR.I'm sure there is enough material to create a spin off covering hauntings and ghost stories associated with railway infrastructure. Just south of Welwyn North station is Digswell viaduct which again is alleged to have its own ghosts, and in the past was a hot spot for suicides, not so much railway related, moreso due to the height, people would jump off it. A dear friend, now retired who was a paramedic received an award for talking one young girl down from the edge of the parapet back in the 80's, but sadly there have been several occasions where sadly the emergency services have been too late.
On a brighter note, I'm looking forward to the lifting of COVID restrictions and being able to get back out and video trains again without feeling guilty about breaking the rules
Excellent.... I agree, 20min episodes would be about right
Oh don't send me stuff like that, don't you know I have an episode to write?! lost for hours!
Oops, ok, move on - nothing to see here.
Just finished listening to the lastest episode. A long one that didn't seem to take as long as 1hr 10mins! Another excellent episode, @tpfx89 is really chugging along nicely with the production of the episodes now. All I can say is that being in foggy conditions can be qute disorienting at times so perhaps that would account somewhat for the driver struggling with sighting signals but as said, unfortunately we will never be able to hear their account.
It felt that long recording it! My throat only ever seems to get sore in the days coming up to a record... two days later and it's already feeling better!
) and didn't feel like it was longer than an hour.I've already been called out on Twitter using a blackadder gif for that! Bit embarrassing haha(although you did move WWII back by 25 years...
Can't even begin to imagine what it must've sounded like. Closest approximation in my mind at least would either be a massive bomb going off or a plane crash. Given the scale of the destruction and the forces involved, it's frankly mind-boggling that at least one of the locomotives in the thick of it (Coronation No. 46242 City of Glasgow at the head of the Perth sleeper) would go on to be completely rebuilt. Of course, that's totally and utterly frivolous in light of the horrific death toll and number of injured. Visuallizing Windward Isles & Princess Anne mounting & careening across the platform with their train piling up behind them is.... jeeeez; would be enough to put anyone off rail travel for life.
Thanks for this, it's good to hear. I enjoy making it, and it's a shame to have a little gap as I felt like I'd nicely dropped into a rhythm, but you're right, it certainly isn't my day job and sometimes hobby time can be stolen away!Nice little YouTube update Dan. Especially liking the mean and moody turning away from the camera shot at the end.
I think for me when you’re getting free content that someone’s trying to fit in around their work you really can’t complain if there’s a delay of a week or so.
Podcasts are like that sometimes and it’s generally just a nice moment when the people who do the ones you enjoy drop a new one...
All the best.
And there's some extra stuff on the horizon as well... in the process of potentially developing the Youtube side in addition to the podcast. I'll share links when there's something on the way!
Possibly just a little out of practice!
Just had a listen. Another very enjoyable episode, particularly as it's very local to me and I vividly recall walking in the messroom on the following shift to hear about it. For quite a while afterwards I could very easily imagine the potential outcome every time I visited the junction. If you had any reservations about making a podcast from a near miss rather than a full-blown accident you'll hear no complaints from me.
Well thanks for that!
And it's here!
