Oxford to Bicester and the Chiltern chord – Hastings DEMU cab ride – 27 May 2017

Oxford Rover, Part 2: Cab view from Oxford to Bicester and round the Bicester Chord onto the Chiltern Line towards London Marylebone. Filmed from our preserved Hastings DEMU on Saturday 27 May 2017, during our Oxford Rover railtour. . ** AUDIO: The soundtrack is from a synchronised recording in the rear cab, because there were two members of traincrew conversing in the leading cab; however, the recorder failed so this video is silent from just beyond Oxford Parkway station. . In this video we cover 12 miles and 65 chains, up the recently upgraded line from Oxford via Islip to Bicester, and then turning right at the new Gavray Junction to ascend the 1km-long chord to join the Up Chiltern Main Line. . Video footage is from an unattended unmonitored forward-facing cab-camera in motor coach 60116 Mountfield. Where back-cab audio is available, this was simultaneously recorded in the rear cab, motor coach 60118 Tunbridge Wells, and accurately synchronised with the video. . This outing began at Hastings and ran via Bromley South to Clapham Junction, then Hounslow and Virginia Water to Reading, Didcot and Oxford; this video shows the start of the return leg, which then ran via West Ruislip, Greenford, Ealing Broadway, the Up Poplar spur, Willesden South West sidings (reverse), South Acton, New Kew Junction, Barnes Bridge, Clapham Junction and back to Hastings. . 0:00 – OXFORD station 3:16 – Oxford North Junction 4:38 – Oxford Canal Junction 5:37 – Wolvercot Tunnel 6:15 – Woodstock Road Junction 7:26 – Oxford Parkway station 7:36 – Water Eaton Junction 9:28 – Islip station 14:02 – Bicester Depot West Junction 15:01 – Bicester Depot East Junction 15:15 – Bicester Village station 15:39 – Bicester London Road Level Crossing 16:10 – Gavray Junction 17:10 – Bicester South Junction . Video, soundtrack and captions © Copyright 2017–2018 Hastings Diesels Limited. https://www.hastingsdiesels.co.uk/ . Equipment: video by GoPro Hero3+ camera with suction-mount and extra batteries; rear-cab audio by Sony ECM-MS907 stereo electret microphone and Sony MiniDisc MZ-R30 recorder (which failed to continue recording); still photo © Robert Stewart; video production by Da Vinci Resolve (free). . Here's Part 1 (Tonbridge to Clapham Junction):    • Tonbridge to Clapham Junction via Catford ...   . And here's Part 3 (West Ruislip to Willesden South West sidings):    • West Ruislip to Willesden SW sdgs via Gree...   . Annotated extracts from the Sectional Appendix are provided: Outward – https://www.dropbox.com/s/7l0cg6uhnhh... Return – https://www.dropbox.com/s/zcbigq4auos... .