Wemyss Bay to Glasgow Central onboard Abellio ScotRail 318267 (26th June 2021)

Welcome to the first onboard ride of 2021! Today we take Abellio ScotRail 318267 working headcode 1W18 which is the 1749 Wemyss Bay to Glasgow Central service on Saturday 26th June 2021. On route, we will be calling at: Inverkip, Branchton, Drumfrochar, Whinhill, Port Glasgow, Bishopton, Paisley Gilmour Street and finally Glasgow Central. So sit back, grab a cup of tea and enjoy the hellfire thrash of this 318 as it powers its way up the Inverclyde line with a maximum speed of 75mph so you can hear the excellent screams from the Traction motors. If you want to skip to certain parts of the journey, I’ll link the good parts if you don’t want to watch it all. 2:00 Departing Wemyss Bay 6:06 Arriving into Inverkip 6:36 Departing Inverkip 9:16 arriving into the Dunrod Loop. 10:27 380004 passes with 1W17 from Glasgow. 10:45 Departing the Dunrod Loop. 14:12 Arriving into Branchton 14:42 Departing Branchton 16:47 Arriving into Drumfrochar 17:22 Departing Drumfrochar 18:53 Arriving into Whinhill 19:27 Departing Whinhill and entering the Whinhill Tunnel 23:15 Joining the Inverclyde Line (Gourock branch) shortly then arriving at Port Glasgow 24:38 Departing Port Glasgow 25:36 The thrash kicks in as the line speed increases 26:41 Thrashing through Woodhall at roughly 65/70mph 27:23 Thrashing the Clyde Coast at 75mph 28:35 Passing Langbank and some clacking junctions beyond the station 29:06 More traction motor thrash 30:52 Tunnel trash approaching Bishopton 32:12 Arriving into Bishopton 33:07 Departing Bishopton 33:50 More thrash alongside the M8 towards Glasgow Airport 36:12 Starting to pick up again 37:17 Passing Paisley St James 37:46 Arriving into Paisley Gilmour Street 39:24 Departing Paisley Gilmour Street 40:39 Thrashing over Arkleston Junction 41:57 Passing Hillington West 42:27 Passing Hillington East 42:58 Passing Cardonald 43:13 Thrash starts again 44:53 Passing Shields Depot 47:20 The approach to Glasgow Central begins 48:35 Arriving into Glasgow Central.