The Slow Train from Brechin: join us on a steam train adventure through the Angus countryside.
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- The Caledonian Railway run fantastic wee train rides on the historic line between Brechin and Bridge of Dun. As it's only a few miles from home we decided to hop aboard and sample this wonderful local attraction, run entirely by volunteers. We hope you enjoy our wee day oot in Angus, Scotland!
Filmed on 21st August 2022 in Brechin, Angus, Scotland.
Map courtesy of Google Maps
Clip Courtesy of BBC 'The Young Ones' (1984) I do not own this clip, it was used to illustrate my comment, relevant to the video content.
Hi, I’m Steve, a travel reviewer from Scotland. Join me on my adventures as I discover my own country, often visiting places for the first time, so hopefully it's as much of an eye-opener for you as it is for me! Don't expect expert opinion, just a very honest journey of discovery. Sometimes featuring my intrepid sidekick Alicja, sometimes featuring adventures beyond the borders of Scotland. Enjoy!
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i grew up in brechin from 1957......1965 , this is so nostalgic it made me cry. jean brown x
I noticed during the end credits a block of flats by the side of the line. They had balconies overlooking the railway. If you had to work from home, I couldn't think of a better place than looking down on steam trains. A great video Steve.
Aye true! But you wouldn't want to hang your washing up outside!
Well done 👏. Supporting heritage lines. I am a patron of the NYMR and Wensleydale line ❤❤❤❤
Very interesting, and we'll put together.
Respect to all the volunteers.
Well said Dougie!
I am old enough to remember steam engines in service. this is a great piece of nostalgia. Thanks.
Cheers mate! :)
Me too…the carriage was just like one we used regularly-Running from Exmouth to Exeter. Think this is where my love of trains and travel started 😊
I LOVE the Steam Trains.... It is the smell the noise the soot... I live near the KWVR.... Which is about 12 miles long and has 4 or 5 stops... One including a Museum.... And one being "Haworth" home of the Bronte`s... You can make a full day out if you like walking up hills.....Oh yer one is Oakworth.... From the "Railway Children".... The only down side is that it ends/ starts in Keighley..... A town where the keep all the Village idiots!!! Great vid Steve and Alicja..... :-)) xx
The sound and smells of the old engines... and the memories they bring back :)
What a great video. Thankyou, you two.
Ahh so true - I wish I could share that smell!!!! :)
@@steve-marsh Smellovision. I bet everybody smelled of soot after that day :D
We took our kids on this years ago, it was great fun. My Grandparents used to live near the railway line that went to Forfar, I remember the steam trains passing their cottage. There was always lumps of coal on the line and we used to collect it and put it on the fire.
Lovely. Thanks for the memories
Smashin 😊❤️🏴
Great Video Steve!
Cheers David!
On the strength of your film Steve, we opted for Brechin as our station to go on the Polar Express with our grandson this coming Saturday. Looking forward to it, and giving Brechin a wee helping hand after the flooding.
Great video again! You could almost visualize platform 9 3/4 on your way to boarding the Hogwarts Express! But that’s another story. Nothing like sticking your head out the window of an old train and having soot and cinders blowing in your face. Once again, great video. You guys be safe.
I'm catching up on earlier videos I missed and found this one. Superb!
That was lovely. We have bits of the Beeching axed Somerset & Dorset line being re-laid by volunteers and each group owns a few engines & a station. What a tragedy it was what he did 😪. Swanage is the biggest success story, it meets the London train at Wareham now, amazing feat by volunteers, a really beautiful line. Love a steam train 😍
I rode steam trains as a young child (or a wee lass) in the US. Lots of soot and not as well decorated as yours. On our first trip to Scotland my husband and I experienced those outside opening doors. If a nice Scottish lady hadn't helped, we'd probably still be riding around trying to figure out the door opening. Enjoyed the trip.
Awww, loved this video, my cup of tea! I love old trains, we have a tiny "railway village" in my town in the US, just a small track that goes through the woods, through a covered bridge and amidst a village from the 1920-30's, I love it, to me it is the way life should be still! I loved the interior of this train, very cozy!
I would love to visit your wee railway village!
@@steve-marsh, I have to say it won't be as charming as this in your video. If you have time look up Boothbay Harbor, Maine. "The Boothbay Railway Village". This is my adopted town.
Good morning Steve and Alicja loved your wee trip on the Caledonia steam train your video work really highlighted the scenery here in NJ where I am near the Delaware River we have two steam trains touring about Steve I really thought you would be throwing in some coal 😉 Have a good week you two stay safe 😘
One day I'll ride those Delaware trains!
Braw wee video as usual !! About 3 and a bitty decades ago, I used to be a frequent traveler up to Brechin ( then onwards after a few days or whatever to Aberdeen ) Don't really remeber if I was ever on the train itself, but I do mind seeing the railway station now and then !! Thanks again for the wee trip !! Take care, both of ye !!
Many thanks for finding this rare gem of a service and I wish the volunteers well and hope it survives, trains alicja and a bacon roll what more do you need on a Saturday Steve
Haha so true, and I'm glad Alicja could join me for this one, she absolutely loved it :)
Marvellous - who doesn't like a steam railway! By the way, Im off to the North Yorks. Moors Rly on monday - what a coincidence
Nice! Enjoy! Well overdue a trip doon that way :)
Brill, I can tell you were well chuffed with your day out !!!
So true Robin!
That looked like a fun trip. Thanks for sharing.
Cheers for watching!
These railway preservation groups do a fantastic job. I'm old enough to remember the when they started to restore the Strathspey railway, a line I wish was able to be fully reopened as would be fantastic to get from Aviemore to Elgin, without either going to Aberdeen or Inverness first.
How true, that would be fantastic! They really do an incredible job, and every single one of the volunteers was just so happy doing it, the passion shines through!
I know Jonathan back in day I used work grantown on spey had too get highland Scottish then northen scottish to get from.grantown to elgin as stevie is well aware timetable changes at pearl once I got from.elgin too Dufftown I think by northern Scottish waiting on highland bus 7pm.or so no show opps panic bus stance timetable wasn't changed fortunately i got bus back too elgin then too inverness ah the pearls of buses coaches eh stevie watch them.timetables sure my bus due lol loved that but yes direct aviemore too elgin speyside railway what a thought be brilliant
@@steve-marshAnother great video. Here's a request for the future exploration bank of ideas. What is the history of Bridge of Dun, both the railway aspect and the village? That's such an interesting name and I'd like to know more as the old connecting bus carriage into town really caught my eye. Stay safe and healthy you two and keep them coming.
I used to hang over a bridge near Prestwick Station and get the smoke in my face. Well you did that when you were young!
Looks great.
As a small boy I lived in a place called Wylam to the west of Newcastle upon Tyne and used to take the train into Newcastle quite often and of course it was pulled by magnificent steam engines, I would spend the journey with my head out the window enjoying the smell of the engine and getting my face dotted with smuts from the soot which my mother would then have to remove with her hanky, what happy memories your video bought back, thank you so much and stay safe.Cheers.
Haha yes sounds very similar to my experience getting my face washed on the platform :D Cheers Simon!
I remember the Scammell Scarabs well from my younger years in Glasgow. There were always plenty of them running around from every station.
Wouldn't mind one for running about in now :)
Growing up in Bervie from the age of ten, this was my nearest and first steam railway to visit (since then been to a few others). That footbridge at Bridge of Dun was installed a few years ago and used to be the footbridge at Dunblane station. Also, Bridge of Dun used to see the main Aberdeen to Glasgow expresses, which in the 60s were hauled by former LNER pacifics.
Superb info, cheers Callum!
brilliant Dunblane Bridge aberdeen Glasgow express wow routes changed so much too learn thank you very much calum.
loved that like steam trains
What a delight of a heritage line. Never knew that one existed - but I do now!
Same Colin! It's a real wee local gem!
Fantastic video as always Steve, would love to see one with the steam train, that’s for another video 🤞🏻🤞🏻
Definitely need to check this out. Lived up this way for 2 decades and never knew this existed. Keep the hidden gems coming.
Love Alicja's bass guitar tattoo by the way. Very cool.
Steve and Alicja - great video as always
Very interesting video Steve cheers thanks to use both.🍺🍺👍
A most enjoyable & interesting video thanks as always for great content on the channel good luck on the next adventure 👌👌👌
Cheers Michael!
Good job Alicja was with you for this one, otherwise it’d be “where y’gaun Steve?” With a reply of “Brechin, ma’self” 🏴😜👍. Lovely day for you pair😎, lovely old world charm everywhere.
Haha love it! Although don't speak too soon, I'll be solo again next week :O
@@steve-marsh loved your autumnal Hermitage video last year, have you got any more deciduous woodland stuff lined up for this autumn 🏴🎥🤔?
Loved this train video…
Thanks Mary!
Best wishes to you and Alicja and thanks for sharing this great video, i really enjoyed.
Many thanks Steve, another one for my bucket list and you cover my other main love, steam railways. In my case it is in miniature and later on today I will be doing the same thing as in your video, giving rides for the public at our local miniature railway. All the best, Mike in Sheffield.
I really loved the Young Ones reference 🙂
Loved this video! We took a ride on the Strathspey Railway a few years ago. What a treat! Thanks, as always, for sharing.
The sounds and smells I remember Waverley Station had lots of these little red scarab trucks wizzing around
Ahhh the smell was amazing!
How beautiful is that train and bus.
That was fun. Thanks for taking us along.
Very welcome :)
I enjoyed that train trip as if I was there myself.
The quaint old railway stations and the beautiful restored railway carriages were stunning.
Certainly was a great day out for you both.
Thanks for sharing Steve !!
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You're very welcome David!
Didn't know that this even existed lol. Great channel, love the videos, they make my day👍
So glad you like them! Thank you :)
Great Video and you say near to home ! SHAME LINE DOES NOT GO FURTHER..
You get a much better view from a train that a car no hedges and most importantly the oncoming traffic is not heading for you..
So true! Oh, and there is talk of an extension to the line, but I guess that could take some time...
I hope both of you and Alicja will have the opportunity to do the Jacobite in Fort William soon. you keep making videos of all the great destinations in Scotland that I now want to go and see. thank you.
That was fun. Thanks for sharing 👍🚂
Thanks so much Tudor!
So relaxing. Cheers
Thank you! :)
great video, your knees and feet thank you for the break from your walks and hikes 🤣
hi stevie boy aww this is brilliant I Been on speyside train from aviemore but look at the train carriages here wow thanks I didn't know about this railway wow I use public transport so its getting from aberdeen wish me luck one thing I can do dundee n tayside can't mind name vintage heritage buses dundee in 2 weeks see if I can get there stevie as I grew up inverness aberdeen vintage buses trains mean a lot too me anyway great day out loved the video thank you both hapoy weekend
The trip from there to Dun is absolutely amazing, even from their modern trains.
Totally agree :)
Lovely video Steve a classic bit of steam railway and classic young ones clip too. Hope you are both well
Nice! 😉🙂👍👍👍
Nice video to start Saturday. It's looking really good on this 55 inch LG TV. No worries, you guys are looking good. What is does is bring out the scenery without having to struggle on a laptop computer. Good to see your including more dog's. Fun times. Who does not like vintage train's. Oh, that Art Decco Caledonian Railway Poster, very fool. Looks like they got hay harvests' all ready for the winter.
Cheers Frank! I'd fancy one of those posters!
I remember those Scarabs scuttling around the town where I was born - back in days when this modest town had a major railway goods yard.
As did many,if it one thing that made some people angry in the sixties/seventies it was the destruction of the railway system. Especialy as the individual behind it made a fortune out of doing it,fled to Luxembourg a wanted man. Then finished up in France where he had aChateau and other holdings 'unknown'to the British Treasury, AND NO, I Am Not Taiking About Dr Richard Beeching !
Always enjoy your videos Steve ...so well scripted and informative . Best wishes ...Happy New Year 🎉🙂👍
That’s really cool, bit like Bo’ness? I fancy a go on that one, thanks Team, 10/10 ❤
Oh Bo'ness - need to check that out too!
@@steve-marsh there is a mine tour as well.
Excellent! Keep up the good work!
The Caledonian Railway had a genius for building elegant and beautiful stations. Oh and the train you rode took me back to my childhood (in the West of England). And I remember the Scammell Scarab lorries that used to deliver luggage and parcels in the days of British Railways.
Cheers Barney!
Super video as always. You really captured the feel of bygone days. A beautiful wee line.
Cheers mate!
Only just subscribed to your channel,I basically love the ones relating to Scotland I found them very interesting,hope to catch up on the videos you have made before,keep up the good work Steve and Alicja😊
That looks like a brilliant day out 👍 thanks Steve
Cheers James!
Beautiful old machines. 😍 Considering how not at all they care what kind of fuel heats their water, they may prove to be helpful in cases of big emergencies. So good they are still around.
And I loved the interior as well! 🤗
Good point!
What, no rendition of the Chigley song - 🎶..Time flies by...riding on the footplate, there and back again..🎶, I can't help myself when I see a steam train, sorry 😁
We've got the Bo'ness Steam Railway near us and sometimes when you're driving up the main road you can see it pass on the line, smoke billowing, it's a delight.
Awesome Steve, brilliant wee video. We were up in your neck of the woods last weekend after staying near Stirling the previous week and visited Montrose seafront after watching your video 👍🙂 Then went up to stay in Inverurie after visiting Stonehaven (fish and chips was fantastic from the carron fish bar) and Aberdeen (have now visited all 7 Scottish cities, although have since found out that Dunfermline is now a city so will have to go and visit there to complete the collection.) Went to Balmedie country park and beach on Saturday when the weather was really good, lots of helicopters flying over to and from the airport. Long way back to Liverpool on the Monday so we stopped at an air b n b in chapelton near East Kilbride to break up the journey. Love Scotland so much and you are a great ambassador for your country showing so many amazing places, keep up the great work 👍🙂
I am so glad you had a fun trip and sounds like you packed in some fantastic stops en route! Thanks so much for sharing and for taking a bit of inspiration from my videos - very humbling!
@@steve-marsh Absolutely Steve, when we drove through Montrose we were looking out for you in case we got chance to say hi but no such luck. Anyhow we had a great trip as we always do in Scotland and can't wait to visit again in the future 👍🙂
Glad you enjoyed the Caledonian railway. That's my house on the east side of the Bog Road bridge. Fantastic views every week.
No way! 😮 awesome!
Loved the video Steve as I'm a railway fan. I'm very lucky as there are three heritage railways where I now live in Derbyshire plus a tram museum that runs vintage trams.
Superb! Sounds like we need a trip down that way!
Enjoyed the video Steve.
Brought back a lot of memories in Scotland.
I had a birthday present from my better half, a trip on the Steam Train from Buckfastleigh to Totnes here in Devon.
I went to Devon as a kid, remember it being beautiful!
Been at bridge of fun station many a time, when we had our caravan at Montrose. Our caravan sat right on Montrose basin. Loads to explore all round Montrose truly an awesome place with loads of lovely places all round about. Loved this video, well done.👍
Thanks Margaret! Alicja is in love with that basin! :)
@@steve-marsh pity we sold the caravan last year you could have popped in for cuppa 🤣all the best on your next travels.👍
Another great video Steve - must admit I was looking for Will Hay there in "Oh Mr Porter" - probably a lot of people won`t remember that film ;0)
You can’t beat the old steam trains. If you ever go down Yorkshire way try the Keighley Worth Valley Railway as featured in The Railway Children. Fabulous Haworth, home of the Brontë sisters and used for many films. X
I do like a train journey and a steam train is very special. This looked a nice we hurl on a steam train.
I went on the Jacobite with the wide and kids a while back. Our daughter is a massive Potter fan so she was amazed, maybe more so when we walked under the viaduct.
Just the sounds of he hissing steam and the metal clunking is brilliant.
This station looked great as well.🚂
Got to do that one someday! :)
@@steve-marsh it's a very scenic route
We did the strathspey steam railway from Aviemore to Broomhill and had high tea on it, Id highly recommend it Steve, I'll put a link tae it up here 👆 🤣🤣....Dunk fae Oot n aboot wi us 🏴
The 3 wheel Scammel caught my attention. My uncle drove one at the old High Street freight station. Nice video as usual. Love to take a steam train again but i an too old to journey back the home country
Cheers Alex :)
To think I grew up in Brechin but still haven't been on the CR.
Definitely gonna get my other half up for a quick jaunt to finally experience arriving home on a train!
Hopefully I'll visit this little railway one day.
Thanks because this brought back some more happy memories for me. After moving from Montrose to Damacre Road Brechin with my parents when I was a baby we always went to visit Brechin at some stage in our holidays when I was a kid. Bridge of Dun is a name I remember very well. Keep well and safe. James.
Cheers James!
Brilliant!Old enough to remember our train breaking down at Bridge of Dun on way from Aberdeen to Buchanan Street to visit our granny at Airdrie.
Station at Bridge of Dun is so well restored ,slightly dowdy,that you could be back in late 50s,in which case I’d be 3(“How many hours to Airdrie?”)
5 of us could just about fill a compartment.If you got one to yourself you just hoped no one else would get on!
Superb George! (although probably not at the time) :D
It was probably hauled by an N B TYPE ! Diesel,the the diesel engines sadly used to catch fire. N B in Glasgow apparently expressed preferance for an engine which the German supplier(M A N) said was to small. Some were later re - engined with British Paxman engines. British Railways actualy put steam on(A4 Pacific) to replace them.
The A4's were regular performers between Glasgow and Aberdeen and Dundee in the mid sixties. I used to travel regularly behind them with my brother and our late mum. The N B diesels could be seen in the scrap sidings at Eastfield in 69/70 sad evidence to the once mighty North British Locomotive Company once rivalled only by Baldwin of the U S A as being The Biggest Locomotive bulider in the world.
Thanks for the video - brought back memories of our trip on the Brechin line last year. Unfortunately we had a diesel locomotive rather than a steam loco but still enjoyed the short journey.
That was so nifty...what a wonderful experience. Thank you for taking me with you. ( Alicja, I love your dress.) Merry Ann from Minnesota
Thanks so much Merry Ann from us both :)
What a cracking video Steve definitely need to check this out tha.
What a beautiful Steam Train 🚂 Steve, more wonderful memories! when my kids were growing up we had a static caravan in Derby’s, Matlock area, and near by there was a wonderful tram museum with amazing vintage trams that we could ride on, it was very exiting I can remember feeling like a kid myself ! thank you 🙏 Steve and Alicja for a unique wee journey by Steam, I could almost smell the Steam engine doing it’s thing “👌” off to raid the fridge now to see if I can beat your breakfast butties! 😋
Haha you'll struggle - those butties were amazing :)
@@steve-marsh I did struggle, by the time I decided what to prepare it was lunch time! so it was a delicious 😋 chicken casserole curtesy of my daughters meals on wheels for her useless mother! 🥴
How Much fun! I Love Trains I haven't been on a whole lot of them but I Love Trains. Thank you for taking us with you on this little journey. And I have to say breakfast looked mighty tasty! Be well, stay safe, travel often, love from Texas.
Oh that was a tasty breakfast roll Kate! Proper quality ingredients unlike what you normally find at train stations :) so glad you enjoyed the wee trip!
Great to see that people still admire the old railways.They will be with us for some time thanks to these enthusiasts.
Nice wee video you two. The last time we were there was when Santa took a ride on it 20+ years ago. Definitely must make a return visit via the Whistle Stop Cafe of course! It's just a drive from our house.
You might want to pop along to the Davidson Cottage at Netherton some Sunday afternoon. I'm sure you'll both love it. You can have a cuppy there too! There's so much in Angus to see. 😁👍👍
Noted! Cheers for the tip!
I grew up in England with the "chuffa" trains at the end of my street (okay, totally aging myself🤣🤣)...trainspotting was a fun pastime. I also remember taking a vintage coal train up a mountain in West Virginia and getting covered in soot just like you did here....aaahhhh, happy days.
Those were the days indeed Yvonne! Happy times :)
Great wee video , travelled on this a few times a while back nice to see its still doing well. Took a group down from Aberdeen and we'd visit House of Dun then catch a train back.
Great one Steve, cant beat the atmosphere of the transport of yesteryear. I just live across the road from the main Larne to Belfast line. I am privileged to see the old rolling stock pass by from the Whitehead Railway Preservation Society weekly, not a sight or sound like it. Cheers 😃
Superb! Hey, next weeks' video will be nearer to home for you :)
Brilliant 😃, just make sure you grab an Ulster Fry
It must cost a fortune to run a small railway like the Caledonian and the folk who run it must be very dedicated! Thank heavens for them! Great nostalgia, thanks to the railway volunteers and both of you for the journey!!
Nice one Lord Steve. I grew up in Musselburgh next to the railway station and i remember the Scammels very well, they had 2 or 3 of them there. They could turn on a tanner.
Cheers! :)
Great vid Steve reminded me when I went to the Gas Board picnics to Ellon ,Banchory from Aberdeen in the 60s.
Thank You Steve what a great Video, My Great Grandfather worked on this railway, being in Australia it was lovely to be able to see it
You guys….this channel just keeps getting better! I really like the way this was put together & edited. And loved the train ride!
Thanks so much Doug! :)
Well said me top doug
Looks like well worth a visit
We have a lot of cool older trains in Sweden but this one was extra cool. Ever in 🇸🇪 go to Uppsala and the "Lennakatten" the cat from Lenna 😎
Great video, thanks
Travelling in the early seventies in a steam train, you knew that one toot was a warning to close windows and keep your head in. Two quick toots after gave the all clear. As it is very hot here, you wanted windows open for as long as possible. A few sections of the track consisted of long tunnels, so stifling hot sections and the soot and coal smells came into compartment regardless.