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Thanks for watching mate, it certainly is. For as long as I've been visiting Llangollen, that 31 has always been one of the main highlights with how hellfire it can be

Cheers mate, it always looks very smart when they put on the 57s with the matching liveries

Thanks for watching, definitely a location I'll be coming back to for future SVR galas, to keep away from the big crowds at the main stations

Thanks for watching pal, hope you do manage to catch those, I won't be able to because I will be at the Llangollen Railway diesel gala

Thanks pal 👍

Thanks pal, nice quiet spot away from the crowds, and good thrash in both directions, can't ask for much more than that. Agree about the 40, D1062 was also hellfire

I will certainly be back for their steam gala in September. It was a shame to hear about a few incidents caused by the crowding - reportedly two fights yesterday, one at Kidderminster that resulted in someone being pushed off the platform onto the track, and then a less serious altercation at Hampton Loade that involved quite a lot of shouting and threatening but nothing physical. But for the most part, everyone I came across was very nice and civil, just a few idiots ruining it for everyone else

Thanks for watching Phil, my first time visiting the SVR and I think I've picked a pretty good location. Very brave of you to travel onboard on the Saturday knowing how packed some of these trains get at the weekend!

Thanks for watching mate, I'd been keeping my eyes on this for quite a few weeks because of how rare it was, double 70s was definitely unusual too

Thanks for watching mate 👍

Thanks pal, it's certainly a nice, well-maintained station which is always good to see 👌

Thanks for watching, I don't go to Preston very often myself, this is only my second time visiting, but yes it's a nice station, with the added bonus that you won't get wet on rainy days like this one

Thanks for watching, seems likely given how many people were there! It was certainly a brilliant gala, most enjoyable one I've been to for quite a long while 👌

Thanks for watching mate, sorry to hear you weren't able to see it. I knew I'd have to get out to see this with it being the first steam on the Heart of Wales for three years, it was an 11 hour round trip but well worth it

Thanks for watching mate, I did wonder what that light loco path from Craven Arms was - I didn't realise there was a 47 on the tour until Craven Arms. I'm sure 47s are allowed on the HoW because I can definitely remember a 47-hauled tour along the line somewhat recently, my best guess is that with the 47 on the rear, the full consist wouldn't quite fit into some of the passing loops - I hear that one of them, Llanwrtyd I think, was tight even without the 47

​@@theretrocrowe47's & 57's are indeed allowed on the HOW line. JG.

Thanks for watching pal, been chasing the two 5s across the Heart of Wales today, should have the video of that out later 👍

@@theretrocrowe Good good look forward to the footage mate 👍

Indeed it was, glad to have such a good station as my local. Crewe never disappoints on a busy day

Thanks for watching, yes these were two good interesting trips

Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed :)

Thanks for watching, yeah I much prefer the Mk1s personally, the maroon mk2s just look strange

Thanks mate, my original plan was to see them at Long Eaton on the return leg but had to scrap that plan because my phone was low on charge and I didn't fancy being stuck at Long Eaton with my phone dead. The choice of locos was brilliant, two 66s that are yet to do any tours, it looked like a brilliant day out all around

Thanks for watching Mal, it's always great to get to different locations for a change of scenery 👍

Thanks mate, that Tesco train is always an impressive one to film, usually has about 35 containers on it

Thank you so much pal 🎉

Thank you so much! 😃

Thanks for watching! I also saw 44871 on Saturday, I filmed it at Crewe and Chester on the outbound journey, then at Crewe again on the way back. It's certainly a very nice area around Betley, I used to go there often as well as Madeley.

Thank you very much for your comment, I knew I'd have to head out for this as soon as I found out about it. The weather had been very nice all morning but took a turn for the worse as soon as I got to Cuddington

Thanks for watching pal 👍

Thanks for watching mate - thought the same things about the bad luck I had this day! It started raining heavily at Delamere as well but it went off just a few minutes before the 37s passed 😂

Thanks for watching, glad to hear you got some good footage 😀 👍

Thanks for watching, was definitely a good morning, saw plenty considering I was only there for about an hour and a half

Thanks for watching, this was a fantastic gala, really good day out 👍

Thanks for watching pal, was indeed brilliant to see such good variety on this usually quiet line. The 20s really put on a show with that thrash

Thanks for watching Phil, there was definitely plenty of variety considering how little freight traffic this line usually gets 👍

Thanks mate, couldn't agree more about the 20s, my favourite locos because the thrash is so incredible. I knew I was in for a treat when the signal changed to green all the way to Kidsgrove instead of it being shoved into the loop like the 56

Thanks for watching pal, that was an absolutely class move from the driver, held off until the unit cleared and then gave it hellfire through the station, absolutely brilliant 👏

@theretrocrowe Yeah Keep up Your Great Work Mate 👍

@@37418 Thanks pal, you too. We've got the Class 37 Test Train on the Mid-Cheshire coming up this Friday, I will be chasing this one across North Wales and Cheshire over the next few days 👍

Thank you for watching, glad you managed to find my video! Was indeed very nice to talk to you. You should have the 20s heading back to Crewe on Thursday, looks like something worth seeing, although I unfortunately won't be able to see that because I will be in Conwy to see a Network Rail test train that day

@@theretrocrowe The TT flew through Alsager at about 12:20ish, so good luck catching it later 👍

@@CompleteCretin That would've been a different test train, the one I was going to see was with Class 37s, not the HST. I didn't go in the end because it looked like the test train was cancelled, but then it ran anyway so I missed it. I'm now hoping to instead see it on the Mid-Cheshire line tomorrow

Thank you pal, I think this might be my favourite video of mine that I've ever filmed so pleased you liked it too 😀

@theretrocrowe No problem mate Continue Your Great Work 👍

Thanks for watching, sorry to hear you weren't feeling well. I was quite surprised at the turnout too, the Pacer was almost completely empty but everything else had plenty of people onboard, especially 37109, not much of a surprise that the busiest train was the 37

@@theretrocrowe Yeahh that 37 consist looked rammed! All of em eagerly waiting the nearing tunnel haha

Thank you, glad you enjoyed this video 🙂

Thanks for your comment, I was glad when I saw this move appear on RTT the night before because it didn't look like there would be anything worth going out to see but this is definitely one of my favourite ever catches

Thanks pal, I think this was one of the best mainline days I've had for a long while, plenty going on and met some great people while I was there 😀 👍

Thank you, appreciate that 🙏

Thanks for watching pal 👍

Thanks for watching 👍

Thanks for watching, there were a fair few people there so I would imagine we both appear on quite a few other people's videos. It always feel strange seeing yourself on someone else's video 😂

I know, it surprised me the amount of people there because I got there around midday and by that time there wasn't really anything special due through

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ありがとう！確かに除雪列車は迫力がありますね。

Thanks pal, 425 has been dodging me for quite a while now but I've finally seen it on its retirement service 👍

Thanks pal, should have part two of this uploading tomorrow 👍

Thanks pal, there's some 37s with snowploughs on 7Z96 Crewe to Carlisle tomorrow, could be worth checking out 👍

@theretrocrowe Yeah 425 and 422 Sadly Working Though Hope u get them mate 👍