Trackside Shorts make videos on railway subjects (mainly) that are short and snappy, with a bit of humour. The production team are members of several heritage railway societies. Trackside Shorts is non-commercial and open to interesting offers to make videos.
It's wonderful to see the old L&B coming back to life after so many years neglected and forgotten. The loco and coaches look superb and really give the feel of the original line. Thanks for sharing.
Haha - depends on your definition. I love the Lavender Line. In the annuls of preserved lines, it is like a sleepy branch line, so different from the Bluebell (which I also love). They are so welcoming too.
One of the best walks you can do is to go down either the Giant Stairway (near the Three Sisters) or the Golden Staircase (off Narrow Neck Trail) into the Jamieson Valley and walk to the bottom station of the Scenic Railway. Saves you the hassle of climbing back up, but you will still have to walk up top, too.
@@tracksideshorts2361 It is on the Wiki page's List of Funicular Railways as Edmonton Incline Railway but of course it was short lived though a tourist funicular to commemorate it now exists... I don't think it's record breaking, I only said near vertical to describe what a funicular in general are for those who don't know what they are.
Did the trip for the first time in 30 years just last year. The old train was an open car with wire mesh to prevent people putting their arms out, much more exciting but you got wet if it was raining.
The ride used to be a LOT better. When they replaced the train carriages with what's shown here, it went from being an exciting ride to something more like a boring elevator ride.
When I was a kid in Stourbridge in the early 60's the train from Stourbridge town used to go across the road where the bus station is now and down to a goods depot at the bottom of Lower High Street where the gasworks used to be. It was a two line if I remember right. From the goods depot it used to go across the road at a level crossing and follow the canal right down to Stourbridge rolling mills where it would terminate.
I used to live opposite the Junction, and when I heard they were closing the line circa 1975, I made some late calls to Sir Stanley Yapp, Chairman of WMCC (If my memory serves me well.) He didn't take to me an ordinary person phoning him but he apparently found the money to keep the line open. Maybe I saved the line. Or maybe other considerations came into play. So thanks for the video reminding me that the line is flourishing. (PS I used it a lot and often got a ride with the driver up front in the old 'Bubble Car' Class 121 .)
@@tracksideshorts2361 A siding, in rail terminology, is a low-speed track section distinct from a running line or through route such as a main line, branch line, or spur.
I thought Wrexham General to Wrexham Central is the shortest branch line? The distance is 0.44 Miles (for Wrexham General - Central) whilst Stourbridge Town - Stourbridge Junction is 0.7 Miles?
