The Railway Destroyed by the Deadly Floods Abandoned Trackbed Walk

[@MurdockFox1987]

Hi there really nice Video. I used to work at Llangollen for many years and was one of the people who put the coach in the dock. We shunted to coach down and there is literally just enough room to swing the point with the coach tight up against the wall under the bridge then pulled it back up with a rope around the coupling of the coach and a diesel Shunter for a few metres and then we pinch bared the coach all the way up the siding until it was parked where it it now. I know a lot about the line so if you like any more information let us know.

[@steve83803]

Is that box car connected to the carriage the same one as shown in the black and white picture from the 1950s?

[@NOMADCREATIVESOLUTIONS]

This line and the one from Bangor to Pwellhi are two routes I wish still existed. North Wales truly is beautiful and access via railway is problematic and poor, floods continue to damage the only existing route to Barmouth.

[@sc3pt1c4L]

"be nice if I could get it up"...I know the feeling mate

[@TrekkingExploration]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@paulmartin4971]

Blue pills might help lol 😂

[@buffplums]

Fascinating seeing the accident pictures … I never knew there had been a fatality though.

[@ianwilliams1448]

Ooo...Maaatron....

[@Tuberuser187]

Those drone shots of the mist in the valleys is beautiful.

[@ukman9797]

Does always make me wonder the amount of infrastructure that has been ripped out of the UK. And now we need it. Thanks Ant for your endeavours, i always look forward to it.

[@TrekkingExploration]

It's a lot I mean I must have only just scratched the surface. Glad you are enjoying them

[@thomasdieckmann5711]

much appreciated Ant, nice nature walk and wonderful pictures

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thanks very much Thomas ☺️

[@jetsons101]

The early morning mist added a bit of mystery to the opening of the video. Ant, with all your walking you need a Shoe Sponsor. I was poking around on birdseye and street views, St Johns Church looks like a nice old church, some of the head stones look a bit old. Llangollen looks like a nice place to live. Thanks to Ant for keeping history alive.......

[@shirleylynch7529]

Excellent Ant. Just a pity so muddy. Liked the mist. That water was quite frightening the way it was gushing. Lovely walk and explore.Great footage. Thank you.

[@LKBRICKS1993]

Amazing footage really enjoyed watching it.

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thanks very much I'm pleased you enjoyed it 😊

[@martinmarsola6477]

Thank you for today’s walking tour. Makes you think you’re there with you on the walk. Always a great video to view. Enjoy your week ahead, and see you on the next, Ant. 😊

[@Carolb66]

Ooh what a spooky eerie setting Ant, very atmospheric. Beautiful part of wales this. Its great when you find some old platform in the undergrowth still there after all these years. Glad you got your drone up. Stunning pictures Ant, seeing the mist lifting. Yes please go back & film some more videos there are loads of tram ways & inclines that are interesting. ❤😊👍

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thanks very much as always Carol and for your support. I'll get back around there at some point this year 😄

[@Carolb66]

@@TrekkingExploration 🥰👍

[@malcolmrichardson3881]

Fantastic scenery and amazing to see the canal high above the river, with a road and an abandoned railway sandwiched in between. I remember walking a stretch of the line near Barmouth in the mid-1960's, not long after closure, with the rails still in situ. Thank you.

[@lindamccaughey6669]

What a beautiful area that is. The scenery is incredible. Loving the history of the railways. Fantastic as usual. Thanks for taking me along. Please take care

[@buffplums]

It’s a real shame that they couldn’t get back into Ruabon again, but the land was built on behind Llangollen station in the early 80s . I remember seeing the track bed around 72 when we used to go blackberry picking just leading up to Llangollen station where it is now built over. I remember the telegraph wires had been cut and they were all hanging from the telegraph poles but the station was still,pretty much complete this was before it was purchased and the trust took over. I used to love this railway and can remember well before all the track was put back at Berwyn and you could have walked through the tunnel if you dared too, which I didn’t

[@johncarold]

Hi Ant, Great video and walk. Thanks for the video

[@michaelmiller641]

Fantastic video, Ant. Thanks for that I visited llanolgllen a few years ago , lovely railway

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thanks Michael. That's all the Welsh stuff uploaded now 😊

[@buffplums]

Great video mate, you really should take a ride on this line. Maybe you should try following the route of the track after the line stops at Corwen and then onto Bala. There are a few bits and bobs left between, then the line used to split right up towards FFestiniog.

[@dilwyn1]

Brilliant Ant .. All of your vidios of this my local area have been amazing. This one more so as it reminded me of so many places and sights I know so well but don;t get to see in person any more. I still live fairly local, but as my Brother lives in Llan, I'll get him to investigate how they got the casrriage into the cattle dock in the station. I think it was winched in, but I'm sure he will find out more

[@martin4787]

Me and my mates wrecked a few cars and motor bikes at Trevor Station Dilwyn. They'd be worth a fortune now.

[@dilwyn1]

@@martin4787 Don't remind me !!! I'm sure back in the day I chucked a BSA Gold Star in the "Bomb hole" up at Vivod

[@martin4787]

@@dilwyn1 It makes you want to cry what we wrecked and threw away.

[@ste.h9825]

Great series & so much more 2 see in the area.Tha nk you.

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thank you I'll be back later this year 🐱

[@janepatricia8779]

Very informative video Ant, ,well done as usual, 😊 xx

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thanks very much 😁

[@suninn22]

I walked the line in the early 1980s with my later father, there was less vegetation then, about a mile from Trevor, we found a concrete gradient post, it also looked liked one track was higher than the other

[@dianaday4819]

Lovely to see Trvor platforms still in place. The staff on the Llangollen Railway are fab, very helpful. If you go back see if you can visit the railway works & Signal boxes along the line. It was my best day ever on a preserved railway. Got n the footplate too. The guard let us ride with him for a bit too. Make my American friends day. 👍 love all your videos👍

[@edmartin6048]

1945 sun bank halt disaster: my dad, knew the driver/ fireman and guard, my dad was 18yrs old and a trainee fireman due the following day on that line to llangollen

[@jontaylor1652]

Thanks Ant, this has been a great series of the area.loving this channel man, it's the dog's ********.

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thanks very much Jon. That's the Welsh stuff all uploaded now 😊

[@a11csc]

Awesome Ant

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thanks Chris 😀

[@roytabberer7427]

Thanks Ant for another interesting vlog/video.

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thanks very much Roy 😁

[@stuart3383]

Brilliant again

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thanks very much Stuart 🙂

[@iantwigg6983]

Great video as always Ant Loved the shots of the famous 4 all in a line, those being: 1) the river was obviously there first and surely powered some industry round those parts 2) then the canal came along to likely support transport of coal to the industry requirement, once water power was replaced by engine power, then likely support the transport of goods from the industry to the canal network… 3) then the railway replaces the canal 4) then the road replaces the railway Only thing missing was the drone picking up an aeroplane ✈️ in the distance and we could of had the full house 🤣 Being a Wiganer, we have very similar parts that have the famous 4 all very close by. Keep up the great work Ant 👍

[@davedear929]

Great video shots of the mist. Aerial footage totally makes a good video a great video. Many thanks Ant.

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thanks very much Dave. I was pleased I got some eventually

[@angelaknisely-marpole7679]

Lovely. The railway trip is well worth it!

[@TrekkingExploration]

I'll be back later in the year 😊

[@elainemclelland5121]

I really looked forward to this video and it certainly didn't disappoint. Thanks for making and sharing.

[@TrekkingExploration]

I had to wait a few weeks with it being a bit similar to the canal walk video 😉

[@sodor_dan-da-man]

there is enough space under that bridge in llangollen to where that coach is to fit a black 5 locomotive. its the place they use to release the locomotives to run round to the other end of the carriages.

[@Unitedgaming2230]

Awesome video, you should have a look at some abandoned railways in mid wales

[@7477steve]

Excellent video, Ant, as always

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thanks very much Steve

[@railwaychristina3192]

Thank you😊

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thanks for watching ☺️

[@phillipthebigj8971]

That was a good one Ant l would give it a 8 out of ten just because we got to see some rolling stock may be 9 if you could get that drone up😉 thanks for sharing👍

[@markkilley2683]

Great scenery.

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thanks for watching Mark

[@johannesfeigl5309]

Love yourvideos industrial history i find very emotiveand interesting.iam an austrian who grew up in the ukand its industrial historycaptivates me.?at an early agetogether with a pal we wouldgo train spotting or visit the some what desoolate t rain maintenance yards at ooldq😊 oak common

[@bobingram6912]

Another great partwork sadly comes to its end😢😢😢😢 Wonder what's next in the can🤔🤔🤔🤔 Just love that B&W of Llangollen, the bus just takes me back to simpler times. Thanks Ant, top stuff as always👍👍👍

[@TrekkingExploration]

I still need to go back for a couple of days around Scarborough and Whitby but the weather isn't letting me. Back in the Peak District again soon 🙂

[@ianbolton9309]

O bill what a very wet time you've had so far this year it's like we all need a boat 🛥 to live on soon if it carry's on!! Still you'll have lots of boats to pick from haha take care mate 😉🤗

[@butchknapman3939]

Very interesting It's a long way for you, In West London, there is I K Brunels' last project known as three bridges where Railway line under a canal and over the canal is a road bridge The railway has some intermittent traffic, and the road bridge has a weight restriction Have you clocked up the milage of your walks ( map my walks ) ?

[@johndavidbaldwin3075]

Let me tell you about a train journey to go on holiday. Start at Cloughfold on a Met-Cam yellow diamond dmu to Bury Bolton Street, change trains to an L&Y emu to Manchester Victoria terminal platforms. Go onto the long through platform through the ticket barrier halfway along the platform into Manchester Exchange station and catch a train to Chester. Change across the station for a train towards Shrewsbury and change at Ruabon. Catcha train to Barmouth and Pwlthelli. Engine change at Barmouth, Hook Norton Manor in the other platform, get off at Llandanwg (the only change to Llandanwg Halt over 70 years is the colour of the paint and the addition of an electronic next train sign.

[@2010ditta]

That one coach at Llangollen is a mystery on how it got where it is. Maybe it was put there when the track under the bridge was still there before it was blocked. A great journey and very enjoyable. All the best.

[@suzyqualcast6269]

Canal, rail, road and river all agin each other, just like down at Cromford.

[@Jimyjames73]

Always a shame when Railway Lines Close Ant - A nice walk thou!!! 😉🚂🚂🚂

[@Jimyjames73]

They might off left The Carriages at the Station there b4 they closed the Line Ant??? 🤔🚂🚂🚂

[@Macc1]

Plenty of scope for innovative hydro-electric power plants along the old rail route...?

[@simonballard6413]

Thanks very much, Ant. Lovely video. Do go back and do the marvellous preserved line at Llangollen - you won't regret it!

[@jonathanellis1842]

It would be wonderful if the Llangollen railway could make it back to Trevor. If they could then put in a cable car or some other way of bringing people between Trevor station and the World Heritage site at the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct including the large empty space at the former chemical works, car parking (visitors could park here so as to visit LLan via railway) and visitor centre, you got think big! This would need a lot of cash which sadly is not plentiful today, so I can see this happening in my lifetime if it ever happens.

[@TrekkingExploration]

There's a lot of potential I mean it's all there. Depends who owns the land? Quite often farms use it but not own it

[@martin4787]

Any chance of that happening ended over 40 years ago, when the Woodlands Hotel built on the track bed.

[@jonathanellis1842]

@@martin4787 yes I know,, most of the problems - blockages are at the LLan end and over a very short distance.This is why I cannot see this ever happening, but you can dream, or get the bulldozers out and that is going to cost, lots of cash, so it not going to happen any time soon!

[@martin4787]

@@jonathanellis1842 I agree Jonathan

[@edmartin6048]

the army were brought in to help with the cleanup, suspicions where that the freight train was carrying gold cargo

[@suzyqualcast6269]

At least the canal persists....

[@Jamesthesnail]

Muddy due to being in a cutting and the drainage not working anymore, cattle footprints in there, probably looking for a drink or just interested in historic railways. ;)

[@Macc1]

Checking out all things " The Thirty-Year Official Secrets Act" rule may come in useful here...?

[@truthfulremedy_aka_lennybee]

South Wales now please 🙏

[@TrekkingExploration]

I'll definitely be going back 😁

[@wideyxyz2271]

I think it's pronounced Treevor?

[@martin4787]

Is it. When I lived there from 1971 to 1980, we always called it Trevor.

[@DeanJuvenal]

RuAbon. &. TreFor, please.