Sully train station, the last journey to and from Barry and Penarth

[@welshsaintmedia]

Excellent - this is railway history gold! Me and the wife have been walking as much of the route as is now physically possible. Only yesterday [22/05/2021] we walked the rail bed from the bridge over St Mary's Well Bay Road until it terminates and meets the B4267 Lavernock Rd. Very overgrown with trees and a bit of climbing involved getting over some of the felled ones.

[@karljlangford]

many thanks for that. Please continue to follow my channel

[@AgencyScum]

Cheers mate!! I'd go to Barry Island from 5 years old onwards from 1970 and ALWAYS wondered what was beyond the tunnel. Now I know....STUNNING! Many many thanks!

[@karljlangford]

a lost history, but within memory, keep following

[@AgencyScum]

@@karljlangford This is so bizarre! Today, just as you replied to my post, I cycled past the Balmoral in Bristol docks! I live in Bristol and the Balmoral is a regular there. Fascinating!

[@karljlangford]

@@AgencyScum hey my pleasure keep watching don’t forget to keep watching press the bell 🔔 subscribe

[@MervynPartin]

That was a fascinating video, starting with the trip through the tunnel to Barry Pier. Although I knew about the line, I Had never seen any films of it before. The passenger line from Penarth to Cadoxton had closed before I went to the CEGB's apprentice training school (the former Penarth Power Station) which was situated alongside the line. When my motorbike was off the road, it was a long walk from the Penarth station. During my entire 6 months training there, I saw just one train- a class 14 hauling a brake van.

[@karljlangford]

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[@gareth5000]

Gold! I used to live in lower Penarth. My dad worked in the cement works years ago.

[@karljlangford]

such a great special recording, hope fully your still watching

[@neilcalvert6708]

Excellent footage. I've lived in Berkley Drive since 1969 and I do remember seeing the odd goods train which carried on to Barry before the line was torn up around 1971

[@karljlangford]

hope your still watching. This is definately an amazing video

[@robertseaborne5758]

Awsome, I remember the days (early 1950s) when the engine driver would let me ride with him in the engine room of the steam train from Penarth to Alberta Road station for a quick and naughty treat. I think he fancied my mum. 🤭

[@karljlangford]

Love it

[@TheGromit72]

Amazing footage, always wondered what the line looked like when running. I scrambled up the embankment by the bridge over the road to St Mary's Well bay a few years back, could still see the indentations on the track bed where the sleepers had lay.

[@karljlangford]

it is an amazing one, and here is wehere it ended up in wenvoe: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q4C9e3ZneMykh80 and kzbin.info/www/bejne/q4C9e3ZneMykh80

[@karljlangford]

Thanks Dave for supporting my work.

[@Marie-or6hz]

Excellent tour. I love going along.

[@ChrisRWare]

Interesting film sparking memories of my childhood. Sadly, I never travelled the Sully branch.

[@karljlangford]

so few people travelled on the line, and so many regretted not doing so. Hope you have subscribed and liked.

[@grumbeast]

Great footage and the narration really added a lot.

[@karljlangford]

Thank you very much! hope you subscribe

[@christopherfairs9095]

A very enjoyable video and reminder of days past. Thank you.

[@karljlangford]

Yes total timemachine, keep watching, hope your one of my subscribers. Karl

[@christopherfairs9095]

@@karljlangford I am now.

[@karljlangford]

@@christopherfairs9095 Many thanks. Hope you have watched the wenvoe videos there are 3

[@saltleywsc]

Superb video remember catching that train many times ! happy days ...thanks for sharing

[@karljlangford]

It was more than a pleasure to get this video out there, please share around, and sub me if you want

[@philmalley7888]

Some stunning views of Swanbridge ( sounds outrageous ) Damn the developers for stealing this railway line.

[@karljlangford]

It is fab, share around.

[@karljlangford]

it was earmarked for sale even before the railway closed

[@rhobatbrynjones7374]

Fascinating stuff.

[@pittwaterplayground]

Beeching cuts? There was also a line from Cadoxtan going north to Wenvoe and beyond. I could see both that line and the Sully line from my home on the Common in Dinas Powys. So sad to see them gone.

[@karljlangford]

This line they were planning to cut before breaching. Beeching was an excuse. Land had already been allotted before closing

[@karljlangford]

Keep watching hope you have subbed. Find me on Facebook have page: Barry past and present (not left wing history

[@janetruh7476]

Lovely to see these old tram lines. Too bad they are no longer in service.

[@karljlangford]

many like this. keep watching

[@janemoore2339]

Amazing film. Tried to find if anything remained of Swanbridge Halt a few years ago but just found a wall of impenetrable brambles.

[@karljlangford]

Next wednesday 5th Feb, Im leading little group, for Archaeology Cymru Sully meet 1.30pm Sully Church. If you want to join us we will see the platform at Swanbridge

[@karljlangford]

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[@vincentneale2620]

I went on a trip to Weston Super Mare buy the Cardiff Queen Paddle boat on a specail excursion from Tirphil on the Rhymney Line adn we went through the tunnel to catch the boat on the return trip we docked at the barry pier and walked up a narrow path to catch the train back home I think it would be around 1956 or so The train used the old line via sully

[@karljlangford]

That’s legend please write more. And please subscribe

[@TheDaf95xf]

Very interesting 👍🏻 Sad it’s all gone 😫

[@karljlangford]

small bits still haunt the landscape: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZqGoi4ONhNKjnbc

[@TheDudgies]

Brilliant video 👍 Would you mind if I use a few seconds of the Barry Island tunnel in a vlog if I credit you & link you in the description please 🙂

[@karljlangford]

It ok to use the tunnel section. So long as it's just that. Yes on the basis of crediting the video, the channel, and Brian Keitch. On the basis you have asked, I can't deny your wish. Its those that take and dont ask I have a problem with. Hopefully you have subscribed to me also. Please send me the link when done. Blessing always. x

[@TheDudgies]

@@karljlangford thank you, it's very much appreciated.

[@karljlangford]

@@TheDudgies always here

[@TheDudgies]

Hello again Here is the link to the Vlog I made of The Tunnel. Hope you enjoy & many thanks again for the use of this awesome footage! kzbin.info/www/bejne/kGGkm2Okeq9_qZY

[@owainjames8434]

I seem to remember my father, Geoffrey Davies dragging me out of bed at around the age of four to go on the last train journey from Penarth to Lavernock/Sully. Would that memory be correct as it would have been a late evening train?

[@karljlangford]

that would have been A VERY VERY special day. Brian gave me some of the last tickets used on the line.

[@karljlangford]

FOLLOW the rail line to: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q4C9e3ZneMykh80

[@JonoMOFO]

Didn't even know there was a station in Sully.

[@karljlangford]

We occasionally have a Sully class walk looking at whats left of the railway in Sully, on Wednesday afternoon. Let me know if your interested. Be delighted if you subscribe to me on here also...

[@christopherfairs9095]

maps.nls.uk/view/135195679 Follow the route of the railway and commentary on this free set of 25 inch-to-the-mile maps from the 19th-20th century. Made available, online, from the National Library of Scotland and able to be be overlaid with more recent OS maps, if required.

[@merejackles]

Great video!! The voiceover sounds quite recent relative to the video. Did Brian film it when he was a lot younger in the 60s, then overdub the commentary recently?

[@karljlangford]

Yes James.... Brian filmed it on the day in 1968.... But the sound was a few weeks ago. Sorry for the sound of rain..... But yes it sounds fresh anyway. It is a ghostly message this one. I loved the footage.

[@merejackles]

karl-james langford Brilliant! Great for him to revisit the footage he took over 50 years later. Showed the video to family here and abroad and they all enjoyed it. We grew up on Westbourne Rd in the 70/80s. Thanks for putting together!

[@karljlangford]

@@merejackles He had sat on the footage for so long. It needed to get out there. Appreciate the support, hopefully you have subbed to me on here so we can keep in touch. I follow bits of the line today. The cutting at Lavernock is from another word now, so peaceful but hard to access.

[@merejackles]

karl-james langford Yep great! Will sub now and spread the word 👍🏻

[@karljlangford]

@@merejackles THAT IS REALLY APPRECIATED, so much. Press the bel on it, and you will get alerts on my next videos. This next one found on my channel archive. You will love this also: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZqGoi4ONhNKjnbc

[@jonroyo]

What year was this filmed?

[@karljlangford]

1968, original footage

[@allisontyler-howells5239]

Shame this line is no more

[@karljlangford]

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