Join us for this Driver's Eye View trip from Derby to Preston Via BurtononTrent, Alrewas, Stafford, Crewe Basford Hall, NewtonleWillows and Wigan North Western. This is the first of my new series of videos recording trips across the North on test trains which Network Rail use to judge the condition of their infrastructure. Filmed on 43274, with test coaches and 43257 trailing on 1Q47 PLPR1 infrastructure monitoring service on 24/10/2023.