Driver's Eye View (Wales) - Talyllyn Railway - Part 1 - Tywyn to Nant Gwernol

[@salloom1949]

Tim, I enjoyed this train ride through the Welsh countryside. I love endless luscious green meadows stretching as far the eyesight can reach. A particular joy to my heart is seeing sheep grazing in the fields. I love those animals. This is a very nostalgic video and I have devoured it. Thank you for an excellent production of yours. God bless you!!

[@Timsvideochannel1]

Hi, Wales is a lovely country, the scenery isn't Swiss style dramatic, it is simply very pretty with lush green countryside, ancient trees, dry stone walls and attractive villages. The sheep are an integral part of the landscape, it wouldn't be Wales without them. I'm pleased you enjoyed the ride. Cheers. Tim.

[@arvindvader1363]

Awesome !!! Lovely small train in picturesque settings 😍😎👌👏👍

[@Timsvideochannel1]

Thank you, I'm so glad you enjoyed the ride 😊.

[@r.gordontrueblood3188]

Beautiful! Positively beautiful!!

[@Timsvideochannel1]

It really is!

[@Pjs75]

Brill! Wet but not too much. Looking forward to Part 2. Thanks for all the work & sharing it.

[@Timsvideochannel1]

I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[@Bigbro28]

How relaxing is this? Brilliant, and well worth a second viewing. 👍

[@Timsvideochannel1]

I'm really pleased you enjoyed it 😊.

[@ArunKamble-h6p]

OLD but. Pure GOLD.....Dashing, enjoying NATURE s beauty 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@Timsvideochannel1]

Thank you, it's nice to know you enjoyed it 😊.

[@JimNicholls]

A delightful little railway with some beautiful scenery, Tim. I missed out on seeing it on my various visits to Wales, but this was the next best thing. Many thanks!

[@Timsvideochannel1]

Hello Jim, people are so spoiled for choice when they visit Wales to ride the various heritage railways, it's often not possible to see them all, hopefully I will return this year to cover some of those I missed. I'm glad you enjoyed the ride. Cheers. Tim.

[@johannperaus6890]

Hi Tim! Wonderful little steam railway. A very comfortable and beautiful ride to enjoy👍. Best regards from Hans and Cheers 🍻🇦🇹.

[@Timsvideochannel1]

Hello Hans, this is another video from my very successful tour of Wales, I can't think of anywhere else in the world where such a wonderful variety of steam trains can be seen within a 2 hour drive of each other. I'm pleased you enjoyed the ride 🍺. Tim.

[@wmanadeau7860]

Beautiful countryside. Imagine when this was the principal means of getting goods and people around at speed, faster than horse and buggy. So much has changed, it's good to see this still operating.

[@RichardFelstead1949]

I recall reading that this railway was the first closed one to be operated by volunteers. Greetings from an Australian railfan.

[@peterhunt2723]

Memories! My first visit/working party summer 1961, been a few times since, last time 2017. Always enjoyable. Nice camerawork!

[@Timsvideochannel1]

Hello Peter, sorry I'm late with my reply, you must have enjoyed watching this railway mature into the wonderful attraction it is today, the first time I saw it was in the late sixties when my family stayed on a farm camp site next to Tal-y-llyn Lake. I'm glad you enjoyed the ride. 😊.

[@peterhunt2723]

@@Timsvideochannel1 no apologies required Tim! We just enjoy your movies. Unfortunately at 82 I cannot drive to Wales from Nottingham anymore so am reliant on chums as my wife does not drive. Your films bring back grand memories!

[@Timsvideochannel1]

​@@peterhunt2723It's nice know these videos bring back good memories from your visits to some of these railways, we are lucky in the UK to have so many wonderful heritage lines 😊.

[@peterhunt2723]

@@Timsvideochannel1 I’ve been very lucky! When I took my wife, on her first trip to Wales in1969, on the Festiniog Railway she fell in love with railways and that’s been something of a bonus.

[@Timsvideochannel1]

@@peterhunt2723You are lucky, unfortunately my wife doesn't share my love of railways, she is a regular user of our local mainline trains and due to never ending industrial action and staff shortages she arrives late or not at all on about a half of her journeys, hence she doesn't regard train travel as anything other than an unpleasant experienced that has to be endured when she visits our daughter or her elderly Mum. I am lucky in that she's happy for me to go off on my own on rail based holidays and day trips to heritage lines, although she does enjoy a cream tea in the Pullman carriage on Both the Welsh Highland and Ffestiniog Railways. Take care and season’s greetings. Tim.

[@esmatiqbal1612]

Feels so relaxed after watching this beautiful video

[@johnwoodhouse3369]

Great video footage and views. Thanks for showing the history too 👍

[@Timsvideochannel1]

Thank you, it's nice to know you enjoyed the ride 😊.

[@neilforbes416]

Needless to say, nice stuff, Tim!

[@peterrussell9473]

I like this - we have been on this many times.

[@Timsvideochannel1]

It's a wonderful railway, the sort of place you can visit many times and never get bored.

[@MH-fb5kr]

Love it… wishing I were there to enjoy.

[@Timsvideochannel1]

I'm pleased you enjoyed the ride 😊.

[@udaymali5723]

Tim Very Beautiful. Every Frame is Landscape of God.

[@Timsvideochannel1]

They good Lord was on top form when he created Wales, it is a truly beautiful country 😊.

[@nicholasroberts6954]

The *Dinky Line" of narrow guage UK. @ 2:30 I thought I could hear Ringo's narration willing the miniature tank engine up the hill. There must be possibilities for bolstering the finances of set-ups like this by undertaking regular, commercial "Lite" services e. g. getting farm produce to Farm Shops in the towns, parcel delivery, school run and outings, photography, astrononomy, walkers clubs meets.. just "Borrow" some of the exploit ideas of bigger cousins round the UK ?

[@Timsvideochannel1]

Hi, a voice could be heard at 2:30, it wasn't Ringo on this occasion, just the driver and fireman chatting. This railway was the first railway in the world to operate as a volunteer run heritage line and in many ways it leads the way when it comes to creating additional income on top of the fare box, with events such as this one commemorating the the railway's links with the Rev. W. Awdry's series of children's railway books featuring Thomas the Tank Engine and friends. The train shown on the viaduct was a photographic charter and some of the small halts are for walkers. The railway is not a year round operation and the population along the line is tiny, not enough to support school trains, although it's a nice idea.

[@robnewman6101]

Very Interesting.

[@Timsvideochannel1]

I'm glad you found the ride interesting.

[@jesusatienza4278]

gracias por este video muy hermoso paisaje ojala conserven estos trenes tan bonitos

[@Timsvideochannel1]

Gracias, me alegra que hayas disfrutado el vídeo. Gales es el hogar de maravillosos ferrocarriles de vía estrecha y tenemos suerte de que la mayoría de ellos hayan sobrevivido para que podamos experimentarlos de verdad, en lugar de simplemente mirar fotografías en libros que nos cuentan cómo solía ser.

[@dlevoy]

lovely ride

[@Timsvideochannel1]

Thank you, I'm pleased you enjoyed it 😊.

[@ashokchakravarty2437]

Beautiful journeys

[@Timsvideochannel1]

Thank you, I'm pleased you enjoyed the ride 😊.

[@johnbristow8099]

Very nice video.

[@Timsvideochannel1]

Thank you, I'm pleased you enjoyed it.

[@danielcox8498]

Greetings from Tennessee. You have a good eye and the potential to make some really good videos, but you really need to upgrade your cameras. I love watching narrow gauge and smaller railway videos. Perhaps you should try full length, unedited, videos. Keep up the good work.

[@Timsvideochannel1]

Hi, nice to hear from Tennessee. This video was filmed using a GoPro 11 and a Sony FDR-AX53 Handycam, both reasonably good cameras without too much faff, I also use a GoPro 12. I wouldn't get away with mounting anything bigger than a Gopro on the front of a train and when I went to upgrade my Sony FDR-AX53 Handycam I couldn't find anything to beat it without loosing much of the point and shoot ability of the camera, so I bought another one. I usually only get one chance to capture the moment, so fiddling around with settings isn't an option. If there were better similar cameras around I would consider them. There is a noticeable drop in quality between the video I upload and the same video watched on KZbin. I welcome advice and I've tried DJI, Cannon and other cameras, if you know of cameras that are better than GoPro or Sony please let me know the make and model. Cheers. Tim.

[@ЛЬВИНИ]

Good video, like

[@nicholasroberts6954]

Did the railway used to extend beyond Nant Gwernol ? And perhaps connect with main-line services further inland ?

[@Timsvideochannel1]

At one time the railway extended a little further to reach the slate quarries it was originally built to serve, there was no inland connection with the national network just the exchange sidings at Tywyn Wharf.

[@ashokchakravarty2437]

Very nice

[@Timsvideochannel1]

I'm glad you enjoyed it 😊.

[@urdualfaz1227]

Very good

[@Timsvideochannel1]

Thank you.

[@pranowobaris94]

Nice videos

[@Timsvideochannel1]

I'm pleased you enjoy them 😊.

[@pranowobaris94]

@@Timsvideochannel1 very good

[@kellyashfordtrains2642]

The funds won't roll in by themselves. The steam engines' future on the railway will become very bleak, if many enthusiasts don't learn to stop letting a shower of rain put them off. Without the enthusiasts turning up in a crowd, this special event might come to a stop altogether. The Tallyllyn Railway is a wonder to behold, home of one of the Great Little Trains of Wales. How many of the Great Little Trains of Wales have had a visit from you?

[@Timsvideochannel1]

Hi, it was summer in Wales, rain is part of the Welsh experience. I visited 8 railways on this tour and I'll be back to film some more next year.

[@KOLEJ22DrogaPrzygody]

Mega video

[@Timsvideochannel1]

I'm pleased you enjoyed it 😊.

[@petersmith6903]

To think that Beechen cut some of are rail ways down i give it five stars

[@Timsvideochannel1]

I agree, this is a five star railway.

[@ReRiderChi]

Respect for heritage and a reverence for old things? Say it ain't so

[@Timsvideochannel1]

I think you speak on behalf of a lot of people 😊.

[@OmarAMassa-cq7io]

Ninguém viaja assim, de pescoço duro, como se tivesse torcicolo ou colar cervical. O olhar fixo à frente, sem poder olhar para a paisagem ou algo de interessante a os lados da via. Ninguém viaja assim!

[@wmanadeau7860]

Posing for the camera perhaps?

[@2nd3rd1st]

36:30 Some in the fairy folk are admirers of trains too (right side), probably a mine dwelling Coblynau, they are jealous of our technology 👹

[@Zeninfelicity]

I'm your puppy

[@상수한-s3k]

ㅋ ㅋ ㅋ ㅋ ㅋ ~그래도제법빠르네

[@Timsvideochannel1]

150년 된 고속열차 😊.

[@kilowagmagnusson4590]

Oho! You European mainlanders have always been bragging about your "High Speed" and Ultramodern trains-Our ponies are faster!

[@Timsvideochannel1]

And some would say better looking 😉.

[@robertcoleman4861]

Wonderful thanks Tim, Do they get many sunny days in Wales or is it like Melbourne 4 seasons in one day? cheers bob.☀🌥🌧🌩

[@Timsvideochannel1]

Hello Robert, they do get sunny days in Wales, although your description of Melbourne's weather, aptly describes Welsh weather