FINAL day for Britains STEEPEST adhesion railway!!! Astbury Light Railway.21st January 2024

[@StaffsTransport]

Very nice film, made in difficult conditions, of a wonderful day. Not just the last day but a who's who of narrow gauge and miniature railway workers and enthusiasts. My son and I spent most time at the top, I'm the bloke with the cat, and we caught the last train down with Henry Allum. My cat was the Railway's final passenger, a nice pub quiz question of the future. I'll be making a video slideshow of photographs in the next few days. Thanks for making this film. Yours and Henry Allum's films paint a nice portrait of a great community coming together.

[@philclarke3203]

Many thanks. I'm surprised, but pleased, there wasn't more wind noise on the video, and I had a job holding the camera still a few times. Haha, yes I noticed the cat a few times and wondered what the story behind it was? I'm afraid my dedication isn't as good as Henry's, as he travelled all the way from the London area and I only came from Northwich. Great to be there though. I'll look out for your video.

[@HenrysAdventures]

Brilliant video Phil and nice to see you there! Good to see the day from a different perspective. It's a day I'll certainly always remember.

[@philclarke3203]

Thanks Henry. Yes good to see you as well, on a day that will be well remembered.

[@kellyashfordtrains2642]

The railway should not have to close. What would the enthusiasts do without it? If I were a member of the railway, I'd keep it alive till the day I die. The council obviously can't see that the steam engines are helping to keep our land green. Without carbon from the steam engines, the trees will die, and so will we because there won't be any oxygen left. The council are trying to destroy our planet, that's for sure. Long live steam engines and the rails they run on.

[@philclarke3203]

The councils only support big developers, that completely ruin the countryside

[@pn112upfast]

Excellent 👍

[@philclarke3203]

Thanks 👍

[@SimonTog]

Great video Phil :)

[@philclarke3203]

Thanks Simon -)

[@tattoo1084]

Nice to see, never heard of it before. Sad to see it go.

[@philclarke3203]

Yes a shame David 😢

[@richardswiderski4985]

Great video Phil never heard of them how long have they been running?sorry to see it go .Bur was there hint of its return. .😂

[@philclarke3203]

Thanks Rick. Not too sure. Sorry I couldn't translate your last sentence 🤔😂

[@richardswiderski4985]

Sorry Phil🙄sorry to see it go but was there a hint of a return later. Or something like that🤣🤣

[@philclarke3203]

@@richardswiderski4985 that's better 😂. No it's not returning, but I'll send you a message.

[@hamshackleton]

First time I'd heard of it, and I'm in Cheshire!

[@philclarke3203]

Not the biggest railway, but certainly different

[@brianellis4964]

What did the council refuse?

[@philclarke3203]

Permission to extend the railway

[@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329]

So they’ve decided to close it because of the refusal of the council

[@philclarke3203]

Sadly, yes

[@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329]

@@philclarke3203yeah

[@zaklex3165]

You guys have some odd restrictions over there, I'm going to presume the extension would've stayed on the property of the farm...and they needed approval for that? I could literally build a private railway on my personal property without any local approval...unless I happened to live in a place with an HOA(Home Owners Association), but those have way to much power and need to be restricted.

[@philclarke3203]

That's our country for you 🙄

[@zaklex3165]

@@philclarke3203 Not saying we don't have problems over here too...I'd also have to worry about my neighbors possibly complaining.

[@philclarke3203]

Nothing straight forward. If the neighbours areb't happy ,then that causes problems straight away? Where are you from?@@zaklex3165

[@zaklex3165]

@@philclarke3203 California, in the States...I admire the Heritage work done over there, we have good Heritage sites too, but less funding and cooperation didn't exist until about a decade ago.

[@philclarke3203]

@@zaklex3165 ahh, I've never been across the Atlantic. Yes, we seem keen on preserving our heritage now . Glad they are starting to cooperate more now