I'd like to have seen these negotiating the A496 towards Dolgellau. Or maybe not, I've been stuck behind too many vehicles struggling along that route.
Beau ! Bear I think they loaded off the trains behind Barmouth station because there is a siding next to the station and on a another video I saw the two lorries was parked up next to the station
If you read the information above you will see that the train had got stuck on the wrong side of a bridge after the bridge caught fire. The bridge I think was an ancient landmark and it needed renovating for more than a week before trains were allowed to cross. So I guess this train set was needed on some local line on the other side of the bridge and had no railway line available for it to get there. The area is just beside the sea, there is water cutting off the area from part of the mainland, there are mountains... not easy to lay railway lines here.
Little known fact: In the UK, residents often go hunting. When a suitable animal is not found, the residents will go for more difficult targets, like this one. What this video really shows is the townspeople parading their kill around the streets. Not shown is the ceremonial cooking and eating of the prey.
The train had been isolated from the main rail network by track damage, Allelys were bypassing the damaged track and returning the train to the network.
There wasn't a fire on Barmouth Bridge at all. The carriages had to be moved via road from Barmouth due to rolling stock shortage following serious trackbed ballast wash out further along the coast at Towyn after a storm in early January 2014.
It's a good thing the UK uses small trains. I couldn't imagine them trying to move a large American rail car through there. XD First the trucks would need more axles to hold the weight of them. Second the trailers would be longer still. Then the rail cars would also be taller when on the trailer. Aka...American trains haul trains. Not by trucks. And if it has to be by truck, you're usually getting the electric company involved, to move power lines and stoplights out of the way, police cars to close roads, and major rigging company's involved. It's often a massive undertaking since the truck and rail car could be pushing 300,000+ lbs. And you wouldn't get them through a small town like this.
I wonder how much that operation cost. It wouldn't have been cheap. Probably many thousands of pounds. Might have been more cost-effective to just leave it stranded until the bridge got fixed.
Years ago the guy steering the back wheels would have been standing on the back of the trailer operating a manual steering wheel directly connected to the wheels. It would have been a tough job. Nowadays it's all electronics and advanced hydraulic systems. Easy peasy.
These streets are a piece of cake for this driver.... you orta see him drive down the allelys 😂🏴 plus he gets the train there quicker than if it was on rails
Top tip for those people who spent more time writing "why take them by road???!!" than reading the sub-100 word explanation about why they were taken by road; try reading the explanation about why they were taken by road.
What i dont understand is why go through barmouth ? I mean the streets are a nightmare for lorries and tight bends. Couldnt they go a different way ? Or if disconnexted off raikway track couldn't they collect it in the open countryside so easier ? Seems they picked the worst possible place to do this lol
Two different lorry and trailer configuration second one cab to front is longer and first is modular trailer with more lock and different wheel base configuration
Scottish NS Rail Fan If you want to split hairs . You can call it a Diesel multiple unit if it makes you happy but majority of people call it a train , you wouldn't say I'm going to get a dmu to -----?
The railway bridge crossing the estuary caught fire preventing trains from crossing, no other way over except by road. It's a small coastal town in Wales so the roads are tight and twisty, even through the high street. A lot of the Arriva trains are dedicated for certain lines connecting smaller towns, so with it being stuck on the wrong side of the bridge it would have left a lot of people without transport for a week.
Welsh main roads, especially in Rural areas, aren't always as wide as your standard trunk road. Go to Barmouth (Wales) on Google Maps and do Google Streetview. Another example is the intersection of two major welsh trunk roads in Rhayder (apologies for any misspelling).
Probably the only Arriva service that arrived to its destination on time!
HAH good one ;D
fucking class.
😂😂
Absolutely true
😂😂😂
1:54
"Oh look Margaret there's a man walking his train"
i'm pissing myself laughing right now LOL
imreallydead. "oh shut up john, that man is dragging the poor train by its leash. Call PDSA right now!"
imreallydead. Aa
😂😂😂
Oh my 😅
That’s the most excitement Barmouth has seen years.
Well I've heard of Road Trains but that is just ridicoulous!
tom201090 No just no
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Outback Truckers 😏
Good team work ! Keep em rolling guys.
We were actually there one day when this happened,fascinating how they managed to get through.
not really,they have rear steer Axles,gets you around a corner easy 9 times out of ten
well done the first driver going around the corner with out touching the curb 👍
@regular everyday normal modafuka
Thank you for making dumb people understand
i thought that as well, the wheel loading would do the kerb edge no favours at all
I like the tail lights on the first vehicle. A missed opportunity to display the destination!
I'd like to have seen these negotiating the A496 towards Dolgellau. Or maybe not, I've been stuck behind too many vehicles struggling along that route.
How the hell did they get out of Barmouth ? Some tight narrowish bends on the way out.
Good driving skills and thanks for sharing the video 👍
He's still trying (2019)
Beau ! Bear
I think they loaded off the trains behind Barmouth station because there is a siding next to the station and on a another video I saw the two lorries was parked up next to the station
Maybe they come in that way
Even after they get out of the town area the coast road in places is very tight and twisty and hilly in places
If you read the information above you will see that the train had got stuck on the wrong side of a bridge after the bridge caught fire. The bridge I think was an ancient landmark and it needed renovating for more than a week before trains were allowed to cross. So I guess this train set was needed on some local line on the other side of the bridge and had no railway line available for it to get there.
The area is just beside the sea, there is water cutting off the area from part of the mainland, there are mountains... not easy to lay railway lines here.
sebofo "the bridge caught fire"
The sea seems like a great way
Wow! Now that's what I called driving skills👍
1janehunter
Indeed but couldn't be done without the special trailers
Mark C And the guys with the controls on those wheels, good job they weren't going at speed 😂😂
1janehunter
It could be a very large version of Tokyo drift 👍
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1:30 _Mind The Gap_
Is it worth the stress?
In Soviet Britain, train rides lorry.
The Union of British socialist Kingdoms.
This is transport
Did that bridge burn down across the estuary ?
Owen Crouch it got damaged by fire
What a gorgeous church on the left!
Why were the train's lights on?
Safety first
this is vehicle
Little known fact: In the UK, residents often go hunting. When a suitable animal is not found, the residents will go for more difficult targets, like this one. What this video really shows is the townspeople parading their kill around the streets. Not shown is the ceremonial cooking and eating of the prey.
Yeah.....There was too much rejoicing for my liking! Sacrificial!
Were the passengers on a bus behind this?
Don't be silly, they couldn't afford a bus too, lol
Touched the curb bro I have to fail your exam.
It was expected.. 1000 wheels. like a Centipede pulling a snake...Skilled job!
@stephen john gray wooosh
Romano Hgv’s are allowed to mount the curb when necessary if safe to do so
@@jamesheaton8579 Not in a test
@@Ryan-uh9le I was told you can as long as it’s necessary and safe to do so but you need tell the examiner you’re intentions
Is that the replacement trains for the bus service
That was really awesome to watch. Really enjoyed it. Thanks for sharing. Big thumbs up from me and I've subscribed to you.
Looks like the driver's had a good time driving trains around.
Based on the Slough between Redditch and Studley see these guys all the time amazing skill
Was at NorthWeald station on the EOR when a guy delivered a big Diesel , was Alleys , had a long chat with the driver , top bloke
First driver kept unit off kerbs....well done.
Two different trailers and unit configuration .first is modular a lot more lock .second is longer wheel base on trailer and less lock on steering
Thanks for explanation, I wondered why train not stay on the the rail tracks as it is much more easy to travel through the city it is in.
The second truck had a better approach to the first corner. What do they do with those carriages?
The train had been isolated from the main rail network by track damage, Allelys were bypassing the damaged track and returning the train to the network.
What was it doing on the beach in the first place?
Well that's my manshed being delivered 😆
I have seen a steam engine on a flatbed trailer being shipped by train from Massachusetts to New York.
Dan u did a great job....
Which is relevant how? 🤦♂️
why would such a tractor unit require more amber lights than an emergency vehicle has blue emergency lights?
Typical alleys. Professional till the end. Nice job on showing how it's really done
Allely's, you mean
suprising how long these 158 units are on the road...dont look so long on tracks. like how the first one has red lights on lol
Wow it's hard even to fit a car through never mind a lorry and a train on the back. Them diver is skillful. And I love going to Barmouth every year☺
Where was this 158 heading to
There wasn't a fire on Barmouth Bridge at all. The carriages had to be moved via road from Barmouth due to rolling stock shortage following serious trackbed ballast wash out further along the coast at Towyn after a storm in early January 2014.
Best thing about Barmouth is the road out of it 👍👍
It's a good thing the UK uses small trains. I couldn't imagine them trying to move a large American rail car through there. XD
First the trucks would need more axles to hold the weight of them. Second the trailers would be longer still. Then the rail cars would also be taller when on the trailer.
Aka...American trains haul trains. Not by trucks. And if it has to be by truck, you're usually getting the electric company involved, to move power lines and stoplights out of the way, police cars to close roads, and major rigging company's involved.
It's often a massive undertaking since the truck and rail car could be pushing 300,000+ lbs.
And you wouldn't get them through a small town like this.
Thank god a yank turned up to tell us all how much better/bigger everything is in the good old US of A, now fuck off.
where and how did they craine these onto trucks
Can't trains arrive by rail.
Or did you miss your stop or something.
A year ago you forgot to read the description of a video
IsThis WhatYouWant
You forgot to get a sense for humour.
Nut case.
see these trucks alot on m25 m6 m1 great catch to see the skill
Yeah barmouth is very tight i managed to deliver a lot of windbreakers in an 18 tonner only beacause we off loaded them at 7pm when it was quiet
Hats off to the truck drivers! Great job!
So were was the police or highways agency escort for over size loads
Iconito.Or even more Incognito.
Police no longer do escorts in England and Wales, only Scotland. Here the transport firm is responsible for providing the escort.
Rail replacement service?
Why not by rail?
First train through Dolgellau in many Decades!
I don't think there are many of these Perkins 158s left now, Northern have lost theirs and EMT don't have many left.
Correct title to video. 'diesel railcar set' on lorries negotiates Barmouth streets.
It's not a diesel anything. It's a train carrage.
Who gives a fuck anyway troll
chris77777777ify It's a part of a Diesel train.
It's a diesel train class 158
So...a train, then.
a little 2-car DMU "train"
THE BEST DRIVER IN THIS PLANET THANK YOU
I don't know, you wait for ages and then two of the buggers turn up!
There are some amazing drivers around.
Any wonder the trains are always late if they're getting a piggy back on a truck ?
Beautiful town
The locals whining that they won't be going anywhere today are probably the same locals who complained about tracks being blocked!
Nice bit of navigating Allelys
I wonder how much that operation cost. It wouldn't have been cheap. Probably many thousands of pounds. Might have been more cost-effective to just leave it stranded until the bridge got fixed.
Years ago the guy steering the back wheels would have been standing on the back of the trailer operating a manual steering wheel directly connected to the wheels. It would have been a tough job. Nowadays it's all electronics and advanced hydraulic systems. Easy peasy.
Funny how the classification lights were on, on the trains
Surely there's another route, with wider roads
Nope!
at a guess NO, if there was they would have used it surely
Yusuf -
Barmouth is all tight streets so I don't think so
One mistake and you are screwed, it would have been so difficult to reverse one of these low loaders.
Easier to reverse that than a normal trailer
Interesting that one was STGO Cat 3 weight and the other Cat 2 weight
It's what the truck is rated to, not the load
Gotcha. Thanks.
These streets are a piece of cake for this driver.... you orta see him drive down the allelys 😂🏴 plus he gets the train there quicker than if it was on rails
It wasn't towed because of a fire. It was towed due to flooding I think.
Were the people still on the train?
importedmusic no. A health and safety and b the unit aas being moved back to a depot after the bridge closed as per the description
They'd given up and gone home! The answer is no.
Ghost of Commuters Past
would of liked to see the whole trip out to main road
This probably was the easy part,further out off Barmouth would also be a nightmare
Well done
Love Barmouth
Ets3 confirmed?
that is cool as hell. 👏
they have done it with the 801
Top tip for those people who spent more time writing "why take them by road???!!" than reading the sub-100 word explanation about why they were taken by road; try reading the explanation about why they were taken by road.
Would been nice to have had a start to finish, of the entire journey.
Great ! Like the good old days !
Why this Class 158 can't ride the rails to where it's going i don't know, even if it can't go on it's own a Class 66 or something could do the job.
Iwona would be proud of them.🇬🇧
That street is quite wide even by many colonial area streets in USA such as Boston central or other European countries. many are more like alley's.
I think that, that’s taking the idea of a replacement bus service just a little too far!
What i dont understand is why go through barmouth ? I mean the streets are a nightmare for lorries and tight bends. Couldnt they go a different way ? Or if disconnexted off raikway track couldn't they collect it in the open countryside so easier ? Seems they picked the worst possible place to do this lol
Britmatt81 let's just talk about your profile picture...
Britmatt81 I would imagine there was no other place to load the unit as if it were done on the track the lorry would never get off.
its me dressed up in fancy dress for halloween
@@сукаблять-т8о "Profile picture" this isn't Facebook...
@@RWL2012 Dafuq are you on about?
That truck driver is prob on half the salary of a train driver.
so the rails in the UK are so terrible now they have to use the roads.
LOL THE CITY PLANNERS OF THAT TOWN IN THE 1500s AND 1600s
DIDNT DO CITY STREET PLANNING TO ACOMMODATE SUCH TRAFFIC AS THIS!! LOL 😂
Looks like Mid- Summer there!!!!
Np it was just a Mid Sommer Nights Dream
Simple question????? Y didnt they take it by rail??????
The coastal line had been damaged by a storm surge, as had the trains, see the second reply to sebofo's comment.
2 different lines first one was best
2nd one was better dude. That truck passed the turn much quicker than the 1st
Two different lorry and trailer configuration second one cab to front is longer and first is modular trailer with more lock and different wheel base configuration
the powers that be should have cleared those streets
Agreed, woman and prams can be seen walking the pavements a bit concerning to say the least ;(
The PTB? Sure they'd love clear the streets. A whole Compendium of weaponage the could reap!
I've walked down there
This is what they call a roadtrain
I’m from dolgellau which by Barmouth
The train better not be scratched!!!
Why is the first one Cat 3 and the second Cat 2?
It's the same load on the same vehicles.
Same load of circa 40t, different tractors and trailers which could have made the first outfit close to the 85t limit for STGO 2.
Why would people dislike this video?
well You can tell did not get the drivers incense in usa....lol...great jobs guys
What a lorry like train.
It's a train on the back of a couple of lorries, it basically said that in the title but yeah
New meaning to rail replacement service
I need to go to Specsavers when I get home. Never saw a train, only DMUs
Scottish NS Rail Fan
If you want to split hairs . You can call it a Diesel multiple unit if it makes you happy but majority of people call it a train , you wouldn't say I'm going to get a dmu to -----?
Lol
It's actually half a 2-car unit on the back of each lorry
RWL2012 yeah but if you think it 2 cars therefore it goes back being a train
This is why train fans (sorry, is that 'dmu' fans?) are looked down upon so much.
I think they're trained on the road...
why are a couple of train cars being hauled around a neighborhood like that in the first place?
The railway bridge crossing the estuary caught fire preventing trains from crossing, no other way over except by road. It's a small coastal town in Wales so the roads are tight and twisty, even through the high street. A lot of the Arriva trains are dedicated for certain lines connecting smaller towns, so with it being stuck on the wrong side of the bridge it would have left a lot of people without transport for a week.
Welsh main roads, especially in Rural areas, aren't always as wide as your standard trunk road. Go to Barmouth (Wales) on Google Maps and do Google Streetview. Another example is the intersection of two major welsh trunk roads in Rhayder (apologies for any misspelling).
Love the burger and chips beer swilling rear steerer. Almost stereotypical and possessing the right prerequisites for his job.
Bob Clarke I’m guessing you was on about the second steersman, well I can assure you he’ll earn more in a week what you get in a month
@@y0BeastHD Yellow Jacket can afford a Signature BBQ and a Slurpy?