Walnut Tree Viaduct to Cadoxton by train in days gone by....

[@coombscharlie]

I love following these journeys on an OS map. Really helps me imagine what these lines must have looked like.

[@welshsaintmedia]

Absolutely wonderful - I have been looking at vintage photographs of Walnut Tree Viaduct ever since we moved into Pentyrch 40 years ago. I walked into the tunnel on the lower Garth as far as I could in the dark [when it was still possible ]. I am trying to find a good map of the train route too. When we first moved in, our neighbour across the street told me how he had first moved here to demolish the viaduct. The towers are built of engineering bricks and extremely tough. They removed one of the towers with great difficulty and had to resort to using dynamite as conventional means were not working. After that a decision was made to leave the others in place.

[@nirgunapa56]

The National Library of Scotland has a full set of the OS maps up to the 1950's which are accessible online

[@magnidec]

Superb. Ben you're a star. Keep 'em coming, great memories for old 'uns and a local history lesson for the younger ones. Many thanks.

[@insider1927]

Thank you Ben I grew up literally 5 mins from Wenvoe tunnel and walked the track bed north and south. Happy memories of the tunnel and the drope viaduct.

[@TheOpenBoatDAFFODIL]

Yes I spent some time on and around the viaduct back in the day 😀

[@turquoisecat761]

This is great, thanks

[@rhobatbrynjones7374]

Absolutely cracking animation of a little known part of the Welsh network. There clearly is no better way of reliving past railway journeys than animations like these. Many thanks Ben.

[@TheOpenBoatDAFFODIL]

Thanks, glad you like them 😁

[@nigelwilliams7403]

Well done Ben. The South Wales past brought back to life! What i would LOVE to see next is Penrhos Junction.

[@TheOpenBoatDAFFODIL]

Maybe coming soon!

[@peterbrabham9145]

Hi Ben you have been busy in lockdown. This is great fun Peter B

[@supportcrewchef]

Another great insight into lines long gone. Great work Ben, you set the bar very high!

[@nmarks]

Utterly brilliant.

[@matt-vf4rb]

Absolutely brilliant I always wanted to go over Walnut Tree Viaduct and now I have I also liked seeing how Wenvoe tunnel looked I visited Wenvoe Tunnel about 3 or 4 years ago it was an experience a long story.

[@TheOpenBoatDAFFODIL]

I hope you had your wellies with you! Last time I walked the tunnel it was knee deep at the portals!

[@matt-vf4rb]

@@TheOpenBoatDAFFODIL no we didn't have wellies just shoes and 1 flashlight we wasn't very well prepared for it and we entered the tunnel at 19:30 we was very surprised how long a mile is.

[@r0g3r5m1th]

Another masterpiece Ben. Loved it,with some great highlights such as crossing Walnut tree Viaduct, and the footbridge at Cadoxton Sidings. Wenvoe Tunnel and Station were great, I never realised there were Sidings at Wenvoe, so there was a lesson for me as well. ! Roll on your next Trip, I'll be on it. ..

[@TheOpenBoatDAFFODIL]

Thanks Roger, explore this map, it's amazing what was there once maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=16.432996032351593&lat=51.45070&lon=-3.25661&layers=168&b=1

[@aCivilServant]

@@TheOpenBoatDAFFODIL The National Library of Scotland website is an excellent resource for things like this. It's even more interesting when you use the 'side by side' option to see what was there and what isn't now :)

[@TheOpenBoatDAFFODIL]

@@aCivilServant the link in the comment above 👍

[@aCivilServant]

@@TheOpenBoatDAFFODILindeed, was looking earlier at the line using the link. Just shows how extensive our rail network in south Wales and the rest of the UK once was.

[@yvonnejohn6435]

I would love it if you could recreate the Neath low level to Brecon run. I recall being on one of the last passenger trips as a youngster in the early 1960s . Terrible shame they scrapped the line as the scenery in the upper Swansea Valley from Colbren on was spectacular.

[@TheOpenBoatDAFFODIL]

Sounds like a plan!

[@rogerdavid3297]

i was born in taffs well 1950,i watched the trains going over the viaduct when i was a boy

[@onemodelrail]

Great video Ben. Thanks for uploading to share.

[@TheOpenBoatDAFFODIL]

Thanks 😁

[@Thomas-xb5eo]

Hi Ben,are you going to complete the journey from Penrhos down to the viaduct? Also how about the Cardiff Railway from Coryton to where it joined the Taff Vale Railway? I'd eally like to see both of those.

[@michaelread4987]

You wouldn't think Cadoxton had 4 platforms these days. Diolch Ben.

[@saltleywsc]

Cracking animation ben !

[@TheOpenBoatDAFFODIL]

Thanks Merv 👍

[@proudhon100]

The folly of ripping up railways because of the age of diesel and petrol is becoming evident with oil supplies in decline. Electric road vehicles are a mirage.

[@garethjackson4836]

Enjoyed watching this. Were you aware of the aquaduct just north of where the M4 now crosses and the stone footbridge immediately on the south side of the M4? Not many pictures of this aquaduct but I have some saved in a file and can send when I locate them.

[@TheOpenBoatDAFFODIL]

Yes I knew about the aqueduct, but couldn't include everything 😁👍

[@Thomas-xb5eo]

Is this route made for Trainz Simulator? Do you know where I can find this route?

[@TheOpenBoatDAFFODIL]

It's for Train Simulator 2020 download here www.mediafire.com/file/6c34l16fnzi4e8z/The_Barry_Railway_11.07.20.zip/file

[@Thomas-xb5eo]

@@TheOpenBoatDAFFODIL oh i see.

[@Thomas-xb5eo]

@@TheOpenBoatDAFFODIL Hey do you think you can do the same route for trainz version as well?