Last Saturday SWMBO and I made a return to the Ffestiniog Railway. In the summer of 2020 we visited the railway but it was only operating on the lower half of the line, as far as Tan y Bwlch, so we missed the more spectacular scenery. Time to set that right! It was beautiful sunny day but unfortunately shots taken in the station at Porthmadog were taking into the sun so the skies were pretty well blown out. I managed to do some recovery in Lightroom but make allowances for the trying conditions
#1: Pullman coach on the West Highland Line
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#2: Double-ended Fairlie locomotive David Lloyd George
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#3: It's lunch time for the driver and her fireman before powering the afternoon "Mountain Spirit" to Blaenau Ffestiniog
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#4: Locomotive No.2 "Prince" is the oldest steam engine still operating on its original railway. She was built in the 1860's at the lines Boston Lodge Works.
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We had a great time and plan to return to ride the West Highland Railway to Caernarfon
On the subject of the Ffestiniog, I've recently found one of there old carriages working in the Derbyshire countryside!
Golden Valley Light Railway, Newlands Inn.
Golden Valley Light Railway by Adam P, on Flickr