A lovely video. The railway is superb, and the scenery would be hard to beat anywhere. For such an ancient engine, it seems remarkably economical, judging by the small amount of fuel the driver had to shovel during the journey.
Ah, so this is the railway that the two dog characters Rowf and Snitter escaped on in Richard Adams' "The Plague Dogs." This is the exact direction too, as the characters traveled from Dalegarth to Ravenglass. It's great to see footage of the actual locations in the book, and a testament to Adam's narrative prowess, as this is exactly how I imagined it looked just based on his descriptions, even down to that curve in the beginning!
I have just added this to my Amazon basket, I have to confess I have never read it before but it sounds worth a read. For me this railway will always be the inspiration for Thomas the Tank, but I am looking forward to add another thing to that list.
Lovely video...how the line has progressed. First visited Ravenglass 1959/60 when the line was under threat of closure with only two steam locos ( Esk and Irt ) plus a "tractor", very poor track, rotten sleepers, one passing loop at Irton Rd and no signalling. It was then possible to effectively enjoy a cab ride by bagging a seat in the first of the then all open coaches .... no covered stock then. It's a pity there are now so few open coaches (without the horrible translucent screens....how can they possibly still be needed if they ever were in an open environment?) on the trains these days as the uninterrupted views of the fells are a major attraction. They certainly put me off a return visit.
I am going to be slightly controversial and say I don't mind the Perspex screens. I last went up on boxing day and to say it was cold would be an understatement. The Perspex took the wind chill off whilst still allowing me to be outside (which I would not have done otherwise) and not really detracting from the view. I do get what you are saying though 100% and they won't be for everybody.
I will have a listen after work, however it could be to do with where the camera was placed. The audio on GoPro cameras is never as good as the footage. I have since bought an external microphone to try and improve on this.
@@TheTouristLine The quality of the audio sounds fine to me - I was commenting on the "Chuff-chuff-chuff-chuff (pause) chuff-chuff-chuff-chuff" sound this engine has going on.
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