DRIVER'S EYE VIEW - West Somerset Railway - Dunster to Washford and an interesting shunt manoeuvre
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- Опубліковано 23 лис 2021
- Level crossing work near Minehead meant trains were unable to continue past Dunster to Minehead where run round facilities were available. An alternative method was required to get the train engine from one end of its rake of carriages to the other, this was achieved by using a second locomotive and a siding as shown in this video. Having completed the run round manoeuvre our train was ready to return to Bishops Lydeard. Once again we enjoy a forward view of the line as we head along the coastal section through the attractive station at Blue Anchor before turning inland at Doniford Halt to Williton, home of the “Diesel and Electric Preservation Group”. After a short stop we are on our way again climbing hard towards Washford then its downhill to Watchet. Sadly the camera battery expired before reaching Watchet. For those who would like to see the complete run in the opposite direction please click on this link - • DRIVER'S EYE VIEW - We...
The railway is a standard gauge line, (1,435 mm - 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) located in the South, West of England, easily accessible by car or by bus from Taunton BR station served by regular GWR trains from London and the West Country and CrossCountry trains services from the North and Midlands.
To learn more or maybe plan your own visit, please click on this link -
www.west-somerset-railway.co.uk/
Thank you to the staff and volunteers of the West Somerset Railway for their kind assistance in making this video.
Enjoyable and as you said, interesting to watch the shunting operation in the beginning. 👍🏻🍂🌳🍁✨
Hi, I wondered how the engine changed ends at a station without a passing loop, I'm pleased you enjoyed the video 😊.
Like 19 👍 SPECTACULAR ATMOSPHERE👌
Thank you 😊.
That was great ... nice to see so many people on the platforms at Minehead .. the summer is lasting well over there I hear...
Hello, I'm pleased you enjoyed the video and "Yes" we are enjoying an awesome summer here, wet enough to keep the garden looking good and warm enough to keep the seaside town I live in busy. It's still early morning as I write this and its already 24C and likely to reach 28C by mid-day.
Good video , my friend
Thank you 😊.
These were good old days !!! Cheers from the north .
It's nice that railways such as this one allow us to re-live these memories for the past. I'm pleased you enjoyed it.
Hi Tim, wonderful sights and sounds of steam. Love the shunting moves. Take care, Ted
Hello Ted, I'm glad you enjoyed this video. Cheers. Tim.
Amazing turn around at the beginning Tim, totally enjoying this preserved railway and the area!!😎🚂🚃🚃🚃🇬🇧
Hi, it was an innovative shunting maneuver, I knew there was no run round loop at Dunster, so it was interesting to see how it was done 😊.
I could just imagine a run out from Washford, the next station would be Rinseford, then Spinford........ The "Laundry Express!" LOL
yep enough to take you on a spin LOL
great video
Thank you 😊.
Hi Tim! Wonderful video and steam sound. Nice move at the beginning. This is exactly how it is done when there is a chronic lack of track. Take care and stay safe. Cheers 🍻🇦🇹
Hello Hans, I hope you enjoyed last nights beer, you deserved it 🍺. This railway is more than just a tourist railway, it is used by locals and tourists alike to get from one
place to another along the coast just as was the case when it was part of the national network. The shunt maneuver was interesting to watch, I'm glad you enjoyed the video. Cheers, enjoy another 🍺 😊. Tim.
@@Timsvideochannel1 Yes Tim! The beer yesterday tasted particularly good, you know why. It is always a good thing to be able to help. It was a close thing. Cheers 🍻🇦🇹
@@johannperaus6890 You did a good thing Hans 🍺.
Hello Tim great video I hope the trains are good 😎
Thank you, I'm pleased you enjoyed it. The trains load up to 7 or more carriages and there are a number of steep gradients to make the engines work hard. The sights and sounds created by West Somerset Railway trains are about as good as it gets 🙂👍
@@Timsvideochannel1 I bet the trains there are beautiful
Excellent video!
Thank you, I'm pleased you enjoyed it.
I bet that's the busiest those points have been for years!
When I look at old photos showing the stock in those sidings, it doesn't look as though most of it is even capabe of moving, its been there so long.
I thoroughly enjoyed watching this one. I rode the WSR a couple of years ago when they were working from Bishops Lydeard to Minehead and the weather was exactly the same. I do hope you can visit the WSR again. Cheers
Hello Greg, I'm glad you enjoyed the ride. Returning to the WSR is likely to happen some time next year, hopefully I'll get the opportunity to film the whole line.
Very innovative shunting. Wonderful scenery 👌👍
Thank you, it was a good day out, I love the Autumn colours.
@@Timsvideochannel1 so do I. Thank you.
2:00 The number on that carriage....... If you C1, yo C 'em all! LOL
@Neil Forbes you C1 you've C them all LOL
Eu vejo este vídeo sempre e muito bacana pois aqui no 🇧🇷 não tem este tipo de diversão aí na England e show, e o barulho e fantástico muito bonito tcha tcha tcha tcha tcha tcha beautiful beautiful vídeo,eu sou escrito no canal um abraço e sucesso sempre 👍👍👍🇧🇷🚂🚂🚂
Olá, estou feliz que tenha gostado deste vídeo. Temos sorte na Inglaterra de ter tantas ferrovias maravilhosas, variadas e interessantes, onde podemos ver trens a vapor e diesel do passado. Adoro o som de uma locomotiva a vapor trabalhadora😊
Hello, I'm pleased you enjoyed this video. We are lucky in England to have so many wonderful, varied and interesting heritage railways where we can see steam and diesel trains from the past. I love the sound of a hard working steam locomotive😊
Pois é amigo aqui no Brasil não tem trens de passageiros ou seja tinha no passado 20 30 anos atrás atualmente não tem só de carga e tem muitos no Brasil agora de passageiros de longa distância não tem por aquil, aí na Inglaterra tem de montão além destes antigos que vcs preservam e fazem muito bem e os de hoje por toda a Inglaterra, Escócia,as duas Irlanda do norte e sul, trens elétricos e a dieesil aonde não tem rede elétrica aí em toda a Europa o trem de passageiros são muito utilizados e especialmente na Inglaterra, aqui no Brasil foi no passado tínhamos trens por quase o Brasil todo trens de passageiros de longa distância, mais no momento só de cargas e trens suburbano e urbano elétricos em capitais como São Paulo, Rio, Belo Horizonte, Porto Alegre, salvador e Recife, a Inglaterra está de parabéns por manter os trens sempre na ativa tanto os do passado e os atuais que são inúmeros eu acompanho através do UA-cam eu acho muito bonito o azuma elétrico e aqueles elétricos com a frente amarela de luxo que andam a 200 km por hora, mais são bonitos os trens aí na Inglaterra um abraço e sucesso sempre 👍👍👍🇧🇷
@@amiltonottoni5619 Olá, é uma pena que viagens de trem de longa distância não sejam mais possíveis no Brasil. Aqui no Reino Unido, muitas linhas ferroviárias foram fechadas na década de 1960, felizmente algumas dessas linhas foram salvas por entusiastas das ferrovias para operarem como ferrovias tradicionais hoje, elas dependem fortemente de trabalho voluntário.
A rede da linha principal ainda é extensa, servida por trens regulares modernos. Alguns dos trens são bimodais, eles podem funcionar com eletricidade ou diesel. Eles começam sua jornada saindo das grandes cidades como trens elétricos, muitas vezes terminando em lugares como Cornualha e Escócia como trens a diesel.
Espero que o Brasil comece a operar trens de longa distância, pois isso tornaria a vida mais fácil tanto para turistas quanto para brasileiros. Muitas felicidades. Tim.
Hello, it is unfortunate that long distance train travel is no longer possible in Brazil. Here in the UK a lot of railway lines were closed in the 1960's, fortunately some of those lines were saved by railway enthusiasts to operate as heritage railways today, they rely heavily on volunteer labour.
The mainline network is still extensive, served by regular modern trains. Some of the trains are bi-modal, they can run on electricity or diesel. They start their journey out of the big cities as electric trains often finishing in places like Cornwall and Scotland as diesel trains.
I hope Brazil does start operating long distance trains because it would make life easier for both tourists and Brazilians alike. Best wishes. Tim.
Tim, excellent video that stirred memories of 1961 - a late-summer Scout troop camp in the Quantocks, near Nether Stowey and a ride on the steam powered Minehead Railway, via Blue Anchor & Dunster - before Butlins opened. Even saw a showroom glimpse of a first E-type Jag, during the ‘furniture removals van’ trip back home - whilst perching upon folded tents & piles of rucksacks. (Wouldn’t pass H&S standards now). Lovely countryside. Loved your “Beam me up, Scotty” moment, with the ground frame operator edit!
Hi Peter, I hope the ground frame operator was returned safely back to planet earth 😊. You saw the line when it was still part of the national network, those scout camps were fun, do they still do that kind of thing today. Great memories to have, thanks for sharing them. Cheers. Tim.
Tim, I would not have a clue about what takes place now - in the Scout Movement. We even wore shorts and had khaki uniforms then, when I was in the organisation. (I even had a homemade woggle made from a vertebra of a mammal: very non-PC).
It was a truly memorable time for me: school trips away & outward bound was in the future then.
Your visit to the West Somerset Railway, along with others that I have seen, find a rich vein of (full-colour) memories amongst my fading mental attributes… Keep them coming.
@@Pjs75 It was the late 60's when I was in the Scouts, we went canoeing on the local gravel pits, that was fun, most of the trips away from home were quite local, places like Goodwood. I can still remember the words to the silly songs we used to sing, things like "You'll never go to heaven in a jumbo jet, you'll never go to heaven in a jumbo jet, cause the lord ain't built no runways yet". I did go on a canoeing holiday with my school to
Symonds Yat on the River Wye ... happy days, not a care in the world. One of my children joined the ATC for a while, but generally things like the Scouts and Guides were not part of their lives. I'm glad you enjoy the videos, from your comments I get the impression we've visited a lot of the same places. I've got a few more British videos to upload before Christmas, as for going over seas, everything I've booked over the last two years has been cancelled, usually due to increased Covid restrictions in the countries I was planning to visit. Take care and stay safe. Tim.
Tim, indeed stay safe. Times they are a-changing. The hiatus of freedom, when travel and time were available has received a knock-back. I am sure that your relatives in NZ, like mine in Aus, would like all of this COVID nonsense to be over. Your videos have been an inspiration and the destinations a goal throughout ‘waves’ 1, 2, 3 & likely many more. Peter
In 1961 I had also attended (via steam powered ‘BR’ that involved us travelling up the Merthyr Railway, through the then highest railway tunnel in the UK, ) the Welsh Jamboree, held at Three Cocks, Gwernyfed, Brecknockshire. (Breconshire) a parkland setting which was reached by travelling up to Torpantau Tunnel then down to Talybont and Talythynn Junction, then on to Talgarth and Three Cocks Junction for a march to the site of the Jamboree.
Accompanying us were a group of American Scouts, who were the sons of US airforce personnel then stationed near Metz, in France. Before De Gaulle finally kicked the US out of his backyard. (So much for being helped to win the WWII?)
It was a truly memorable year.
I went back to paddle the Wye, a few years later, with a Somerset CC Youth Service group, from Glasbury to Chepstow, camping each night near the riverbank.
Incidentally, I still remember the choking smoke pouring through the carriage windows, once we left Torpantau station, where the coal trains stopped to lock down their brakes for the descent to Talybont and beyond. The line was a Beeching casualty- like the S&D and so many others.
Indeed Times they are A-Changing… they have already!!
Minehead Station has since reopened, the newly-upgraded level crossing is in full working order. Typical of your camera battery to die out, but I'm sure it's been recharged.
Hi, the railway opened into Minehead shortly after I shot this video, although it was nice to catch the shunt manoeuvre. I don't know if you have seen it? I filmed another Driver's Eye video covering the trip from Bishops Lydeard to Dunster. Please click on this link to watch it - ua-cam.com/video/CsmYBG7WVJc/v-deo.html
Espetacular train muito bonito o vídeo beautiful beautiful 👍👍👍🇧🇷
Obrigado, estou feliz que tenha gostado 😊.
7:30 Did you see that? The man was a g-g-g-ghost! GASP! LOL
i enjoyed the ride
To były niesamowite manewry!
Dziękuję, uważam, że operacja manewrowania jest interesująca. Cieszę się, że podobał Ci się film 😊.
Thank you, I found the shunting operation interesting. I'm glad you enjoyed the video 😊.
Beautiful pictures as usual thanks tim,Blue anchor looks like a lovely place to spend a relaxing holiday,Whats next on the agenda ? as always take care cheer's bob. ps where just about open for business "COME ON DOWN".
Hello Bob, I spent 9 wonderful days in the West Country visiting both heritage and main line locations, I have one more "Driver's Eye" video to upload along with a video featuring trains along the famous Dawlish Seawall in Devon. In the last few days I've been gliding and I visited a local model railway exhibition, I've got enough to keep me busy until Christmas. As for what happens next year, I'm not sure, I'm booked to go to Germany in January, but with the spread of Covid in Europe that trip may not go ahead, I'm awaiting confirmation. Apart from Santa specials over the Christmas period the UK heritage sector is quiet until the gala events in the Spring marking the start of next years operating season. I'm just hoping at least one of the European tours run by the Railway Touring Company goes ahead, as in your neck of the woods, Covid is making travel difficult. Cheers. Tim.
Your battery ran out. Good to have a back-up battery for such emergencies, ay!
I had plenty of backup batteries, but the crew understandably don't want people climbing on the engine during short station stops, not only is there the risk of the train being delayed, people taking photograph don't want me in the picture.
video cameras used to come with a spare battery but now its only one
@@travelingman5762 My Canon Legria came with only the one battery, I had to buy a second battery with larger charge capacity.
@@neilforbes416 batteries are getting smaller all the time as i got a sony
But nonetheless, a great video, Tim. Cheers!
Glad you enjoyed it!
@@Timsvideochannel1 Hope you didn't mind my quirky jokes! LOL
@@neilforbes416 Hi Neil, the jokes are appreciated, trouble is there were so many of them YT sent them to "spam" 😊.
@@Timsvideochannel1 LOL
@@neilforbes416 the most of the jokes i get in my Email are spam haha
29:35 Your train was supposed to go TO Washford, as per the title but you kept going! HUH?
@Neil Forbes maybe change of plan