The most Welsh Celtic British railway scene I have ever seen! Beautiful Welsh scenery!

Another great video ,brought back memories Maesteg ,penallta ,cwmbargoed .I remember that deep navigation sign at the colliery entrance as I passed it a number of times after visiting the chip shop as a guard and driver . Also memories of the line to Ebbw Vale ,marine colliery ,oakdale . Fascinating stuff .great memories

I'm an Ystrad boy born, and a Nelson boy bred, footage is a little bit before my time, but the line to cwmbargoed is still used for the ffos y fran open cast, all 66's now tho. I was born in brynmynach, the junction onto the Rhymney valley line passed the bottom of my street, got fond memories watching the 37s going past all day long, great footage, just wish i had better memories of it all

Grew up and still live in Durham , North east. Great memories of the 37s hauling coal in the mid 80s , great sound

The camera work and shots in this video are inspiration.. I love the way the zooming and panning has been done - so difficult to get right. Will watch this a few times. Thank you

In the 80's a single class 37 could haul thousands of tons. Now they serve by doubling with another 37, with a 3rd loco at the back to shunt a few passenger carriages

fanatstic vid the Class 37's sounds awesome its great there still being used & preserved

Great video and subject matter. Good to see the 37s in the Welsh coal heartland. A superb record of a now long gone period of history. Really enjoyed. Thank you.

I used to drive class 37s triple headers with 35 40 wagons of coal out of Ayrshire when I was a fireman out of eastfield traction depot springburn Glasgow 1974 I was only 19 years old my uncle was a mainline senior driver he would let me drive every time we were on the same shift loved the passenger work queen st Glasgow to Oban on the west highland line loved the job hated the shifts

Superb Mike.

great stuff

Absolutely excellent footage 👍

Great to see how it used to be !

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Absolutely wonderful Mike. A couple of bits of additional information if I may. At 11:44 the train of MEAs is most likely from Taff Merthyr running to Alexandra Dock Junction for Newport Docks. The MEAs were introduced for this traffic I'm told. The train at 20:54 is coming off the Penallta branch. Best wishes, Chris.

Epic video footage, Mike! Well done 👍. You’ve earned yourself another subscriber, just joined I did. Regards from a fellow 37 tractor and Welsh fan... Caleb from South Australia. Stay healthy. Cheers 🙂

Signal box still there in Neath for the valleys, although nothing goes towards Cwmgrach now. Neath abbey wharf has gone as well. The swing bridge is still there though.

Childhood memories

Awesome video love the shots at lime kiln box I live very close to the crossing here in risca it was criminal when the box was demolished when the line was upgraded to the passenger line the crossing is still busy controlled by park Jct but a class 170 is no match for a 37 in the valleys

Interesting to see Deep Navigation when it was still operational. I know someone who’s old man used to work there.

15:45 great stuff

top stuff bro.