Bank to King George V "cabride" video on Google
 

If anybody's interested, I've uploaded a video of a journey from
Bank[1] to King George V. It was recorded using a cheap camcorder, the
windscreen was not as clean as it could have been, and just after
Canning Town there was a lot of glare from the sun.

The video runs for 21min 33secs and is at
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...65880788185430

If this shows interest, I may do others with a better camcorder. The
original is a 158MB wmv file; perhaps another format may be better.
I will be on the uk.r meet on the Stalybridge parly on Saturday, if
anyone wants to discuss this.

[1] Actually starting from the tunnel portal; the in-tunnel section
came out black apart from the tunnel lights -- it was a *cheap*
camcorder! Can anyone tell me if this portal has a name?

Regards,

Clive
--
Clive R Robertson -- AS/400 Programmer.

Webmaster of http://www.osterleypark.org.uk/ -- this describes
a beautiful National Trust property in West London.

Bank to King George V "cabride" video on Google
 

In message , Clive R
Robertson writes

If anybody's interested, I've uploaded a video of a journey from
Bank[1] to King George V.

What a splendid piece of work! Much appreciated since I have not yet got
round to riding the new extension (and now I feel I have!).

--
Paul Terry

Bank to King George V "cabride" video on Google
 

thanks clive for sharing this video, never used the DLRLY so interesting for
me , thx again .

Bank to King George V "cabride" video on Google
 

Clive R Robertson wrote:

If anybody's interested, I've uploaded a video of a journey from
Bank[1] to King George V. It was recorded using a cheap camcorder, the
windscreen was not as clean as it could have been, and just after
Canning Town there was a lot of glare from the sun.

The video runs for 21min 33secs and is at
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...65880788185430

If this shows interest, I may do others with a better camcorder. The
original is a 158MB wmv file; perhaps another format may be better.
I will be on the uk.r meet on the Stalybridge parly on Saturday, if
anyone wants to discuss this.

[1] Actually starting from the tunnel portal; the in-tunnel section
came out black apart from the tunnel lights -- it was a *cheap*
camcorder! Can anyone tell me if this portal has a name?

Clive - Thanks for this

The office I work in designed the viaduct for DLRE (I may have
mentioned this a gajillion times before) and we haven't had a ride
yet!! This will certainly be a suitable alternative for now.

AE

Bank to King George V "cabride" video on Google
 

"Clive R Robertson" wrote in message
...
If anybody's interested, I've uploaded a video of a journey from
Bank[1] to King George V. It was recorded using a cheap camcorder, the
windscreen was not as clean as it could have been, and just after
Canning Town there was a lot of glare from the sun.

The video runs for 21min 33secs and is at
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...65880788185430

If this shows interest, I may do others with a better camcorder. The
original is a 158MB wmv file; perhaps another format may be better.
I will be on the uk.r meet on the Stalybridge parly on Saturday, if
anyone wants to discuss this.

Thanks Clive,
Very enjoyable especially as I travelled Stratford to Bank on
Wednesday evening peering out of the front (in the dark) of a DLR train.

Ken Ward, Bolton.

Bank to King George V "cabride" video on Google
 

My thanks to all who responded -- another trip will *definitely* be on
the cards. I may try Lewisham to Bank.

I will limit the announcement to uk.transport.london though, to keep
it on topic.

Regards,

Clive
--
Clive R Robertson -- AS/400 Programmer.

Webmaster of http://www.osterleypark.org.uk/ -- this describes
a beautiful National Trust property in West London.

Bank to King George V "cabride" video on Google
 

In ,
Clive R Robertson typed:

My thanks to all who responded -- another trip will *definitely* be on
the cards. I may try Lewisham to Bank.

I will limit the announcement to uk.transport.london though, to keep
it on topic.

In what way would it be off-topic for uk.railway ?

--
Bob

Bank to King George V "cabride" video on Google
 

"Clive R Robertson" wrote in message
...
My thanks to all who responded -- another trip will *definitely* be on
the cards. I may try Lewisham to Bank.

I will limit the announcement to uk.transport.london though, to keep
it on topic.

Regards,

Clive

I fear that you may be liable to a great misfortune if you don't also inform
us "northerners" on ukr. I refer to the recent discrimination against
Bowtners act 2005.

Ken Ward, Bolton.


PS. Don't forget Stratford to Lewisham, followed by the Croydon Tram
etc..........

Bank to King George V "cabride" video on Google
 

On Wed, 01 Feb 2006 17:30:34 +0000, Clive R Robertson
wrote:

If anybody's interested, I've uploaded a video of a journey from
Bank[1] to King George V. It was recorded using a cheap camcorder, the
windscreen was not as clean as it could have been, and just after
Canning Town there was a lot of glare from the sun.

The video runs for 21min 33secs and is at
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...65880788185430

Thanks Clive - having just moved from East London to Australia, your
video was the only way I was going to see the new bits of the DLR any
time soon!

If this shows interest, I may do others with a better camcorder. The
original is a 158MB wmv file; perhaps another format may be better.
I will be on the uk.r meet on the Stalybridge parly on Saturday, if
anyone wants to discuss this.

Go on - I for one would be interested.

--
Cheers,

Jason.

A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing on Usenet and in e-mail?

Bank to King George V "cabride" video on Google
 

On Fri, 03 Feb 2006 11:39:59 GMT, "Ken Ward"
wrote:


I fear that you may be liable to a great misfortune if you don't also inform
us "northerners" on ukr. I refer to the recent discrimination against
Bowtners act 2005.

Ken Ward, Bolton.


PS. Don't forget Stratford to Lewisham, followed by the Croydon Tram
etc..........

All right, I'll post the announcement to both groups.

My plan is for Lewisham to Bank, Tower Gateway to Beckton, and
Lewisham to Stratford (not necessarily in that order). Canning Town to
Stratford International and King George V to Woolwich Arsenal will
have to wait for a while, however!

Regards,

Clive
--
Clive R Robertson -- AS/400 Programmer.

Webmaster of http://www.osterleypark.org.uk/ -- this describes
a beautiful National Trust property in West London.

Bank to King George V "cabride" video on Google
 

In message , Clive R
Robertson writes
If anybody's interested, I've uploaded a video of a journey from
Bank[1] to King George V. It was recorded using a cheap camcorder, the
windscreen was not as clean as it could have been, and just after
Canning Town there was a lot of glare from the sun.

The video runs for 21min 33secs and is at
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...65880788185430

If this shows interest, I may do others with a better camcorder. The
original is a 158MB wmv file; perhaps another format may be better.
I will be on the uk.r meet on the Stalybridge parly on Saturday, if
anyone wants to discuss this.

[1] Actually starting from the tunnel portal; the in-tunnel section
came out black apart from the tunnel lights -- it was a *cheap*
camcorder! Can anyone tell me if this portal has a name?

Regards,

Clive

Where does the name King George V come from? Is it from the old KGV dock
system (sadly a shadow of it's former self)?
--
James Christie

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"James Christie" wrote in message
...
....
Where does the name King George V come from? Is it from the old KGV dock
system (sadly a shadow of it's former self)?

Yes. Similarly Royal Victoria and Royal Albert on the Beckton branch.
--
David Biddulph

Bank to King George V "cabride" video on Google
 

In message , James Christie
writes
Where does the name King George V come from? Is it from the old KGV
dock system
Yes it is.

(sadly a shadow of it's former self)?
It often surprises people to learn that "London" is still an important
port with major dock facilities. It's just that with containerisation
and other changes to logistics and cargo-handling, the docks moved
downstream to places like Gravesend and Tilbury. Although outside
administrative London, they are the direct successors to the original
docks.

Furthermore, the oft-criticised redevelopment of Docklands actually
ranks as one of the best examples of regeneration in the world. Had
the redevelopment path not proceeded as it did, we could easily still
have miles of wasteland from just beyond Tower Bridge all the way out to
Gallions Reach and beyond. And the DLR was a major factor in allowing
what happened to happen.

--
Ian Jelf, MITG
Birmingham, UK

Registered Blue Badge Tourist Guide for London and the Heart of England
http://www.bluebadge.demon.co.uk

Bank to King George V "cabride" video on Google
 

On Mon, 6 Feb 2006, Ian Jelf wrote:

In message , James Christie
writes

Where does the name King George V come from? Is it from the old KGV
dock system (sadly a shadow of it's former self)?

It often surprises people to learn that "London" is still an important
port with major dock facilities.

According to the DfT [1], in 2001 it was the UK's third biggest (and
really, it's joint second with Hartlepool - Grimsby being first), bigger
than either Southampton or Felixstowe.

It's just that with containerisation and other changes to logistics and
cargo-handling, the docks moved downstream to places like Gravesend and
Tilbury.

Not to mention Dagenham, Erith, Purfleet, Thurrock, Shellhaven, Canvey,
the Isle of Grain ...

tom

[1] http://www.dft.gov.uk/stellent/group...ts_024542.hcsp

--
In-jokes for out-casts

Bank to King George V "cabride" video on Google
 

In message , Ian Jelf
writes
In message , James Christie
writes
Where does the name King George V come from? Is it from the old KGV
dock system
Yes it is.

(sadly a shadow of it's former self)?
It often surprises people to learn that "London" is still an important
port with major dock facilities. It's just that with containerisation
and other changes to logistics and cargo-handling, the docks moved
downstream to places like Gravesend and Tilbury. Although outside
administrative London, they are the direct successors to the original
docks.

Direct, but are they worthy?
We still lost a hell of a lot of traffic to places like Europoort,
mainly as a result of the good old unionised London dockers, who refused
to work with containers.
Places like Felixstowe and Tilbury are making up for it now, but it's
taken us 40 years to recover.
The point still stands though, how many of those ships using those ports
are either:

1. Built in the UK.
2. Owned and Registered in the UK.
3. Have a crew from the UK.

Percentage wise, the answer is b*gg*r all.
I'd prefer to think about it as it was, ships covering every available
berth, from companies like BI, ED, Blue Flue, Glen, Brocks, Clan, Ben,
South American Saint, NZSCo, Blue Star, RML, UC, the list is endless.
--
James Christie