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This brilliant, thank you. Am I right that at 7:55 we arrive at Tyddyn Bridge Halt, and then through the valley that is now covered by the reservoir? At 8:25 we are looking back towards what is now the dam?

A worthy contribution he says. I think he meant to say a needless atrocity committed on the back of a tissue of lies.

What a sight!!!

What a beautifull line to re-open . Hope it does

Some parts of this line are now so overgrown it’s not even possible to walk it!

Crap quality, but weather typically Welsh!

Its like a scene from a post apocalyptic film, after the A bomb, sadly repeated hundreds of times across the country.

Excited schoolboys in short trousers and school caps dashing around not wanting to miss anything, men in jackets, ties and raincoats with flat caps or trilby's wedged onto their heads. Ladies in their best Sunday apparel, scarves on their heads, grabbing the arms of the little ones whenever they came close to the platform edge. To me these scenes are heart-breaking, repeated dozens of times in many locations from one end of the country to the other as the worlds greatest railway network was reduced to a shadow of its former self. If only this route or even part of it were still available I, and many others would ride it simply for the experience and a fine day out.

What a great model this would make, Lovelly location panniers and Presflos...wonderful!!!!!

This brought back a lot of childhood memories of happy trips to visit my aunt and uncle in Ffestiniog. It was never the same doing the trip by car.

You could always tell when the Bala train began the decent into Ffestiniog the note of the engine which had puffed all the way faded as the train began to coast down the last miles. Memory of my childhood.

Duck and Oliver!

What an amazing line this was. So sad its gone. Have walked most of the trackbed, some fantastic views and scenery. Thanks. 🚂🚴‍♂️👣🇺🇦

And the Welsh highland could extend from Caernarfon to Menai Bridge Junction that would be a great railway Journey .

why dont the Ffestiniog take over track bed to Trawsfynydd i spelt that Wong .

Evocative video - thank you for posting it. Is there any progress on re-opening, or did the project die due to the issues with the previous group's problems with Network Rail (they used too big a digger, or something, and lost track access)?

what a fantastic heritage line this would have made

It's interesting to see the contrast of the last train running alongside the areas future being created by the dam works in progress. It is also interesting to see the amount of people that turned out in the pouring rain to witness the end to their railway history taking place and it was quite common to do that in those days. I was 9 years of age then and so many of these older people will have passed on, I'm surprised that not more of the ones that are still here have viewed and commented on your highly interesting videos.

I got so confused because there was no train then I realised what you meant lol

really a great video !!!!

Nice comment. Look forward to the reply.

Great video. This viaduct has to be one of the most significant gems left on the line, being a longer walk than I remember. Many thanks.

Lovely, I walked through the exact same location the other week towards trawsfynydd when the snow came, it was rather magical!

Comparisons like this are always fascinating, many thanks.

Great video! sad to see the railway not in use anymore, but awesome before and after.

Wow! awesome piece from the archive, never seen it before. Always amazes me to see how far we have come and imagine what more we can do if rails were properly invested in!

Great pictures of the valley, I would love to have been on that train.

a railway that needs reinstating....i wish🤔✌

Interesting video. A railway that is waiting for some love again.

What a lovely video of this beautiful old line.

Nice video and one of the most impressive parts of the line. Many thanks again for sharing.

At the time it was heart breaking seeing all these stations in this state of decay. I remember speaking to a relief porter at Abergele station during the 60's and noticed his brown coloured British Railways badge on his hat, curious which part of the Western region he was from he went on to tell me that he was from Trawsfynydd station which had closed, sadly I can't remember his welsh name. Thank you for sharing these great old videos.

Lovely video. It's seems unusual seeing the Ivatt tank travelling through the old GWR station. I did not realise that the GWR station was still standing after the GWR line was joined up to the LNWR line. Many thanks.

Fantastic footage of the old line. Love these videos and many thanks.

Lovely scenes of the old GWR

A future service could be operated over this NR owned track using a mainline ticketed 14xx loco and a couple of Auto-Coaches, perhaps out-based from the GWS Didcot Rly Centre's fleet and operated under one of the mainline Charter Train TOC's licence and safety case, and have the train 'garaged' and serviced at the site of the old Llan Ffestiniog station goods yard. It can be done quite cost effectively. (1466 would be a good candidate for the job!)

That's a great vision, whats the latest on any progress in restoring the line?