DMU Demise Railtour, South Wales, 26 September 1992

A Monmouthshire Railway Society railtour captured from on board. This was to be our last DMU tour of the area, all units being withdrawn from service in South Wales the following day. Route was Newport, Cardiff Central, Barry, Llantwit Major, Ford’s Branch, Port Talbot, Jersey Marine, Onllwyn, Neath N&B Jcn, Swansea Docks, Briton Ferry, Margam Yard, Port Talbot Iron Ore Terminal, Newlands Jcn, Tondu, Blaengarw, Bridgend, Cardiff, Newport.
Camera: Ray Viney
Monmouthshire Railway Society website www.mrsoc.co.uk

[@robmasterman]

Another superb production Ray, even better without the time on the bottom right....I really enjoyed watching this, it brought back so many Happy memories...Thanks very much....Bob

[@rayviney8602]

Thanks Bob. The DMU railtours served us well over the years. Glad I made the effort to capture the last one.

[@Housephonestimes4]

Love these dmus!

[@MrTaffjock]

Love it I worked on this line in the (70) train guard on class 9 trains onllyn

[@Colin21454]

Great video mate, some of our local stations, thanks for sharing

[@Colin21454]

Thanks for sharing, nice to see some local lines

[@graalianlife78lim23]

That DMU's internal is close to EMU Class 310/312! Enjoyed your video!

[@markcf83]

Amongst a plethora of other Classes, including the 115,117,118,121 and 122......

[@lucypawpaw]

Great video Ray and thanks for sharing. Many of the locations shown would no longer be possible by train sadly.

[@annescholey6546]

Onllwyn looks eerily bleak like Blaenavon in the 50s.

[@cannadineboxill-harris2983]

I needed to know why don’t dig a tunnel and do an extension for the main line Train so that they can extend the unused abandoned underground stations. Why couldn’t they use the part D78 Stock train doors on the sides and also restructure the front face of the A60 and A62 stock and that includes the class 313, class 314 and class 315 remix and make them all together and also redesign them an overhead line and also make them into Five cars per units and also having three Disabled Toilets on those Five cars per units A60 and A62 stock trains and also convert the A60 and A62 stock trains into a Scania N112, Volvo TD102KF, Volvo B10M, Gardner 6LXB, Gardner 6LXC and Gardner 8LXB Diesel Engines and also put the Loud 7-Speed Voith Gearboxes even Loud 8-Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Gearboxes in the A60 and A62 stock, class 313, class 314, and class 315 and also modernise the A60 and A62 stock and make it into an 11 car per unit so it could have fewer doors, more tables, computers and mobile phone chargers. A Stock Trains and also having 8 Disabled Toilets on those A stock trains. why couldn’t we refurbish and modernise the waterloo and city line Triple-Track train tunnel and make it bigger and extend it to the bank station, making it into a Triple-Track Railway Line so those 4 European countries such as Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden to convert the waterloo and city line Triple-Track Train tunnel into a High-Speed train? The Third Euro tunnel Triple-Track Train line to make it 11 times better for passengers so they could go from A to B. then put the modernised 11 car per unit A Stock and put them on a bigger modernised waterloo and city line Triple-Track train tunnel so it could go to bank station to those 4 European countries such as Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden. The modernised refurbished 11 cars per unit A stock could be a High Speed The Third Triple-Track Euro Tunnel Train So it is promising and 37 times a lot more possible to do this kind of project that is OK for London Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden. oh by the way, could they also tunnel the Triple-Track Railway Line so it will stop from Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex so that the Passengers will go to Germany, Italy, Poland and Sweden and also extend the Triple-Track Railway Line from Bank to Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex Stations so that more people from there could go to Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden Easily. Why couldn't they extend the Piccadilly line and also build brand-new underground train stations so it could go even further right up to Clapton, Wood Street and also make another brand new tunnel train station in Chingford could they extend the DLR. All of the classes 150, 155, 154, 117, 114, 105, and 106, will be replaced by all of the Scania N112, Volvo TD102KF, Volvo B10M, Gardner 6LXB, Gardner 6LXC and Gardner 8LXB Diesel Five carriages three disabled toilets are air conditioning trains including Highams Park for extended roots which is the Piccadilly line and the DLR trains. Could you also convert all of the 1973 stock trains into an air-conditioned maximum speed 78 km/hours (48 MPH) re-refurbished and make it into a 8 cars per unit if that will be alright, and also extend all of the Piccadilly train stations to make more space for all of the extended 8 car per unit 1973 stock air condition trains and can you also build another Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive Companies and they can order Every 17 Octagon and Hexagon shape LNER diagram unique small no.13 and unique small no.11 Boilers from those Countries such as Greece, Italy, Poland, and Sweden, can they make Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive speeds by up to 117MPH so you can try and test it on the Original Mainline so it will be much more safer for the Passengers to enjoy the 117MPH speed Limit only for HS2 and Channel Tunnel mainline services, if they needed 16 Carriages Per units can they use those class 55’s, class 44’s, class 40’s and class 43HST Diesel Locomotive’s right at the Back of those 18 Carriages Per Units so they can take over at the Back to let those Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive’s have a rest for those interesting Journeys Please!!, oh can you make all of those Coal Boxes’s 16 Tonnes for all of the 117MPH Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive’s so the Companies will Understand us PASSENGER’S!! so please make sure that the Builders can do as they are Told!! And please do something about these very important Professional ideas Please Prime Minister of England, the Prime Minister of Sweden, the Prime Minister of Germany, the Prime Minister of Italy, the Prime Minister of Poland and that Includes the Mayor of London.

[@MrBnsftrain]

5:05 that alarm is really close to the train! 12:07 looks like those yards were abandoned long ago! this might've been the last train along here! The line did looks way different then, especially with slam-door DMUs!

[@conkeroonee]

5:05 is the crossing warning, it is close to the train!

[@martinnevey7258]

Great dmu's tons of character...yes they smoked yes they rattled and progress comes to all...but I do miss these...although when I was a child I was always disappointed when I would run out of my grans house only to see a dmu not a class 27 or if I was single lucky 37...little would I know I would miss even these when they went..

[@andrewbutler6477]

Seems so long ago now even the sprinters that replaced them are 35 years old now remember traveling on a valleys 116 many years ago on the central Wales line from Shrewsbury to Swansea made a mad dash to the gents when it got to Swansea they had no loo the tram things that are to run in the valleys metro have no loos going backwards not forwards

[@annescholey6546]

A month later came the pit closure announcement south Wales lost all its mines in weeks.

[@20PhantoM07]

9:42 where are they here?

[@rayviney8602]

Onllwyn

[@huw3851]

Funny watching this 30 later. Most of those tracks are long gone and so much has changed.

[@breeze1472]

wheres that crossing @2:54?

[@TheosTrainsWalesOfficial]

That’s Waterton Bypass Level Crossing in the Vale Of Glamorgan

[@20PhantoM07]

The Ford crossing thought so..

[@Coloribus2004]

People today would more than likely take one of these DMU's over a Pacer anyday! Except they are both gone!

[@OlafProt]

12:50 I can see about 18 health and safety violations right there 😂😂