it's Saturday morning which way are we
going we're going that way we've stayed
at the very nice white heart hotel in
the middle of Gainesboro it's half 8 in
the morning where we
going you don't know where we're going
do you do GES bro
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I love it I really love it cuz there's a
c for Signal there's a point where you
can cross the track just is there a look
both ways so yeah it's definitely not a
train coming of
this I want to say it's very quaint but
I don't want to keep using the word
quain because I feel like there's going
to be lots of places that feel a bit
like this where it's very where it looks
very pretty and historical so I need to
come up with a better word should we go
look at the timetable I want to prove
how many trains there are our day so
it's worth pointing out that the line to
cleor from gainsb Central is Saturdays
only so there's only there's three
trains on a Saturday in each Direction
and luckily we've arranged to meet a man
on the train uh to tell us all about the
brick line
what' you
reckon don't say
qu are they what's that is that now that
looks like one of those things that is
that you get in Texas for oil yeah
they're drilling for
o looking for a man called
Paul have no idea what it looks
like on the train we on the 902 from
gain with Central we're on what is known
as the BR line and just you can't see
but over here there a delightful
gentleman there's a delightful gentleman
called Paul and there's a delightful
gentlem called Barry Barry good morning
good
morning we're the newly formed uh North
Knox and links community r Partnership
can you tell me why there's only
Saturday services on this line because
this line was in BR days due for closure
but in the end they left it as what is
known as the Parliamentary service is
the minimum you can get away with so
that you haven't needed to close a line
because closing a line is politically
unacceptable we're on it this morning
but it's because there's it turns out
there's a football match today between
Lincoln City and Menville so there's a
lot of football fans on the train this
morning GSW town sorry do you come and
ride this line most Saturdays just the
hell of it or I don't my colleague Paul
does he counts people so you ride this
line every Saturday every Saturday and
you count the number of people on the
train why why do you do that because
that then puts the database forward for
our business case for better better
services and we can see where the
passenger flows are and then the areas
which AR very good that's where we
target so we can get more people to
travel on the train I'm fascinated that
the train only runs on a Saturday but
that's perfect for for football match
which prom are surely got better to do
on a Saturday no come on you are sadly
not CLE thoughts
it should be a man called John that's
meeting us outside but I think I told
him 1055 instead of 10:05 I gave him the
wrong time I don't know why so we're in
trouble have to get a taxi to where
we're going
next this is a beautiful old station
this is a proper Seaside town with like
arcade do you want to go and play in in
the penny I really want to go and play
in in the penny
arcade Jeff's gone into the
arcade um and here's
absorbed with playing Space Invaders um
so I've just come out to sit on the prom
and to take in
cops I mean he literally went straight
into the
arcade how was the arcade Jeff you know
I have fun childood members like going
to the seaside was a big thing the beach
the arcade the candy floss all those
things just just the music I want to buy
stick of rock I want to buy postcard
that says cleps at night which is a
plain black postcard and send it to my
mom but we're not here for the beach or
the arcades we're here to see
um another type of Railway the reason
why we're here at cleor is to go to the
CLE thorps light Railway um and as I've
said that I look there's a man I can see
he's got the jacket on he's got the Lo
this is a you John yes you must be Jeff
I am Jeff hello good morning to meet you
look he's got the logo on on this jacket
the CLE thorps like Railway gives a can
we come and see it to come see let's do
he's giving us a ride we don't have to
get a train there he's giving us a ride
in his car
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I don't know how this is going to work
all pleas
bag I love the smell real
cold I don't like the r do you do you
prefer steam or diesel Ste you prefer
the steam okay it has started raining by
the
way we were on the beach at CL earlier
and the sun was out and it was lovely
and just as we've got here it's stared
to
rain rain every day how many how many
other miniature Railways do you think of
genuine
passengers uh what do you mean people
using as a transport B yeah yeah so we
talked about the fard in Wales that's
used as a transport R yeah yeah I mean I
can put a number on it but there are a
few I mean uh it's very rare that you
find somebody who specifically spends a
fed to get to when they can drive but
occasionally it
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happens what's better a Pacer or a
miniature steam train miniature steam
train Aaron how long you been driving on
the railway
what officially are paid I've been paid
for two years now I've been driving
these since I was about 13 what why why
do you love it so much what what makes
you do it uh it's something different
you're Outdoors rain or shine you get to
see people you know it's better than
working in an office you're not in four
walls you might have a roof but I don't
know it's something about being a big
kid and not having to grow up a driver
Aon is going to sit on the back the
tender and he's going to let you drive
the engine back around onto the other
end of the how does that sound I gu do I
do the levers and blow the whistle can I
blow the whistle I
knew and know yeah they keep going bit
go it's my favorite
part um the this out here
or
rather do
it Clos yeah you just say when yeah give
it a little more a little bit more
well oh do like that and then
that
wi
and well you
stop how' I do six out of 10 six six out
of 10 n out of 10 for that's my first
time yeah not about at all Aon thank you
so much all right I got to drive I
actually got to drive a miniature gug
in uh We've Come to
nele thanks John for the ride basically
it's one of 152 there are 15252 request
stops out of the 2560 stations on the
network um we deliberately come to nule
so that Vicki in a minute can uh hold
out her hand uh and say driver can you
stop pleas there a sign down here that
says this station is request stop if you
want to get on the train here you must
give a clear signal to the driver yeah
and there's not a lot going on here to
be
honest is this the first time you've
ever flagged on a train before this is
very I'm like how how do I know if it's
going to stop
can we get
home this is Barton on Humber um we are
about to head toward towards the bridge
but not before we get a cup of tea
somewhere
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hey I made it we made it across the
river now in Yorkshire I don't know when
that happened I don't know if it just
happened or if it happened in the middle
of the bridge but I am now officially in
Yorkshire
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uh we're at Hall Station the people are
the best thing about ho come and visit H
to see you all I've only been here about
3 minutes and these ladies have made me
feel very much at home and we have to go
and see I forgotten what it's
called a pretty
big here pick him up here
what do you make a hole in in three
words in three words hell uh city of
culture yeah we have to go come on
Jeff we have treated ourselves
to please do not place the on seats
designated that was our test do have any
test test Day weekend test how would
your test Vick how would your test I
think I pass the test pass the test
all right