FAR NORTH LINE Highlands train ride to Wick & Thurso 1964

[@BazColne]

Very valuable document.

[@peterg957]

Absolute Magic... Thank You My Friend...

[@Sujowi]

I travelled this route in 1983... it’s great to see this to be reminded of a stunning trip to Orkney. Thank you and the commentary is excellent.

[@ThorpRJ]

Brilliant piece of film. Brings back my boyhood when the family went from the Midlands to Wick to visit my Grandmother in the 1950's - to mid 1960's. Thank you.

[@blauckner]

Visited Sutherland in 1961 as a teenager and remember this railway and the then quite modern Type 2 diesel locomotives which hauled all trains passenger and goods. Wonderful that the line somehow has remained open, despite massive road improvements. And of course that business of trains not dividing at Georgemas with Wick passengers having to go to Thurso and then retrace steps

[@stephenpowell5912]

Wow 58 years ago ,Wow how times have changed after 58 years ,Lovely iconic documentary ❤️From a time before computers , Technology and all-sorts , Wish I had a time machine to go back to this time ,Dr Richard Beeching(Sounds like a vile piece of work ) had a lot to Answer for with closures like such in this video ,Just a sad time for communities who were back then used the train ,It was the sight of motor cars back then that was the final nail for communities more use to the train back then ❤️🥺Great Colour footage ❤️Born in 1973 ,My Mum and late Dad (1954-2002 ) Would have been Kids in 1964 when The Beatles and The Rolling stones came too ,They would remember these times better than me ❤️❤️❤️❤️Carefree times 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🎥

[@shytalker]

I enjoyed this so much,really interesting Scottish Railways in an truly important period,one beautiful line thanks for posting.

[@AlanSnowdonArchive]

Thanks Ian, more here kzbin.info/aero/PL8-7_QXSriLjKOv4Cg3kFSmktyOehzZxg ... nice Scots-like stormy ferry video on your channel !

[@ruadhagainagaidheal9398]

Kyle of Lock- ouch ! LOL

[@AlanSnowdonArchive]

As an Englishman, I'd expect to have WAR declaired on me - if I'd said something as SILLY as THAT - to the insult of Scotts.

[@dongil123]

Brilliant old Golspie wow seaforth road back in the day! Love this!

[@scrimperuk]

What a delightful film.

[@mikehaldane4061]

Whilst working at Clynelish Distillery in Brora I once took the train down to Inverness, around 2002, and it took around a couple of hours. With the new road bridges in place over the various firths the road journey takes just over an hour.

[@joanmacrae7112]

Greatly enjoyed this nostalgic film.

[@phillipsiviter2024]

Thank you for this, the train has changed to a modern DMU, but the line hasn’t been upgraded so it’s still slow going through the Flows and Strath of Kildonan. Also the sidings at Wick have gone.

[@orkneyancestor2059]

Envied a neighbour,William Miller,who travelled from Gravesend to Wick, visiting family members in 1952.The sense of atmosphere must have been superb.William went on to run Quartet Books and then The English Agency in Tokyo.

[@georgegunn9387]

Hi Alan, Excellent video, i also did that train journey back in 1964, it was back in the days when you could get an all line 7 day railrover ticket and go anywhere you like. It has brought back a lot of happy memories for me and reminded me of what an interesting line it was, thankfully as you know the lines to the far north survived the axe and that is a godsend. Thanks for sharing it. Regards George

[@prof.hectorholbrook4692]

Very interesting. Thank you.

[@micheldenis6362]

Fantastic séries , thanks

[@MrMonero]

Great video and a great journey through some of the best parts of the Scotland. Thanks for uploading. ☺️

[@bobblue_west]

3:53 The Invershin Hotel. Stayed there on family holiday. Probably late mid-late 60's.

[@mikebeeton4982]

Thanks, for showing/sharing this film of what must be some of the most wild, distant but truly beautiful parts of Scotland which would support a stream operated railway for locals and visitors alike in today's world

[@jeffreyhodge5564]

Fantastic .amazing what we have lost .a large number of stations closed pre Beeching but at least the line is still open .On my list of places and trips for 2019.thank you for sharing this.

[@mrmoran0077]

Smashing piece of film, according to my mum that may very well be my Grandfather on the platform at Culrain

[@Isochest]

Thanks for sharing this gem. Good to know this line is still in situ and carries freight. I hope that the freight such as grain whisky etc. Will return to rail in future. This line still has so much potential

[@ronaldbayne1431]

Thanks. Nice narrative. Rmb

[@jimbegin6554]

Brilliant, thanks Alan & Heather.

[@charlesbeaton4627]

Wonderful video and fantastic journey. Charlie, Aberdeen

[@sinistershenanigans965]

When the dark cold nights come I’m on the couch and a duvet and Aa good scotch. Thank you so match for posting. 🇬🇧

[@floor993]

So wonderful to see these films, and how times have changed in nearly 7 decades, thanks for uploading!

[@flippop101]

Thank you for another precious piece of film.

[@justindavies3003]

Thanks for putting this final video from Scotland up Alan some real history in the series.

[@KevinMcArdell]

Superb. Thank you for posting.

[@ianburnett7333]

I wish I wish I could have a time machine.

[@to_baldly_go]

No Bilbster station :( but what an amazing piece of history!

[@rodneyrose6149]

Simply wonderful !

[@chaosdemonwolf1]

Ah the good ole days of hand held 8mm cameras with no sound. Those were the days.............

[@Sam_Green____4114]

another great one!sadly no freight on this line now. . there used to be until very recently oil to Lairgs,nuclear waste traffic and pipes for the gas and oil industry.

[@nigelmorley5414]

There is freight on this line. Timber is regularly loaded (on the mainline at night when the last train has departed).

[@andrewr2825]

I agree and endorse those comments prior to mine. I thoroughly enjoy these videos from a slower paced, non-techno age. Plus totally absorbing scenery and so much railway interest. Thank you so much for these videos Alan.

[@sianmickiewicz4877]

Ab Fab !! -Ian 👍👍

[@ednammansfield8553]

Thank you for posting this wonderful piece of railway history, considering the age of this piece of film being from 1964 it is in amazing condition and the colour is still crisp. Happy New Year for 2019.

[@dreadnaught3894]

Wonderful . . . . and that this footage exists . . . . Praise and admiration. Thanks so much.

[@Simonize41]

Good to see you’ve posted two new videos. Thoroughly entertaining and greatly appreciated. :)

[@dambuster6387]

Wonderful film, just had a quick look on the internet to if any of the station are still open an some are but The Mound closed in 1960 and some others also. Found a interesting web sight on old maps of England and Scotland from about 1900 showing all the railway line of that time frame , You can fade out the old map and a modern Gogle map comes up and can see where the old lines use to run and showing goods depot, gas works. sidings in to industrial factory,s.

[@TheDaf95xf]

Start by wishing you a happy new year 🥳 It was lovely seeing how we had a fantastic railway system in the far nothing Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Its a crying shame a lot of it was pulled up so this video is priceless 👍🏻

[@StrathpefferJunction]

What a lovely wee film - thank you so much for sharing! Just to note, Ardgay is pronounced 'Ardguy'. 🙂

[@AlanSnowdonArchive]

Thanks for the correction. It's difficult to know these things if you've not heard the name pronounced.

[@StrathpefferJunction]

@@AlanSnowdonArchive I quite understand...not least when they're from anither language! If you're producing any more of these wonderful videos and want to check pronunciations, feel free to drop me a line. Happy to help 🙂 www.strathpefferjunction.com

[@AlanSnowdonArchive]

Lots of great Scot rail models on your channels that my viewers may enjoy kzbin.info

[@KasabianFan44]

And Kildonan is pronounced kill-DON-en, not kill-DOE-nen.

[@TeddyWandererCamera-Bear]

Thank you so much for giving us something to watch on New Years Eve we have enjoyed all of your series :D All the best for 2019 and thank you so much for all the work you have put in to prodcing these videos :DTeddy

[@studebaker4217]

The new footbridge over the River Oykell adds little in fact. I stayed at Carbisdale Castle, a Youth Hostel then, in 1968. You could apply for a BR permit to cross the railway bridge by the tracks, which I had done, but trains were so infrequent, there seemed modest risk. Wonderful film, thank you.

[@richardhoyle1138]

Thanks Alan. Been really missing these the last few months. It's made my day. Happy New Year! xxx

[@neilking]

Great film. If you're interested, Ardgay is pronounced Ard-GUY (rhyming with "eye").

[@AlanSnowdonArchive]

Thanks for pointing this out. Discovering correct pronounciations can be almost impossible, as is correcting the audio on uploaded footage. So I'm afraid the incorrect version will have to remain - sorry!

[@andrewganley9016]

Check out the GPO Morris van!

[@PublicTransportVideo]

Great film. Having looked at a couple of old copies of the Beeching reports everything north of Inverness would have been closed if his recommendations had been carried out. Correct me if I am wrong.

[@AlanSnowdonArchive]

No, you are NOT wrong. In fact much of the rail network of Scotland outside the "Central Belt" was regarded as uneconomic, so listed to be closed.

[@AlanSnowdonArchive]

Thanks, recommending your transport channel to my viewers kzbin.info

[@tobysummers471]

Fantastic piece of film. I enjoy seeing all of these films of these lines and wondering how it’s all completely changed now ! Did you use 8mm or super 8 film for all of these ! Thank you for posting these are brilliant. Happy new year to you and your family !

[@AlanSnowdonArchive]

All my old films so far uploaded (except the one of the Hungarian Children's Railway) were shot on STANDARD 8mm film.

[@alexandervanabswoude9580]

@@AlanSnowdonArchive Bell&Howell 8mm?

[@AlanSnowdonArchive]

Enjoying your rail channel too kzbin.infovideos

[@52761b]

Excellent video transfers of your historic films. What package did you use to enhance the originals.

[@AlanSnowdonArchive]

Several years ago I copied all my 8mm films to Hi8 videotape. This was long before the existance of KZbin. In recent years I've input from these tapes to one or another video editing system, using which I've added titles and narration. The result of all this made a computer file which was then uploaded to KZbin.

[@52761b]

Your results are very good. I copied my own 8mm to VHS and then copied to DVD and converted to mp4 then uploaded to KZbin.

[@AlanSnowdonArchive]

Thanks, I'm sure my viewers will enjoy your rail channel too kzbin.info - nice to cross promote!

[@manganese2222]

The above link to the Kyle to Inverness video must be out of date, so here's another. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rZexZ4BogtWpbbs

[@jamescampbell7780]

Would be great if the presenter was Scottish!

[@JohnSmith-ii9ci]

for petes sake who cares, its a good film. From Thurso.

[@terencewilliammckenna6121]

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