Train Truckers on "Yesterday"

[droopsnoot]

Anyone else watching this, Thursday evenings and several repeats?

Following Alleleys Heavy Haulage as they ship various trains, modern or old, around the place. It's been quite interesting, partly as I'm a bit interested in trains and partly because some of the places they get into and out of are places I know. It's interesting to watch how they thread these massive artics around parked obstacles, and interesting how many heritage railways (and modern rail-related companies) site themselves in places that are very difficult to get to. Still, I guess there would be no point showing the ones where there is massive amounts of space.

As with most modern stuff, the voiceover bloke is a bit annoying as he makes everything into a life-or-death crisis or race against time, and they've obviously got a budget for animations, but the actual film bits are good.

[Truckosaurus]

droopsnoot said:

....and interesting how many heritage railways site themselves in places that are very difficult to get to....

One assumes the reason they are now Heritage Railways is because they are in out of the way places that couldn't make a station financially viable.

[Mr Pointy]

Yes I've been following it. It's good, apart from the element of peril that has to be introduced in every collection. Yes we know the loco could fall off the ramp but it never has in the past so it's very unlikely it's going to happen this time is it? It's very like Ice Road Truckers in that respect.

I'd be really pissed off with some of the organisation if I were the drivers though. They turned up to collect one loco that was at the back of a pack of other engines & carriages & had to hang around while the yard played musical chairs & hence were late leaving. They'd have got a bill for that from me.

The drivers are certainly reversing ninjas though.

[jonwm]

Another watcher here, i tend to like anything like this working in transport, however have to agree on the peril side, its a bit ott and i would be charging some serious demurrage for the delays

[P5BNij]

Watched this weeks and was pleased to see a loco I've worked on and driven some years ago, the EE Type 3 / Class 37 '6975', aka 37 275.

[droopsnoot]

Mr Pointy said:

I'd be really pissed off with some of the organisation if I were the drivers though. They turned up to collect one loco that was at the back of a pack of other engines & carriages & had to hang around while the yard played musical chairs & hence were late leaving. They'd have got a bill for that from me.

I imagine that is another bit played up for TV. They transported a three-car multiple unit to somewhere, and the voiceover guy made a big thing about the trucks having to stay in sequence otherwise the unit wouldn't have a cab at each end - we even got an animation to show what he meant. Of course the only part of the journey where that mattered was when they dropped off at the destination, and even then I'm sure it wouldn't have been beyond the wit of the shunters to swap them around.

Yes, though, very good at reversing, although in a lot of cases the guy with the remote control is doing a lot of it. I was surprised last year when I had to stop because this was reversing up a local road, though it's nowhere near as challenging as some of those shown.

[woodypup59]

I'm surprised at the way the drivers prattle on the radio - so thats only one hand on the wheel at the best of times - let alone the concentration split.

At times it was no hands on the wheel.

On the road, the banksman should be doing the radio bit.

If I were Mr Allely, I'd be stopping that footage being broadcast, and having a word with the drivers.

[droopsnoot]

New series of this showing on "Yesterday" on Thursday nights. Two episodes in and I'd forgotten about the irritating animations that show every single loco toppling over for one reason or another.