Ffestiniog Railway Vintage Weekend 2010

Last weekend the Ffestiniog Railway ran its first Vintage Weekend for 5 years, as was expected this was the finest of events.


Friday morning, Palmerston & Merddin Emrys are prepeared outside Boston Lodge Old Engine Shed

Merddin Emrys goes off shed with the cob and Porthmadog in the background

Friday' 'Up Slates' hauled by Palmerston

Sailing to Porthmadog on The Boat

The Boat hitches a lift to Blaenau on the back of the Quarrymen's train

5 engines, 1 train, an ECS movement to Boston Lodge. The 3 engines closest to the train were all built in the last 31 years, the one at the front is the oldest loco still operating on the railway it was built for

 

If only this pane of glass in the Old Engine Shed could talk


As the sun sets Palmerston is put to bed

Saturday Morning and the sun rises as Taliesin departs Port with the Up Slates

Taliesin makes a wet departure from Rhiw Goch

Letting Gravity take the strain

Merddin Emrys and the Victorian mixed train arrives at Minffordd, attached to the back is a rake of about 18 empty slate waggons

 

Moel-Y-Gest Quarries used to run their De Winton shunter in to Harbour Station, new-build Leary played this role

Moelwyn (probably the oldest I/C loco in regular use in the world) and the coal train at Porthmadog

Merddin Emrys shunts the slate empties on the Cob

Much activity at Porthmadog

Sunday morning and the top end portion of the 40 waggon slate train rounds on to Cei Mawr with Merddin Emrys at the front, this time next year hopefully we'll have 50 waggons again

The Boat runs through Tan-Y-Bwlch on its non-stop, buffer stop to buffer-stop run

 

Monday morning and a monster freight train is marshelled to put the toys back in the box at Minffordd

Double headed with WW1 traction