This is the neatest railway and well worth a visit and a ride. Set in the beautiful Welsh scenery going from the sea across a causeway and up into the hills. If you can arrange to go on one of their 'special' days so much the better.
P.S. We don't need no stinkin' locomotive. (Translated to Welsh, of course.) MANY railroads use gravity like that. Inclines and humpyards, and dump and release hopper and gondola operations see train cars roll quite a distance on their own. ♡ T.E.N.
Originally it was all 1 in 80. 55 years ago(!) when I went up to the Ffestiniog (north Wales) at weekends to shovel coal and ballast, oh and see trains, at the end of the day we would ride down under gravity. I seem to remember the occasional brake lever on the wagons. In the early days, before steam locos, horses would pull wagons up, be loaded into horse wagons to come down, then on the final flat section near the harbor when the wagons had rolled to a halt, be brought round the front of the train for a last pull.
It only seems insane to us regular folk, because we don't work with it, but these guys do, and have for years, i'd bet even they, said the gravity train is insane, but they wouldn't now.
Yes. Individual hand operated brakes on the first wagon and some of the others. The man on the first wagon has to know the route so he can instruct the others when to brake.
each wagon has a lever operated brake, that is way the ride the wagons down so the can push the levers down forcing the blocks again the wheels. The team work together using the brakes to control the descent.
1 in 80. It is a superbly engineered gradient - the designer had worked for the Ordnance Survey, who have been in business since about 1745 and can even tell us how much the land surface has risen over those years (about five inches....)
I have the DORLING KINDERSLEY DK EYEWITNESS GUIDES Book of TRAIN. Discover the story of railways - from the days of steam to the high - speed, sophisticated trains of today. In association with THE NATIONAL RAILWAY MUSEUM.
It would have been nice to have a commentary so people overseas would know what they were looking at. Great scenery weird unexplained rolling stock. Sorry but a thumbs down from me.
Wonderful, and what a beautiful little locomotive, quite bewitching!
This is the neatest railway and well worth a visit and a ride. Set in the beautiful Welsh scenery going from the sea across a causeway and up into the hills. If you can arrange to go on one of their 'special' days so much the better.
Beautiful scenery and great video.
I'm going to take a weekend to view all these vids. Beautiful landscape and the only way to see it is by rail.
That's one of the fastest narrow gauge tank loco with tiny drive wheels I have ever seen. The stack talk is like a rabbit's heartbeat.
4:54 that whistle.. Awesome and funny too.. didn't expect that.. hahaha
An excellent video. Hello from the Tracy Mountain Railway in Colorado. ♡ T.E.N.
P.S. We don't need no stinkin' locomotive. (Translated to Welsh, of course.) MANY railroads use gravity like that. Inclines and humpyards, and dump and release hopper and gondola operations see train cars roll quite a distance on their own. ♡ T.E.N.
Beautifull old trains in good conditions well working .
Nice to see !
KR
Absolutely fascinating!
Originally it was all 1 in 80. 55 years ago(!) when I went up to the Ffestiniog (north Wales) at weekends to shovel coal and ballast, oh and see trains, at the end of the day we would ride down under gravity. I seem to remember the occasional brake lever on the wagons. In the early days, before steam locos, horses would pull wagons up, be loaded into horse wagons to come down, then on the final flat section near the harbor when the wagons had rolled to a halt, be brought round the front of the train for a last pull.
Гравитационный поезд👍👍👍
This is the most insane i ever seen!!!!
It only seems insane to us regular folk, because we don't work with it, but these guys do, and have for years, i'd bet even they, said the gravity train is insane, but they wouldn't now.
The men that used to work in the quarries would take a train up, and ride the slate trains down. A daily thing back in the day.
That was fun ! 😊
Is there any kind of brake on those rolling stock ?
Yes. Individual hand operated brakes on the first wagon and some of the others. The man on the first wagon has to know the route so he can instruct the others when to brake.
@@MarkAtkin Thanks, good to hear that :-)
Make sure the brakes are good
If are not... well last stop will be a accident
The world's longest roller-coaster? Certainly the most scenic.
Looks like about two feet gauge?
Yes. One foot, eleven and a half inches. The story behind the gauge and the eventual use of steam locomotives is fascinating.
Is this that extra cheap - low comfort train they offer?
I thought this was fake, but no... they really are giant people.
WHOS THAT COMING AROUND THE BEND IT THOMAS 0.00
''on on on!'' screamed the trucks ''faster faster!!''
Calm down Ringo! Lol
Troublesome trucks. ♡ T.E.N.
What do they use for brakes????????
each wagon has a lever operated brake, that is way the ride the wagons down so the can push the levers down forcing the blocks again the wheels. The team work together using the brakes to control the descent.
preston mcknew , gravity!!
my mum says if I am good I can have a toy train like the red one.
What's the average grade? Looks pretty steep
1 in 80. It is a superbly engineered gradient - the designer had worked for the Ordnance Survey, who have been in business since about 1745 and can even tell us how much the land surface has risen over those years (about five inches....)
Isn't this a wee bit dangerous? :)
Just a wee bit. About as dangerous as crossing a busy road, provided you know how to do it.
These fellas fang it. Loose AF!
Those are some funny-looking passenger cars
...oh
I have the DORLING KINDERSLEY DK EYEWITNESS GUIDES Book of TRAIN.
Discover the story of railways - from the days of steam to the high - speed, sophisticated trains of today.
In association with THE NATIONAL RAILWAY MUSEUM.
If Ryanair Ran railways.....
The rest of the passengers must have fallen off.
Those PPL are H-U-G-E. No wonder it's in WALES. lol
DUKE...!!!
It would have been nice to have a commentary so people overseas would know what they were looking at. Great scenery weird unexplained rolling stock. Sorry but a thumbs down from me.
Just read the comments.