The Walk - EP 105 - Unearthing A Railway Graveyard - Rhydymwyn, North Wales
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- Опубликовано: 26 июл 2024
- I am in North Wales with my mate Phil, and we're just outside the tiny village of Rhydymwyn.
The word is spelt like a cat walked across your keyboard, and is pronounced 'Rimmy-Moo-In'.
So we're told, but they could have been having us on...
We are looking for a section of the disused Mold and Denbigh Junction Railway, which acted as a connection between the line out of Chester in England, and the line out of Rhyl in Wales, up until 1962, when the line was closed.
But it seems in the 1970s, a gentleman bought up a load of railway infrastructure, and for some inexplicable reason, set it up on an embankment, smack bang in the middle of nowhere.
All the tracks, locomotives, trucks, signals, the works, have all been left here to rust, for 50 years.
That was until we came calling.
00:00 Intro
01:58 Background to Mold & Denbigh Junction Railway
03:58 We stumble upon the railway graveyard
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Beautiful country side once again, be great to see one of these ole trains an lines fully restored, make a great tourist attraction, get some big investors with a vision, an make it happen ✌️
It would make a great heritage line for sure.
Hayup Gaterth an Phil fantastic this!
I wouldn't mind owning that an getting some of it moving under its own steam or use them see saw affairs that two folks propell along always had an urge to have a go at that, I've seen even small generator engines propelling tubs an chassis along still be fun!
it'd be a good venue for both nature an engineering skill development.who owns it could it be for sale crowd fund it, err some location you visit may just hold all those potentials if we collectively believe it feel it. You never know, heh.
Them wheels an chassis sets look good quality metal what a great place, there seams to be a disproportionate amount of silver birch trees at these abandoned train lines, where mans been then left they appear you can almost gauge the year the lines shut by the width of the silver birchs girth. an the other trees of course.
Cheers
Nice one lads! How bizarre. Good stuff. Summat tells me there is a lot in the bank from this trip
Mate, it's like Gringots.
Love this find you guys have found and the fun you two were having!
Can’t recall if I’ve suggested an area to stomp (blame my age) being round Tinsley and the Marshalling Yard there. Not far from there is Orgreave too where the conflict with the miners and Army…..I mean Police took place. They opencast the site after the coking plant closed and there’s a big lake to stomp round which went down really deep. Also there’s Treeton Dyke nearby and the old Treeton Colliery site where you can see the vents for the shafts. Handsworth Colliery site has some structures still remaining but used and then there’s Shire Brook Nature reserve near there too (not to be confused with Shirebrook). If you also wanted to look more in South Yorkshire there’s Hemingfield Colliery that’s really old headstock still in place which is near Elsecar.
I’ll shut up for a bit now 😆
Pity it went to waste. I would of had my own train set playground. I bet it was fun being pushed by Phil on that thing on the rail track.
Was awesome mate
Been on a binge watch since i first discovered this channel.. We have an old disused line near me , Chippenham to Calne it's now a walkway and cycle path . Amazing walk and lots of history behind it , if you ever down this way check it out .👍
Oh thank you. I will have to get on that as I used to live in Chippenham. Spend two years on Queens Crescent as a kid.
Perhaps the old tracks were also used to transport cattle ie sheep to the main station to then go further on to markets etc. Such lush pasture for the animals. Thanks guys. 👍
Beautiful part of the world. Even if I can't spell it!
What "IT"....looks the correct spelling to me....Yep defo "IT" 😉
@@richardperry5538 Boom Boom
Oldies are still the best 🤣
Love it, there is definitely something that is intriguing about the old lamp post, in the middle of trees.
Love the history just laying about.
@IckeWalks I do too, something that in effect is abandoned because it isn't loved anymore is sad...exploring them like you do brings that back to them.
@@claireg1717 Would be great if they found some use again, for sure.
First time watching "The Walk" absolutely loved it & I've got some catching up to do, i think i feel a binge watch coming on. Thank you Gareth, reminds me of my youth mucking about the old train tracks where i lived. 🙏❤
Cheers mate. Where did you grow up?
@@IckeWalks Castle Douglas , Dumfries & Galloway , Scotland , My dad worked in a old coal yard where the train station used to be.
@@jamierennie817 a beautiful part of the world
I think i have seen enough narrow guage rusting hardware, over the last few days, to last me a lifetime !
Great trip, Phil. Appreciate it.