In the summer of 2016, a friend and I spent a week in North Wales, visiting all the narrow gauge railways. When we returned, we voted for our favourites, and I edited the video we had taken into a 25 minute film entitled "The Top Ten Railways of Wales". If anyone would like to see it, it's at https://vimeo.com/181793112
Top video!
Congratulations!
Many thanks - very enjoyable!
Reminded me of when I persuaded my parents to take me on a day trip from Cheshire to the Tal-y-lyn railway for the first time in the early 1960's.
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May I make a brief comment about the opening section devoted to the Great Orme Tramway? At 0.31 the voiceover says "originally steam hauled ..... converted to electric". This is a little confusing for -
(i) it might be understood as meaning that it was originally operated by steam tramway locomotives and trailer cars before being converted to electric tramcars, and
(ii) there is no mention of the fact that it is actually a cable hauled system of the funicular type. See -
http://www.greatormetramway.co.uk/en/how-it-works
A statement that the power at the engine house for the cable winches was originally steam but later converted to electric would clarify the matter.
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That aside this film is a delightful piece of work, a happy reminder of journeys made in the past, and an encouragement to travel on lines not yet visited.
CP
Thankyou, very enjoyable film. fond memories of railways visited in the past and footage of railways i really must make an effort to visit in the future
Well done Howard, a most enjoyable video which has brought back some happy memories,
Many thanks, Keith
Just watched this; excellent. Many thanks!
Super film. Thanks for posting.
I can well recall doing something similar a couple of times on visits to Wales back in the late 1980
Thanks for all the encouraging comments. CP, you're quite right on your first point - "steam haulded" was a poor choice of words - "steam powered" would have been more accurate. However, on your second point, I think it's quite clear from the visuals that the the tramway is cable hauled - to have repeated this information in the commentary would have been tautology. But constructive comments are always welcome.
As you all seem to have enjoyed the video, you might like to look at another one I made a couple of years ago on the railways of the Isle of Man - https://vimeo.com/183644710