Scenic Railway Ride Through Cumbria UK - Eden Valley Railway (4k 60fps)

Enjoy a relaxing cab ride down the Eden Valley Railway onboard Thumper, see the driver control the train but also enjoy the scenery with the second camera on the front!

This journey takes us from Warcop to Southfields and back again. Set in the rolling hills of Cumbria it is one of the most spectacular standard gauge railways I have had the pleasure of visiting. Although it doesn't currently have any steam locomotives it really doesn't matter at all here. Thumper (205009) is a spectacular and charming loco and it offers something completely different from what other heritage lines are offering up.

The lasting memory I have from my visit is how the staff and volunteers interact with visitors, they let the children do the announcements over the loudspeaker on the train, wave the flags, pull the signal levers and are always on hand to dish out information about the locos and the location.

Of course Thumper, the DEMU is the star of the show here. Originally built in 1957 at Eastleigh as two car unit 1109 consisting of driving motor brake second open (DMBSO) 60108 and driving trailer composite (DTC) 60808, and classified as a 2H. One of a batch of 18 built for the Portsmouth to Salisbury and Andover service and the Alton to Winchester and Southampton service, increasing passenger numbers meant that a third car was added to each, the TSO added to 1109 being numbered 60658.

When TOPS was introduced 1109 became 205 009 and it continued to work for British Rail and Connex until late 2004 when it was purchased for preservation on the Eden Valley Railway, being delivered in March 2005 by rail via the link between the Eden Valley Railway and the Settle & Carlisle line at Appleby.

205009 is currently in service and operates the majority of passenger services at the Eden Valley Railway. Having been in a dark green livery (on the passenger side, anyway) whcih was applied to cover up the graffiti it received in the south of England when it first arrived at Warcop it has now been repainted into a rather brighter, if non-authentic, livery.

https://www.evr-cumbria.org.uk/

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