A Day At The Welsh Highland Railway - Part 1
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- Опубліковано 21 жов 2024
- What is there to not love? You've got mountains, lakes, forests, beaches, the sea and trains all over the place! The day I had at this heritage railway really was one of the best I've ever had whilst at any railway, of any kind - ever. Full stop. YOU MUST GO!
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Loved seeing this ex-South African Railways garratt in operation. We still have a few of these NG/G16 locos which are operational in preservation in South Africa. But the condition that these Welsh Highland Railway locos are kept in is stunning. If I ever go to Wales I will definitely check them out.
They are the largest narrow gauge engines of there type. Good video I love this line
My favorite Narrow Gauge Railway!! The Garratt is one reason why I love the WHR. :D
Will, you want a boat? Don't. It's so...just so...expensive. It's more expensive than your house and all the trains put together, unless you get a little dingy. Other than that, beautiful video. Great, great great video. Looks like an amazing locomotive and railway. I can't wait for smell-a-vision to see what you could smell and see and hear even better. Gotta love trains.
Just briliant..well done and your commentary was a lovely touch... 10 out of ten..carnt wait for part too..cheers
Very beautiful scenery, amazing mountains. So beautiful.
Indeed!
Awesome video Will, thanks for sharing this
Looks like you had a brilliant day. I have been on the railway myself and it was great fun.
That was a fairlie good video [festiniog railway pun] !! in all seriousness great video will, and very informative, you are right about the loco coming all the way from South Africa (they have three operational on the WHR and two large 2-8-2 tender engines under restoration), built by Beyer-Peacock in Manchester. Models of it in OO scale/ 4mm scale are avaliable from Backwoods Miniatures but I don't know if they have them in stock at the moment and will be very expensive RTR as they are usually sold as kits which are notoriously complicated to build!! time for part 2! cheers James. P.s. it's 24 miles long!
Fantastic Will Im going to watch part 2 now..
You should visit the avlr in Chesterton , the trust that runs it has the largest collection of industrial narrow gauge in the uk
I have heard of that - I must add it to the list haha
Thanks for posting this video which really captures an amazing railway and reminds me of my visits. I went August 2014 for the third time and this time the railway was open all the way to Porthmadog, whereas before they were still constructing bits of the line. £35 for four hours train travel is not too bad and children under 16 go free. This is the best heritage railway in the UK without doubt.
And again a really wonderful video. Greetings from a German fan of British locos and trains and your subscriber number 58,000.
Will this is fantastic, Can't wait for part 2, If your in the area, pay a visit to Rudyard Lake Steam Railway, Peak Rail.
regards
Jake
I love your Welsh Highland railway
Great video, Will. I have wanted to travel on some of the Little Trains of Wales for some years but not managed to do that yet. Your video has made me more determined to add them to my to-do list for next year!
Thanks for the comment! Well if you're ever in the area or planning a visit - let me know!
Really enjoyed watching this, are you going to visit the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch railway in Kent because that will be one to add to the favourite list. Brandon
The original line started at Dinas Junction. I'm guessing that the re-opened line uses the standard gauge trackbed of the BR Afon Wen-Caernarfon-Bangor line to reach Caernarfon, looking at the footpath/cycleway alongside as you left Caernarfon. It was orginally proposed to build a further line through the mountains using Swiss style electric traction, but the money ran out. A stunning line which I really must visit soon. Thanks for the upload and as always your entertaining and amusing commentary!
Can't wait for part two! Please upload now! Also when is battle of the shutters?
We went up and when we stopped around the snowdon area we got a shot of the Snowdon Mountain Railway from the WHR train!
A stunning locomotive and great scenery mate :-)
Thanks matey!
I can not waiting to part 2!!!!
GREAT video loved the sights you are a great UA-camr
Haha, thanks for the comment!
Great Video,Great Railway.
Thanks for the comment! And I agree! haha
Very nice video. Enjoyed the narration!
Thanks!
+InterCity82 were you in Scotland?
Wonderful.... Your video has even got my wife hooked..... :)
Haha! I hope you enjoy Part 2!
Hi Will, yet another great video. And well done on the Welsh place name pronouncements. Beddgelert means Gelert's grave (Just say it as Beth-Gelert). HTH, :D
Great video!! There used to be a miniature railway near where I live (isle of mull) but they closed it because the castle it went to was closed to the public :(
That's a shame. But thankfully there are still plenty of others.
You can purchase n guage double farlies in the station at Porthmadog
about 2 weeks ago on ebay you missed a huge 009 F&Whr lot with several locos and a bunch of cars
The FFestiniog railway is nice as well, takes you close to Trawsfynydd powerstation (now decomissioned)
And if you can visit the poppy line in Sheringam they are having a Victorian day where also tornado and others are going to be there and at the end there is a MASSIVE beach
That engine has the same kind of bearings that we have in New Zealand, Timken!
Oh right! Thanks for the info!
Hey I'm sure that there are some oo gauge Bayer Garrets (probably not spelt it right) but those are standard gauge but If you want a model of the narrow gauge version you may have to increase the size of the gauge to 32mm gauge which are made by accucraft (live steam) but some are now discontinued but you could still find some at secondhand places online :)
hey Will, I think Bayer Garretts are available from Hattons. I hope this is a help.
Hi Will,
For your next review could you kindly take a look at the Hornby Class 13 Master and Slave i believe its called?
thats the thing about uk trains! They preserved it very well!
You can buy n guage double farlies in Porthmadog station
Just gotten back from a week holiday in Caernarfon and fitted in a day out on the WHR :D (Even had the same loco from Caenarfon!) Really would recommend this to anyone, brilliant value for money too! £35 PP for 4 hrs of train ride in cracking scenery plus spending the afternoon at Porthmadog looking at the Ffestiniog Railway locos :D
There is a model of the Beyer Garret and its fantastic but (!!!) it's an LGB Aster in G scale made in metal and you'll need a a few quid although I have to say it is worth it .
You can get model garratts in oo gauge, they are quite expensive though the cheapest ive seen is £199.99!!!
Hi intercity yes they do do bayer garrat models heljan mske them in 00 guage but they are extremely expensive. But it is worth it cause they are excellent performers.
hello IC82. Heljan actually have made a LMS garret model. It is a model that hattons have requested from them. If you can get one they are stunning in looks and power. However, If you are looking for a model of ng143, aristocraft make one in 16mm.
Good old ex South African Railways narrow gauge loco, and the distinctive whistle unique to South African steam locomotives.
Soooooooooooooooooo nice..................
The Welsh Highland is one of the best railways I've ever had the chance to go on. InterCity82 . They are various models available, in 16mm from Accucraft and 0-16.5 and 009 from Backwood Miniatures which are kits. All share in common that they are very expensive though!
Ahhh - thanks for the info!
it is a beautiful line.
ps. what camera do you use?
You said part two would be out in a few days! It's been a month!
ull have to come to rhyl and see are locos and on a steam day we do have a new loco but not ready to run
Just came back AMAZING got and I found a website where you can chose a engine and they let you chose the extras which they do like withering and detail and things like that
Heljan make a nice Garret loco, it's not the one you saw though...
Hi intercity 82 it's james from the West Midlands have you been to severn valley railway if not you must go the gala weekend this September 20th 2014 I am go there on the week.
Nice trip. If you like spectacular narrow gauge, come to the US and ride the Durango-Silverton. Cheers, Rob
The full ride takes about 6 hours. But it's worth it.
Great shots, done the Ffestiniog many a time but not the WHR, I think Pete Waterman owns one of the locos and Heljan make a OO Garratt built by the LMS
Q
I've done both, and recommend both. Also the Talyllyn, Snodon mountain and ... well... anything in the top left hand corner of Wales.
As a side note, the Heljan Garratt is standard gauge, and the NGG16s are 2ft, but they're still epic!
Same, just need to tick the WHR of my list and that all of the Welsh ones done
Come To Swanage!
well done should of went to ffestinog railway as well!
This is my country:D
Same I live in cardiff
will when are you going to the dean forest railway
Backwoods miniatures make a WHR Garrat kit for 009 scale.
Would you mind if I shared your video to a Facebook group I have started recently?
I've driven that Garratt in the thumbnail!
Hattons do a mainline uk version of the garret
i do belive u can find models of something like here from Roco
Just letting you know Dd is said th in Welsh
So it's say bethgelert or Rhyd thu
23:53 bud, you don't know close until you take the Tennessee Valley Railroad's Missionary Ridge Local that goes into a pre-civil war era tunnel. I'd say that from the window if the coach to the wall the distance is roughly six inches.
If you ever decide to come to the States there are two railroads (that I've been to) that I highly recommend. One is Strasburg Railroad in Pennsylvania, the other Tennessee Valley Railroad in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Especially since Southern 4501's restoration is nearly complete.
Haha! Wow - well when I am next over there, I will be sure to look them up!
I've been to... Three railroads, as far as I remember... I've been to Strasburg, New Hope & Ivyland, and I've been to the Valley Railroad in Essex, CT... Also, my friend who works at my local railroad museum, the Railroad Museum of Long Island (RMLI) is restoring a narrow gauge HK Porter... Really cool stuff... Those are all places I recommend... And, RMLI, although small, has a LOT of projects, including Steam Up LIRR 39... Have you heard of the program?
looks like a Pennsylvania K4 class pacific, there's also a couple of trust funds to rebuild extinct locomotives, such as a group in Buffalo New York to rebuild a J1 class Hudson type (Baltic if you go by British terms, and they should have chosen the J3 because of some parts on the J1 class that are now illegal apparently) and a group in Pennsylvania to rebuild a T1 duplex
Sethcrawford21 Well, LIRR 39 IS actually a Juniata built G5s 4-6-0 Ten Wheeler... So, yeah, she resembles the K4s Pacific... An extinct locomotive I want to bring back is the Milwaukee Road class F7 4-6-4 Baltic (On "The Road" They called 4-6-4 loco motives Baltics... Weird)
We do have clearances of 6" in places - on the Ffestiniog Railway things get very tight due to carriages gradually getting bigger to the full extent of the loading gauge which has increased slightly during the preservation era - the Welsh Highland locos and stock are significantly larger than Ffestiniog due to a more generous loading gauge, the historic Welsh Highland had more room than the Ffestiniog to begin with and it has been increased further to allow the South African stock. As a result we cannot run WHR trains onto the FR apart from a mile or so to the workshops/carriage shed at Boston Lodge, but we can of course fun an FR train on the WHR and have done a few special runs with a single train along the entire combined railways (40 miles). Plans have been mooted in the past to enlarge the loading gauge of the FR to fit WHR trains and aside from one difficult location it would be pretty possible, but we'd lose the unique character of the old FR - and after all as the world's first ever narrow gauge railway (with the first NG locos and stock still in occasional use to this day) - it would be a step too far. :)
The NGG16’s are more powerful than some Standard gauge engines. They have a higher tractive effort than an Ivatt class 2 mogul
I don't care if all my locos are standard gauge, I NEED a model of that loco! :D Does anyone know where I can get one?
Why are the tracks so close together
Please tell me you're going to do the Ffestiniog as well.
Definitely - but I'm not sure when.
:D
Look how little thous tracks are omg lol
Accucraft made a Live Steam model of the WHR Garratts in 16mm scale. Sadly discontinued, and rare, though beautiful models. They go for £3000+ on eBay etc when they do show up. They may be available in 4mm 009 scale (OO scale but N gauge track) for much less, but the detail and realism are inferior to the 16mm version.
Hmmm that might be a bit too much lol
InterCity82 . Here is the 009 scale one, only in Kit for though as there are no RTR 009 scale egnines www.backwoodsminiatures.com/009kits.htm (scroll down)
My Grandad is building a kit of one of these
They could have protested about the noise and some people just don't like having tourists around,
when is part 2 coming???
It's four videos away.
beware...the coach parties! got elbowed out the way by crinklies at the talyllyn.... :-)
the garret is a gresly design
I have minecraft know when can I join you will
Will, this was to short, you should have done it all in one part. Just kidding!
HAHAHA :D
intercity82 hattons liverpool has some in the front glass case
would love to meet you there
Shot taken from carriage 2044
Was this post commentary? I think it is, just wanna know.
The narration was recorded separately, yes. And added afterwards.
Oh okay. Thanks!
Looks like a garrat
Oh it's a narrow gauge garrat
Probably annoying rancher wankers.
Would you take the train again the next time you're at Snowdon? Take some video for us?
Language! And yes, I will film the actual Snowdon Mountain Railway next time, I think!
Best shut up mate and let the pictures do the talking. Just saying.
Shot taken from carriage 2044