Steam in the Hills- Waterside in the Seventies

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  • @ianbruce5014
    @ianbruce5014 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great video! Tam Bruce was my dad! The one thing that I can remember from back then was just how much my dad loved No 24 and his job!

    • @iainrobinson6566
      @iainrobinson6566  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Glad you enjoyed the video! On the occasions that I met your Dad he was a real gentleman. He always seemed very focussed on his job, but still had time for a chat, and would often invite us into the bothy for a cup of (very strong) tea. Great memories, thank you for your lovely comment👍

    • @ianbruce5014
      @ianbruce5014 หลายเดือนก่อน

      My dad was a great man and a great dad, and ive never met anyone who loved there job more than him!​@iainrobinson6566

  • @spud3607
    @spud3607 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Another story brought to life by your telling of it. Fabulous.

    • @iainrobinson6566
      @iainrobinson6566  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks so much, I’m really pleased that you enjoyed it👍

  • @larx4074
    @larx4074 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Marvellous!! Only ever had the one opportunity to visit this wonderful railway, in January 1978. No. 24 was the working loco and Tam Bruce offered a footplate ride up to Penyvenie with a train of empties, what a fantastic and unique experience. Just a day spent at Waterside, but I knew that I would have to return, but the closure of the last colliery at Penyvenie later in 1978 put paid to that dream........ must get back up there again soon..............

    • @iainrobinson6566
      @iainrobinson6566  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you, really glad you enjoyed the film! I'm sure that the day spent with Tam on no.24 is a very special memory for you. Tam was a real gent, as was Davie, his fireman. Yes. it's still a fascinating place. Thanks for your comment.

  • @bigian4379
    @bigian4379 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Just wonderful. I remember watching the coal crane at Ayr back in 65. It mesmerised me then

    • @iainrobinson6566
      @iainrobinson6566  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you, glad you enjoyed the video! The first time I saw the coal boats was incredible, it was a fascinating process.👍

  • @WilliamBryden-u6w
    @WilliamBryden-u6w หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Excellent video. I live locally and knew the line well, my father was a driver there, worked at Dunaskin from 1920 till retirement in 1971. I often had cab trips with him from an early age, and was shown (unofficially) how to fire and drive the locos. Now retired I volunteer at the Doon Valley Railway and can often be found driving No 10 on operating days. Keep up the good work!

    • @iainrobinson6566
      @iainrobinson6566  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thanks very much for your comment, it means a lot to hear from one of the DVR team. You do a great job. I’m very pleased that you enjoyed the video👍

  • @buchonite
    @buchonite หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Really enjoyed the film ,Thanks

    • @iainrobinson6566
      @iainrobinson6566  หลายเดือนก่อน

      So pleased you enjoyed it. It's brought back many memories, making the film, I'll probably make a sequel!

  • @donaldreid3533
    @donaldreid3533 หลายเดือนก่อน

    A wonderful video so effectively delivered. Lovely piece of industrial history from dear old Doon Valley. Thanks.

    • @iainrobinson6566
      @iainrobinson6566  หลายเดือนก่อน

      I’m really pleased that you enjoyed the video. Yes, it is a dear place. Thanks for your comment👍

  • @tonyrobinson362
    @tonyrobinson362 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Brilliant i use to have a 33 record with sounds from Waterside and other industrial railways sadly gave it away many yrs ago!

    • @iainrobinson6566
      @iainrobinson6566  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Oh, that would have been very fine! My sounds are courtesy of a friend who spent time at the trackside at Minnivey. At the time I thought it was a faff, but I’m glad of the sounds now! Thanks for your comment👍

  • @Harrodsburg14
    @Harrodsburg14 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Very well done! Thank you for producing this

    • @iainrobinson6566
      @iainrobinson6566  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you for watching, glad you enjoyed this👍

  • @vernon.rogers
    @vernon.rogers หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Your enthusiastic story-telling really makes me want to visit, well done

    • @iainrobinson6566
      @iainrobinson6566  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you so much, really glad that you enjoyed the video👍

  • @michaelnaisbitt7926
    @michaelnaisbitt7926 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    That was very well told a great story of the Pugs and Colleries I hope the remaining. Locomotives will be put back to work on a preservation line Would love to go and see it all but you 12000 miles away 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺 good luck to all

    • @iainrobinson6566
      @iainrobinson6566  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you very much. The locos are all preserved, although only no.10 is at work. No.17 might come back to life in the next few years, but I don’t think there’s much hope for the others… new boilers are hideously expensive as you know. Thanks very much for your comment👍

  • @warrenlehmkuhleii8472
    @warrenlehmkuhleii8472 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great work.
    I had bought one of the old Hattons Andrew Barclay 0-4-0s second-hand. It just happened to be N.C.B. No. 10. Normally you have to settle for photos of the class for weathering inspiration, but if I ever want to weather mine, I'll have photos of the exact loco.

    • @iainrobinson6566
      @iainrobinson6566  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yes, I know what you mean- as you can imagine, I have one as well. I’d like one of no.24, but I’m afraid the HighLevel kit is beyond my pay grade😩 thanks for your comment!👍

  • @berniehayes9397
    @berniehayes9397 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Magnificent 👍

  • @mral3694
    @mral3694 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    That was great!
    I visited Dunaskin for the first time about 1973 and had subsequent visits over the years.
    Your video story has filled in the missing details for me!
    I visited the DVR about a month ago and was impressed by their enthusiastic attitude…very welcoming people!
    Hope to go again soon!
    Thank you!

    • @iainrobinson6566
      @iainrobinson6566  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you! We might have met, it was 73 when I moved there. They were such nice folk, as are the people at the DVR today. I’m so glad they made you welcome. Thanks for your comment👍

  • @billroberton2424
    @billroberton2424 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great video and thanks for the honourable mention. Happy to supply you with my photos of the line.

    • @iainrobinson6566
      @iainrobinson6566  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you very much, Bill. I tried very hard to get in touch, as I would have loved to feature some of your superb shots, but the Railscot site seems to be broken, the contact links don’t work. Very pleased that you enjoyed the video👍

  • @colinedwards9874
    @colinedwards9874 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Cracking Video, Thank You 😀

    • @iainrobinson6566
      @iainrobinson6566  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Glad you enjoyed it, thank you!

  • @IronHorseRailways
    @IronHorseRailways หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Absolutely love these videos of yours, Lain! Almost like a railway memoir - it's enjoyable, joining you on a trip down memory lane!
    Incidentally, I've actually made one of those make shift tenders for my OO stock, a kit built "Gladstone" from the film 'Oh Mr Porter!' - the tender and coal cleverly hides a stay alive capacitor 😊
    Take care!

    • @iainrobinson6566
      @iainrobinson6566  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I’m really pleased that you enjoy the videos… yes, I hadn’t thought of them like that but you are right. I should do what you have done for my Hattons Barclay, it would be prototypical too! Thanks for the idea. Oh Mr porter… a classic! Thanks for your comment👍

    • @IronHorseRailways
      @IronHorseRailways หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@iainrobinson6566 exactly that, I wanted a "proper" way of adding a trailer to hide the equipment 😁
      It wasn't difficult to do at all,
      Take care!

  • @wideyxyz2271
    @wideyxyz2271 หลายเดือนก่อน

  • @patricksmodels
    @patricksmodels หลายเดือนก่อน

    What a fantastic video!

  • @chrismccartney8668
    @chrismccartney8668 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Superb Video !!

    • @iainrobinson6566
      @iainrobinson6566  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you so much, Chris, really glad that you enjoyed the video👍

  • @stephendavies6949
    @stephendavies6949 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Your wonderful video reminded me of watching steam locos as a boy in the early 1970s working at the coal mine where my dad worked in South Wales (Merthyr Vale Colliery). One of them - GWR Pannier Tank 9600 - is still with us in preservation. Most of the wagons were steel by then, but there were a few of the wooden plank variety still in use.
    The locos would trip work the wagons to the exchange sidings where class 37s would take over.
    A similar story to the opencast story is currently playing out at Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil. The last coal was removed last year, and now the bunfight regarding the re-lanscaping of the site has begun.
    Thanks for taking the time to create & share your story.

    • @iainrobinson6566
      @iainrobinson6566  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you so much Stephen for your fascinating comment. I would have liked to have seen more of South Wales back in the seventies, but it’s a long way from Scotland. I did get to Nantgarw coking plant and Maerdy, both of which blew my tiny mind😂 yes, I’ve been following the bunfight at Fros y Fran, in fact we were at Merthyr a few weeks ago. Despite the popular opinion of it, it’s still a fascinating place. I decided not to go into the involved politics of the Ayrshire opencast mining, butI get a feel for what you’re saying🧐about Merthyr. Wish I’d seen it back in the day like you did!👍

    • @stephendavies6949
      @stephendavies6949 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @iainrobinson6566 Ah, so you are more than aware of Fros Y Fran? My tenuous connections with the place go back a long way. When my dad started his coal mining career back in the early 1950s, both the local steelworks & pits were still tipping their waste there. Then, after the Aberfan Disaster, caused by the waste tips created by the colliery my dad worked at, ie, Merthyr Vale, the waste was diverted to FyF. His final job prior to the mine closing was to check boreholes at the site to ensure the water levels inside the FyF tips were at safe levels.
      I'm not old enough to remember steam locos at Cwmbargoed (the place where the coal was loaded onto trains, on and off, for decades: there was always both NCB & private mines operating in the area) but I do recall double & even triple header class 37s with HAA wagons snaking their way up & down the Bedlinog valley, until the 66s took over.

    • @iainrobinson6566
      @iainrobinson6566  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@stephendavies6949 thanks, Stephen, yes, I live in Wales now (gogledd) and I’m very interested in the slate mines here as well as the mines in the south. I didn’t know about Merthyr tipping into Fros, that’s a little disturbing. Oh, I would love to have seen those last trains with double headed 37’s, very fine. I was just getting a taste for them when the coal mines in Ayrshire closed down altogether… typical me😂 thanks again for your fascinating comment👍

  • @heaptoncollierymodelrailwa6011
    @heaptoncollierymodelrailwa6011 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Superb video!

  • @guidor.4161
    @guidor.4161 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Lovely video. Would be a great line for a railway modeler.

    • @iainrobinson6566
      @iainrobinson6566  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you, yes, I started a model a while ago and I agree. As yet I haven’t worked out a scheme to fit in the washery🧐 and Pennyvenie in within the space I have🤣 thanks for your comment👍