Whilst in North Wales last weekend on 'my' railway, I took a couple of hours out to ride on the newly re-opened section of the WHR through Beddgelert forest. I took a series of video clips on the camera and having finally got them uploaded on Youtube, I thought I'd share them here as well! Sorry they're all individual, I'd stitch them all together but I can't get Windows Movie Maker to accept the Quicktime format! (Any suggestions will be welcomed!)
That's all folks!
Spokesmann
Wonderful, Stephen you want to glue all those clips together!
John Chapman
Super videos Stepen. A wonderful railway in wonderful scenery.
However I can't help feeling that it is such a shame it has not been "restored" to something more like it originally was. I'm afraid that to my mind South African Garretts, splendid as they are, are totally out of place in North Wales.
It is also a great pity that the modern history of the WHR has been blighted by the Festiniog Railway Co's attitude and past actions.
MFSteam
John Chapman wrote:
It is also a great pity that the modern history of the WHR has been blighted by the Festiniog Railway Co's attitude and past actions.
your not suposed to mention that
I have read about the situation in various publications and I still cant understand why the two groups cant work together. Surely it would be beneficial to both parties.
Its a great achievement and great vids Stephen. I'll get ride on it one day, hopefully before the kids loose interest.
SillyBilly
'tis a good run, nice videos, I'm hopeing to do a video at some point, I currently have one of 143 entering Cutting Mawr from the footpath to start off, it sounds quite good, nice and deep, but not comparable to the Blanche and its new blast pipe departing Penrhyn though!
John, what's imprtant to remember is the WHR has not been 'restored' but built, it is a new railway on the alignment of an old one. The Garratts, make all the sense in the world, because without them you would struggle to haul the sometimes heavy demand, even Russell which appears to be a strong loco wouldn't manage 7 carrs out of Beddgelert.
The situations between WHRL and FRC are bad because some individuals aren't as co-operative as others, but more importantly the WHR is years from completion and even once the track is up to standard and open all the way through, without large amounts of money being spent on the ETS system needed for trains to enter mid-section you cannot run trains out of the WHHR easily because of the (hopefully) temporary Staff & Ticket system used. But the situation can pretty much only improve, but the railway needs finishing and this requires money and skilled manpower.
John Chapman
SillyBilly wrote:
John, what's imprtant to remember is the WHR has not been 'restored' but built, it is a new railway on the alignment of an old one. The Garratts, make all the sense in the world, because without them you would struggle to haul the sometimes heavy demand, even Russell which appears to be a strong loco wouldn't manage 7 carrs out of Beddgelert.
I'm fully aware of the history of the WHR Billy, I did a short stint as a volunteer back around 1990/91.
I agree it is super to have it running again but as I said I personally don't think the SA garretts look the part in Wales.
SillyBilly
But perhaps other members are not, and we wouldn't want them getting the wrong impression, thus why I put "remember" .
Mamod Collector
I enjoyed thiose and what beautiful countryside
SillyBilly
Taken today when I stopped off in Beddgelert for a little while.
silverfoxsteam
Does the sign refer to any particular dog that's famous in the locality?
SillyBilly
Not sure, but I thought it was a nice sign compared to all the horrid plastic ones you usually get.
silverfoxsteam
SillyBilly wrote:
Not sure, but I thought it was a nice sign compared to all the horrid plastic ones you usually get.
Full of character but alas not politically correct ........
........it's not bi-lingual.
SillyBilly
That is strange for a farm, most of them are Welsh.
What were the passenger loadings like when you went?
your not suposed to mention that 
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