Ffestiniog Railway Gravity Train– ride the engineless slate train!
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Published 2024-03-26
In their heyday, 80-wagon slate trains of 200 tons freewheeled downhill for 13 miles from quarry to coast at 40mph.
Join Nigel Harris to experience the excitement of the Gravity Train and learn a little bit about its history along the way.
In this video:
00:00 Setting the scene
06:20 Steam haulage from Minfordd to Ddualt
08:28 Gravity train run
16:00 A gravity train arrives at Minfordd
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All Comments (19)
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I remember John Knokes Riding the Slate train on Blue Peter
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Certainly enjoyed the Snowdonian with you in 2023 the best weekend ever.
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Amazing how they kick the thing off again. Excellent video, thanks for sharing =)
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The Tim Traveller would LOVE this.
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❤
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What a great film, interesting and informative. My daughter and son in law visited Tan y Bwlch yesterday and I was telling them about the gravity trains - perfect timing for me to forward this link to them.
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This is great film
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My late friend Tony Bond built a 7mm scale version of the FR gravity train Nd ran it on a layout called Eastgate Wharf. The train had one of the Dandy cars at one end with a horse in it. That wagon had a smalele tric motor under it.
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Thank you. Really enjoyable.
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That's brilliant.
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Excellent video- I thoroughly enjoyed it. Great commentary from Nigel, with all the important details and none of the hyperbole employed by some presenters.
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Absolutely fantastic Nigel and a well presented video 👍🏻
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Excellent video, keep up the good work 😊
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Been trying to get a ride on this for five years! Is there a way to do it as would love to find one. Aparently you ave to have an invite. How can I, or can I, get one?
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Need to link Carnarvon to Bangor line very important missing Transport for wales Railway link covered by af present Arriva buses
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At four minutes that isn’t Blanche or even a 2-4-0 so the view can’t be that good, it’s a George England
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This is really interesting and a great video well presented by Nigel from a railway I have travelled on when holidaying in Wales - although not by gravity! By the way, I have a video of the model railway version of the gravity train including the station of Ddualt which you may also be interested in: https://youtu.be/5fid2yKZKyk?si=n5KzMZSvjXQklce5
