Hats off to the drivers of those extreme length trailers, their reversing skills dealing with narrow roads and parked vehicles are beyond words. Well executed.
A friend of mine is a Traffic Cop and often gets involved with escorting Abnormal and other outsized loads. Whilst in general, he has great respect for the everyday HGV driver, he has said when it comes to these specialist drivers in how they negotiate their outsized loads through often the narrowest streets and such like, he really takes his hat off to all the meticulous planning that goes into such moves as displayed on here. Then, as he has said, he'll have to deal with a motorist who can't reverse a car for toffee!
For jobs with abnormal loads like this there is quite a lot of work before the HGV drivers even head out. The first exercise is reviewing the whole route and identifying amaking use of the "AutoTrack" addon which allows you track the path of a vehicle and check whether a movement is physically possible. Once it is confirmed that a route is viable the next step is to talk to all the local councils on the route where you will need permission for temporary closures of roads, parking spaces etc on the route. With all this confirmedits then down to the skill of the HGV drivers and road crew to get it done!
@@cazroberts9434 I have seen a few rear steer bogies before but they have had the rear driver standing in a section at the back on the bogie driving it like he was driving a car. When you first see it you just stare at it thinking you’ve lost the plot.
I watched a very long loaded artic and long trailer both carrying roof trusses, reverse around two corners on small roads in my village - amazed by the rear steer and reversing cameras in the cab!
I used to go to Barmouth every year for hols as a kid in the 70`s/80`s , I think the only thing thats changed is the shops and the beach now has dunes :-)
These truck drivers deserve some kind of recognition going through streets of Barmouth. My mother's aunt had a hotel in Barmouth called Bwlch vane years ago right at the end of the Promenade this brings back memories.
To get the whole thing to slew round the corner on the beachfront and not hit one part of the pavement and with people watching on.. driver take a bow .. getting through Barmouth tight corners and bends.. take a bow lad take a bow! That is some skill.. when the pressure was on he stood up and took on the challenge. That is what legends are made of!
takes me back to my days working on a maintenance depot repairing Trains absolutely fantastic Train to work on is the 158, I was on the depot the very first day these Trains were introduced
@@Sam-bz1hr yes I started working for British rail in 1991 and it was just before privatisation the company I worked for split into two groups the first one being intercity for the high-speed trains and the commuter trains known as Regional Railways if you search for an image of a train with regional railways you will see, although regional railways didn't last very long, maybe it was called regional railways as I worked in west Yorkshire but I think it was nationwide, regional Railways was the best place I ever worked my career spanned 1991 to 2015 I had to retire on ill health
@@stillo1578 sounds great , I am new to the railway myself around 4 years , and I currently work for Northern Rail , I am quite fasinated about the history of the railway pre privatisation , 🚂
@@Sam-bz1hr before I retired on medical grounds in 2015 at the age of 52 I worked for Northern rail, I started my career in 1991 straight from the building industry it was the best years of my life I worked on a maintenance depot in Leeds some of the best people I've ever had the pleasure of working with, I was a shunter in 1994 and I worked with some of the mainline drivers and some of the tales they told me were absolutely riveting, I have had many positions within the railway they looked after me fantastically well and I could highly recommend that anyone who can works for the railway, I remember working on the old conventional trains now they were bad. I wish you all the best in your new career working for Northern rail if you work hard you will progress up the career ladder they are very big on promoting people from within particularly on the maintenance side of things but that opportunities all throughout the railway I wish you all the best and I hope you have an absolutely fantastic time working for them
Absolutely brilliant, love the fact it’s gone the wrong way down a one way street that is tight at the best of time let alone with a long load like that! Us HGV drivers can get things through tight gaps that’s for sure!
This is amazing to watch especially seeing loads of people out taking pics n videos some of those tight corners was crazy that's some top class driving from him mate 🙂
What would we do without great drivers, super trucks and assistants and rear wheel steering, so very well done by all, great bit of Barmouth history. Thanks for this.
Fascinating watch. Saw a Southern coach on a transporter like this one driving through Thornton Heath Pond in South London a few weeks ago. Obviously the roads a bit wider here. An impressive operation overall, well done to all concerned.
Smashing to see this. Happy memories of hols at Barmouth many moons ago coupled to another favourite - trains. Got me thinking of the old BR ad ‘Let the train take the strain’, but this is more like ‘Let the train crack the drain.’ Thanks for the great coverage.
First went to Barmouth over 60 years ago when the High St was 2 way traffic, bus's and lorries passing each other. Just looks so narrow to me now ! Allely's drivers have got nerves of Titanium !!
Testing out the reverse pacer units. For anyone who doesn’t get that pacer unit is, it was practically a bus that was slapped ontop of a freight wagon and run as a train
Only yesterday here in Perth, Western Australia, I had to wait 20 minutes at traffic lights on the Great Eastern Highway bypass as a truck with no less than 80 wheels was carting some mammoth steel frame.
@@Priestabload Probably worth putting in the description that this was a "rescue mission", arriving by road because the branch line is cut off from the main network for repair. One of the trains moved into place before the blockage developed a fault so a replacement Class 158 passenger unit was airlifted-in (trucked-in) to keep the local rail service going.
Wow... we used to holiday in Barmouth all the time when I was a kid, the roads are definitely awkward for this sort of job! Looks like you guys did the job amazingly well!
The planning was ok as we have done it the reverse way taking away before .the logistics was to look at junctions and islands as we are now approaching from the opposite direction .then the next bit was to organise with police and council to travel the wrong way in a one way system.once that was approved 👍
When you see the pure driving skill of these guy's and compare it to some (lots) of idol car drivers in our raids it makes you thankful there good drivers around. Do not understand why cones were not placed to stop parking? it may have made that drivers job that little bit easier? Well done to all .
In the past without heavy machinery we had bridges destroyed by bushfires. Yet in most cases a temporary bridge was put in place within days. That was in the day when there was no alternative to the railway so there was no choice but to get things more or less operable quickly.
I refer to my earlier comment. For the sake of expediency it seems there were lots of"bent"rules that in hindsight could be illuminated but mooted as a necessary "exception".
Even better than the on-road scene from the Titfield Thunderbolt.... P.S.... the railway jargon for being derailed is to be "off the road" & this train is certainly that... I managed to get off the road 3 times on dodgy track in sidings in my 40 year career of train driving... I even drove class 158's too, but never to Barmouth... now happily retired
The driver is steering himself at 2.07 on what is called auto .at 6.20 the steering is on manual so controlled by the lead but can put wheels straight and it will follow like a normal trailer
Am sure somewhere not hemmed in by buildings would be a better place to witness the partial eclipse. Anyway all the advice was not to risk eye damage by looking at it.
Who's steering the trailer wheels through the first few minutes before getting in to town? Y'd think the local council would have made the street No Parking for the day.
What is comical is that the train was delivered to the railway station, so why not send it there by rail? Barmouth Station is on one of the prettiest railway routes across North Wales and well worth using if you like to sit back and watch Wales open up in front of you.
@@JamesGU4 The route is mostly single line, and a bridge was being replaced further down the line. That meant that they had to be delivered by road, and Barmouth is the easiest place to take them off of the lorries because of the siding just outside the station.
I wonder how many years until the next train through Dolgellau is? There was one a few years back going from Barmouth. Presumably this is the return trip!
For a while I was wondering if this was being delivered to the two week summer street fair as a display of the new rolling stock that would be coming in 2025.
I wonder why this was done during the day when there were quite a few people around? Would it not have been safer and easier to do it in the early morning when it was light?
It was done during the day as that was when all the relevant authorities agreed due to restrictions on abnormal loads moving in hours of darkness rush hour restrictions road work /closure on a5 part of route at night .and police available to assist with the street closure
That wheelset (by the camera during the long reverse into the station yard) hasn’t seen a lathe in a while! Probably not the best-riding 158 🙂 Nice vid; we don’t always appreciate how tight things get when there’s that much height, and that much length behind the kingpin. Skilful.
Excellent driving. However, a totally surreal sight, especially when the coaches are on the back of a lorry going over a level crossing. We have heard a lot about how transporting freight by rail instead of road is desirable. Well, I just wondered whether anyone has considered delivering railway rolling stock by rail - just a thought.
Black Bridge is closed until the end of the month. Railway line is only open from Machynlleth to Pwllheli/Aberystwyth this is the best way to move them
Genuine question, so anybody who knows the answer please speak up. Why did they have to take the train through such a tight road system? Couldn't they have taken it to a more accessible railyard and then driven it through the rail network to Barmouth?
A Quite Funny experience I had when I first started my career on the railway was with the class 141 trains these were really old" complete rubbish, we were getting new Trains and these had been phased out but we had two on our depot one of them was scrap the other one was being sold we called in a company to dismantle the scrap train and take it away they brought all their cutting gear and cut the train up and removed it from site unfortunately the Manager that authorised the cutting up of the train cut up the wrong train altogether a good one was scrapped and the crap one was kept so in the end we had to have both trains cut up i have never laughed so much in my life
Can you imagine not knowing this was happening and just opening your curtains to see a train driving down your street 😳😂
I like trains, so that would be cool for me. It would also be kinda wierd at first though, I don't see them on the road that often😂
🤣
falmouth6ton
Hats off to the drivers of those extreme length trailers, their reversing skills dealing with narrow roads and parked vehicles are beyond words. Well executed.
It’s good to see the Barmouth HS2 link spur is fully operational ahead of time and to peak capacity.
Now that's irony. !
😂😂😂
That's what they want your to think....
A friend of mine is a Traffic Cop and often gets involved with escorting Abnormal and other outsized loads. Whilst in general, he has great respect for the everyday HGV driver, he has said when it comes to these specialist drivers in how they negotiate their outsized loads through often the narrowest streets and such like, he really takes his hat off to all the meticulous planning that goes into such moves as displayed on here. Then, as he has said, he'll have to deal with a motorist who can't reverse a car for toffee!
For jobs with abnormal loads like this there is quite a lot of work before the HGV drivers even head out. The first exercise is reviewing the whole route and identifying amaking use of the "AutoTrack" addon which allows you track the path of a vehicle and check whether a movement is physically possible. Once it is confirmed that a route is viable the next step is to talk to all the local councils on the route where you will need permission for temporary closures of roads, parking spaces etc on the route.
With all this confirmedits then down to the skill of the HGV drivers and road crew to get it done!
Now that’s a driver and support crew
That rear steer bogie makes all the difference.
Comes in handy when trying to get them past the post office buildings 5 to 6 mins in the video
@@cazroberts9434 I have seen a few rear steer bogies before but they have had the rear driver standing in a section at the back on the bogie driving it like he was driving a car. When you first see it you just stare at it thinking you’ve lost the plot.
I watched a very long loaded artic and long trailer both carrying roof trusses, reverse around two corners on small roads in my village - amazed by the rear steer and reversing cameras in the cab!
@@tinasteer2507 watched this four times in my hometown of Barmouth. It's amazing how the trailers work with the rear steering
The look on peoples faces waiting at a bus stop and then this comes along 🤣😂🤣
Then there was the woman who expressed no surprise as a train carriage on the back of a trailer came down the middle of the street.
Bus Replacement Service
If you wonder what Barmouth was like 100 years ago, GO THERE NOW!
I used to go to Barmouth every year for hols as a kid in the 70`s/80`s , I think the only thing thats changed is the shops and the beach now has dunes :-)
@@ScowlerJase I went there early 90's, seemed like a poor relation of Great Yarmouth. Had a great time in both places however :-)
Not a particularly photogenic town, but love the surrounding scenery
Didn’t realise we had so many SUV’s 100 years ago 😛
@@chrissymon1001 Or jokes
These truck drivers deserve some kind of recognition going through streets of Barmouth. My mother's aunt had a hotel in Barmouth called
Bwlch vane years ago right at the end of the Promenade this brings back memories.
So how does it bring back memories? Lorries with railway carriages on them running through the streets were a common sight?
Gav and My mate keV will appreciate the recognition they work hard. Thank you.
@@johnbishop5316 There's a bad smell from your comment.
An object lesson in patience, co-ordination, team-work and "knowing your limits". Thank you for posting.
Absolutely LOVE Barmouth! - had many a great holiday there. Love it to bits :)
I drove our motorhome through Barmouth and that was a bloody nightmare...never again....well done
Thanks for watching Andrew
For those of you that think you are good drivers. These guys are good drivers. You are just drivers.
Thanks Andy
Glad you enjoyed the video.
To get the whole thing to slew round the corner on the beachfront and not hit one part of the pavement and with people watching on.. driver take a bow .. getting through Barmouth tight corners and bends.. take a bow lad take a bow! That is some skill.. when the pressure was on he stood up and took on the challenge. That is what legends are made of!
Team work makes the dream work Stu.
Thanks for watching mate
Thank you stu.it’s appreciated we try not to inconvenience others while we do our job .glad you like it .oh I hate curbs with my tyres
Incredible demonstration of the driver skills needed to move these large loads.
Well done to everyone involved, especially the driver. The drivers on the school run in their range rovers could learn a thing or two from these guys.
I used to work as escort driver for convoi exceptionnels across Europe in the 90s. Its extremely interesting work.
Well done to the drivers excellent skills in manoeuvring this load around those streets :)
takes me back to my days working on a maintenance depot repairing Trains absolutely fantastic Train to work on is the 158, I was on the depot the very first day these Trains were introduced
Regional Railways ??
@@Sam-bz1hr yes I started working for British rail in 1991 and it was just before privatisation the company I worked for split into two groups the first one being intercity for the high-speed trains and the commuter trains known as Regional Railways if you search for an image of a train with regional railways you will see, although regional railways didn't last very long, maybe it was called regional railways as I worked in west Yorkshire but I think it was nationwide, regional Railways was the best place I ever worked my career spanned 1991 to 2015 I had to retire on ill health
@@stillo1578 sounds great , I am new to the railway myself around 4 years , and I currently work for Northern Rail , I am quite fasinated about the history of the railway pre privatisation , 🚂
@@Sam-bz1hr before I retired on medical grounds in 2015 at the age of 52 I worked for Northern rail, I started my career in 1991 straight from the building industry it was the best years of my life I worked on a maintenance depot in Leeds some of the best people I've ever had the pleasure of working with, I was a shunter in 1994 and I worked with some of the mainline drivers and some of the tales they told me were absolutely riveting, I have had many positions within the railway they looked after me fantastically well and I could highly recommend that anyone who can works for the railway, I remember working on the old conventional trains now they were bad.
I wish you all the best in your new career working for Northern rail if you work hard you will progress up the career ladder they are very big on promoting people from within particularly on the maintenance side of things but that opportunities all throughout the railway I wish you all the best and I hope you have an absolutely fantastic time working for them
Absolutely brilliant, love the fact it’s gone the wrong way down a one way street that is tight at the best of time let alone with a long load like that! Us HGV drivers can get things through tight gaps that’s for sure!
Our lorry drivers are the best !
WHATTTTTTTTTTTTTT
This is amazing to watch especially seeing loads of people out taking pics n videos some of those tight corners was crazy that's some top class driving from him mate 🙂
Was at Barmouth yesterday great place..
Thank you for this video..👍🏻
I stress about taking a twin axle caravan through 😂
When backing up, I was wavingthe mirrors of the parking cars goodby! 😂 Great job! 👍🏾😎
Cool, that driver sure is highly trained.🤓
The driver has got the job!
Wow..... the skill 👍👍♥️. Outstanding.
This place is beautiful, great clip and greetings from Australia.
Thank you Derek
What would we do without great drivers, super trucks and assistants and rear wheel steering, so very well done by all, great bit of Barmouth history. Thanks for this.
Thanks for the kind words Derek glad you enjoyed it.
@@Priestabload You bet, keep up the great work Gav and Kev!
Fascinating watch. Saw a Southern coach on a transporter like this one driving through Thornton Heath Pond in South London a few weeks ago. Obviously the roads a bit wider here. An impressive operation overall, well done to all concerned.
Not what I thought when I heard there was a rail replacement bus service...
Smashing to see this. Happy memories of hols at Barmouth many moons ago coupled to another favourite - trains. Got me thinking of the old BR ad ‘Let the train take the strain’, but this is more like ‘Let the train crack the drain.’ Thanks for the great coverage.
Thanks for watching
Look how tight it is taking that 158 through the narrow streets
Great effective teamwork guys
First went to Barmouth over 60 years ago when the High St was 2 way traffic, bus's and lorries passing each other.
Just looks so narrow to me now ! Allely's drivers have got nerves of Titanium !!
Amazing driving skills
Very impressive truck driving skills 🥳
Awesome rear steering axel trailer
I always thought it was odd when I hauled repair parts from the Chicago area to Oakland. The RR runs right alongside the interstate most of the way.
The Drivers & Escorts are certainly good at their jobs 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Thanks John we do try our best.
I hope you enjoy the content and thanks for watching
Which is probably what gives it a unique charm :)
Testing out the reverse pacer units.
For anyone who doesn’t get that pacer unit is, it was practically a bus that was slapped ontop of a freight wagon and run as a train
not a freight wagon, their chassis were based upon HSFV1
HSFV1 stands for High Speed Freight Vehicle so crazy t is almost right!
“Strike a light indeed i couldn’t agree more with you sir”
Fair play to that driver superb skill and judgement 👌
Glad you enjoyed the video.
Great driving, brilliant video!
Damn. It makes me want to fire up ETS2 (EuroTruckSimulator 2). Its been a while and this reminded just how much fun it is!
Why put the abbreviation if you explained it instantly?
Only yesterday here in Perth, Western Australia, I had to wait 20 minutes at traffic lights on the Great Eastern Highway bypass as a truck with no less than 80 wheels was carting some mammoth steel frame.
quality driving as always
If you don't get stuck behind a bus, it's a bloody train!!!!
Fantastic teamwork
Great video as always thanks for today 👍
Pleasure as always mate
@@Priestabload Probably worth putting in the description that this was a "rescue mission", arriving by road because the branch line is cut off from the main network for repair. One of the trains moved into place before the blockage developed a fault so a replacement Class 158 passenger unit was airlifted-in (trucked-in) to keep the local rail service going.
I've played to many video games bc I was expecting that sign near the end to just be run over 😂
Wow... we used to holiday in Barmouth all the time when I was a kid, the roads are definitely awkward for this sort of job! Looks like you guys did the job amazingly well!
Glad you enjoyed the video.
Now you get there by train ;)
@@interestingspagetti Just come back from there actually. I thought there was a service from Birmingham New Street but apparently not !
Excellent job guys
Just think opening your curtains after a night out on the drink and seeing a train going past your window down your road!
Successful delivery, well done (y)
Great job and good team work cool video.
Thanks
Good video, enjoyed watching this.
Great videos
Thanks for watching
Idah never thunk it, a truck delivering a train. Oh, you are the Train Truckers.
I love that trucks license plate
This was a history filming opportunity missed by the local council
Absolutely brilliant. Would love to know how much route prep is done prior to a drive like this.
The planning was ok as we have done it the reverse way taking away before .the logistics was to look at junctions and islands as we are now approaching from the opposite direction .then the next bit was to organise with police and council to travel the wrong way in a one way system.once that was approved 👍
When you see the pure driving skill of these guy's and compare it to some (lots) of idol car drivers in our raids it makes you thankful there good drivers around. Do not understand why cones were not placed to stop parking? it may have made that drivers job that little bit easier? Well done to all .
I was thinking exactly the same thing, the closeness the driver came to those cars was breath taking 😲.
Hell of a driver 👍🇬🇧
Oh well, no leaves on the track delaying the train at least.
Love the church antiques shop in barmouth
Skillful driving....
In the past without heavy machinery we had bridges destroyed by bushfires. Yet in most cases a temporary bridge was put in place within days. That was in the day when there was no alternative to the railway so there was no choice but to get things more or less operable quickly.
Two questions: Why were these items of rolling stock taken by road ? And these drivers are industry and union recognised as only semi-skilled. Bollix.
As it says in the description, the branch line was cut off.
I refer to my earlier comment. For the sake of expediency it seems there were lots of"bent"rules that in hindsight could be illuminated but mooted as a necessary "exception".
I agree. You have to take a strict test to drive HGV vehicles. And they are far stricter than car or bus licences.
Even better than the on-road scene from the Titfield Thunderbolt.... P.S.... the railway jargon for being derailed is to be "off the road" & this train is certainly that... I managed to get off the road 3 times on dodgy track in sidings in my 40 year career of train driving... I even drove class 158's too, but never to Barmouth... now happily retired
Who is steering the rear bogie trailer at 2:07, before the support
driver isn’t plugged in at 6:20?
The driver is steering himself at 2.07 on what is called auto .at 6.20 the steering is on manual so controlled by the lead but can put wheels straight and it will follow like a normal trailer
@@kevinnorris3943 Thanks
Most of those people at the roadside are looking at the eclipse of the sun.
What for its not that exciting, just a big shadow.
Am sure somewhere not hemmed in by buildings would be a better place to witness the partial eclipse. Anyway all the advice was not to risk eye damage by looking at it.
Who's steering the trailer wheels through the first few minutes before getting in to town?
Y'd think the local council would have made the street No Parking for the day.
I guess it receives the same information as the driver normally, but can be manually over-riden.
The driver is doing it on auto at the start .as tractor unit turns the trailer steers off hydraulic Rams so the trailer follows the unit
Absolutely fantastic driving but can’t help but wonder with this particular load why was it not brought by rail ??
Please read the description Ross and all will become clear.
Thanks for watching.
7:01 if you pause the vid, it kinda looks like the train is peeking around the building lol 😂🤣
Quite comical seeing a train use a level crossing the wrong way.
Isn't that sort of like a rail replacement bus service?! :-)
@@gdwnet Haha, indeed!
@@gdwnet bus replacement rail service!
What is comical is that the train was delivered to the railway station, so why not send it there by rail? Barmouth Station is on one of the prettiest railway routes across North Wales and well worth using if you like to sit back and watch Wales open up in front of you.
@@JamesGU4 The route is mostly single line, and a bridge was being replaced further down the line. That meant that they had to be delivered by road, and Barmouth is the easiest place to take them off of the lorries because of the siding just outside the station.
I wonder how many years until the next train through Dolgellau is? There was one a few years back going from Barmouth. Presumably this is the return trip!
One went by lorry to Cardiff the week before this happened
Well, thats one way to do a rail replacement service... Screw the bus, but put the train on the road :-D
For a while I was wondering if this was being delivered to the two week summer street fair as a display of the new rolling stock that would be coming in 2025.
Nice video buddy. 👍 🇬🇧 😀
I wonder why this was done during the day when there were quite a few people around? Would it not have been safer and easier to do it in the early morning when it was light?
My comment " exactly
It was done during the day as that was when all the relevant authorities agreed due to restrictions on abnormal loads moving in hours of darkness rush hour restrictions road work /closure on a5 part of route at night .and police available to assist with the street closure
Ive never seen a road train in the uk before
Lovely town….. tricky to drive around in a car !! 😳 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
That wheelset (by the camera during the long reverse into the station yard) hasn’t seen a lathe in a while! Probably not the best-riding 158 🙂 Nice vid; we don’t always appreciate how tight things get when there’s that much height, and that much length behind the kingpin. Skilful.
Nice one Jason 👍🏻
Cheers mate
7:09 WAIT FOR US WE'RE STILL IN THE CAR MAN!
Maybe someone can answer for me and I’m being stupid. What was the thing the dude in hi vis plugged into the back of the trailer around the 6min mark?
Trailer steering control
@@Priestabload thank you for your answer! Clever bit of kit
No problem glad you enjoyed the video.
top job.
Martian Space Probe music from Thunderbirds should be playing
😂
Excellent driving. However, a totally surreal sight, especially when the coaches are on the back of a lorry going over a level crossing. We have heard a lot about how transporting freight by rail instead of road is desirable. Well, I just wondered whether anyone has considered delivering railway rolling stock by rail - just a thought.
It explains above why not.
@@johnbishop5316 I know :)
They do and lot's of them
Black Bridge is closed until the end of the month. Railway line is only open from Machynlleth to Pwllheli/Aberystwyth this is the best way to move them
Why not use the rail to get there, or didn’t they have a rail card ?
They were on strike
I don't think they even clipped one kerb. Tekkers
I don’t think we did 👍
Thanks for watching
youd think they would have rail access in a more convenient spot somewhere.
Click "Show More" in the description and have a read :)
Is there a video showing the carriages being re-railed at Barmouth?
There will be this weekend 👍 thanks for watching
@@Priestabload Thanks for the info!
Have I missed something or is there a reason why the coaches could not have travelled there by rail before the bridge work.
These were a replacement set for a set that had broken down.
@@Priestabload Thank you for your reply. Now it makes sense. By the way, the skill of the drivers through those narrow roads was amazing.
I have been to Barmouth, where the trains mingle with people rollicking on the beach.
Genuine question, so anybody who knows the answer please speak up.
Why did they have to take the train through such a tight road system? Couldn't they have taken it to a more accessible railyard and then driven it through the rail network to Barmouth?
Stand down, just read the info above :-D Duh!
A Quite Funny experience I had when I first started my career on the railway was with the class 141 trains these were really old" complete rubbish, we were getting new Trains and these had been phased out but we had two on our depot one of them was scrap the other one was being sold we called in a company to dismantle the scrap train and take it away they brought all their cutting gear and cut the train up and removed it from site unfortunately the Manager that authorised the cutting up of the train cut up the wrong train altogether a good one was scrapped and the crap one was kept so in the end we had to have both trains cut up i have never laughed so much in my life
For some trucking+oversize vid combining with narrow+steep mountain , i recommend you for searching "SITINJAU LAUIK OVERSIZE" vid :)