Snowdon Mountain Railway - Steam up Wales' Highest Peak
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
- Imagine putting a TRAIN up the highest peak in the land!!! Well that's what they did in Wales.
We travel by steam on the Snowdon Mountain Railway. An unusual but stunningly beautiful trip.
July, 2022.
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Thanku so much guys!
Magnificent views, hope you do some more.
I'm very pleased you enjoyed, and thanks for commenting!
If you like the views, I'm in the middle of my series on my American trip from last year. AMAZING scenery.
Thanks again!
Simon
The last time I was here all the trains were steam hauled. Alas, those days have gone but my daughter and I have booked onto the only steam hauled train in a few weeks time, the first time I have used the train to reach Snowdon.
I'd love to see it working with all steam. They should do that as something special each year.
It's a greatctrip though. Enjoy your visit with your daughter!
@@ThatBIGTRAINGuy Thanks - I have great photos of those all steam days with trains crossing half way up.
Thanks. It brings back memories of riding the peak tram up Victoria peak in Hong Kong many years ago before china control.
Hong Kong! Wow! Thanks George
hope they open the last section soon....
enjoyed that video, nicely done .Regards from Dublin
I'm glad. Thanks very much!
More great rail adventures to come later in the year 😉
Its really cool to see, real world images from the pages of the Railway Series. I hope to one day make the journey over to the UK to visit the line in person.
Brilliant. It's a great railway with spectacular views (if you are lucky!)
I hope you mange it.
Thank you!
Here’s some tips for Welsh pronunciation:
Ll is an aeration. Place your tongue to the back of your teeth and expel air through the sides of your mouth.
Dd is pronounced like the ‘th’ at the start of the word ‘there’. Has a little bit of a buzz to it.
Ch is a phlegm sound.
R is rolled.
F is pronounced like a v.
Ff is pronounced like an English f.
C and G are always pronounced hard, like when you learn the alphabet as a child in England. Think C as in Cat, and G as in Got.
Si is pronounced ‘sh’ when followed by a vowel (a,e,i,o,u,y,w), hence the word siop for shop.
Siop Yr Orsaf is pronounced Shop Urr Orrsav.
Also, interestingly, there is no ‘Mount Snowdon’ any more. The mountain is known officially only by its Welsh name ‘Yr Wyddfa’ now and has been stripped of its English name.
Hi there!
Nice. I think I was familiar with just a couple of those sounds, so that's interesting and helpful.
Thanks!
Have you seen my other video where we visit the "longest train station name in the world"?
@@ThatBIGTRAINGuy no worries at all! I haven’t…but I’m going to now!
Hi Simon, great video, from Wales. The Land of the Red Dragon. Great the pictures from the trip up Snowdon and an excellent view over the countryside. You have a beautiful home there. Thank you for sharing and the great video. Many greetings Wolfgang
Hi Wolfgang. Yes, it was very beautiful. It is around 4hour driving from where I live, so not too far for another visit.
Thanks! Take care, Simon
I’ve never been to the top of Yr Wyddfa despite having lived in Eryri (ish) all my life. I’m determined to do it this year - have been waiting for the steam trains to restart. When I went in my teens we only got as far as Clogwyn station due to fog. And no you couldn’t see the view! 😂
The first incline you reach is the lower viaduct which crosses the Afon Arddu. You can walk to the waterfall and look up to the train. It’s a stunning shot of the train.
(Also fun fact - my Taid (grandad) did some of the plumbing at the old summit building)
Love the fact that there’s a seagull trying to nick food at Clogwyn. They get everywhere.
*cough*there are in fact two heritage railways that connect to each other in Porthmadog*cough
(Actually they’re operated by the same company now but the Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland Railways meet each other at the same station in Porthmadog. It’s the BEST railway! Not that I’m biased 😉)
In the US, we have the Mt. Washington Cog Railway. Been on it several times.
Ah yes, I've seen some about that one. That's an area I haven't been anywhere near... yet!
Years ago, I did ride on the one at Pikes Peak in Colorado.
@@ThatBIGTRAINGuy It is an impressive area. I've rode the train, drove a 64 Chevy II up & down the Auto Road and hiked it twice. It is home to the worst, most extreme weather on the planet. Not a mountain to fool around with.
Shop your arse off…brilliant
I'm sure that's what they'd like us to do, even if it's not what the sign says 😂
Godred enest willfred culdee shame doony lord harry Alaric eric
Brilliant video 😀
This is like a BBC production
Well done 😎
Ha! Well thank you very much. I try my best 😁
Thanks for this video. I was surprised to see the tree line end at that altitude. It's great that they still run steam. Somewhat like the Manitou Incline was back in the day, but much greener.
It's a great railway to visit, and yes it's great they still look after their steam locomotives.
I went up the Manitou and Pike's Peak years ago too!
Thank you.
This like the cludee fell railway?
Ah yes, that was based on the Snowdon Mountain Railway.
The stories and illustrations in the Railway Series are almost directly lifted from the Snowdon Mountain Railway and it's early days.
Wow, that was fun! Hopefully next year you'll take this trip again all the way to the top. Looking forward to the narrow gauge trip around the lake! Gracias
I'm glad you enjoyed! If I manage to return, you'll surely see a video.
Thank you!
catching up with F1 while on a Steam Train, love it.
Haha! Yes, a few minutes break.
I didn’t cheat by using the train
Hey! Trains are the purpose of life! I'm surprised to hear a profile named Flying Scotsman calling trains a "cheat" 😂
I hope to get back this year and do it twice in two days: Once by train (to the actual top this tine) and once by walking, (so I can film the train 😝).
The best way to see the scenery is to walk. Done it 6 times. Stayed up there twice. Sunset and sunrise beautiful.
I love uuu
And I love you, Son 😉👍
Not impossible, its a rack railway, but you know that as well as the rest of us....
Yes, well it was a challenge that was overcome. A question to hook people into viewing, which I hope they are glad they did. It's a great trip to do, which I hope to do again this year.
Covid, the shut down, not the infection did so much damage.....
Yeah, was a difficult time.
It's funny in my video as you can hear the driver talking about the track being damaged from people walking over it, then you see a bunch of people with someone standing on the point rodding!
Excellent production dude! 🤘🏻
Thanks son 😉👍
I made one trip to Wales and rode most every railroad except this one. My railfan friend and I did not have time to wait in a huge line and did not have a reservation. I got a few photos. I live near the Manitou & Pikes Peak Cog Railway that climbs Pikes Peak in the US. Many years ago, the US railway had started conversations with the Snowdon Mountain about selling them four 80-passenger self-propelled railcars built by SLM. Both railways used the Abt rack system and changing the track gauge would be possible from 4' 8-1/2" (1435mm) to 2 '7-1/2" (800mm). But Snowdon could not deal with the loading gauge of the SLM cars which was very wide. It would require widening cuts, moving station platforms, and more while retaining compatibility with the existing SM equipment. When the Manitou & Pikes Peak Railway was recently (2018-2022) rebuilt using a Strub rack, these four 80 passenger units were donated for display locally. After the rebuild, the US railway's name was changed to the "Broadmoor Manitou and Pikes Peak Cog Railway." The Broadmoor hotel is very high end and is owned by the same person who owns the railroad. Great video on the Snowdon Mountain. Nice to see narrow-gauge steam still running. Thank you.
Oh you missed this one? That's a shame.
I did ride Pikes Peak back in '96.
Thanks for that information. Very interesting! I always think steam when I think of the Snowdon Railway, but I get the impression they are open to modernisation. The coaches they have with the diesels look fairly new.
Cheers!
/Simon
last time was 1963 for me, and we walked down......
Why did you walk?
Great ride. Great scenery.
It is indeed.
Thanks for commenting!
Well I hit the like button, now I've left a comment. Thanks for a AWESOME video, I enjoyed it very much... So be blessed my young friend in Jesus name... BBE..
Thanks so much.
You too Mate 👍
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Very good this video and moel siabod is back yaaaaaaaaaay
Don't forget moel siabod is basis of shane dooiney
Haha! Yes.
Thank you 👍
That brought back happy memories.
Thank you.
Aww I'm very glad.
Thank you!
beautiful waterfall
It is! And you only see it for a few seconds.
Great Video Brother... Keepem coming! Thanks for all your hard work bringing your countries RR's to the world.
Thank you David. I'm keen to get out as much as I can, my busy life permitting.
Ya know, pretty near to me there is a narrow gauge railway which runs two Baldwin built locomotives, plus (I think) two which they have built themselves from Baldwin plans! I reeeeally want to get over to the Breckon Mountain Railway whenever I can. Ha!
Do you think it would be cool to track down American locomotives in the UK? I did have the pleasure of working as fireman on a Baldwin built S160 a few years ago. That was fun.
@@ThatBIGTRAINGuy Okay... now I think you're onto something there for content... I think you would draw a ton of US viewers if you were seeking US made Loco's in the UK... That would be very cool I think... I grew up next to the city that the Mason loco's were made they were famous for the Forney style engines... But now it's all gone nothing is left of it... But... years ago I was like an archeologist and took a metal detector and found some locks, spikes, lanterns and other RR memorabilia... I have an authentic Old Colony RR brass lock... I found everything at old sights that sat undisturbed and I got lucky... Maybe thats something you could do with your RR buds... do a dig and see what yo might find... Just a thought...
@@davidedgerly I'll have to track down some US locos then. I only know of those two on the Brecon Mountain Railway in Wales, plus I think there are three Baldwin S160s, which many were brought over to Europe to help with WW2, but very few left. I'll have to see if there are any other engines.
Wow, that's really cool that you found a bunch of artefacts! It most probably wouldn't be possible to do that over here as the old locomotive factories are in the centre of towns. So the sites of those, what were huge operations, are almost all redeveloped into other buildings in busy town areas, and what little may still exist would be converted into something else. Look up Swindon Locomotive Works, - that was a huge place, massively expanding the town but now what tiny portion is left makes up what is simply called the Steam Museum and a shopping centre. Still though, there could be something for videos in that.
@@ThatBIGTRAINGuy Simon, I found the artifacts at old train station sights... Not at the Mason loco works... I know there are a ton of those abandoned or burned down stations in the UK because of the Bleeching cuts... Just a thought...
Yeah... I would think US made steam are very rare in the UK... But thats the fun in it... finding those Unicorns and letting the world know they still exist... Well I look forward to your next installment video and maybe saving the US engines as an expo and special video, if you find any, on something extremely rare in the UK... I know the Brits take great pride in their RR's of old... I know there are UA-camrs who do videos on Viaducts and just old road beds from lines closed in the 60's...
@@davidedgerly Ah that's nice. I'd love to collect some old artefacts. I just recently acquired a 'Trainman' employee handbook/rulebook of the D&RGW from 1940, and I have a full set of menus from the Rio Grande Zephyr from the 1980s. An old Rio Grande lantern would be amazing though. I plan to check out the antique dealers around Durango and such places next time I'm over there.
I'm always up for considering whatever else I can do to make interesting videos, so I'll see what I can do.
Thanks David!
Come and see us at the Welsh Highland Heritage Railway in #Porthmadog www.whr.co.uk 🏴
I'd love to! Is that an official invite? 😂
@@ThatBIGTRAINGuy Sure. Let us know when you're planning on visiting and we'll show you round. We're only 3/4 mile long, but we have a super museum where you can climb into the cabs of steam and diesel locomotives. We'll sort a cab ride out for you too. 👍
@@michaelchapman6895 That sounds excellent. If I manage to get up there soonish I'll surely get in touch. Cheers!
/Simon