Take a seat alongside the Driver of the iconic LNER Flying Scotsman service for a real time journey up the full length of the UK’s East Coast Main Line from Edinburgh Waverley to London King’s Cross, taking in a picturesque sunrise from darkness into light onboard our Azuma train.
You can enjoy a cinematic widescreen look at the landscape of the ECML from the Scottish Borders and Northumberland Coast, through Durham and Yorkshire, to the fields of the south of England — with a unique view of our cities like Newcastle and York along the way.
Plus, experience full cab sounds and a HUD showing:
• Location (stations and landmarks)
• Speed in mph*
• Distance travelled in miles*
• Clock time and timetable variance
• Interesting facts along the route
• Unit number, train photo, and recording date
We’ve got just what you need whether you want to feel the speed at the controls or take it slow with the perfect British railway ASMR style background noise.
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This journey was recorded from the south cab of a 9-car Class 801 train on a GoPro Hero 13 and driven by Brian and Alex!
*approximation based on GPS recording
Stations:
00:00:00 EDB-DUN
00:20:21 DUN-RSN
00:34:09 RSN-BWK
00:41:49 BWK-ALM
00:59:40 ALM-MPT
01:11:13 MPT-NCL
01:26:00 NCL-DHM
01:37:03 DHM-DAR
01:50:39 DAR-NTR
01:58:00 NTR-YRK
02:14:34 YRK-DON
02:32:44 DON-RET
02:41:44 RET-NNG
02:51:09 NNG-GRA
02:58:49 GRA-PBO
03:13:41 PBO-SVG
03:39:00 SVG-KGX
22 Comments
Words with the signaller putting a semi fast in front of the Scotsman 😂😂😂
Awesome!
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It's curious, in that the wide-angle view gives the impression that the line is actually constantly running through a shallow valley. 🙂
And the company referred to (as the train approaches Newcastle) as the builder of our Sydney Harbour Bridge (and the Tyne Bridge) was Dorman Long.
Excellent video, thanks for posting it.
A good run as far as Woolmer Green but a bit pedestrian from there on. It goes to show how much need there is to have 4 tracks from Woolmer Green to Diggswell, though with two lengthy tunnels and a long viaduct to build it wouldn't be cheap! I assume that an additional viaduct would have to replicate the appearance of the existing one. I'm not holding my breath.
A good idea for the video, but somewhat spoiled by being shot into the sun. A Northbound Morning train would probably give a better view, albeit with the addition of a York stop. Nevertheless a valuable recording, similar views of your other routes will always be welcome.
Many thanks.
Perfect cab video should made simulator app😊
Is that lava in the calton tunnel?
Excellent, passed my house 12.5miles in at Longniddry 👍 Do you know which driver it was? Pal drives for LNER.
Lost count of the amount of times I caught that express to London from Newcastle back in the 1980s. Great to see it from the drivers perspective.
London hasn't half changed since I last caught that train!
Fantastic video!
Sorry but there is only one Flying Scotsman and only should be. Name it The Scotsman or something. But don't take the easy way out and name a train after a famous Locamotive. Like there's only one Golden Arrow or The Elizabethan. Surely it's not hard to come up with a new name that may become as famous…
Thanks for sharing 👍
A great cab ride with lots of interesting information, including train speed. The only thing I didn't like is the wide angle lens used caused barrel distortion (curvature in the picture) and distorted distance, how far away things appeared to be. This wouldn't be what the human eye would see from the cab. Great though to have the full journey – thank you.
Man you got absurdly lucky with the weather for this, the sunrise on the coastal section around the Scottish border is just breathtaking and the sun shining the entire way down to London makes this cabride an easy S-tier. Also bonus points for not editing out the driver's commentary during those sharp slowdowns through York and the Welwyn Viaduct section, you can really tell how locked in she is
An outstanding presentation. A definite 👍 and ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ from me. 🐨🇦🇺
I wonder if many people have boarded the Non stop train to Kings Cross at Newcastle by mistake, only wanting to go as far as York for an instance… ?? 😬😬 Great video! Loved the sunrise departure out of Edinburgh.
Awesome vid – love the power after Berwick Upon Tweed – the north ECML is twistier than I thought
Sorry to put a bit of a damper on it but spoiled a bit by too wide an angle camera verging on fish eye view and maybe not a good idea to travel into the early morning sun, thank you anyway.
Beautifully produced video, obviously highly professional. Victorian engineers would have been impressed that, including station stops, yellow and red signals, the average speed was still around 94mph.
Please, if you can, take a trip in the Class 43 train cabin (HST).
Excellent job!