Pushing The Boat Out - The Vintage Gala To End All Vintage Galas?

At 10:45 Merddin Emrys departed with a mixed train, the Victorian Festiniog Railway at it's best with the carriages in the 1870s livery, the curly roof brake van and a trailing load of slate waggons; just the sort of train that Merddin would have been put to work on in 1879.
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Merddin's Relaunch, The Mixed Train

It’s been a long wait to see the Victorian set with ‘Merddin Emrys’. (15/10/2005)
It’s been a long wait to see the Victorian set with ‘Merddin Emrys’.
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‘Merddin Emrys’ stands in Harbour station with the Spooner era set. (15/10/2005)
‘Merddin Emrys’ stands in Harbour station with the Spooner era set.
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‘Merddin Emrys’ sets back into the platform road with the carriages of the mixed train. (15/10/2005)
‘Merddin Emrys’ sets back into the platform road with the carriages of the mixed train.
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Waiting to depart with the mixed train. (15/10/2005)
Waiting to depart with the mixed train.
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‘Prince’ runs across the Cob with the returning Garraway era set. (15/10/2005)
‘Prince’ runs across the Cob with the returning Garraway era set.
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Quarrymen’s carriages at the top end of ‘Prince’s train as it runs back along the Cob. (15/10/2005)
Quarrymen’s carriages at the top end of ‘Prince’s train as it runs back along the Cob.
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‘Merddin Emrys’ approaches along the Cob with the mixed train. (15/10/2005)
‘Merddin Emrys’ approaches along the Cob with the mixed train.
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‘Merddin Emrys’ gleams in the sun as the mixed train heads out along the Cob. (15/10/2005)
‘Merddin Emrys’ gleams in the sun as the mixed train heads out along the Cob.
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The mixed train runs away into the distance along the Cob. (15/10/2005)
The mixed train runs away into the distance along the Cob.
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