Hi Tim, greetings from Illinois USA. This was simply beautiful, awesome and wonderful. I truly enjoyed this trip. Scenic and serene, and full of life. Loved the countryside and well as the urban areas. Thank you again for sharing.
Hello and thank you for the greetings from Illinois, I'm glad you enjoyed the pleasant Welsh scenery viewed from a train on one of my favourite heritage railways. Best wishes from the UK.
Hello Hans, thanks for the links. I think you would love Wales, it really is a beautiful country with a rich industrial history. It goes without saying that almost everything in life is improved when it is accompanied by a glass of beer. Best wishes from the UK. 🍺 Tim.
Great video. One question for the knowledgeable - as i'm absolutely no expert on semaphore signalling - but somewhat surprised to see some signals appear to be "off" allowing conflicting movements? - eg 8:07 / 9:55 / 10:30 - black and white signals showing proceed on the same line in the opposite direction? Can someone please educate me as to the thing i'm missing?
Hi, I'm pleased you enjoyed the video. Apparently conflicting signal aspects can be a bit unnerving, but there is a reason they are left in the off position. On this day there were only two trains running so there was no need for all passing loops at stations to be in use. When not all signal boxes are required some are switched out, when this happens all signals controlled from that box are left in the off position, in effect the signals are not in use. I hope that makes sense, if not this article might help - signalbox.org/block-system/closing-the-box/
Another great video Tim (and the one the other way too). Been to LR a few times in the distant past, should really go again for a ride to the new station. All the best... Steve
Hi Steve, I'm pleased you enjoyed riding the Llangollen Railway in both directions. Should you make a return visit, I'm sure you'll receive a warm welcome from people who are both proud of their achievements and keen to show off their railway. Cheers. Tim.
Hey Neil, I'm sure a man of your undoubted talent will have no problem answering Mediawatcher2023, but just to give you a little extra help, it might pay to click on this link ruclips.net/video/JeZ9epc_KSY/видео.html Welsh is a breeze compared with Māori. Good luck with your doctor's appointment 😉.
@@neilforbes416 Hi all of this channel. My Google translator makes not his work today but I have so much fun to read this comments 👍. Boy's, I hope you always understand me because my English is not so good. Best Best Best regards from Hans and Cheers, I'll send all a cool six pack 🍻🍻🍻 of Hirter's from Austria.
Hi Tim, you can drive the same route in both directions and still have different impressions. I'm already looking forward to the next videos of this kind: beautiful landscapes, no overhead lines. Best regards. 👍😊🚂💯🙋♂
I agree, a route can look very different from trains travelling in opposite directions. This year has been a good one for filming railways using a camera mounted on or in a locomotive/DMU. Over the coming months I look forward to sharing more videos from Wales, England, Hungary, Austria, the Czech Republic, Australia and New Zealand 😊.
Brilliant video hoping to go back to this railway soon, the undergrowth really needs cutting back, if it dries up that will be a big fire hazard for them and theres not many places to get a fire engine near the track bed,
Thank you, I'm pleased you enjoyed it. I guess the railway is relying on the Welsh weather to keep the grass from becoming tinder dry. Most heritage railways keep a tank wagon or two full of water ready to deal with any difficult to access parts of the railway. It must be a tough job drumming up enough volunteers to keep the lineside vegetation in check. If you do visit again, I'm sure you'll enjoy the experience.
@@Timsvideochannel1 sir even though my husband spent many years doing volunteering work for the Gloucestershire and Warwickshire steam railway doing many jobs from welding to track laying,he spent many years as a shunter for British steal Corby Northamptonshire he still says Llangollen is the best preserved railway he's been to, believe me we've been to many and will keep going even though he's 73 in two weeks time ,trains are in his blood , the last job he did with trains was in 1998 he was one of three entrusted with Stevenson's rocket in Japan his job was to connect and disconnect her chimney in the smoke box he's also done work for the NRM York and the science museum London,
@@joginns778 Hello Jo, the Gloucestershire and Warwickshire Steam Railway is a gem, a real credit to everyone involved in its reincarnation as a top class tourist attraction. I bet your husband can recount some fascinating tales from his time at Corby. Like your husband I've been well and truly bitten by the railway bug, it gives me a reason to get out and about, especially to visit heritage railways, both in the UK and overseas. Not many people can claim to have helped take a rocket to Japan !!! I have a good friend who volunteers at the NRM and he has invited me up to take a good look around, something I will try to do this year. I used to take my children to the London Science Museum back in the days when the prototype Deltic was a prominent exhibit. My parents had a holiday home near Denbigh, whenever I visited them, I also dropped in on the Llangollen Railway to see how it was progressing, if I remember correctly the first time I visited the railway I rode a DMU to Berwyn station and the second time, again in a DMU to a railhead just before the line dived into Berwyn tunnel. The first steam train I rode was hauled by a pannier tank locomotive to Deeside Halt where I took my all time favourite photograph showing the locomotive and signal box. I have a beautiful water colour painting of Berwyn station with a Manner Class locomotive that was exhibited in an art show at Llangollen station, to enter the competition the paintings had to be for sale and when I offered the asking price the artist really didn't want to sell it, eventually I was allowed to buy it and it hangs in my office as a reminder to what I and many consider to be the most idyllic station in the country.
@@Timsvideochannel1 the Gloucestershire and Warwickshire steam railway would have grown as much as it has if it wasn't for my husband's ex boss Andrew Goodman who owns move right international heavy haulage as I said we did a lot of work for NRM the old Swindon museum on faringdon road the the Swindon works museum, do you remember the class 14 DH better known as Swindon black sheep there the locos my husband was a shunter on unfortunately when the steelworks shut for good the 14 s where stored in the rolling mills and the vandals had a female day smashing all the gauge's,
@@joginns778 I am grateful to everyone who has contributed to the wonderful heritage railway movement that exists today, without their input, whether it be knowledge, money or hard graft we wouldn't have so many heritage railways to visit, if any at all. I have yet to visit "STEAM - Museum of the Great Western Railway", it is on my "to do" list. I am familiar with the Class 14 diesel-hydraulic locomotives, having recently seen examples on both the Severn Valley Railway and the West Somerset Railway, I always thought they were smart looking locomotives, I also have an 00 gauge model of a Class 14 in my model railway collection. Vandals are a pain in the backside, why do they do it?
It's only the first and second weekends in November that trains run for the beginning of Wintertime. After that the railway is closed for routine maintenance to be undertaken. No trains run during the close season, till the first weekend in December. 3802 will hopefully be ready for the Santa Special runs, which operate from the first weekend in December all the way up to Christmas Eve. The railway is closed on Christmas Day, and operates again on Boxing Day for the Mince Pie Specials through to New Years Day. The DMU gives us a great Driver's Eye View, very true, but he doesn't give very many passengers fond memories of days gone by. It's the rides behind steam engines in BR Days that many remember most fondly.
Hi, thanks for this information, I hope those intending to visit the railway check the railway’s website before planning their visit. I think most heritage railways close for winter maintenance, it's always a good idea to check their websites to make sure trains are running on the day of any planned visit.
I will be visiting more UK heritage railways next year, I do rely on cooperation from the railways to obtain "Driver's Eye" style videos and to their credit most railways are very helpful once they've checked my channel out and read some of the generally positive comments posted about other railways I've featured.
@@Timsvideochannel1 I Love your Changing the train ground. And coupling up the coaches. My best railway is the East lancashire railway I just 15 minutes away from my house. I Hope you visit the railway again to East Lancashire next year I love To meet you I allways go the East lancashire sometime I going on the santa train on 23rd of December. at 4.35pm at Heywood i will love seeing you at the railway soon 😍
@@david-l3l8o It's been more than ten years since I last visited the East Lancashire Railway, this weekend's DMU gala would have been an ideal opportunity to shoot a "Driver's Eye View" video, sadly I'm snowed under with work a the moment, but there is always next year. I've only just returned from a month long trip to Australia and New Zealand where I captured some very rare and unusual forward view videos. I've got a lot of catching up to do before I start planning next years trips, but a visit to the North Midlands is on my radar, it would be nice to meet up. Cheers Tim.
@@Timsvideochannel1 I never knew. It's been 10 years. Since the last time you went to the East Lancashire Railway. And the Santa specials is very good. the magical Christmas. and yes it bee very nise to meet you next year are you going to see Legends of Steam at the east Lancashire Railway. starring LNER, A4, 60007 ‘Sir Nigel Gresley’ and LMS, Jubilee Class, 45690 ‘Leander i will bee I definitely go to this. is on Dates 15 - 17 March 2024 see you soon from Callum 🥰
@@david-l3l8o There is nowhere else quite like the UK when it comes to heritage railways, we are spoilt for choice, I will try to visit as many as possible over the next few years and hopefully that will including the East Lancashire Railway, although I tend to visit on quieter days because it's easier to get permission to mount a camera on the locomotive when there aren't so many people about.
I'm pleased you enjoyed the ride, how I wish I'd been able to travel the full length of the original line all the way to the coast and across Barmouth Bridge. What an awesome way to start a summer holiday. It’s nice that we can once again get a taste of the line in its heyday.
@@Timsvideochannel1 totally agree but I did ride from Birmingham to Tywyn in the summer of 1961 which was my first rail trip over Barmouth bridge. In those days of course all stations were manned!
@@peterhunt2723 A nice memory to have, looking back through my old videos I did the trip in the late 1980’s from London to Barmouth on a charter train with steam in the shape of a manor class locomotive between Shrewsbury and Barmouth, it was a very memorable day out, I don't think it could ever be repeated because of the signalling system in use today.
.@@peterhunt2723 I guess that was back in the days when the train ran throughout the week. I took video film and photographs of the remnant of that famous train in the late 80's and early 90's rounding the Friog Cliffs behind Class 37 diesel locomotives when it ran from Euston to Pwllheli on Saturdays only, strange thing is that the internet says it ran to Aberystwyth with a connection to Pwllheli, my understanding at the time was that main purpose of the train was to serve the now closed Butlins holiday camp at Penychain
Hi, the slim leather satchel with the big loop handle contains the token for the next section of track, it's a key that fits into a special safety device that is used to make sure only one train is running on that section of single line track.
This link will help with the correct pronunciation - www.google.com/search?q=pronounce+llangollen&rlz=1C1NDCM_enGB719GB719&oq=pronounce+llangollen&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOdIBCTEwNjMxajBqN6gCALACAA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
Hi Tim, Another beautiful journey in my favourite part of the UK, I'm amazed why this beautiful line was ever closed down, I hope you enjoyed your journey down under but i bet its nice being back home sleeping in your own comfortable bed 😴i do cheers Bob. PS What did you think of the gulf lander?.🦘
Hello Robert, this is one of those railways that should have remained open to relieve some of the congestion on parallel roads, just as some of the railways should never have closed in the Lake District. A simple day out to some beautiful parts of the country have become a nightmare to attempt in a single day due to overloaded roads, whereas the railway would have provided a realistic alternative, sadly railways were measured on a profit and loss balance sheet, not on their value to the communities they served. My trip down under was a massive success, I've got some fantastic "Driver's Eye View" videos to share over the coming months. I arrived home to floods and endless rain, fortunately my own home was not affected by the wet weather and "Yes" it was nice to sleep in my own bed. The Gulflander is a very unusual train and the staff on the railway really made me very welcome, all in all a very good experience as were all the railways I visited. Cheers. Tim.
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Thank you for the picturesque ride today. Really enjoyed it. Cheers Tim! ❤😊
Thank you, it's nice to know you enjoyed the ride 😊.
Lovely train journey lovely to hear the kiddy singing thanks.
I'm glad you enjoyed it, the youngster singing was really enjoying the day out.
Having the trip presented from both directions is really special. Thanks, Ronn
Thank you, that's good to know, I try wherever possible to shoot these trips in both directions.
Brilliant vid , well done . I could watch tis all day long !!
Thank you, I appreciate your kind comment.
I love the view and intimacy of this one. Thanks so much for the effort!
Thank you, I'm pleased you enjoyed it 😊.
Hi Tim, greetings from Illinois USA. This was simply beautiful, awesome and wonderful. I truly enjoyed this trip. Scenic and serene, and full of life. Loved the countryside and well as the urban areas. Thank you again for sharing.
Hello and thank you for the greetings from Illinois, I'm glad you enjoyed the pleasant Welsh scenery viewed from a train on one of my favourite heritage railways. Best wishes from the UK.
Amazing video and scenery! !!! Thank you !!!!!!
That was fun! Beautiful scenery!
Tim, another excellent video. Detailed, beautifully edited & atmospheric. Thank you for sharing.
Beautiful trip! Missed visiting when we were up there last year but must get back to it asap!
I'm pleased you enjoyed the ride and I hope it won't be too long before you get to visit the railway again.
Hi Tim! Beautiful landscape 👍 and video. It's always fine to enjoy your videos with a Hirter beer 🍺. Best regards from Hans and Cheers 🍻🇦🇹.
Hello Hans, thanks for the links. I think you would love Wales, it really is a beautiful country with a rich industrial history. It goes without saying that almost everything in life is improved when it is accompanied by a glass of beer. Best wishes from the UK. 🍺 Tim.
Great video. One question for the knowledgeable - as i'm absolutely no expert on semaphore signalling - but somewhat surprised to see some signals appear to be "off" allowing conflicting movements? - eg 8:07 / 9:55 / 10:30 - black and white signals showing proceed on the same line in the opposite direction? Can someone please educate me as to the thing i'm missing?
Hi, I'm pleased you enjoyed the video. Apparently conflicting signal aspects can be a bit unnerving, but there is a reason they are left in the off position. On this day there were only two trains running so there was no need for all passing loops at stations to be in use. When not all signal boxes are required some are switched out, when this happens all signals controlled from that box are left in the off position, in effect the signals are not in use. I hope that makes sense, if not this article might help - signalbox.org/block-system/closing-the-box/
Прекрасное путешествие!!! Очень красивая природа !!!
Спасибо, я рад, что вам понравилось видео.
Another great video Tim (and the one the other way too). Been to LR a few times in the distant past, should really go again for a ride to the new station. All the best... Steve
Hi Steve, I'm pleased you enjoyed riding the Llangollen Railway in both directions. Should you make a return visit, I'm sure you'll receive a warm welcome from people who are both proud of their achievements and keen to show off their railway. Cheers. Tim.
I'm going to need to see my Doctor on Monday, to untie my tongue after trying to pronounce one of those Welsh place names! LOL
@neilforbes if you do ask your doctor how do you say Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapiki 😆
@@Mediawatcher2023 Go straight away to your doctor and get your tongue untwisted!😁
Hey Neil, I'm sure a man of your undoubted talent will have no problem answering Mediawatcher2023, but just to give you a little extra help, it might pay to click on this link ruclips.net/video/JeZ9epc_KSY/видео.html Welsh is a breeze compared with Māori. Good luck with your doctor's appointment 😉.
This one will make you smile - ruclips.net/video/b9DcTKtSES8/видео.html
@@neilforbes416 Hi all of this channel. My Google translator makes not his work today but I have so much fun to read this comments 👍. Boy's, I hope you always understand me because my English is not so good. Best Best Best regards from Hans and Cheers, I'll send all a cool six pack 🍻🍻🍻 of Hirter's from Austria.
Berwyn must be in the top ten most idyllic train stations in the UK, it's such a gem.
Possibly the most idyllic location.
Hi Tim, you can drive the same route in both directions and still have different impressions. I'm already looking forward to the next videos of this kind: beautiful landscapes, no overhead lines. Best regards. 👍😊🚂💯🙋♂
I agree, a route can look very different from trains travelling in opposite directions. This year has been a good one for filming railways using a camera mounted on or in a locomotive/DMU. Over the coming months I look forward to sharing more videos from Wales, England, Hungary, Austria, the Czech Republic, Australia and New Zealand 😊.
@@Timsvideochannel1 👍
Excellent footage!
Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Brilliant video.
Thank you, I'm pleased you enjoyed it.
great video
Thank you, I'm pleased you enjoyed it.
Brilliant video hoping to go back to this railway soon, the undergrowth really needs cutting back, if it dries up that will be a big fire hazard for them and theres not many places to get a fire engine near the track bed,
Thank you, I'm pleased you enjoyed it. I guess the railway is relying on the Welsh weather to keep the grass from becoming tinder dry. Most heritage railways keep a tank wagon or two full of water ready to deal with any difficult to access parts of the railway. It must be a tough job drumming up enough volunteers to keep the lineside vegetation in check. If you do visit again, I'm sure you'll enjoy the experience.
@@Timsvideochannel1 sir even though my husband spent many years doing volunteering work for the Gloucestershire and Warwickshire steam railway doing many jobs from welding to track laying,he spent many years as a shunter for British steal Corby Northamptonshire he still says Llangollen is the best preserved railway he's been to, believe me we've been to many and will keep going even though he's 73 in two weeks time ,trains are in his blood , the last job he did with trains was in 1998 he was one of three entrusted with Stevenson's rocket in Japan his job was to connect and disconnect her chimney in the smoke box he's also done work for the NRM York and the science museum London,
@@joginns778 Hello Jo, the Gloucestershire and Warwickshire Steam Railway is a gem, a real credit to everyone involved in its reincarnation as a top class tourist attraction. I bet your husband can recount some fascinating tales from his time at Corby. Like your husband I've been well and truly bitten by the railway bug, it gives me a reason to get out and about, especially to visit heritage railways, both in the UK and overseas.
Not many people can claim to have helped take a rocket to Japan !!! I have a good friend who volunteers at the NRM and he has invited me up to take a good look around, something I will try to do this year. I used to take my children to the London Science Museum back in the days when the prototype Deltic was a prominent exhibit.
My parents had a holiday home near Denbigh, whenever I visited them, I also dropped in on the Llangollen Railway to see how it was progressing, if I remember correctly the first time I visited the railway I rode a DMU to Berwyn station and the second time, again in a DMU to a railhead just before the line dived into Berwyn tunnel. The first steam train I rode was hauled by a pannier tank locomotive to Deeside Halt where I took my all time favourite photograph showing the locomotive and signal box. I have a beautiful water colour painting of Berwyn station with a Manner Class locomotive that was exhibited in an art show at Llangollen station, to enter the competition the paintings had to be for sale and when I offered the asking price the artist really didn't want to sell it, eventually I was allowed to buy it and it hangs in my office as a reminder to what I and many consider to be the most idyllic station in the country.
@@Timsvideochannel1 the Gloucestershire and Warwickshire steam railway would have grown as much as it has if it wasn't for my husband's ex boss Andrew Goodman who owns move right international heavy haulage as I said we did a lot of work for NRM the old Swindon museum on faringdon road the the Swindon works museum, do you remember the class 14 DH better known as Swindon black sheep there the locos my husband was a shunter on unfortunately when the steelworks shut for good the 14 s where stored in the rolling mills and the vandals had a female day smashing all the gauge's,
@@joginns778 I am grateful to everyone who has contributed to the wonderful heritage railway movement that exists today, without their input, whether it be knowledge, money or hard graft we wouldn't have so many heritage railways to visit, if any at all. I have yet to visit "STEAM - Museum of the Great Western Railway", it is on my "to do" list. I am familiar with the Class 14 diesel-hydraulic locomotives, having recently seen examples on both the Severn Valley Railway and the West Somerset Railway, I always thought they were smart looking locomotives, I also have an 00 gauge model of a Class 14 in my model railway collection. Vandals are a pain in the backside, why do they do it?
It's only the first and second weekends in November that trains run for the beginning of Wintertime. After that the railway is closed for routine maintenance to be undertaken. No trains run during the close season, till the first weekend in December. 3802 will hopefully be ready for the Santa Special runs, which operate from the first weekend in December all the way up to Christmas Eve. The railway is closed on Christmas Day, and operates again on Boxing Day for the Mince Pie Specials through to New Years Day. The DMU gives us a great Driver's Eye View, very true, but he doesn't give very many passengers fond memories of days gone by. It's the rides behind steam engines in BR Days that many remember most fondly.
Hi, thanks for this information, I hope those intending to visit the railway check the railway’s website before planning their visit. I think most heritage railways close for winter maintenance, it's always a good idea to check their websites to make sure trains are running on the day of any planned visit.
hi can you do the Driver's Eye View at bala railway and the The Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway😁
I will be visiting more UK heritage railways next year, I do rely on cooperation from the railways to obtain "Driver's Eye" style videos and to their credit most railways are very helpful once they've checked my channel out and read some of the generally positive comments posted about other railways I've featured.
@@Timsvideochannel1 I Love your Changing the train ground. And coupling up the coaches. My best railway is the East lancashire railway I just 15 minutes away from my house. I Hope you visit the railway again to East Lancashire next year I love To meet you I allways go the East lancashire sometime I going on the santa train on 23rd of December. at 4.35pm at Heywood i will love seeing you at the railway soon 😍
@@david-l3l8o It's been more than ten years since I last visited the East Lancashire Railway, this weekend's DMU gala would have been an ideal opportunity to shoot a "Driver's Eye View" video, sadly I'm snowed under with work a the moment, but there is always next year. I've only just returned from a month long trip to Australia and New Zealand where I captured some very rare and unusual forward view videos. I've got a lot of catching up to do before I start planning next years trips, but a visit to the North Midlands is on my radar, it would be nice to meet up. Cheers Tim.
@@Timsvideochannel1 I never knew. It's been 10 years. Since the last time you went to the East Lancashire Railway. And the Santa specials is very good. the magical Christmas. and yes it bee very nise to meet you next year are you going to see Legends of Steam at the east Lancashire Railway. starring LNER, A4, 60007 ‘Sir Nigel Gresley’ and LMS, Jubilee Class, 45690 ‘Leander i will bee I definitely go to this. is on Dates
15 - 17 March 2024 see you soon from Callum 🥰
@@david-l3l8o There is nowhere else quite like the UK when it comes to heritage railways, we are spoilt for choice, I will try to visit as many as possible over the next few years and hopefully that will including the East Lancashire Railway, although I tend to visit on quieter days because it's easier to get permission to mount a camera on the locomotive when there aren't so many people about.
Excellent!
I'm pleased you enjoyed it 😊.
Super as usual!! Carrog to Llangollen bit brings back grand memories, haven’t done the bit to Corwen yet, we live in hope.
I'm pleased you enjoyed the ride, how I wish I'd been able to travel the full length of the original line all the way to the coast and across Barmouth Bridge. What an awesome way to start a summer holiday. It’s nice that we can once again get a taste of the line in its heyday.
@@Timsvideochannel1 totally agree but I did ride from Birmingham to Tywyn in the summer of 1961 which was my first rail trip over Barmouth bridge. In those days of course all stations were manned!
@@peterhunt2723 A nice memory to have, looking back through my old videos I did the trip in the late 1980’s from London to Barmouth on a charter train with steam in the shape of a manor class locomotive between Shrewsbury and Barmouth, it was a very memorable day out, I don't think it could ever be repeated because of the signalling system in use today.
@@Timsvideochannel1 as I recall in 1961 the Cambrian Coast Express (hmmmm!) was double headed and split at Dovey Junction!
.@@peterhunt2723 I guess that was back in the days when the train ran throughout the week. I took video film and photographs of the remnant of that famous train in the late 80's and early 90's rounding the Friog Cliffs behind Class 37 diesel locomotives when it ran from Euston to Pwllheli on Saturdays only, strange thing is that the internet says it ran to Aberystwyth with a connection to Pwllheli, my understanding at the time was that main purpose of the train was to serve the now closed Butlins holiday camp at Penychain
What's in that slim leather satchel with the big loop handle?
Hi, the slim leather satchel with the big loop handle contains the token for the next section of track, it's a key that fits into a special safety device that is used to make sure only one train is running on that section of single line track.
@@Timsvideochannel1 Excellent, thank you
Return trip i suppose ! Cheers . 🥸
Hi, it was the return trip, I hope you enjoyed it 😊.
@@Timsvideochannel1 Always nice to visit North Wales ! LOL
I’ve been here!
I hope you enjoyed your time at the railway, I loved every minute of my day 😊.
Was ist mit den likes ?🤔🤗
How is llangollen pronounced?
This link will help with the correct pronunciation - www.google.com/search?q=pronounce+llangollen&rlz=1C1NDCM_enGB719GB719&oq=pronounce+llangollen&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOdIBCTEwNjMxajBqN6gCALACAA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
Hi Tim, Another beautiful journey in my favourite part of the UK, I'm amazed why this beautiful line was ever closed down, I hope you enjoyed your journey down under but i bet its nice being back home sleeping in your own comfortable bed 😴i do cheers Bob. PS What did you think of the gulf lander?.🦘
Hello Robert, this is one of those railways that should have remained open to relieve some of the congestion on parallel roads, just as some of the railways should never have closed in the Lake District. A simple day out to some beautiful parts of the country have become a nightmare to attempt in a single day due to overloaded roads, whereas the railway would have provided a realistic alternative, sadly railways were measured on a profit and loss balance sheet, not on their value to the communities they served.
My trip down under was a massive success, I've got some fantastic "Driver's Eye View" videos to share over the coming months. I arrived home to floods and endless rain, fortunately my own home was not affected by the wet weather and "Yes" it was nice to sleep in my own bed. The Gulflander is a very unusual train and the staff on the railway really made me very welcome, all in all a very good experience as were all the railways I visited. Cheers. Tim.