Welsh Highland Railway - Cross Town Rail Link

SillyBilly · Post by **SillyBilly** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 11:09 pm

The first trains were run over the Welsh Highland Railway (Caernarfon)'s Cross Town Rail Link today, I went after school to have a look at the return trip and got some video footage.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0Uyyr61FLk
Don't blame the driver for the hideous noise the engine is making, my dad is driving it!!! The WHR have a track record of breaking FfR locos when they go over there.

More info see these:
http://whr.bangor.ac.uk/phase4/cambrian.htm
http://whr.bangor.ac.uk/phase4/ctrl.htm

DLRdan · Post by **DLRdan** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 10:16 am

in the words of a certian alien "i think shes missing!"

ACLR · Post by **ACLR** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 9:03 pm

great video

laalratty · Post by **laalratty** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 9:12 pm

SillyBilly wrote: Don't blame the driver for the hideous noise the engine is making, my dad is driving it!!! The WHR have a track record of breaking FfR locos when they go over there.

As I put on youtube, good video, although when I had put that comment I had fogoten about what the WHR had done to Blanche, and Prince, and er Harold

pauly · Post by **pauly** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 10:36 pm

what kind of things have they done like

laalratty · Post by **laalratty** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 10:40 pm

well from what I remember
Blanche- superheaters needed replacing
Prince- Piston damage (I think)
Harold (aka s****y the shunter) engine needed replaceing
oh hang on add to that list
Taliesin- burner trouble

SillyBilly · Post by **SillyBilly** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 11:01 pm

They broke the Harold more than once, which is why the visiting locos always come to the FfR, you don't want the Dinas curse getting them, or perhaps it's just the lack of tender loving care.

laalratty · Post by **laalratty** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 11:08 pm

I'm now getting an idea of why all of the visitors to superpower were different gauges to the WHR!

MuzTrem · Post by **MuzTrem** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 7:05 pm

Shame

Personally I've always wanted to see one of the VofR tanks or the Brecon Mountain Baldwin visit the WHR - but then I suspect the Rheidol tanks might be a bit wide?

SillyBilly · Post by **SillyBilly** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 9:20 pm

It'd suprise me if either of those locos was wider than a Garratt.
BTW the bit a about visitors was sarcasm.

ptlrcecil · Post by **ptlrcecil** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 9:21 am

Well sillybilly says the engine is broken, I reckon its just his dads driving

In all serousness that engine does sound bad, Great vid by the way.

SillyBilly · Post by **SillyBilly** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 4:16 pm

Its been fixed, apparently the bolts that hold the box which contains the motor for operating the throttle to the engine had rattled loose and it was confusing the electrics. Had they known this was the problem on the day they could have fixed it.

LMS-Jools · Post by **LMS-Jools** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 7:29 pm

Huwwah

SLRmidge · Post by **SLRmidge** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 7:36 pm

Truly historic video, well done

Matt · Post by **Matt** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 6:43 pm

I'm surprised noboy has yet to comment on this.

http://whr.bangor.ac.uk/beddgelert-opening.htm

Oh, i have now.

MoelygestLR · Post by **MoelygestLR** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 6:46 pm

MuzTrem wrote:Shame Personally I've always wanted to see one of the VofR tanks or the Brecon Mountain Baldwin visit the WHR - but then I suspect the Rheidol tanks might be a bit wide?

VofR locos wouldn't fit, too wide.

There are already places on phase 4 where the structure gauge is pushed to the limits!

SillyBilly · Post by **SillyBilly** » Thu May 14, 2009 11:39 am

And the VofR engines have GWR Standard gauge flange profile, I hear so wouldn't get through the points.

www.flickr.com/photos/33954238@N02
I went to watch K1 the world's first Garratt return to the WHR after a short stint at the FR for it to finally get painted properly, now ready for its birthday party, the big 100, same age as my Great Grandmother!

laalratty · Post by **laalratty** » Thu May 14, 2009 9:00 pm

Nice pics William, good to seen it in a proper livery at last. Funnily enough I've just found out about the Rheidol engines strange flange profile this week whislt flicking through back editions of the FfR magazine. There was a suggestion that loading gauges would be ok for a V of R engine to run between Dduallt and Blaenau, and that the flanges needed to be checked

MoelygestLR · Post by **MoelygestLR** » Thu May 14, 2009 9:07 pm

laalratty wrote:Nice pics William, good to seen it in a proper livery at last. Funnily enough I've just found out about the Rheidol engines strange flange profile this week whislt flicking through back editions of the FfR magazine. There was a suggestion that loading gauges would be ok for a V of R engine to run between Dduallt and Blaenau, and that the flanges needed to be checked

Thats a bit odd, as i have been told that the VofR engines would be too wide to go through the WHR (and this is from one of the head civil engineers!) so i would be interesting to know who is right.

laalratty · Post by **laalratty** » Thu May 14, 2009 9:16 pm

This was just after Moutaineer visited the Rheidol in 1986, and apparantyly Prince of Wales would fit between Dduallt and Blaenau (having said that, this idea was sugggested in one of Dan Wilson's editorials, so whether the idea was really a go-er i'm not sure). Of course, most of the way from Dduallt to Blaenau is the deviation which is built to very big clearances, although I would of thought things would be very tight between Tanygrisau and Glan-y-pwll (this topic is testing my FfR location spelling somewhat!

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