The sheer dedication surrounding this railway is exemplified by the work of the video team - in the past year or so, they have clearly been looking at how to raise their already impressive game and bring us new ways to tell the stories - the fact that all this solid footage has been assembled into such a pleasing whole in seemingly not much more than 72hrs speaks volumes - well done! \m/
@markiliff3 ай бұрын
I think this every time I watch one of these, but this time I'm going to say it: the quality of your videos is astonishing! There are broadcasters out there that could learn a thing or two. I'm dead impressed.
@FfestiniogWelshHighland3 ай бұрын
Thank you. 🙏🏻
@PeterAJWoods3 ай бұрын
Always look forward to your updates. Thanks.
@MrFQL3 ай бұрын
We rode both your railways in 2019. It is delightful to view these videos from our home in Oregon, USA. Keep them coming as I know you will.
@FfestiniogWelshHighland3 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoy them. Many thanks.
@Trainlover1995Ай бұрын
At this point, the VoR is like a second home for Palmerston.
@chrisburton96453 ай бұрын
Very good - well worth a watch even without keeping up to date on what's happening. The advent of DIY aerial shots makes a big difference, as does the quality of image - even whilst in motion - from today's sensitive but portable cameras.
@FfestiniogWelshHighland3 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it. We try to make sure there are plenty of good views of the trains in the countryside as well as the more ‘nuts and bolts’ chapters.
@eliotreader82203 ай бұрын
@@FfestiniogWelshHighland was Felinheli being operated by the General Manger of the Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland railway. his Chauffer looked familiar too
@rogertreadwell84183 ай бұрын
Excellent as always. The drone footage was stunning!
@tardismole3 ай бұрын
It's been my dream since I was little to visit these railways. I hope to do so soon.
@alanclarke46463 ай бұрын
VoR loco in black with lion & wheel crests and a carmine & cream rake; the other train in GWR colours: absolutely love it!
@JAPB01693 ай бұрын
Fantastic video, definitely the best so far. Long shot down the cob was brilliant.
@FfestiniogWelshHighland3 ай бұрын
Thanks.
@althejazzman3 ай бұрын
38:09 That is such an adorable bit of infrastructure, with the line going over the bridge around the loop under itself with the Welsh hills in the distance beyond.
@FfestiniogWelshHighland3 ай бұрын
It was built by volunteers so that the ‘deviation’ line could gain enough height to bypass a flooded part of the line. We’re very proud of it and it is unique in the British isles.
@althejazzman3 ай бұрын
@@FfestiniogWelshHighland Wow I see. Even more impressive then.
@SDE19943 ай бұрын
1:27 Lawrie spotted
@thomasawl3 ай бұрын
lawrie moment
@mattb54272 ай бұрын
Regarding Mountaineer and speculation about when certain parts were fabricated, fixed etc. . . . Shouldn't each loco have some kind of service history documenting these things? Plus drawings, photos, video.
@FfestiniogWelshHighland2 ай бұрын
These days documentation is standard practice but in earlier decades not so much.
@mattb54272 ай бұрын
@@FfestiniogWelshHighland Thanks, glad to hear it.
@ronfisher2-railwaytravelvideos3 ай бұрын
Splendid stuff - as usual! I've still got loads of videos from the weekend to edit and upload to my channel; the first three are on, but not up to your standard of course.
@jbhtrams3 ай бұрын
Please, please put her back in FR Green with Red lining? She looked superb in the 1980s in those colours. Everything seems to be shades of Maroon these days, all very nice, but The ALCO looked great in Green with her big Red nameplates! Excellent job so far, cant wait to see her running once more. You will probably finish her before I complete my 16mil model I started in the late 1980s
@PhoenixHillRailways3 ай бұрын
Great video! Only visited the VoR and FR in April and am already missing them. I wonder, when was the last time there were 5 locos at Rhiw Goch simultaneously?
@mattb54272 ай бұрын
What is the utilitarian diesel seen at about 4:39?
@FfestiniogWelshHighland2 ай бұрын
It is a Dick Kerr. Built for use in WW1.
@mattb54272 ай бұрын
@@FfestiniogWelshHighland Thanks. I've seen old b & w pics, I had no idea one still existed. A magnificently austere and uncompromising machine. Is it operational? If not, can it be made so?
@FfestiniogWelshHighland2 ай бұрын
You would need to ask the engineers at the Vale of Rheidol. I imagine the plan would be to retire it to running order if at al possible. A great looking loco and a historically important one too.
@alanclarke46463 ай бұрын
I think Google might have it wrong: it translates the Welsh name of Devil's Bridge as " a bridge on a monk"!!
@chrisburton96453 ай бұрын
That's because the Welsh older name (than the current tourism marketing) name refers to the monks of Strata Florida who probably built the bridge in the 12 Century.