I'm pleased you enjoyed the ride, Wales is a beautiful country.

Be careful not to end up drunk 😉.

Hi, the area around Gorlitz and Zittau is very pleasant, even in winter. It was a lot of fun, especially for a bunch of Brits not used to seeing snow on a regular basis.

@@Timsvideochannel1 I will be coming back to this during this summer's heat. The snowy landscape will put me in a cooler frame of mind. Thanks for sharing this with us. // On a technical matter: what equipment did you use to create this long continuous documentation? I cannot imagine anything that most of us have.

@@rr7firefly I hope the weather is nice for your return, not too hot. Most of this video was filmed using a GoPro 11 or a Gopro 12 camera and the handheld shots were filmed with a Sony FDR-AX53 Handycam.

Helo, rwy'n falch eich bod wedi mwynhau reidio'r trên hwn drwy gefn gwlad prydferth Cymru. Mae'r defaid yn rhedeg i ffwrdd o'r trenau ac mae'r gwartheg yn eu gwylio'n mynd heibio.

"Yes" Wales is beautiful.

It is a nice place 😊.

You are Lucky.

Nice idea, I'll pass the suggestion on to GoPro. I'll certainly invest in the GoPro screen wiper attachment if they ever introduce such a thing 🤔.

@@Timsvideochannel1 well that explains it. I thought it was inside the cab. Nice video btw. I like that narrow track. Are all the tracks the same gage there? Or do you have wider one's for freight?

@@jb-ik8sj Hello, most of the slate quarry railway systems were narrow gauge, although not all the same narrow gauge. The mainline network was Standard gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in). This article gives you an idea of the number of different narrow gauges that can be found in Wales - hmrs.org.uk/stewards/welshng#:~:text=Welsh%20narrow%20gauge%20railways%20were,to%20the%20early%20nineteenth%20century.

I missed the sign above the restaurant at 8:48 I can only assume that they don't want any English speaking customers 🥴.

It looks like a cross, but I think it might be the back of a double sided sign indicating the end/start of a section of track where maintenence work is being carried out, a "T" made to look like a cross by the supporting post 49:47 . There is no doubt that the sheep had a lucky escape, although I also noticed the driver slowed the train to walking pace to give them chance to find a way out.

@@Timsvideochannel1 😄 Ofcourse I did not literally mean that the sheep were saved because of the cross. I meant that it all happened in such a manner that it so precisely matches with the Christian salvation message. Concidence? Hmmmmm. 🤔🤔🤔

@@mediatrix1111 I got your meaning and it did make me smile 😊.

The Prague tram tracks are well maintained, I can't comment on Minsk because I haven’t visited yet, one for the future.

I agree, Mount Taranaki / Mount Egmont is an awesome backdrop to a beautiful part of New Zealand.

Hello Bob, Prague’s tram network is impressive, trams run regularly and they are well used. I don't know much about Sydney's old tram network, but I am aware of the stupidity of many British city councils in getting rid of their tram networks in the 50's and 60's. With all its pollution problems one has to wonder about the metal health of the morons who closed London's tram system and underground mail rail. London with all its political correctness and mainly foreign born population is an embarrassment to the rest of the country. The English language, Cockneys, Rhyming Slang, Pearly Kings and Queens, along with British History have all been consigned to the scrap heap in the name of Woke. It's warm wet and windy here on the UK's South Coast today.

Prague is built on the banks of the Vltava River, being in the centre of Europe the city has been affected and influence by a number of invaders almost since the start of time. It was a nice trip showing many aspects of the city, it's certainly a nice place to visit.

Thank you Neil, I'm glad you liked it 😊.

It's probably the most spectacular train ride in Europe, a real credit to the people responsible for its existence.

Witam, z przyjemnością przeczytałem Twój opis przejażdżki tramwajem po Pradze. To raj dla miłośników tramwajów, są wszędzie, starzy i nowi. Kocham Pragę, nie jest zbyt duża, nie jest przeludniona, zachowała większość swoich oryginalnych budynków. Niegdyś tajemnicze miasto ukryte za żelazną kurtyną, obecnie jest to piękne miasto, dobrze ugruntowane na europejskiej mapie turystycznej.

My wife describes New Zealand as being like Wales on stilts. The New Zealand tourist industry has benefited enormously from being the location for Lord of the Rings. The scenery in North Wales is very similar to the scenery in New Zealand.

I was hoping to get away with the sound swap, the all-female crew driving and looking after our tour group on this trip talked a lot and I might have caused them embarrassment if I'd broadcast their otherwise private conversations to the world. I've replaced speech with music in the past and that went down like a lead balloon. I searched through my videos to find a suitable video to extract a soundtrack from. This was the donor video - kzbin.info/www/bejne/kGe6koSPl8tkrc0 I hope you can forgive me for the fake soundtrack.

@@Timsvideochannel1 Okay, I understand your decision. But it's a shame, Prague Transport Company strictly prohibits similar video recordings from drivers here. They pointlessly refer to the GDPR, but in other CZ cities it is no problem. If you have the original footage somewhere, I'd appreciate it.

@@daktrok1Hi, this is a video taken from the same tram 4 years earlier with the original soundtrack kzbin.info/www/bejne/rWLVoaClhtmrnLs Sadly the camera was close to a windscreen demisting vent and that is really all you can hear. Prague has an excellent tram network, it would be nice if the tram operating company worked with one of their drivers or managers to produce a series of videos covering the whole network, I'm sure such videos would be very popular. I did edit this latest video with the original soundtrack, I sent it to a friend in Prague to listen to and he advised me not to release it with the original soundtrack because it would cause embarrassment. If I return I'll mount the camera on the outside of the windscreen, clear of the wipers if I can obtain permission to do so.

Serbia is a beautiful country that was once home to an extensive network of narrow gauge railways, as a tourist I'd visit more often if there were more heritage type railways to visit. The Welsh tourist industry benefits enormously from the presents of a healthy heritage railway scene, I see no reason why a country like Serbia cannot attract tourists in the same way.

I'm tempted to visit at the weekend, I hope you enjoy helping out with the traction engine 😊.

@Timsvideochannel1 I'm sure I will, and thanks! :)

I'm impressed with the Prague tram network and it's good to see extensions being added. Thanks for the heads up about the rail routes following the Vltava and Sazava rivers, something to consider on my next visit. Cheers. Tim.

Hello Hans, as someone who is not used to trams, I feel very vulnerable around them, they are quiet and accelerate dangerously fast. I guess when you live with them, you get used to making allowances for them. Cheers. Tim.

Hello Flynn, I remember meeting you on the bridge, that was the best diesel festival I've ever been to, I've never seen anything like it in preservation 😊.

@@Timsvideochannel1 I have watched all your recent videos with my grandpa and we love them especially the ones were you put you camera on the front of the engine so we can see what the line is like 👍🏻

​@@Fchops11 Hi Flynn, it's nice to spend time with your Grandpa, I have fond memories of my own Grandpa, the family used to stay on a caravan park near Penmaenmawr (North Wales Coast). We'd spend the day riding old fashioned DMU's (the ones where you can sit behind the driving cab and see the track ahead) along the North Wales Coast railway between Chester and Holyhead, we even travelled to Blaenau Ffestiniog before the new station shared with the Ffestiniog Railway was built. Happy Days. It's nice to know you enjoy watching these videos, I am very grateful to the drivers who allow me to attach a camera to their trains. I guess some of these videos remind your Grandpa about his rail journeys back in the days when trains were referred to as Southern Region, Western Region, Eastern Region, the LMS and the LNER. I bet he shares some interesting stories with you. Best wishes to you and your Grandpa. Tim 😊.

Even the cows are awesome in Wales 😊.

Hello Wayne, New Zealand is a country full of surprises. The first time I saw the SOL in 2006 trains were still running although I never actually saw one, I visited the line again in 2007 and 2009 when trains only ran at night, I still didn't see any trains. I was saddened to read that the line was mothballed after a derailment towards the end on of 2009. When I first read about the rail carts in 2012 I booked a trip over the full length of line on my next visit including an overnight stay at the legendary Whangamōmona Hotel, the line still looked in reasonable condition. I did a short trip over part of the line with my wife in 2017 as shown in this video, it was clear that the venture had really taken off with the addition of short trips and jet boat rides. Please click on these links to see my first rail cart ride over the line - kzbin.info/www/bejne/fJCYZGZqg7N1j68 kzbin.info/www/bejne/e6LOkounjLl8jJI kzbin.info/www/bejne/kIK8dKOCl8iKiKc A ride through the Tangarakau Gorge in a rail cart is the nearest thing to a Jurassic adventure, only the dinosaurs are missing. Being a locomotive Engineer in New Zealand, you will be well aware that the loco crew have the best view of the countryside, the view from the rail carts is the nearest a member of the public can get to enjoying the view normally reserved for the footplate crew. If you do get to ride a rail cart over this line, I'm sure you will find it a rewarding experience. I'm glad you enjoyed the video. Cheers. Tim. PS a trip on Autsralia's Savannahlander is other awesome experience.

Hi, I'm not the driver, I rely on the kindness and cooperation of drivers, whilst I appreciate what you are saying, we don't live in an ideal world.

Thank you, I'm pleased you enjoyed it 😊.

Hi, like you, I enjoy watching KZbin videos to see places I'm unlikely to visit in person. I can see rail journeys from every part of the world without leaving my home.

Exactely

Привет! Железная дорога и случайная дорога - единственные признаки человеческой деятельности на большей части этого видео. О некоторых городах и мероприятиях я расскажу в этом видео - kzbin.info/www/bejne/pJyuY4ODoMxkp5Y.

I'm glad you enjoyed the ride, it's a very different view of the railway.

When your Mum was still in Porthmadog, this railway was a footpath through the Aberglaslyn Gorge and the trains that once graced the line were confined to photographs in nostalgic books about the fabled Welsh Highland Railway. I walked parts of the old track bed 50 or more years ago with my grandfather, never in my wildest dreams did I ever expect to be able to ride a train along the entire route and a bit more. Your Mum left one beautiful part of the world to move to another. Unlike many towns in the UK, Porthmadog hasn't changed much in the last 50 years, even the Ffestiniog Railway was coming back to life then. It's an awesome ride and "yes" I think your Mum would have loved seeing the wonderful Welsh countryside from a Welsh Highland Railway train.

My Dad is from the west country but used to fire the steam engines on the Ffestiniog railway.

​@@neilwood5767 Did your Dad meet your Mum whilst he was in Porthmadog firing steam engines on the Ffestiniog railway?

Yes he did.

I showed the video to dad and he loved it. He was talking about all the buildings and if there was a new one.

I don't know for sure, but I'd guess it's a version of the UK's dead man's handle/pedal. If the driver doesn't respond to the sound, the train will stop automatically. I could be wrong.

Hello Mike, nice to hear from you, I saw the refurbished carriages used on the Wellington commuter train last time I passed through Palmerston North, they looked good, are they as good on the inside? I'm glad you enjoyed the video. Cheers. Tim.

@@Timsvideochannel1 Was my last big outing nearly a year ago already Tim. I have been on Te Huia with very similar cars and very comfortable with work resources available for workers. They are as you know only meant to be a 5 year lifespan before "new" stock is planned !

@@MikeRailHello Mike, I'm sorry to hear that it’s been a while since your last outing. I didn't get to travel on one of the Te Huia sets on my last visit, I have seen videos of the Te Huia sets, I believe you sent me the links and they looked smart on the inside as well as on the outside. I read somewhere that the new trains will be Hybrids capable of running on 1500 volts Dc, 25 kv and diesel. This combination is common across Europe, many of the UK's trains are hybrid making use of the 25 kv OHLE or 750 volt DC conductor rail where it is available and completing their journey on diesel. We will shortly have electric trains capable of completing the journey on battery power a system already used on some tram routes in Europe. Maybe one day the Northern Explorer will be a hybrid unit. Take care. Tim.

@@Timsvideochannel1 Tnx again for the info Tim. Yes there has been lots of discussion and planning roughly in that direction for many of the urban extensions etc but with our recent change in govt I would not be surprised if that all gets shelved for years again. We dont seem to every have multi lateral plans that eventuate mate...... 🥲 But lets live in hope 🤔

@@MikeRail As a regular tourist to New Zealand, I'd love to see KiwiRail introduce tourist trains, they don't have to run daily to be available for rail based holidays, something that is almost uniquely not available in New Zealand. We can only live in hope, the rails are in place, sadly the will to run trains to more destinations isn't 🤔.

Hello, I'm glad you enjoyed the video and thank you for the additional information about the availability of cab ride videos, I have just checked out www.youtube.com/@Merond22 and pohledzvlaku.cz/ they both post some really good videos. I love visiting both the Czech Republic and Slovakia, it's good to see money being invested in the railways, although it is always sad when a line closes.

Hi, it's nice to her from Philadelphia, a place I have yet to visit, hopefully I'll get there one day. Wales is a very scenic and gentle country where there are more sheep than people. I'm glad you enjoyed the ride and if you do get to visit Wales one day, I think you'll find it a rewarding experience.

Thank you, it's nice to know you enjoyed the ride.

The Czech Republic, along with Slovakia are two of Europe’s hidden gems, both countries are beautiful, the people are friendly and they didn't close their rural railways as happened in the UK as recommended in the Beeching report. Travelling by rail in both countries is like slipping back in time to the 50's and 60's in the UK. I'm glad you enjoyed the video.

Cheers Bob, I'm pleased you enjoyed the ride 😉.

Hi, I was lucky enough to drive through the gorge on a number of occasions before the road closed for the foreseeable future, I'm pleased you enjoyed watching the gorge from the other side, I wonder if we will ever again be able to catch regular scheduled trains through the gorge to Napier?