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Festiniog and Blaenau Manning Wardles

Discussion in 'Narrow Gauge Railways' started by SpudUk, Sep 27, 2016.

  1. SpudUk

    SpudUk Well-Known Member

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    Hello

    Are there any surviving photographs of the Festiniog and Blaenau's Manning Wardles, Nipper and Scorcher? Only just discovered that part of the Bala and Festiniog was originally narrow gauge
     
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    There are two pictures in "The Welsh Narrow gauge Railway" by J. D. C. A. Prideaux, published by David and Charles in 1976/82. Also a painting in "The Ffestiniog Railway Paintings of Edward Paget Tomlinson" (painting 19).
     
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    There's one of No 2 on a passenger train in RCTS Locomotives of the GWR part 3, attributed to Locomotive Publishing Company. Quite likely to the same as one of those in Prideaux' book
     
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    Pictures in Boyd's "Narrow Gauge Railways in South Caernarvonshire", one of which does not appear in the Prideaux book; I think James Boyd said he found it behind a picture in a local pub! I'm thinking of buying a couple of the Port Wynnstay F & B coaches so must buy the EPT book myself.
    If you're interested I think it was Don Boreham who modelled one of the locos - not sure of the scale, 7mm or 16mm possibly - it appeared on the front cover of "Model Railways" in the late 70s; I have a copy buried somewhere!

    Peter Hayward
     
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    Amazing - thank you as always chaps. They have something of a Fletcher Jennings look to them, albeit with a distinctive Manning Wardle vibe
     
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    I think some one said years ago they might build a new one to visit all the different 2ft gauge lines around the UK, its the sort of thing I could imagine Statfold Barn Railway building to be honest.
     
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    Just found a line drawing of it in a book called the locomotives built by Manning Wardle and Co, a Century locoprints book on a technical level I have it they would have been able to have a TE of around 4,500lb at 75%
     
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    In case you're still interested, the copy of Model Railways with Don Boreham's 16mm scale model is currently on eBay:
    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1980-DEC...211944?hash=item48a83cf2e8:g:~CAAAOSwsN9W~2JI
     
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