I just stumbled across this video😯 WOW! Glen, this is what we have to do back in Trinidad, we still have some existing infrastructure, and a few bits and pieces of the original north south route that can probably be restored & reinstated. What an amazing, nostalgic and ambitious project Barbados has endeavoured to create, I am extremely impressed👍
We have a long way to go in Trinidad if we could ever achieve the same which has been done in Barbados. I have been trying to get the message across to Trinidad now for almost 15 years. I agree, Trinidad has so much more to offer, but...
@@galbeadon Wishful thinking on my behalf I suppose, but the insane traffic situation alone, would merit having a rail re-introduced, however the foresight and ambition needed to execute such a project, may never come to pass.
Wow Glen, it looks like the biggest N scale layout ever built (this is Luca btw)! And that must be the most daring turntable in history.. no mistakes allowed there. Super cute.
Thank you Dave, much appreciated. I had a great time out there last week. Say, I'm now also on the look out for old photographs of the Barbados railway, just so you know. Cheers, Glen
You must return. The steam ride is out of this world. With that 1 in 33 gradient the engine is put through her paces and the sound is just superb, even better than in the video. Thanks for subscribing.
No offence taken by some comments. In fact all comments are very welcome. St Nicholas Abbey are very aware of the impact of smoke from the engine and are working on several alternative fuels so as to reduce the impact of exhaust smoke. Progress has indeed been made and the situation only continues to improve. At the end of the day it is an authentic steam locomotive and the impact of its smoke exhaust, for historical reasons, is a very small compromise with little impact on this part of the island where the population is very small and the spaces are mostly open cane fields or forest. Go and see it and you will see what I mean, it is a wonderful little railway that captures the essence of the erstwhile Barbados Government Railway in so many ways.
Nice one mate, love your video. Lovely to see that little beast being put back to life. Wonderful job done by both the guys at Statfold Barn and St. Nicholas Abbey. Wish I could see it.
It's interesting to see part of an old railway restored on Barbados it will bring more tourists to Barbados. indeed it makes me want to go back to see this new Railway great Camera Work Glen.
Thanks for this video, i life and stay near ceper baru and Gondang baru sugar Mill on Klaten central Java, i remember this Loco working on line field, ceper baru sugar Mill
@@galbeadon thanks Mr , this remembering my childhood ini my village when the locomotive bring sugar cane from fields to Mill and many children put the sugar cane from this lorri/loco
If I was to ever do something like that I'll probably operate a steam and diesel powered tourist train in Fiji that'll circle around its main island where the capital Nadi is on the sugar cane train network with two steam locomotives acquired from Indonesia which'll be restored in the UK by Alan Keef, a narrow gauge main line diesel locomotive acquired in Poland or Romania, a small diesel shunter acquired from the Sugar Cane company working as a shop switcher and coaches manufactured in Romania.
They'll be a dining car serving Fiji Water, soda, Fijian food, fish & chips and desserts plus an observation car at the rear with free wi fi and recharge ports for people to charge their tablets and smartphones.
Or I can acquire two steam locomotives in Indonesia, ship them to the UK to the Stanford Barn Railway to be overhauled and then shipped to Fiji plus have the enclosed air conditioned coaches manufactured in the UK by Stanford Barn Engineering and acquire Romanian made narrow gauge diesel locomotives which'll be overhauled in Romania.
Someone who knows that one wood-burning steam locomotive releases pro-capita less CO2 than a diesel-powered tourist bus, without any dangerous pollutants such as NOx and particulate. Maybe no Einstein but probably smarter than most.
@@skiprope536 it's a tourist attraction, not a commuter train. Also, the smoke might seem a bit dirtier but the island is looking to switch to completely renewable resources by 2030, including in the transportation sector, so the effects from this on the environment will be negligible compared to the reduction in pollution and improved air quality due to switching all buses and fleet vehicles to full electric.
