Alpine Sunset, Part 2: Cab view from Redhill to Guildford. Filmed from our preserved Hastings DEMU on Saturday 30 September 2017, during our Alpine Sunset railtour.
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In this video we cover 20 miles and 35 chains, along the North Downs Line from Redhill to Guildford; this route was at one time operated by SR DEMU stock as part of the Tonbridge to Reading service.
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Video footage and its soundtrack are from an unattended unmonitored forward-facing cab-camera in motor coach 60116 Mountfield. We had just changed direction at Redhill, and the Automatic Warning System (AWS) self-test can be heard in the opening seconds as the driver opens up the cab.
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This outing began at Hastings and ran via Tonbridge, Redhill and Guildford to Alton and onto the preserved Mid-Hants Watercress Line to Alresford. Following a shuttle service to and from Alton, it then retraced its steps to Aldershot; it ran via Camberley to Ascot, then to Reading, before returning via Wokingham to Guildford where the outward route was then retraced.
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0:00 – REDHILL station
4:59 – Reigate station
8:01 – Betchworth station
10:16 – Crossing the Mole Valley Line
10:22 – Dorking Deepdene station
10:59 – Dorking West station
16:30 – Gomshall station
19:30 – Jessie’s Seat
20:22 – Chilworth station
22:08 – Shalford station
23:20 – Shalford Junction
24:19 – St Catherine’s Tunnel
26:04 – Chalk Tunnel
27:25 – GUILDFORD station
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Video, soundtrack and captions © Copyright 2017–2018 Hastings Diesels Limited.
https://www.hastingsdiesels.co.uk/
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Equipment: video by GoPro Hero3+ camera with suction-mount and extra batteries; video production by Da Vinci Resolve (free).
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Here are annotated extracts from the Network Rail Section Appendix:
Outward – https://www.dropbox.com/s/gifxvmyc874e046/2017-09-30_AlpineSunset-sectional-appendix-OUTWARD-annotated-fixed.pdf?dl=0
Return – https://www.dropbox.com/s/k2baimok92qcecm/2017-09-30_AlpineSunset-sectional-appendix-RETURN-annotated-fixed.pdf?dl=0
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