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You were right Danny. It was a true spectacle to behold. She was a real beaut. 😁 Not feeling too well today unfortunately but I'm hanging in there. Looking forward to seeing some of your new vids coming soon.

@nigelfarley814 That's a real shame. So sorry to hear that happened. My hoping is after that time things have very much improved since then which is why many of the volunteers were very talkative to us during our visit.

@captainsman Thank you so much. 😁

Thank you so much. Really appreciate it. 😁

@@ph4ntomtr4in You're welcome! I saw her at Gerrards Cross.

She is a real beaut. 😁

@@johnwoodhouse3369 Absolutely. I recommend it. Thanks for watching. 😁

@ricktownend9144 DMU's are a new thing to me, but in a way, I never realised that I have been travelling on DMU's all along on the main line. You don't really appreciate it until you visit a heritage railway. I'll upload it soon. :)

I've just uploaded it. Hope you enjoy. :) czcams.com/video/eLoLz9hA9X8/video.htmlsi=Pg0S2cYw7TqQdu0S

@@susannestoffel2534 The amount of detail and inspiration is incredible. 🙂

@@edgein7892 They really were. 😁 Thanks for watching.

@@ph4ntomtr4in Quite some detail too but I absolutely loved the Dads Army setup. I still love that show 🤣

Thanks for your comment. The first time I entered the Engine House I was overwhelmed with how much stock they had. I adored the tank engines and the Ivatt Class, but Gordon was probably the most impressive one there. It's a shame the railway wasn't preserved, but there seems to be growing hope for the future with Steam and preservation having a strong resurgence. I tried to read as much as possible, but that story was really interesting. I think I somewhat remember reading a little about it.

I studied Animation in Bristol (I should really get back into it) and from there the city took my heart. I have made many friends in the city and no doubt I'll make many more. An old school friend of mine went to Bangor to learn politics. Sadly I don't talk to him nowadays but I hope he is doing well. The Gromit Trails are really fun.

@@ph4ntomtr4in Somehow, studying animation in Bristol just seems right, what with Aardman being based there! Bangor was great, and well, being on the doorstep of Snowdonia, it was perfect for Geography! I usually had a a fair journey to get there though, travelling by train. Often at the start of term my parents would drop my sister off at boarding school in Shrewsbury and I'd take the train from there. On the way back I'd either be picked up from there or Smethwick Galton Bridge or just head all the way back to Kidderminster. Coming home for Christmas in my second year was an odyssey though. I think there were engineering works on the North Wales Coast Line between Rhyl and Chester, and there was also chaos from flooding which had affected the line to Wrexham and therefore Shrewsbury. That wasn't an issue, I could go via Crewe instead and still end up at Smethwick. One of my flatmates was in the same boat as me, only instead of going to Kidderminster he was going further, down to Pershore. We got on the train at Bangor and it terminated at Rhyl. We then had some chaos as the replacement bus hadn't arrived. The staff were brilliant, they were trying to call taxis, sorting people out into groups, etc. We eventually got a bus to Chester, then found that trains were being cancelled there so we had to take another bus to Crewe. Then we got on a train, but got stuck at Wolverhampton! In the end I called my dad and he picked me up from there. My flatmate meanwhile stuck it out! He did manage to get home eventually. The whole thing took from around 3pm until somewhere between 9 and 10!

I guess that would explain why it had running issues? Lately during recent visits she seemed to be running quite well so it musty be fixed?

Hiya Stephen. Thanks for the comment. :) I still got some work to go but it's nearing completion now I think.

@@rocmonki2099 It's a beautiful ride up and down. :)

@IVERJUNCTION Thanks Danny. There's still some work to do but it's sp close now. I can't wait to show off the final result.

@dominicbarden4436 Oh really? Maybe they used it on a different timetable or for certain events? Either way if it is still used from time to time that's pretty cool. Thank you. I am just trying to work out how and when to go back. 😁

@@ph4ntomtr4in Well it's a request stop so people would ask/signal to use it anyway. And like Northwood Halt (between Bewdley and Arley) it's only used during daylight hours. Perhaps no-one wanted to use it when you went! If you do make it back, Bewdley's well worth stopping off at. And at Arley there's the Arboretum over the river at the top of the hill.

@@dominicbarden4436 That does make a lot more sense. I will have to go back and visit those places and so many more. :D

Thank you. I always love watching trains coupling up. Can't go wrong with a cider. Maybe one day I'll get to a beer/cider festival at a railway one day and to a tasting session. :P

Great video. Pleased someone has put one of the turntable shots up on CZcams. That was me and the fireman pushing it round though there was a great shot at one point when he wasn't pushing. 😂😂 The buffer isn't bad. It does have a droop on it but it can be rotated a little.

@britishgypsum4347 Thank you. You two did a grand job with the turntable. I had always wanted to see it in action since it was built. 😁 Oh that's good. I was a bit worried about the buffer (don't know why), but if it's as simple as a quick twist then that's all good. :)

​@@ph4ntomtr4in it can't go anywhere because the of the spring and the nut holding it inside the buffer shank. Put it down to being 161 years old! 😂

​@@ph4ntomtr4inI had never used a turntable until I visited WSR. We have a small one installed at Ribble now but we haven't laid the track to it yet. Job to be done this year

@JBTEvans Absolutely. It is an ideal way to spend a sunny evening. 😁 I totally recommend it. Thanks for watching.

Thank you for your comment. I really learned a lot from the 1940's experience. As someone who was born in the 1990's it was a real culture shock to see what life was like that time. I would hear stories from my grandparents about how countryside towns and villages managed, especially with new additions to the household and the friendships formed long after. What striked me as powerful was the resilience of the people to carry on as best you could up until the very end. There was so much to take away from that day.

@@ph4ntomtr4in It is hard to imagine how people coped. It is sad our community spirit is not as strong as it was back then, people coming together to help one another. Both my parents had experience of life through the war My Father as I said in Sheffield and my Mother as a land girl working on farms in North East. Quite a contrast. Neither had any of life's luxuries, Mother got a job that meant moving to Sheffield to try and get a better life. For a young lady that was very ambitious. It took years of working and saving before we had our own house. We don't realise how lucky we are now and should remember those days through events like this.

When millions and billions of young teenagers gets up really early in the morning for School days from September to Christmas break ups 🏫🎄⬆️

Thanks a bundle Danny. I'll try and upload some more shorts with a different variety of locos and rolling stock.

Hiya mate. Glad to meet you. :) Thanks for the kind words as well. :) I'm looking forward to showing off more of this train set and different trains running on it.

@@ph4ntomtr4in look forward to seeing more videos Daniel. Cheers Kevin 🤝

Hiya mate. Good to chat to you. Thanks for the kind comment as well. ☺️ Andy was a real passionate guy and his admiration for trains is incredibly inspiring. Working on his train set has taught me loads already about scale modelling.

I've not seen a OO model one, but you do have a point. It's quite beefy for a tank engine.

Thank you. 😁

Thank you. 😁 It was a new discovery for me too.

I just discovered last week that footplate experiences were a thing. I hear they can be a little pricy?

I did. It was amazing to live a childhood dream. 😊 It's interesting because Lady Nan is quite an easy train to drive as it has fewer controls than larger trains. But I don't know if that is to do with it being initially a shunter engine.

Gotcha. 😁👍

It's an absolutely stunning, peaceful line.