Dean Forest Railway
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- čas přidán 4. 07. 2024
- We took a trip to the Dean Forest Railway in the Forest of Dean, Gloustershire for a ride behind locomotive 5541, a 4575 class small Praire tank engine.
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Chapters
00:00 Norchard High Level
01:42 Parkend Arrival
02:54 Running Around at Parkend
05:26 Parkend Departure
07:57 Lydney Junction
09:40 Lydney Town
11:06 Norchard Low Level
The Dean Forest Railway is a heritage railway that runs between Lydney and Parkend in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire.
The route was part of the former Severn and Wye Railway which ran from Lydney to Cinderford and the current line is 4.25 miles (6.8 km) long with plans to extend into the middle of the Royal Forest adding an extra 4 miles.
The society that operates the line started steam locomotive operations in 1971 and bought the trackbed and line from British Rail in 1986. The railway has an impressive collection of locomotives and wagons with trains operated by both steam and diesel locomotives as well as diesel multiple units.
Norchard station has a museum, shop and cafe with plenty of free parking. The area is beautiful and perfect for walking around.
Tell you being volunteer at railway for 4 years now is wonderful, staff engines and changing of season in forest is wonderful. Plus it restores a nice bit history back in one of south west England railways...
Thanks for volunteering, it's such a well run railway in a beautiful location. Everyone was really nice, especially the young lad who met us at the platform and pointed us towards our coach. Also, love the model shop! Can't wait to get back down post lock down.
Love the scenery on this railway. Such a beautiful place!
It really is!
Very nice video enjoyed that and the history
Thanks 👍
Great video. Loved the pan as you followed the train along the line.
Nice to see some women involved.
Thank you very much!
Great video well filmed and edited. Really liked the shot of 5541 powering away from Norchard towards Lydney and the shot of her waiting in the low level platform at the end before backing out with the coaches! Amazing video!
Thanks! You've got some amazing videos (and a new subscriber 👍😀)
@@LittleWicketRailway thank you
Excellent video. Not so keen on the audio track.
Your Heritage Railways series is great. The format, including historical details, is particularly good. Hope to see some more, perhaps with a few 'behind the scenes' shots (shed, locos, restoration projects etc.) although I appeciate access to these areas is not always possible.
Dave M
Thanks Dave! Unfortunately I think these are going to be on hold for a while owing to the second lockdown. I would love to get a backstage pass at these railways, but I'll I'll ask next time I visit. Don't ask, don't get.
I visited recently and made a similar video, shame there was little to see other than the actual ride.
Just had a watch, nice video! Looks like you got the weather too. We're slowly working our way around the heritage railways in the arera, either Gloucester & Warwickshire or Churnet Valley next. It's a shame that most aren't fully open during the pandemic. The book shop carraige at Dean Forest was pretty impressive and I picked up some second hand bits for the layout.
@@LittleWicketRailway Sorry mate, I got there first and had the ten bargain wagons! lol
@@TimberSurf Haha, more wagons for the database! What were they? The chap in the shop said the model stuff had been selling really quickly. I got a Metcalfe station and a few figures, but that was about it.
@@LittleWicketRailway About 8x R113 BR Drop Side Wagon @£3 each plus a few others
Bargain!
Beautiful place, really enjoyed that, post a diesel review next time 👍
Thanks! I need to find a heritage railway running a diesel.
Some great footage, but I'd prefer it if your music track didn't run right through the video.
It's music or silence I'm afraid, there's loads of chatting in the background (not from me) that I can't publish.