Superb railway, 30 years since this DMU special service ran; more than high time this line reopened. It would make a good home for operating say an hourly frequency service from Amwlch to Bangor with the "New" Class 230's.
It's now 2023 and we're still awaiting the line to re-open. Hopefully, one day, it will. Great for tourism, great for the community and great for the environment.
So what’s the latest news on the progress of moving forward on the line restoration and bringing another dimension to Anglesey’s tourist industry. Surely this has to be a major asset to bring some wealth to our island?
I think the spur went to oil storage tanks at Rhosgoch. Latest news from Lein Amlwch is that the lineis currently "mothballed" and the line cannot be removed. Lein Amlwch signed a 99 year lease for the linebin 2022
Freight ran until 1993. This was the morning train on the day we travelled. If I remember correctly there were two the next day and another four the following week. Freight continued until 1993, running to ,octel
Before the line closed in the 60s there was a facing connection off the Down line, with a separate connection for the up. Sometime between then and the 90s the connection was rationalized to what we see on the video.
@@bodorganboys So what you’re saying is they took out the wrong one? Let’s make it unnecessarily difficult that way we have a stronger case for eventual closure! Why did the Octel chemicals place close in any case?
As I dont work on the railway I have no way of knowing if they took the wrong one out or not. You would need to ask the relevant people that question. The branch closed in 1964 and my only other trip on the branch between then and 1992 was October 1983. Unfortunately I cant recall what the track layout was at the time. We were top and tailed by 2 class 40s and think we ran back direct to the down line before continuing to Holyhead. Associated Octel closed as its products for the petrol industry were no longer in demand due to reductions in use of leaded petrol. Check out Associated Octel ,Amlwch on Google
@@bodorganboys I thought so I have traced it on satellite earth maps ,I can see what looks like the remains of a main station by an industrial complex that’s looks abandoned in part .I have traced some remaining line .I remember seeing a vid about the Avon wen line near Butlins Pwllheli & a passenger train ride from Pwllheli to Afon wen junction going off towards Caernarfon then maybe Bangor & finally towards Amlwch .I used to work in Butlins Pwllheli in 1978- 79 & used the railway from Pen y chain ( Butlins ) along to Porthmadog or to Pwllheli .That Afon wen Branch would of been handy had it still been open at the time .As I often travelled to Caernarfon then to Banger station buy bus before train to Chester .
There was a VHS video released by Transport Video Productions back in the late 1980s called a Country Railway The film you are thinking of was one of 3 films on the tape. It was filmed late on in 1964 and covered a journey from Pwllheli to Afonwen, from there it continued north to Caernarfon and Bangor. At Bangor we joined another DMU for the run to Gaerwen and then on to Amlwch
Superb railway, 30 years since this DMU special service ran; more than high time this line reopened. It would make a good home for operating say an hourly frequency service from Amwlch to Bangor with the "New" Class 230's.
Dw i'n cytuno gyda chi
It's now 2023 and we're still awaiting the line to re-open. Hopefully, one day, it will. Great for tourism, great for the community and great for the environment.
What a line. Love it bits!
Great that you took the trouble to film this, very nice.
Last minute decision to place camera in cab
Unfortunately didn't spot the fly on the windscreen
@@bodorganboys Well I never complained about the fly like some others, just grateful you recorded it so thanks.
Thanks for the compliment.
I wish I could do the trip again
atgofion da, happy memories , thanks
Wow, that would make a fantastic heritage line
Check the Lein Amlwch Facebook group for latest information
Our playground as children, lived in Rhosmeirch
This line needs immediate reopening.
So what’s the latest news on the progress of moving forward on the line restoration and bringing another dimension to Anglesey’s tourist industry. Surely this has to be a major asset to bring some wealth to our island?
Check out the Lein Amlwch site. Even better why not join the society
Oh dear that sheep. Central Trains used to have problems around Woolaston. Whole flocks across the line.
Great video of a forgotten line, it should be reopened together with the line to Red Wharf Bay. Where did the spur go at 47.18? Thanks for posting
I think the spur went to oil storage tanks at Rhosgoch.
Latest news from Lein Amlwch is that the lineis currently "mothballed" and the line cannot be removed. Lein Amlwch signed a 99 year lease for the linebin 2022
Follow the Lein Amlwch Facebook pages for latest news on the line
Good video shame about the pearl of water on window or lens just distorting the view up the track
It's actually a squahed fly.
It was a last minute decision to ask the driver if I could do the video. In the rush, I didn't spot the fly.
Was this the last train to travel along the line?
Freight ran until 1993.
This was the morning train on the day we travelled. If I remember correctly there were two the next day and another four the following week.
Freight continued until 1993, running to ,octel
Why was the crossover the wrong way round? It should’ve been a facing crossover from the down line to the up - easy!
Before the line closed in the 60s there was a facing connection off the Down line, with a separate connection for the up.
Sometime between then and the 90s the connection was rationalized to what we see on the video.
@@bodorganboys So what you’re saying is they took out the wrong one? Let’s make it unnecessarily difficult that way we have a stronger case for eventual closure! Why did the Octel chemicals place close in any case?
As I dont work on the railway I have no way of knowing if they took the wrong one out or not. You would need to ask the relevant people that question.
The branch closed in 1964 and my only other trip on the branch between then and 1992 was October 1983. Unfortunately I cant recall what the track layout was at the time. We were top and tailed by 2 class 40s and think we ran back direct to the down line before continuing to Holyhead.
Associated Octel closed as its products for the petrol industry were no longer in demand due to reductions in use of leaded petrol. Check out Associated Octel ,Amlwch on Google
@@bodorganboys OK.
Sad. There should be a full facing junction
You mislabelled Rhosgoch, Holland Arms. You were beaten by a sheep?
Oops
Amlwch station ?
Long gone
@@bodorganboys I thought so I have traced it on satellite earth maps ,I can see what looks like the remains of a main station by an industrial complex that’s looks abandoned in part .I have traced some remaining line .I remember seeing a vid about the Avon wen line near Butlins Pwllheli & a passenger train ride from Pwllheli to Afon wen junction going off towards Caernarfon then maybe Bangor & finally towards Amlwch .I used to work in Butlins Pwllheli in 1978- 79 & used the railway from Pen y chain ( Butlins ) along to Porthmadog or to Pwllheli .That Afon wen Branch would of been handy had it still been open at the time .As I often travelled to Caernarfon then to Banger station buy bus before train to Chester .
There was a VHS video released by Transport Video Productions back in the late 1980s called a Country Railway
The film you are thinking of was one of 3 films on the tape. It was filmed late on in 1964 and covered a journey from Pwllheli to Afonwen, from there it continued north to Caernarfon and Bangor.
At Bangor we joined another DMU for the run to Gaerwen and then on to Amlwch
When was this filmed???
As per the comments it was May 1992
Good video that would be improved by cleaning off the fly shit in the middle of the screen.
Not a lot I can do about the dead fly, its been there for 30 years
And that's why humans eat sheep and not the other way around....