What fun! I think the East Somerset Railway started with nothing, even the main station at Cranmore had to be completely rebuilt. Lovely loco as well. I always try and go for the compartments at a heritage line :)
Gotta love an old steam train! Hope Billy knows what a privilege this was!!! These treasures may not be w/ us much longer. I've been on a few here in the States. Even though same time period they were more Old West instead of ornately Victorian. Love to take one of the tea trains they have in England!😍🚂
I thoroughly enjoyed that! At first I thought anorak time,but no! What was missing were the antimacassars on the back of the seats! When Billy tried to say something at the end and none sense came out,well that happens to me,all the time!!!
Very nice Richard & Billy ! Sting Spider remembers steam. When those engines pulled in you knew your ticket was worth every penny ! He also knows a cat called Choo Choo
Well done i did enjoy that video, Billy has certainly been missing out having never been on the steam railway before. At 3:18 that is true what Billy, said people did actually go to the toilet out the windo, and for the woman they went in a pot in a hat box ! That was a lovely loco a designed by Charles Collett, it's a Great Western Railway 0-6-2, 5600 class or 56xx. Well done Richard and Billy great video 👍
Great video again. We went on the Kent & East Sussex Railway from Tenterden to Bodiam last year, lovely. I was thinking exactly the same about the Movements Supervisor! and I'm surprised you didn't purloin that basket of logs 😉
Enjoyable video Richard, many years since I went to the East Somerset and good to see it prospering. If you've already visited the Bluebell & Kent & East Sussex railways, I can thoroughly recommend the Spa Valley line at Tunbridge Wells. As well as a lovely trip you will come across interesting geological features.
Makes me feel lucky to have travelled by steam on the mainline in a childhood covering the very late days of steam (including idyllic days on the Isle of Wight). Dad worked on the old Southern Railway and latterly British Railways - likewise my uncle, and (briefly) much earlier on, my Grandad too, so there was a good deal of steam travel - much at "privilege" or even free rates...doubtless they later turned in their graves at my forty plus years in the bus industry - talk about being the black sheep of the family! Cheers as ever Dave
I had to smile at your comment - poor you, the black sheep, but at least you go to steer the thing you were driving! What fun - I need to find a vintage bus to take a journey and make a video on.
@@RichardVobes I wasn't driving them I'm afraid, but planning and scheduling the services...which would probably have made me an even worse turncoat in their eyes!
Well done another awesome video Richard fantastic train george will be interested in this Richard. Just to let you know that I have done a video on this channel. Great train
Nice one Richard , Billy . Love to see the old steam trains running. Would love to Know if they were using Welch steam coal. If they can still get it. Have been told that it smells totally different from normal coal. Anyway thanks for the videos looking forward to your next.
Nice little video Richard, if you are ever in Staffordshire you are invited to come and sample the Foxfield Railway at Blythe Bridge, near Stoke on Trent, where I volunteer. I'm sure it could be arranged for you to have a footplate trip on the engine. Perhaps the next time you're in Shropshire you could pop across.
Richard Vobes . Hi Richard now that's an offer You should take asap Your quite right that would be a terrific video. A definite have to catch. Looking forward to it.
Great vlog of the standard gauge ESR. I'm a volunteer on the narrow gauge W&LLR (google for full info). Hope you can visit us here in Mid-Wales one day Richard and of course son Billy. Trains start at Easter.
Sure wish my health and income were such that I could travel and tour the UK, especially the railways and canals. Also a few aircraft and armor/armour museums.
Steam rains do sound great but I cant help feeling that they are better to look at driving past than riding on because as a passenger you dont actually see the train do you? A steam train driving over a viaduct is just the best sight :) ps. 7:23 of course in the days of steam there were no high vis jackets, made me chuckle anyway ;)
You are right of course, which is why I enjoyed this short journey. Once you are on board there is a point when you realise you are sitting on a train doing nothing. But getting out and watching the locos shunting about is where the fun starts.
nice video and its quite a pleasant thing to do.steam trains remind me of my favourite Charles dickens story.the Signal-man the story is also a part of the BBC Ghost Story series (1976).which is rather good indeed and was filmed on the Severn valley Railway a heritage Railway in Shropshire.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severn_Valley_Railway
Thank you Richard and Billy for making such a fantastic video. Loved the sounds of the engine , all the creaks and groans, just brilliant
Thanks Ann. I am off to the Bluebell soon with George Timperly - and he knows all about steam trains.
Very nice, I took my dear old Mum on a stem train, a very happy memory.
Dear old mum! :)
Chuff! Chuff! We'll turn Billy into a train spotter yet! What a lovely little railway.
It sure is and just long enough to not become boring!
Beautifull railway !!!!!!!
Thanks Tom!
Ah looks beautiful somewhere ive always fancied visiting we stayed at Watchet before and loved watching the trains pass
Oh I bet that was fun!
That would be the West Somerset Railway.
They are not connected. Been on the wsr that passes through watchet many times.
thank you!!! Richard👍👍👍 I am a train fanatic!!! love to ride the railway❤❤❤😎🚝🚝🚝
Top man - we loved it too! I have another steam train to go on fairly soon!
What a lovely steam locomotive. Former GWR 0-6-2 tank engine built almost 100 years ago.
Such craftsmanship - like so much from the Victorian era!
What fun! I think the East Somerset Railway started with nothing, even the main station at Cranmore had to be completely rebuilt. Lovely loco as well. I always try and go for the compartments at a heritage line :)
Always good fun! The original Cranmore station is there but they moved another station's house there and rebuilt that.
Gotta love an old steam train! Hope Billy knows what a privilege this was!!! These treasures may not be w/ us much longer. I've been on a few here in the States. Even though same time period they were more Old West instead of ornately Victorian. Love to take one of the tea trains they have in England!😍🚂
Oh you can't beat a bit of nostalgia can you?
I thoroughly enjoyed that! At first I thought anorak time,but no! What was missing were the antimacassars on the back of the seats! When Billy tried to say something at the end and none sense came out,well that happens to me,all the time!!!
Luckily I do not know too much about trains and so didn't pack an anorak. Nonsense often spills out of my mouth! :)
Lovely spot. Visited a few times but never had a ride on the train. Nice one. :)
Oh you should - great fun!
Combining my two favourite subjects.......scenery and steam trains. My grandfather was a steam loco driver.
So pleased you enjoyed it - thanks for watching - and much kudos to your Grandfather!
Very nice Richard & Billy ! Sting Spider remembers steam. When those engines pulled in you knew your ticket was worth every penny ! He also knows a cat called Choo Choo
How fantastic. Sting Spider must be a wise old spider then!
Well done i did enjoy that video, Billy has certainly been missing out having never been on the steam railway before. At 3:18 that is true what Billy, said people did actually go to the toilet out the windo, and for the woman they went in a pot in a hat box ! That was a lovely loco a designed by Charles Collett, it's a Great Western Railway 0-6-2, 5600 class or 56xx. Well done Richard and Billy great video 👍
I knew you would know all about it George - thanks for the extra info. Looking forward to our visit to the Bluebell soon!
Great video again. We went on the Kent & East Sussex Railway from Tenterden to Bodiam last year, lovely. I was thinking exactly the same about the Movements Supervisor! and I'm surprised you didn't purloin that basket of logs 😉
I certainly had my eye on those logs freshly cut on the rail side - they would burn lovely in the Esse! Thanks for watching, Linda.
Enjoyable video Richard, many years since I went to the East Somerset and good to see it prospering. If you've already visited the Bluebell & Kent & East Sussex railways, I can thoroughly recommend the Spa Valley line at Tunbridge Wells. As well as a lovely trip you will come across interesting geological features.
I have a video on the Spa valley and will going to Bluebell very soon! :) Thanks for watching!
Makes me feel lucky to have travelled by steam on the mainline in a childhood covering the very late days of steam (including idyllic days on the Isle of Wight). Dad worked on the old Southern Railway and latterly British Railways - likewise my uncle, and (briefly) much earlier on, my Grandad too, so there was a good deal of steam travel - much at "privilege" or even free rates...doubtless they later turned in their graves at my forty plus years in the bus industry - talk about being the black sheep of the family!
Cheers as ever
Dave
I had to smile at your comment - poor you, the black sheep, but at least you go to steer the thing you were driving! What fun - I need to find a vintage bus to take a journey and make a video on.
@@RichardVobes I wasn't driving them I'm afraid, but planning and scheduling the services...which would probably have made me an even worse turncoat in their eyes!
Well done another awesome video Richard fantastic train george will be interested in this Richard. Just to let you know that I have done a video on this channel. Great train
It is a great little station! Thanks for watching.
Nice one Richard , Billy . Love to see the old steam trains running. Would love to Know if they were using Welch steam coal. If they can still get it. Have been told that it smells totally different from normal coal. Anyway thanks for the videos looking forward to your next.
Welsh Coal? I don't know, but it was a joy to ride on the old railway and see the locomotive in action.
Nice little video Richard, if you are ever in Staffordshire you are invited to come and sample the Foxfield Railway at Blythe Bridge, near Stoke on Trent, where I volunteer. I'm sure it could be arranged for you to have a footplate trip on the engine. Perhaps the next time you're in Shropshire you could pop across.
That sounds like great fun - thanks so much. Let's do it! Thanks so much for the offer. That would make a wicked video!
Richard Vobes . Hi Richard now that's an offer You should take asap Your quite right that would be a terrific video. A definite have to catch. Looking forward to it.
Great vlog of the standard gauge ESR. I'm a volunteer on the narrow gauge W&LLR (google for full info). Hope you can visit us here in Mid-Wales one day Richard and of course son Billy. Trains start at Easter.
I will have to get there and visit sometime. Sounds like fun - I need to go on more heritage railways. :)
Sure wish my health and income were such that I could travel and tour the UK, especially the railways and canals. Also a few aircraft and armor/armour museums.
Steam rains do sound great but I cant help feeling that they are better to look at driving past than riding on because as a passenger you dont actually see the train do you? A steam train driving over a viaduct is just the best sight :)
ps. 7:23 of course in the days of steam there were no high vis jackets, made me chuckle anyway ;)
You are right of course, which is why I enjoyed this short journey. Once you are on board there is a point when you realise you are sitting on a train doing nothing. But getting out and watching the locos shunting about is where the fun starts.
Do you have to pay to get on the platform?
You forgot the engine shed I volunteer there
I am so sorry to have missed that.
@@RichardVobes that's ok if you ever visit again you'll remember to see that now
You lucky bastards!
Oh we were! :)
Lovely video, and the commentary was just right you should do it for a living ? or maybe you already do.......... whats your next project ?
Thanks very much. Glad you enjoyed the video. Need to visit a few more heritage railways.
nice video and its quite a pleasant thing to do.steam trains remind me of my favourite Charles dickens story.the Signal-man the story is also a part of the BBC Ghost Story series (1976).which is rather good indeed and was filmed on the Severn valley Railway a heritage Railway in Shropshire.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severn_Valley_Railway
Oh I know that story. Yes, they do don't they? A lovely bit of nostalgia.