Welsh Highland Railway Renaissance

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The new book WHR RENAISSANCE by Gordon Rushton, is shown in this video with moving pictures of the thousands of photos, drawings, and maps, made specially to fill its 448 pages. It took three years to write this celebration of the biggest railway preservation project ever - the reopening of the 25 mile, steam, narrow gauge Welsh Highland Railway, from Caernarfon to rejoin the world famous Ffestiniog Railway at Porthmadog. Here is the video that was taken at the same time - to bring the book to life.

[@johnmcinroe6886]

Been there, rode the trains,brought the tee shirt,loved every second. Will do it all again someday. Congratulations to all the volunteers involved in this fantastic restoration.

[@onedodger1]

What a great presentation. I wish that there were more railway routes restored. Great Job to all who got this up and running.

[@borisclover]

Fascinating to see Beyer-Garrets in steam, and double-heading. This is a remarkable tale of railway revival. I remember as a teenager watching the short-sighted decimation of the national standard-gauge system post Beeching. No one then would have anticipated the rebuilding of the Welsh Highland Railway nearly 50 years later.

[@johnledingham852]

A truly amazing piece of railway cinematography. Welsch rail enthusiasts do a wonderful job of preserving this most important part of global transportation. And that narrow gauge...it works exceptionally well when there are twists and turns such as through rugged terrain, as there certainly is throughout Wales. And those locomotives and rolling stock... they are spoken of as so cute by outsiders. And they truly are. They may not deliver the speed other rail networks deliver, but for the Welsch, they deliver dependability. And a calm way of getting about in a country that has nothing to prove to those caught up in the rat race of other civilizations. Toot Toot.

[@alanjones2816]

Great movie,very enjoyable indeed. Particularly the shots from the road, matching the speed, showing the Beyer Garrets working so well. They must be the best and most ingenious of all narrow gauge locomotives, and this railway rescued them from the scrap man. Well done to all concerned and thanks for this to you.

[@saltspringrailway3683]

On our honeymoon in '77 we walked along the pass with the river below and the long tunnel. The sound of a jet fighter made us quickly exit the bare rock tunnel! At that point in time there seemed no way this railway would be reborn. We must ride on it one day. When we got back to normal life my interest in model railways had been re-ignited. We now live in Canada and run a tourist model railway which you can view by clicking on the logo.

[@bernds.8102]

Great video! I love these nice railways and especially their engines more and more if I see these pictures and videos of Welsh slate railways.

[@chittaranjansarkar4081]

I am Indian, India was belonged to the British Empire at a time. I have intention to go to u k to visit various places of that country, but by dint of KZbin over the mobile screen I have watched beautiful sights. Thanks to the explorer, I wish his good life.

[@4beatlefans]

I salute all who made this happen!

[@mcbenman1793]

Same

[@alistairkewish651]

It’s great to be able to put on record that we * did our bit * in track laying for two consecutive seasons. Wouldn’t have missed it .

[@davidcann4329]

Nice to see some old friends working on the railway track - particularly David Marchant at 3:28. I did actually go and say hello on a different day in the Aberglaslyn pass when it was raining.

[@adrianrosenlund-hudson8789]

Fantastic!

[@petermuller3530]

Eine ähnliche grandiose Leistung, wie das Wiederauferstehen der Furkabahn. Man kann nur begeistert sein.

[@phillipcarlroberts4640]

I worked there when the double header video was taken, not a lot of people know this but someone had left the handbrake of the engine Upnor castle (the one at the tail end of the train) on for the entire journey down to Dinas, the flat spots were terrible..it was the works engine used to haul ballast hoppers and such, great engine with a lot of power, very compromised after this event, they had to replace the bogies ASAP.

[@JosefKKafka]

Great to see that this project got there in the end. I walked the totality of the abandoned trackbed in the very early 1970s - including gingerly clambering over the ironwork of the Avon Glasslyn bridge. I was a member of the restoration group for a few years, but left when the internal, and external, bickering became too much. CONGRATULATIONS to those hardy souls who saw this great project thru' to completion. Diolch yn Fawr i chi bob,

[@JosefKKafka]

Afon

[@ADMIRALSCORNER]

A wonderful video of an excellent railway!

[@peteacher52]

A superb video giving so much information and gorgeous photography in a short time. Col, NZ

[@rvrvideo]

All the videos show you trains working on the Welsh Highland - this is the only one that lets you see the fantastic story of its construction. There's a book about it for those who are interested. WHR Renaissance. You can get the full video with that.

[@mikego18753]

My wife would ask'whats it for',i wouldn,t cos i don,t care.It,s brilliant.

[@gregwarner3753]

Looks like we could spend an entire summer visiting the narrow gauge rail roads.

[@alanjones2816]

Excellent, thank you.

[@Hornhausen]

Great sound and nice pictures.

[@Hornhausen]

Very nice video.

[@Isochest]

We need the reopening of the standard gauge Menai Bridge Junction to Caernarfon standard gauge line at least to start with. Beyond Caernarfon to the Cambrian line and then Aberystwyth to Caerfyddyn to complete the North South route

[@davidhall8874]

Welsh sure are funny people. Here in America we put our tenders on the cab end of the engine so we can transfer water and coal into the engine easier. I have never seen one on the smoke box end. It would certainly make keeping a fire going difficult although exciting especially if you have a shovel full from the tender, along the boiler and into the firebox.

[@corndog-1]

Water is stored in the front tender, with coal and more water behind the cab, the garrat design

[@railyatri8891]

Nice video sir

[@alistairkewish651]

Robert, I lived in Cumbria for 15 years and watched the Coniston branch line gradually disappear back into nature.Your idea is however sound as long as such a project does not 1) upset lal Ratty too much and 2) will not look for a generous grant from the EU, bearing always in mind how every application needs to demonstrate holding an equivalent sum of money. Odd or what? What was good re the WHRly ? Track-laying for 2 seasons.Very enjoyable.Alistair

[@Belfreyite]

Could they rebuild the Foxfield to Coniston Branch as a narrow gauge ???

[@aloisius1950]

Interessante.

[@wphubert]

Drat this virus. I need to cross the pond to see this marvelous railroad!

[@rvrvideo]

Come and see it William. Prepare for rain - all that greenery has a price. But if you get nice weather, that scenery's fantastic. You'll also enjoy Garratts - most unusual in US, built by the Brits for Africa, and you'll see why we need 'em!

[@wphubert]

@@rvrvideo You can’t imagine how much I hope that restrictions would be lifted so I can return to Wales! Seeing the Garrats is the clotted cream on the pudding!

[@Letyourcolorsblendwithmine]

I rather like these quirky Brit engines.

[@seanfagan6022]

It is a big shame that it is Super Pollutant of steam engines that are being used for this service's

[@rvrvideo]

You could instead have people visit by car. Unless you want to ban all people visiting the Snowdonia National Park, a train load of people makes sure that the visitors' cars are parked in car parks outside the Park.

[@lizlawrence4553]

Not pollution at all, grow up stop being a stupid greenie. Part of our heritage created jobs and tourism that is all that matters.

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[@Sam_Green____4114]

this is bullshit because the TA and army laid the track from the A bridge to the tunnel at 3.24 ! I know because I was there ! I put down some of the track and sleepers down inthe abergalasyn pass ! I was there !

[@guillermoschwarzbach9837]

Fantastic!