Thank you for this video. I had never seen a real narrow gauge railroad before. Great job on this. Thank Andrew for getting you the access you had so we could see some of the behind the scenes stuff up close. Chuck from the USA
It's incredible! I grew up watching Thomas the Tank engine as a little kid in the 90's, and now growing up i have discovered that there is actually the railroad from where it all started! (in the books). I remember Sir Handel, Duncan, Rusty, Duke and all those other small gauge trains, lovely! I'll come to Wales to visit one day! i'll do a train trip to all these nice places!
Nice job! In case you're unsure, here are the engine's names and builders and dates of completion 1."Talyllyn" - Fletcher Jennings, 1864 2. "Dogloch" Fletcher Jennings, 1866 3. "Sir Hadyn" - Falcon works, 1921 4. "Edward Thomas" - Kerr Stuart, 1918 6. "Douglas" Barclay, 1918 7. "Tom Rolt" built in the railway's own shops in 1991. There are also four diesels and some maintenance equipment.
Great video Will. I was there that weekend it was so good. Do not forget that Reverend Awdry who wrote the Thomas books was instrumental in the preservation of this line in 1951. There is a replica of his office in the museum there.
Great video. Glad to see that you got up on the footplate. I was on 70000 Britannia's footplate when I was cleaning her at Swanage and the fire felt like it was melting your face!! I would recommend the Swanage Railway. I know it's a long way from Crewe but it'd be worth it. We have the only in service M7 on this planet and she sees regular use. We have T9 No. 30120 with us until the end of the summer so come on down
15:54 There I am! This was a fantastic day out. It's a shame my phone ran out of power just when all the locos were lining up together. Was amazing to see it anyway!
A stunning video Will, THANKYOU. As you know I am unable to travel so videos like this are very important to me. The locomotive Douglas was absolutely beautiful as were the others but my favorite one is Douglas. But the red is a favorite color. Can't wait to see part 2.
InterCity82 The only other one to do so are the modified Corris locos, that had a latch coupling that could (kinda, sorta) work with the chain link, although the only surviving Corris locos are both at the Talyllyn Railway anyways...
I’ve been on Dolgoch, Edward Thomas and Tom Rolt. And I’ve seen Sir Haydn, Midlander, Douglas, Alf and Trecwn. But I haven’t been on or seen Talyllyn, Merseysider, Bryn Eglwys or St. Cadfan before. (But Merseysider and Bryn Eglwys have left now, so they don’t count.)
150 years and counting. With the original two locos, the original four coaches, and the original brake van all still around and still going. The loco you got the tour of and had the controls explained in was Dolgoch, I think. It had circular windows, so it can't have been Douglas Dolgoch's current boiler, by the way, is built to the original design from the 19th century. And it's Skarloey. Skar-lo-ey. Did you get a look at the Awdry Study?
As you narrated near the beginning about Edward Thomas it is worth noting that on Talyllyn. the engine Skarloe is based on from Thomas the Tank Engine. Originally it had no wheels under the cab and those had to be added.
Steam Locomotives No.1 "Talyllyn" - Fletcher Jennings, 1864 No.2 "Dolgoch" - Fletcher Jennings, 1866 No.3 "Sir Haydn" - Hughes, 1878 No.4 "Edward Thomas" - Kerr Stuart, 1921 No.6 "Douglas" - Barclay, 1918 No.7 "Tom Rolt" - Talyllyn Railway, 1991 Other Locomotives Our four diesel locomotives, other self-propelled vehicles and other locos which have worked here in the past. Built on a gauge of 2 feet 3 inches, the Talyllyn Railway is one of a number of narrow-gauge lines in north and mid Wales built in the 19th century to carry slate, in the Talyllyn's case from the Bryn Eglwys quarries near Abergynolwyn. Opened in 1865, the line runs the seven and a quarter miles from Tywyn (on the Cardigan Bay coast) to Nant Gwernol, from where a series of horse-drawn tramways continued into the mountains. The slate traffic ceased in 1946 following a serious rock fall in the quarry. Nigel
Come visit the Nene Valley Railway just outside Peterborough, its the only heritage line to run continental locomotives and rolling stock well worth a visit
Awesome video, and a beautiful railway. It's on my bucket lost to go there some day. :) P.S. the Thomas and Friends railway is pronounced the Skar-low-ey
I find it funny that of all the Ffestinog engines they brought in, they chose Prince and Russel, both of which were the inspirations for Thomas characters :P
+N05L31 Russell is from the Welsh Highland Heritage Railway and Russell's there because it spent a fair few years in the late 1950's / early 60's on display at the Talyllyn :)
Correct, WHR Russell and FR Prince. And IDK if Sir Haydn is still a member of the Tallylyn Railway. But otherwise you have all the full time members of he railroads loco's.
Hey Will, What camera do you use for the filming of your videos? I'm looking around for a camera to get my hands on as opposed to one of my older camcorders. Thanks, William
Thank you very much! Your videos are such good content and good quality, I would like to attempt to get that level of professionalism in my videos! Have a good day, William
intercity82 this is the railway that the skarloey railway is based on in thomas and friends. no.1 skarloey is talyllyn no 2 rheanes is dolgoch no 3 sir handel is sir hayden no 4 peter sam is edward thomas no 5 rusty is midlander no 6 duncan is douglas and no 7 ivo hugh is tom rolt
Panzer IV All of the engines on the Talyllyn railway are twins of the engines on the Skarloey railway. Skarloey = Talyllyn Rheneas = Dolgoch Sir Handel = Sir Haydn Peter Sam = Edward Thomas Rusty = Midlander Duncan = Douglas Ivo Hugh = Tom Rolt And no, i didn't just google that!
Ben Critchley-Roy Don't forget the visiting engines were also clones too! Prince = Duke AKA Grandpuff I don't remember the equivilent name of Russell though.
Will just a heads up, you will probably get a ton of bricks thrown at you for mis pronnouncing the Skarloey Railway. But it doesn't bother me as a few narrators had problems pronnouncing different names and places throughout sodor.
4472100 I did try to find out before narrating - but alas - no where said how to pronounce it, no video had anyone mention it. SO! What can you do? lol
InterCity82 Haha :) Just thought I'd let you know in advance. Keep up the good work Will but don't push yourself too hard otherwise you will have to visit Crewe Works :P
I love listening to a steam engine's whistle, it's music to my ears. You would have done better to keep quiet, so I could enjoy the sounds of the engine and her whistle more. And why do this in two parts, when you could have easily shown it in one whole video? You should have the whole video in one go, not split it in half. It ruins the magic for me. Give me the second part quick-smart, or you'll never hear the end of it.
I feel like a traitor because I like british trains when I am in the US. Dont get me wrong I love american locomotives but it is just something about british locomotives that I like. Well at least america has better looking diesels gaaah. No offense but your diesel locomotives look like boxes on wheels. I also dont get why britian had such small freight wagons. What is the point. In america we try to get the biggest wagons and made a tank car that carried 50000 gallons of liquids. And alas britian has rails connecting everywhere. The US doesnt have a railroad passenger system that is as good as britian mostly based in Freight. And almost no one appreciates trains. In the US trains are seen by most people as a distraction and annoyance. Where as they helped us grow into the nation we are today. Damn I need to move.
I like American steam locomotives. In my opinion shays, heislers climaxes and Baldwin 2-6-6-2T logging mallets are way better than any uk engine will ever be. I like logging railroads as you may have noticed.
I can't wait to see Sir Hadyn return after her overhaul.
Thank you for this video. I had never seen a real narrow gauge railroad before. Great job on this. Thank Andrew for getting you the access you had so we could see some of the behind the scenes stuff up close.
Chuck from the USA
Chuck Hedler Thanks for the kind comment! It was a great day - Thomas helped to make it awesome.
I absolutely love these narrated videos and all the shots
GWR23 Studios Thank you! They're quite time consuming to make but I think people do like them.
It's incredible!
I grew up watching Thomas the Tank engine as a little kid in the 90's, and now growing up i have discovered that there is actually the railroad from where it all started! (in the books).
I remember Sir Handel, Duncan, Rusty, Duke and all those other small gauge trains, lovely!
I'll come to Wales to visit one day! i'll do a train trip to all these nice places!
Nice job! In case you're unsure, here are the engine's names and builders and dates of completion
1."Talyllyn" - Fletcher Jennings, 1864
2. "Dogloch" Fletcher Jennings, 1866
3. "Sir Hadyn" - Falcon works, 1921
4. "Edward Thomas" - Kerr Stuart, 1918
6. "Douglas" Barclay, 1918
7. "Tom Rolt" built in the railway's own shops in 1991.
There are also four diesels and some maintenance equipment.
MrBnsftrain Thanks for the info!!
+MrBnsftrain No.3 was built in 1878 ;) and No.4 was 1921
MrBnsftrain sir hadyn=falcon=sir handel. edward thomas=stuart=peter sam. i finally get there old names!
Great video Will. I was there that weekend it was so good. Do not forget that Reverend Awdry who wrote the Thomas books was instrumental in the preservation of this line in 1951. There is a replica of his office in the museum there.
Cute engines, Lovely railway, Beautiful scenery!
King of Sodor Indeed! Thanks for the comment!
Great video. Glad to see that you got up on the footplate. I was on 70000 Britannia's footplate when I was cleaning her at Swanage and the fire felt like it was melting your face!!
I would recommend the Swanage Railway. I know it's a long way from Crewe but it'd be worth it. We have the only in service M7 on this planet and she sees regular use. We have T9 No. 30120 with us until the end of the summer so come on down
Hardy Lane TMD, Jordan L. Hardy Photography I have heard of it - and it's definitely on the list!
15:54 There I am! This was a fantastic day out. It's a shame my phone ran out of power just when all the locos were lining up together. Was amazing to see it anyway!
The Nightmare Rider Hahaha - it was great indeed
Excellent Will 😃 looks like that was a great explore of the sheds & the cab ride!
If he has time to some SVR I'll see if we can get in the sheds there
A stunning video Will, THANKYOU. As you know I am unable to travel so videos like this are very important to me. The locomotive Douglas was absolutely beautiful as were the others but my favorite one is Douglas. But the red is a favorite color. Can't wait to see part 2.
befrank88 Thank you for the comment! I shall be there again in late August.
Lovely little railway! Not many narrow gauge lines use screw couplings!
RockyRailroad Productions A very good point!
InterCity82 The only other one to do so are the modified Corris locos, that had a latch coupling that could (kinda, sorta) work with the chain link, although the only surviving Corris locos are both at the Talyllyn Railway anyways...
Try the South Devon railway, it runs alongside the river dart for nearly the whole journey and at Buckfastleigh they have a huge 00 gauge layout.
A Chimp Ahh yes! I have heard of that one too!
I’ve been on Dolgoch, Edward Thomas and Tom Rolt. And I’ve seen Sir Haydn, Midlander, Douglas, Alf and Trecwn. But I haven’t been on or seen Talyllyn, Merseysider, Bryn Eglwys or St. Cadfan before. (But Merseysider and Bryn Eglwys have left now, so they don’t count.)
I passed it on Monday 13th coming back on the train from my Silver Duke of Edinburgh Final expedition. What a coincidence!
What a nice little railway and what a coincidence my friend will was there at a simalor time if not the same day
I never knew you where on the talyllyn railway
150 years and counting. With the original two locos, the original four coaches, and the original brake van all still around and still going.
The loco you got the tour of and had the controls explained in was Dolgoch, I think. It had circular windows, so it can't have been Douglas
Dolgoch's current boiler, by the way, is built to the original design from the 19th century.
And it's Skarloey. Skar-lo-ey.
Did you get a look at the Awdry Study?
+ZeldaTheSwordsman the loco we did the tour on was No.1 Talyllyn ;)
Ok, So now I want a 009 model railway too... Thanks Will...
***** Me to! hahaha
As you narrated near the beginning about Edward Thomas it is worth noting that on Talyllyn. the engine Skarloe is based on from Thomas the Tank Engine. Originally it had no wheels under the cab and those had to be added.
Steam Locomotives
No.1 "Talyllyn" - Fletcher Jennings, 1864
No.2 "Dolgoch" - Fletcher Jennings, 1866
No.3 "Sir Haydn" - Hughes, 1878
No.4 "Edward Thomas" - Kerr Stuart, 1921
No.6 "Douglas" - Barclay, 1918
No.7 "Tom Rolt" - Talyllyn Railway, 1991
Other Locomotives
Our four diesel locomotives, other self-propelled vehicles and other locos which have worked here in the past.
Built on a gauge of 2 feet 3 inches, the Talyllyn Railway is one of a number of narrow-gauge lines in north and mid Wales built in the 19th century to carry slate, in the Talyllyn's case from the Bryn Eglwys quarries near Abergynolwyn. Opened in 1865, the line runs the seven and a quarter miles from Tywyn (on the Cardigan Bay coast) to Nant Gwernol, from where a series of horse-drawn tramways continued into the mountains. The slate traffic ceased in 1946 following a serious rock fall in the quarry.
Nigel
Nigel Carter You know your stuff!
Great video glad it's narrated.
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Come visit the Nene Valley Railway just outside Peterborough, its the only heritage line to run continental locomotives and rolling stock well worth a visit
Awesome video, and a beautiful railway. It's on my bucket lost to go there some day. :)
P.S. the Thomas and Friends railway is pronounced the Skar-low-ey
You should come down to New Zealand we have amazing preserved railway lines
"Ding Will is cooked, time to eat him" ~InterCity82 2015
Steven Jam hahahahaha
I find it funny that of all the Ffestinog engines they brought in, they chose Prince and Russel, both of which were the inspirations for Thomas characters :P
+N05L31 Russell is from the Welsh Highland Heritage Railway and Russell's there because it spent a fair few years in the late 1950's / early 60's on display at the Talyllyn :)
MylesBeevor Really? Kewl. What about Prince?
+N05L31 Prince is from the Ffestiniog but I think prince came to the gala because of it being of similar age to Talyllyn & Dolgoch
North Norfolk Railway, it is only 5 miles long but beautiful place
+Robert Sowden 7 1/4 miles long..
I think the Rev. W. Adwry put this R.R. in the TTTE series. Could someone tell me please. Thanks.
Correct, WHR Russell and FR Prince. And IDK if Sir Haydn is still a member of the Tallylyn Railway. But otherwise you have all the full time members of he railroads loco's.
Go to the Ffestiniog - model that in 009 - an amazing line!
Awesome video mate!
Ni Oxx Thanks for the comment!
The talyllyn railway isnt the only railway that inspired a railway in thomas and friends. The culdee gel railway is based on the snowdon railway
I meant culdee fell not culdee gel. Also the arsdale railway is based on the ravenglass and eskdell railway
the Sckalowey railway is based of the tallyflin
No' 7 is called Tom Rolt.
most of the locos are base on the narrow gauge railway in thomas and friends
Actually the Skarloey Railway in Thomas and Friends is based off of this
James Dor yeah even the trains look like them from thomas and friends
27:26 thats the real narrow guage railway lol
They have a problem here because they have 2ft 3inch gauge track where as everyone else has 2ft like Prince and Rustle
part two when
prince belongs to the ffestiniog railway and russell belongs to welsh highland herritage railway
And also a corris railway carriage!
the Corris Railway Carriage belongs to us.
Hey Will,
What camera do you use for the filming of your videos? I'm looking around for a camera to get my hands on as opposed to one of my older camcorders. Thanks,
William
Conway Junction 38 It's a Sony HDR-PJ10 - not too fancy but does the job. Has great auto-focus and a FANTASTIC zoom lens.
Thank you very much! Your videos are such good content and good quality, I would like to attempt to get that level of professionalism in my videos! Have a good day,
William
intercity82 this is the railway that the skarloey railway is based on in thomas and friends. no.1 skarloey is talyllyn no 2 rheanes is dolgoch no 3 sir handel is sir hayden no 4 peter sam is edward thomas no 5 rusty is midlander no 6 duncan is douglas and no 7 ivo hugh is tom rolt
Levi Magnuson Thanks for the info!
+InterCity82 and Duke is based on Prince
i have a mate who has a share hold on that line
most of the locos a based on thomas and friends skarloey railway
20:18. IT'S RUSTY!
@Connor McLernon Rusty was one of my favourite Thomas characters as a kid, he’s my favourite diesel in the show.
also edward thomases name has been changed to peter sam
I look at this and name the engines to they're counterparts in Thomas the tank engine
Hi.
^6 Steam, 4 Diesel
Did you know that this railway was the basis for the Narrow Gauge locomotives in Thomas the Tank Engine?
Panzer IV Will mentions it in the video, although mispronounces the name. It's pronounced "Skar-Low-Ee", for the record.
Panzer IV All of the engines on the Talyllyn railway are twins of the engines on the Skarloey railway.
Skarloey = Talyllyn
Rheneas = Dolgoch
Sir Handel = Sir Haydn
Peter Sam = Edward Thomas
Rusty = Midlander
Duncan = Douglas
Ivo Hugh = Tom Rolt
And no, i didn't just google that!
Ben Critchley-Roy
Don't forget the visiting engines were also clones too!
Prince = Duke AKA Grandpuff
I don't remember the equivilent name of Russell though.
The Nightmare Rider
I think that
Fearless Freddie = Russel
I read it on the wiki
+Ben Critchley-Roy and Alf no 9=fred
Talyllyn is pronounced “Tal-a-thlyn” by the way.
Will just a heads up, you will probably get a ton of bricks thrown at you for mis pronnouncing the Skarloey Railway. But it doesn't bother me as a few narrators had problems pronnouncing different names and places throughout sodor.
4472100 I did try to find out before narrating - but alas - no where said how to pronounce it, no video had anyone mention it. SO! What can you do? lol
InterCity82 Haha :) Just thought I'd let you know in advance. Keep up the good work Will but don't push yourself too hard otherwise you will have to visit Crewe Works :P
I love listening to a steam engine's whistle, it's music to my ears. You would have done better to keep quiet, so I could enjoy the sounds of the engine and her whistle more. And why do this in two parts, when you could have easily shown it in one whole video? You should have the whole video in one go, not split it in half. It ruins the magic for me. Give me the second part quick-smart, or you'll never hear the end of it.
I feel like a traitor because I like british trains when I am in the US.
Dont get me wrong I love american locomotives but it is just something about british locomotives that I like. Well at least america has better looking diesels gaaah. No offense but your diesel locomotives look like boxes on wheels. I also dont get why britian had such small freight wagons. What is the point. In america we try to get the biggest wagons and made a tank car that carried 50000 gallons of liquids.
And alas britian has rails connecting everywhere. The US doesnt have a railroad passenger system that is as good as britian mostly based in Freight.
And almost no one appreciates trains. In the US trains are seen by most people as a distraction and annoyance. Where as they helped us grow into the nation we are today. Damn I need to move.
Luke Schroeder I feel the exact same way lol. I've always wanted to move to the UK because of their railways.
I like American steam locomotives. In my opinion shays, heislers climaxes and Baldwin 2-6-6-2T logging mallets are way better than any uk engine will ever be. I like logging railroads as you may have noticed.
Dr. Jak G. Cogsworth those logging look locomotives sure are prettyalright