Dartmouth Station on the other side of the river was the only mainline railway station in the country where there were no tracks or of course trains. You could buy a ticket there for anywhere in the country then get on the railway ferry across to Kingswear for the train. Carriages for such as London would there waiting and be joined to the mainline expresses at Newton Abbot (from memory)
We traveled this line yesterday as part of the Midland Blue Pullman trip from Peterborough to Dartmouth, we joined at Finsbury Park. It included the ferry trip in the price with about three hours or so to wander. Saw the two steam services, one passed us at Goodrington and I've in the station at Kingswear. Highly recommend the Blue Pullman, fantastic trip, top notch service from dedicated stewards, really brought back the feel of luxury travel.
Indeed and we were on it, fantastic trip, highly recommended. Started from Peterborough, we joined at Finsbury Park, and the tickets included ferry to Dartmouth where we had about three hours or so.
I think you should try out the "Brockenbahn" it is a german train which goes up a mountain. It's pulled by a steam locomotive too and the scenery is AMAZING! I can just recommend it!
Hope you enjoyed it! Around 10:30, almost all heritage lines operating stock with old toilets have long since taken them out of use, as they are old style ones with no retention tanks etc, and they usually have facilities at stations. Your mention of the ‘round robin’ trip reminded me of my first ever trip on that line - before it was taken over from BR, so Kingswear was the end of the branch from Newton Abbot, not Paignton. On that occasion, it was a special tourist train from South Wales, which took us to Totnes, where one of the Dart Valley railway steam locos came on and took the train to Buckfastleigh and back, then we walked over to a boat that took us down the Dart to Kingswear, during which time the train was worked empty stock to Kingswear, and we got on there for the journey home. Early 1970s, that was!
@John Keepin . Good morning ! Whilst you may know about other steam railways this is not the case with ours. We do still operate this toilets but due to COVID-19 we have taken the precautionary measure to temporarily close the toilets on all our services. Thank you , Alex - social media team
My favourite steam railway. Holidays in Paignton in my youth were never complete without taking the trip to Kingswear with friends and girlfriends, then across to Dartmouth. Years later I took my kids on the same journey and I have many happy memories of it. 😊
Would be nice if you could slip in more heritage steam railways occasionally. Some are much longer 15 + miles. (Bridgnorth, Broadway, Minehead, Pickering).
On the Dartmouth side of the river, where the ferry docks, is the original station building, unique in that there never was a railway to Dartmouth and hence, no tracks!
I imagine the power sockets are used by cleaners when the carriages are stationary & plugged directly into the mains. Saves dragging a massive extension lead.
Nice Xd programme really am enjoying your content please keep up the good work I think soon you should try a class 150 or158 review gwr and compare all of the Gwr services and order them 1ST to 5th? Like do the 57 43 150 158 and 800? Because I reckon that would become a fast trending series on here and high popularity
I've seen passengers with suitcases waiting for the first train of the day in Kingswear, some of the boat owners use the train to get to their boats so they don't have to find parking in Kingswear or Dartmouth.
I needed to know why they couldn’t dig a tunnel and do an extension for most of the mainline Trains so that they could extend the unused abandoned underground train stations. Why couldn’t they use the part D78 Stock train doors on the sides and also restructure the front face of the A60 and A62 stock which will include the class 507, class 508, class 313, class 314 and class 315 remix and make them all together and also redesign all of them into an overhead wire line trains and also make most of them into Five carriages per units and also having three Disabled Toilets on those Five cars per units A60 and A62 stock trains and also convert the A60 and A62 stock trains into a Gardner 6LXC, Cummins M11, Volvo B10M, Gardner 6LXB, Gardner LG1200 and Gardner 8LXB Diesel Engines and also put the Loud 8-Speed Voith Gearboxes even Loud 10-Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Gearboxes in the A60 and A62 stock, class 507, class 508, class 313, class 314, and class 315 and also modernise the A60 and A62 stock and make it into 11 carriages per unit so it could have fewer doors, more tables, computers and mobile phone chargers? A Stock Train and 8 Disabled Toilets on those A stock trains. why couldn’t we refurbish and modernise the waterloo and city line Triple-Track train tunnel and make it even much more Larger and extend it to the bank station, making it into a Triple-Track Railway Line so those Five countries such as Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden to convert the waterloo and city line Triple-Track Railway tunnel into a High-Speed Railway lines? The Third Euro tunnel Triple-Track Railway line to make it 11 times better for passengers so they could go from A to B. Then put the modernised 11 carriages per unit A Stock and put them on a bigger modernised Waterloo and city line Triple-Track train tunnel so it could go to bank station to those Five countries such as Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden. The modernised refurbished 11 carriages per unit A stock could be a High Speed The Third Triple-Track Euro Tunnel Train So it is promising and 47 times a lot more possible to do this kind of project if that will be OK for London Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden. oh by the way, could they also tunnel the Triple-Track Railway Line so it will stop from Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex so that the Passengers will go to Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland and Sweden and also extend the Triple-Track Railway Line from the Bank to Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex Stations so that more people from there could go to Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden more Easily. Why couldn't they extend the Piccadilly Line and also build brand-new underground train stations so it could go even further right up to Clapton, Wood Street can they also make another brand new underground train station in Chingford and could they extend the Piccadilly Line and the DLR right up to Chingford? All of the classes 150, 155, 154, 117, 114, 105, and 106, will be replaced by all of the Gardner 6LXC, Cummins M11, Volvo B10M, Gardner 6LXB, Gardner LG1200 and Gardner 8LXB Diesel Five carriages three disabled toilets are air conditioning trains including Highams Park for extended roots which is the Piccadilly line and the DLR trains. Could you also convert all of the 1973 stock trains into an air-conditioned maximum speed 78 km/hours (48 MPH) re-refurbished and make it into a 8 cars per unit if that will be alright, and also extend all of the Piccadilly train stations to make more space for all of the extended 8 car per unit 1973 stock air condition trains and can you also build another Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive Companies and can they order Every 87 Octagon and Every 48 Hexagon shape LNER diagram unique small no.13 and unique small no.11 Boilers from those Countries such as Greece, Italy, Poland, and Sweden, can they make Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive speeds by up to 147MPH so you can try and test it on the Original Mainline so it will be much more safer for the Passengers to enjoy the 147MPH speed Limit only for HS2 and Channel Tunnel mainline services, if they needed 16 Carriages Per units, can they use those class 55’s, class 44’s, class 40’s and class 43HST Diesel Locomotive’s right at the Back of those 18 Carriages Per Units so they can take over at the Back to let those Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive’s have a rest for those interesting Journeys Please!!!!!!, oh can you make all of those 18 Tonne Boxes of Coal for all of those 147MPH Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive’s so the Companies will Understand us PASSENGER’S!!!! So please make sure that the Builders can do as they are told!!!!!!!! And PLEASE do something about these very very important Professional ideas Please? Prime Minister of England, Prime Minister of Australia, Prime Minister of Sweden, Prime Minister of Germany, Prime Minister of Italy, Prime Minister of Poland and that Includes the Mayor of London.
Mk 1 stock has a belt driven dynamo and batteries under each vehicle but there are electrical connectors between the coaches in case one fails. The original Mark 1 stock had Saturn-style ceiling fittings plus reading lights over the windows which you can see in the videos. It is a low voltage system. Should work efficiently with LEDs.
@@charleskd09Hi What is the railway doing about the closed stations at Goodrington & Churchston? Churchton is looking dilapidated and bits falling from the overbridge from recent pictures. Are they being demolished or are you going to do the decent thing and re open for passenger use? No other heritage/tourist line had done this as Covid had by and large ended.
@@alantraish3368 Good afternoon, Your comment has been escalated to myself. We can confirm that trains haven't called at Goodrington Sands, Churston or Greenway since 2019. We also inform you that these stations are now closed for at least this and next season. If you have any further questions, please do enquire to me on this thread, Reagrds, Charles Paignton Station Master & General Manager
@@charleskd09 With all due respect this isnt saying why they are now permanently closed. What about the locals at the beach or at Churchton? It doesnt look good for the railway does it? Again I ask are going to demolish all the infrastructure at these stations to save on maintenance? Is it just a cost cutting exercise? Business model perhaps?
Hello @@alantraish3368 During the pandemic due to social distancing we had to run a more frequent service so we could carry as many passengers as possible, in order to do this we had to remove the station stops at Goodrington and Churston. We have continued this practice for reasons I have discussed below: The vast majority of our passengers travel between Paignton and Dartmouth and then onto a boat trip on the river Dart, very few passengers got on/off at the intermediate stations. In previous years we had no prior knowledge of how many people would be getting on the trains at these stations so always had to leave space vacant on the trains just in case people got on, this could mean leaving a rather large queue of people at Paignton who are prepared to pay a full fare compared to those at Goodrington & Churston. Currently we are able to provide a much more frequent service between Paignton and Kingswear, offer allocated seating which makes the passenger experience better as there no need for passengers to pile onto the train to find seats for those they are travelling with, and not stopping allows for better coal consumption and less wear and tear on the locomotives. Because of this we are in a much better financial place then we were only a few years ago and are now able to invest in more locomotives & rolling stock to keep the railway going which is the main aim of the business. The stations are not closed indefinitely but are assessed on a year on year bases and maintenance is carried out to keep the stations in usable condition. We have a small volunteer group at Churston who do a good job to keep the station looking presentable. Any further questions please let me know. Kind Regards Jack Gibson MSc Railway Operations Manager
Sadly because of Covid they aren't stopping at Goodrington or Churston(unless to pass) to aid with social distancing. The Devon Belle observation car has also been in storage for 18 months.
@@AndreiTupolev I haven't been on either but I know they have Perspex screens and stuff still up. I completely agree with you I hate being treated like a child and not allowed to make my own decisions.
@@devon896 no one is treating you like a child! it's actually about respecting other people.....especially the vulnerable what happened to that? would you go visit gran with a bad flu?
@@patrickj8984 I don't understand what you're saying. Hate bot? No of course anyone wouldn't visit if they were feeling ill would they. That's the whole point. They've hardly found ANY instances of infection being spread by people who aren't obviously sick
The loco is a Welsh heavy goods loco built for hauling heavy coal trains in the valley lines of South Wales my dad drove these awesome locos back in the 60s when he worked at Merthyr and ebbw Jct shed 🏴
It looks like you had to go all the way out of the station to go all the way back in. Is there no gate to allow you direct access from the network rail side of the station to the heritage side? At Aviemore there is a fence between the Network Rail and Strathspey Railway sides of the station, but there is a gate to access the heritage railway side. Also, I approve of the name "Dave" for a carriage. 😁
Steam trains are extremely expensive to maintain and run. Maintenance is more complex and expensive, and (at least in the US) insurance on just the steam locomotive itself can easily be over $1M. That is just for having an operating steam locomotive, not for insuring anything else on the railway.
All this moving through the 'main area of the gift shop' stuff seems a bit strange to me. Looks like the profit maximisation consultants have been been busy. I suppose the railway has to make money, though, and it is a beautiful line, for sure. Maybe one day they'll even be able to reopen the Brixham branch.
Good morning @frglee . It’s Alex from the social media team. The gift shop was highly requested back in 2013 so was introduced at the start of the 2014 season.
The mark 1 stock is so much more pleasant to travel in than more recent trains. The ventilation is draught free due to the metal vanes fitted to the sliding windows. Simple, effective and does not fail.
And on Sunday going to penzance to see my mate then going 1ST CLASS to Plymouth on a class 800? Dunno is a class 800 first class is ok or not can you tell me how it is in a class 8001ST class for a experienc ed Traveler like you xd bc to me it's kinda nice but then again I've only ever been on gwr and cross-country soon to be traveling driving trains and vloging xd
I hear the whistles of these trains all day and it never gets boring
happy memories of doing a round robin trip in 1976 from kingswear on holiday in devon around Dartmouth one of the best places in England
Oh wow, sounds great! 😁
Dartmouth Station on the other side of the river was the only mainline railway station in the country where there were no tracks or of course trains. You could buy a ticket there for anywhere in the country then get on the railway ferry across to Kingswear for the train. Carriages for such as London would there waiting and be joined to the mainline expresses at Newton Abbot (from memory)
I love this line and its great how at goodrinton you can watch the stream trains from a water slide
We traveled this line yesterday as part of the Midland Blue Pullman trip from Peterborough to Dartmouth, we joined at Finsbury Park. It included the ferry trip in the price with about three hours or so to wander. Saw the two steam services, one passed us at Goodrington and I've in the station at Kingswear. Highly recommend the Blue Pullman, fantastic trip, top notch service from dedicated stewards, really brought back the feel of luxury travel.
I did a quick Google Street view of various locales in Kingswear and Paignton. Looks like nice resort destinations.
it is,get down here.....!
I actually went on the Dartmouth steam railway in May. There are some amazing views! Good video1
That view of the boats in the bay, amazing!
I made that journey around 3 years ago,wonderful scenic route,and so nostalgic,can't wait to make the long drive south and do it again.
Blue Pullman is coming to Kingswear on the 31st of August
Indeed and we were on it, fantastic trip, highly recommended. Started from Peterborough, we joined at Finsbury Park, and the tickets included ferry to Dartmouth where we had about three hours or so.
I think you should try out the "Brockenbahn" it is a german train which goes up a mountain. It's pulled by a steam locomotive too and the scenery is AMAZING! I can just recommend it!
Hope you enjoyed it! Around 10:30, almost all heritage lines operating stock with old toilets have long since taken them out of use, as they are old style ones with no retention tanks etc, and they usually have facilities at stations.
Your mention of the ‘round robin’ trip reminded me of my first ever trip on that line - before it was taken over from BR, so Kingswear was the end of the branch from Newton Abbot, not Paignton. On that occasion, it was a special tourist train from South Wales, which took us to Totnes, where one of the Dart Valley railway steam locos came on and took the train to Buckfastleigh and back, then we walked over to a boat that took us down the Dart to Kingswear, during which time the train was worked empty stock to Kingswear, and we got on there for the journey home. Early 1970s, that was!
@John Keepin . Good morning ! Whilst you may know about other steam railways this is not the case with ours. We do still operate this toilets but due to COVID-19 we have taken the precautionary measure to temporarily close the toilets on all our services. Thank you , Alex - social media team
Carriages nearly always have girls names. It fills me with delight that there's one called Dave 🤗
I helped overhaul 5239 Goliath at the ESR from 2017 to 2019
Thats a cool fact
I always wanted to go on the Dartmouth Steam Railway. Even my parents wanted to go there.
Great video mate. What a nice Dartmouth locomotive stream train that's fantastic 👍👍
Morning it’s Alex from the social media team. Thank you for your kind words and we hope to welcome / re welcome you to the steam railway soon!
Been on that one we sat near the engine and the sound was brilliant very rhythmic
The Paignton and Dartmouth steam railway is amazing
Hi it’s Alex from the social media team. Thank you for your kind words !
My favourite steam railway. Holidays in Paignton in my youth were never complete without taking the trip to Kingswear with friends and girlfriends, then across to Dartmouth. Years later I took my kids on the same journey and I have many happy memories of it. 😊
Would be nice if you could slip in more heritage steam railways occasionally. Some are much longer 15 + miles. (Bridgnorth, Broadway, Minehead, Pickering).
An excellent film, very enjoyable. Thank you.
On the Dartmouth side of the river, where the ferry docks, is the original station building, unique in that there never was a railway to Dartmouth and hence, no tracks!
i.k.brunel was so confident that he would be allowed to run the railway to dartmouth,he built the station ready for it!
A nice change of pace and a great video - great to see the other locomotives this railway has too.
I remember. Maybe more than 5-10 years longer.
I imagine the power sockets are used by cleaners when the carriages are stationary & plugged directly into the mains. Saves dragging a massive extension lead.
I've been on that
me too
Good steamway Paignton to Dartmouth good
Nice Xd programme really am enjoying your content please keep up the good work I think soon you should try a class 150 or158 review gwr and compare all of the Gwr services and order them 1ST to 5th? Like do the 57 43 150 158 and 800? Because I reckon that would become a fast trending series on here and high popularity
I've seen passengers with suitcases waiting for the first train of the day in Kingswear, some of the boat owners use the train to get to their boats so they don't have to find parking in Kingswear or Dartmouth.
Interesting - that's quite a good idea too!
@@SuperalbsTravels One of the advantages of heritage line having national network connection.
It's great that the railway is used as a real means of transport rather than just being a museum.
What a lovely little trip that was 👍🏻
I know this line well and it is great to see you feature it. Thanks. (So many overweight people though!)
I've once traveled on the DSR and I was pulled by the same locomotive
I needed to know why they couldn’t dig a tunnel and do an extension for most of the mainline Trains so that they could extend the unused abandoned underground train stations. Why couldn’t they use the part D78 Stock train doors on the sides and also restructure the front face of the A60 and A62 stock which will include the class 507, class 508, class 313, class 314 and class 315 remix and make them all together and also redesign all of them into an overhead wire line trains and also make most of them into Five carriages per units and also having three Disabled Toilets on those Five cars per units A60 and A62 stock trains and also convert the A60 and A62 stock trains into a Gardner 6LXC, Cummins M11, Volvo B10M, Gardner 6LXB, Gardner LG1200 and Gardner 8LXB Diesel Engines and also put the Loud 8-Speed Voith Gearboxes even Loud 10-Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Gearboxes in the A60 and A62 stock, class 507, class 508, class 313, class 314, and class 315 and also modernise the A60 and A62 stock and make it into 11 carriages per unit so it could have fewer doors, more tables, computers and mobile phone chargers? A Stock Train and 8 Disabled Toilets on those A stock trains. why couldn’t we refurbish and modernise the waterloo and city line Triple-Track train tunnel and make it even much more Larger and extend it to the bank station, making it into a Triple-Track Railway Line so those Five countries such as Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden to convert the waterloo and city line Triple-Track Railway tunnel into a High-Speed Railway lines? The Third Euro tunnel Triple-Track Railway line to make it 11 times better for passengers so they could go from A to B. Then put the modernised 11 carriages per unit A Stock and put them on a bigger modernised Waterloo and city line Triple-Track train tunnel so it could go to bank station to those Five countries such as Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden. The modernised refurbished 11 carriages per unit A stock could be a High Speed The Third Triple-Track Euro Tunnel Train So it is promising and 47 times a lot more possible to do this kind of project if that will be OK for London Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden. oh by the way, could they also tunnel the Triple-Track Railway Line so it will stop from Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex so that the Passengers will go to Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland and Sweden and also extend the Triple-Track Railway Line from the Bank to Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex Stations so that more people from there could go to Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden more Easily. Why couldn't they extend the Piccadilly Line and also build brand-new underground train stations so it could go even further right up to Clapton, Wood Street can they also make another brand new underground train station in Chingford and could they extend the Piccadilly Line and the DLR right up to Chingford? All of the classes 150, 155, 154, 117, 114, 105, and 106, will be replaced by all of the Gardner 6LXC, Cummins M11, Volvo B10M, Gardner 6LXB, Gardner LG1200 and Gardner 8LXB Diesel Five carriages three disabled toilets are air conditioning trains including Highams Park for extended roots which is the Piccadilly line and the DLR trains. Could you also convert all of the 1973 stock trains into an air-conditioned maximum speed 78 km/hours (48 MPH) re-refurbished and make it into a 8 cars per unit if that will be alright, and also extend all of the Piccadilly train stations to make more space for all of the extended 8 car per unit 1973 stock air condition trains and can you also build another Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive Companies and can they order Every 87 Octagon and Every 48 Hexagon shape LNER diagram unique small no.13 and unique small no.11 Boilers from those Countries such as Greece, Italy, Poland, and Sweden, can they make Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive speeds by up to 147MPH so you can try and test it on the Original Mainline so it will be much more safer for the Passengers to enjoy the 147MPH speed Limit only for HS2 and Channel Tunnel mainline services, if they needed 16 Carriages Per units, can they use those class 55’s, class 44’s, class 40’s and class 43HST Diesel Locomotive’s right at the Back of those 18 Carriages Per Units so they can take over at the Back to let those Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive’s have a rest for those interesting Journeys Please!!!!!!, oh can you make all of those 18 Tonne Boxes of Coal for all of those 147MPH Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive’s so the Companies will Understand us PASSENGER’S!!!! So please make sure that the Builders can do as they are told!!!!!!!! And PLEASE do something about these very very important Professional ideas Please? Prime Minister of England, Prime Minister of Australia, Prime Minister of Sweden, Prime Minister of Germany, Prime Minister of Italy, Prime Minister of Poland and that Includes the Mayor of London.
Nice video! Question. What is the source for the lights? The locomotive?
Mk 1 stock has a belt driven dynamo and batteries under each vehicle but there are electrical connectors between the coaches in case one fails.
The original Mark 1 stock had Saturn-style ceiling fittings plus reading lights over the windows which you can see in the videos. It is a low voltage system. Should work efficiently with LEDs.
Excellent 👍👍👍👍👍
Thank you Derisley!
Every year I go to Paignton I go on the steam railway without fail
I had a footplate ride on 5239 in 2014 well worth it.
Good morning . Glad you enjoyed your experience! Alex from the social media team
@@charleskd09Hi
What is the railway doing about the closed stations at Goodrington & Churchston? Churchton is looking dilapidated and bits falling from the overbridge from recent pictures. Are they being demolished or are you going to do the decent thing and re open for passenger use? No other heritage/tourist line had done this as Covid had by and large ended.
@@alantraish3368
Good afternoon,
Your comment has been escalated to myself.
We can confirm that trains haven't called at Goodrington Sands, Churston or Greenway since 2019. We also inform you that these stations are now closed for at least this and next season.
If you have any further questions, please do enquire to me on this thread,
Reagrds,
Charles
Paignton Station Master & General Manager
@@charleskd09 With all due respect this isnt saying why they are now permanently closed. What about the locals at the beach or at Churchton? It doesnt look good for the railway does it? Again I ask are going to demolish all the infrastructure at these stations to save on maintenance? Is it just a cost cutting exercise? Business model perhaps?
Hello @@alantraish3368
During the pandemic due to social distancing we had to run a more frequent service so we could carry as many passengers as possible, in order to do this we had to remove the station stops at Goodrington and Churston. We have continued this practice for reasons I have discussed below:
The vast majority of our passengers travel between Paignton and Dartmouth and then onto a boat trip on the river Dart, very few passengers got on/off at the intermediate stations. In previous years we had no prior knowledge of how many people would be getting on the trains at these stations so always had to leave space vacant on the trains just in case people got on, this could mean leaving a rather large queue of people at Paignton who are prepared to pay a full fare compared to those at Goodrington & Churston.
Currently we are able to provide a much more frequent service between Paignton and Kingswear, offer allocated seating which makes the passenger experience better as there no need for passengers to pile onto the train to find seats for those they are travelling with, and not stopping allows for better coal consumption and less wear and tear on the locomotives. Because of this we are in a much better financial place then we were only a few years ago and are now able to invest in more locomotives & rolling stock to keep the railway going which is the main aim of the business.
The stations are not closed indefinitely but are assessed on a year on year bases and maintenance is carried out to keep the stations in usable condition. We have a small volunteer group at Churston who do a good job to keep the station looking presentable.
Any further questions please let me know.
Kind Regards
Jack Gibson MSc
Railway Operations Manager
Sadly because of Covid they aren't stopping at Goodrington or Churston(unless to pass) to aid with social distancing. The Devon Belle observation car has also been in storage for 18 months.
They don't still insist on all this "covid" nonsense do they? Well I won't be visiting them then. I'm thoroughly fed up with being nannied
@@AndreiTupolev I haven't been on either but I know they have Perspex screens and stuff still up. I completely agree with you I hate being treated like a child and not allowed to make my own decisions.
@@AndreiTupolev would you still visit if you had a bad flu?
or, are you just another hate bot?
@@devon896 no one is treating you like a child!
it's actually about respecting other people.....especially the vulnerable
what happened to that?
would you go visit gran with a bad flu?
@@patrickj8984 I don't understand what you're saying. Hate bot? No of course anyone wouldn't visit if they were feeling ill would they. That's the whole point. They've hardly found ANY instances of infection being spread by people who aren't obviously sick
Dude I was there on the 9th earlier this month! Pretty sure I watched one of your travel reviews when I got back home 😅
Morning, it’s Alex from the social media team, we hope you enjoyed your trip with us.
The loco is a Welsh heavy goods loco built for hauling heavy coal trains in the valley lines of South Wales my dad drove these awesome locos back in the 60s when he worked at Merthyr and ebbw Jct shed 🏴
Thanks for the background, the loco sure has a different life now. 😃
Up to u but I'm thinking it will be nice and also did you know I'm going paignton on Saturday for goodrington water park on class 800 will be fun xd
nice video :)
It looks like you had to go all the way out of the station to go all the way back in. Is there no gate to allow you direct access from the network rail side of the station to the heritage side? At Aviemore there is a fence between the Network Rail and Strathspey Railway sides of the station, but there is a gate to access the heritage railway side.
Also, I approve of the name "Dave" for a carriage. 😁
Reminds me of the riviera line in ts
That's because it's an extension of that route! :)
Cool Superabls!!! I Find Steam Railways Weird.
A small tank engine? They were classified 8F by BR!
Steam trains are extremely expensive to maintain and run. Maintenance is more complex and expensive, and (at least in the US) insurance on just the steam locomotive itself can easily be over $1M. That is just for having an operating steam locomotive, not for insuring anything else on the railway.
All this moving through the 'main area of the gift shop' stuff seems a bit strange to me. Looks like the profit maximisation consultants have been been busy. I suppose the railway has to make money, though, and it is a beautiful line, for sure. Maybe one day they'll even be able to reopen the Brixham branch.
Good morning @frglee . It’s Alex from the social media team. The gift shop was highly requested back in 2013 so was introduced at the start of the 2014 season.
The mark 1 stock is so much more pleasant to travel in than more recent trains. The ventilation is draught free due to the metal vanes fitted to the sliding windows. Simple, effective and does not fail.
And on Sunday going to penzance to see my mate then going 1ST CLASS to Plymouth on a class 800? Dunno is a class 800 first class is ok or not can you tell me how it is in a class 8001ST class for a experienc ed Traveler like you xd bc to me it's kinda nice but then again I've only ever been on gwr and cross-country soon to be traveling driving trains and vloging xd
5239.Years of service on GWR, Western region, and B.R, It doesn't need a stupid name! 5239 should do.
Ahhhhh, the luxuries of yesteryear.
That is not a small tank engine!
Best steam railway in this country by a mile
Hi @Jack Taylor thank you so much for your kind words from Alex @the social media team
Do they insist that everyone wears the Covid Muzzle?
only the females, when they are on heat!!!
Can't believe everyone's wearing face masks