156 years is a really long time but for first one being built it looks beautiful. Imagine a Skarloey episode with that same concept, that would be fun!
I'm an American who last year rented a car, stayed in Porthmadog, and visited as many trains in Wales as I could, including the Talyllyn. Your roads are so narrow, hilly, and winding it's a miracle I hit nothing! I imagine the coach delivery from Porthmadog to Tywyn must've been extremely white-knuckled!
@@Nurwin1 Still? We announced and started building our new gauge back in November, and to be fair, no one on the teams were the ones doing the arguing. Also with the 150th event we held with the Glyn Ceiriog museum, things have never been better. On wards and upwards! In terms of time for a Talyllyn visit, well, we're part of the 2' 3' community now, and want to grow a good relationship with them, and Corris. We also have a bigger more established team now, so I'm sure a couple of us can find the time to make a visit to our friends at both railways every now and then. Thanks! And well done again to Talyllyn for their new coach!
"...bogies need TO BE fitted before..." Thank you. Over in the States, propositional verbal phrases is rapidly falling out of use lately. As a supporter of the use of proper English, I can't stand it, and it needs stopped. Oh....
It's the background music from the documentary "Railway with a Heart of Gold" - all about our Railway as it was in 1953: ruclips.net/video/hk4343auaPM/видео.html&ab_channel=UnionFilms
How? Wharf can't extend westwards because of the Cambrian Coast line, and can't extend eastwards because of the road going over the line. I imagine Dolgoch Falls station would be extremely costly to extend westwards because of the gorge and probably no room eastwards either. Abergynolwyn station can hold 2 trains anyway.
It's a work of art! Glad to know that it was built in Wales 🏴 by those with great experience building narrow gauge rolling stock, no less! @9:17 👍
I agree with all the positive comments, but why did everyone stand so close and underneath the coach when it was being lifted and no guy ropes used. Also it was picked up with four 2 tonne slings that were chocked (-20% working load) and twisted... sorry to be a downer but at least when it was unloaded everyone was made to stand well back.. looks great though...
person 1 : first new coach in 50+ years with the last one being coach 23 in 1975 person 2 : this is the first complete brand new carriage to be delivered to the railway we believe in 156 years in not knowing the history, does that mean coach 23 was actually Not new or Not completely new and just made by cannibalizing parts from already existing coaches? i'm confused
Since 1951 we've built a lot of coaches ourselves in our own workshops, Coach 23 being a joint effort - a company called Tisdales built the wooden body, and our workshops built the underframes. Once together, it was painted by our volunteers. Coach 24 however is the first completed "ready to run" coach delivered to the Railway since 1867.
So coaches 1-5 were delivered as complete vehicles brand new to the railway in the mid 1860s, 6 was delivered complete, but second hand in the early 1950s, all the other coaches were either: i) second hand and modified; or ii) new, but only partially complete (e.g. most of the bogies coaches, which were delivered as new frames, but Pendre works built the body), or iii) in the case of some of the open carriages and 7 (I think) built completely from scratch by Pendre. 24 is therefore the first carriage since 1-5 to arrive that is both complete and new. 23 (built in the mid 1970s) was the last new coach, but it was one of the ones where Pendre built the body, so it didn't arrive as a complete vehicle
As said at the end of the video, our new coach 24 is the first "ready to run" coach delivered to the railway in 156 years! However we have had other new coaches built for the railway in that time, but we have always built or finished them in our own workshops, such as coach 23 which entered service 47 years ago. So both year margins are factual and both are very notable milestones in the railway's history!
But all the bogies coaches were built in the 1960's and 70's ??? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Talyllyn_Railway_rolling_stock so where does the 156 years come from ?
Coach 24 is the first to arrive at the Railway "Ready to Run" since Coaches 1 & 2 in 1867! All of the coaches since the 1950s have arrived part-built or have been completely built in our own workshops, so while we have had new coaches - this is the first completed new coach in 156 years.
Delighted that the new coach was built locally by real craftsmen.
It is
Sir Handel must be having tears of joy at the sight of this baby
Yay
156 years is a really long time but for first one being built it looks beautiful. Imagine a Skarloey episode with that same concept, that would be fun!
I'm an American who last year rented a car, stayed in Porthmadog, and visited as many trains in Wales as I could, including the Talyllyn. Your roads are so narrow, hilly, and winding it's a miracle I hit nothing! I imagine the coach delivery from Porthmadog to Tywyn must've been extremely white-knuckled!
I'm thinking we at the GVTT should come and make a special visit! Amazing work Talyllyn!!
I thought you were all still too busy arguing over what gauge to go with.. you sure you have the time to spare?
@@Nurwin1no, I'd say they've settled on a gauge....
@@Nurwin1 Still? We announced and started building our new gauge back in November, and to be fair, no one on the teams were the ones doing the arguing. Also with the 150th event we held with the Glyn Ceiriog museum, things have never been better. On wards and upwards!
In terms of time for a Talyllyn visit, well, we're part of the 2' 3' community now, and want to grow a good relationship with them, and Corris. We also have a bigger more established team now, so I'm sure a couple of us can find the time to make a visit to our friends at both railways every now and then.
Thanks! And well done again to Talyllyn for their new coach!
Looks fantastic! Well done to the Ffestiniog team - there's a group who know how to create quality railway stock!
I wonder if the skarloey railway will get one of those carriages too.
At least nobody will complain and say it looks like a cattle truck.
"...bogies need TO BE fitted before..." Thank you. Over in the States, propositional verbal phrases is rapidly falling out of use lately. As a supporter of the use of proper English, I can't stand it, and it needs stopped.
Oh....
OH WOW THAT IS A WONDERFUL COACH
A lovely sight!
I love the fine signwriting and fine lining, truly a work of art well done.
No.24 looks beautiful! Glad the coach arrived safely, well done to everyone who's efforts went towards this new addition to the railway!
Would be a great picture to see Sir Haydn infront of the two new coaches. Just like in one of the RWS illustrations.
Nobody
Absolutely nobody
Talyllyn: get’s thomasified successfully and gets a new coach😊
An historical day.
It’s looks so cool
Sir Handel will not call this one a cattle truck
Stunning carriage. Top work by all those involved.
OK so you’re telling me that that coach is actually clean and it’s not been found for 156 years???!!!?? yeah that is black magic
I'm sure that Sir Haydn is very about this
Really lovely. Please tell me the name of the little tune used for your videos.
It's the background music from the documentary "Railway with a Heart of Gold" - all about our Railway as it was in 1953: ruclips.net/video/hk4343auaPM/видео.html&ab_channel=UnionFilms
Narrow gauge steam engines look like standard gauge steam engines more than standard gauge engines do
This new coach looks beautiful and I cannot wait for the 2 other coaches to arrive on the Talyllyn Railway after their construction is completed 1st.
Beautiful!
At this point in time I think that the talyllyn railway needs longer platforms XD
How? Wharf can't extend westwards because of the Cambrian Coast line, and can't extend eastwards because of the road going over the line. I imagine Dolgoch Falls station would be extremely costly to extend westwards because of the gorge and probably no room eastwards either. Abergynolwyn station can hold 2 trains anyway.
Very nice video!!!
I need support from you guys am new Railfan❤️
It's a work of art! Glad to know that it was built in Wales 🏴 by those with great experience building narrow gauge rolling stock, no less! @9:17 👍
I love the side elevation design of this coach it looks great, That truck with it's crane is awesome too, what a brilliant thing.
Always a good day to see Luke on screen
Wouldn’t this mean that the skarloey railway got a new coach?
Congratulations on the new coach it looks magnificent.
So incredible, congratulations!
I agree with all the positive comments, but why did everyone stand so close and underneath the coach when it was being lifted and no guy ropes used. Also it was picked up with four 2 tonne slings that were chocked (-20% working load) and twisted... sorry to be a downer but at least when it was unloaded everyone was made to stand well back.. looks great though...
Please, please, you must use guy ropes to rotate the carriage slowly under complete control at all times. Good job there wasn't any wind.
She’ll be fine addition to the collection
So looking forward to seeing it in service.
person 1 : first new coach in 50+ years with the last one being coach 23 in 1975
person 2 : this is the first complete brand new carriage to be delivered to the railway we believe in 156 years
in not knowing the history, does that mean coach 23 was actually Not new or Not completely new and just made by cannibalizing parts from already existing coaches?
i'm confused
Since 1951 we've built a lot of coaches ourselves in our own workshops, Coach 23 being a joint effort - a company called Tisdales built the wooden body, and our workshops built the underframes. Once together, it was painted by our volunteers.
Coach 24 however is the first completed "ready to run" coach delivered to the Railway since 1867.
So coaches 1-5 were delivered as complete vehicles brand new to the railway in the mid 1860s, 6 was delivered complete, but second hand in the early 1950s, all the other coaches were either:
i) second hand and modified; or
ii) new, but only partially complete (e.g. most of the bogies coaches, which were delivered as new frames, but Pendre works built the body), or
iii) in the case of some of the open carriages and 7 (I think) built completely from scratch by Pendre.
24 is therefore the first carriage since 1-5 to arrive that is both complete and new. 23 (built in the mid 1970s) was the last new coach, but it was one of the ones where Pendre built the body, so it didn't arrive as a complete vehicle
Looks great! Well done.
Excellent news - thanks team!
Never gone to this railway
It's well worth a visit if you can get over to Tywyn.
It's an absolute gem.
When is number one going to be back up and running again
the TR are hoping for Number 1 to be back in time for the start of the 2024 season.. So I would say in around 5 months
@@terrier_productions so in time for the fourth awdry extravaganza
@@jakobnorman315 hopefully yes
This is great news! ❤
How is Alf doing, I'm curious
Running well!
A brand-new coach, Amazing. Let's hope the Thomas fans can turn this coach into a character.
Yup
video says 50 yars, title says 156, which is it?
As said at the end of the video, our new coach 24 is the first "ready to run" coach delivered to the railway in 156 years!
However we have had other new coaches built for the railway in that time, but we have always built or finished them in our own workshops, such as coach 23 which entered service 47 years ago. So both year margins are factual and both are very notable milestones in the railway's history!
But all the bogies coaches were built in the 1960's and 70's ??? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Talyllyn_Railway_rolling_stock so where does the 156 years come from ?
Coach 24 is the first to arrive at the Railway "Ready to Run" since Coaches 1 & 2 in 1867!
All of the coaches since the 1950s have arrived part-built or have been completely built in our own workshops, so while we have had new coaches - this is the first completed new coach in 156 years.
An odd (and very misleading) definition of new then ! Perhaps 'first bought in' coach would be more accurate and informative. @@TalyllynRailway1865