Ffestiniog Interactive II Gala, May 2003

The timetable showed Linda & Mountaineer double-heading the next up train, so we decided to go down to Penrhyn to see them working hard.  I was chastised for misreading the timetable as we strolled round the corner above the crossing and met Taliesin rolling down over the road, a quick thinking response was that it wasn't a good spot for taking pictures of down trains!  

Linda & Mountaineer raised echoes from the other side of the valley as they departed from Penrhyn.  As James watched them get get closer he quickly realised that a) as they got nearer the noise was going to get much louder and b) he was at exactly the same height as the two chimneys, so the noise was going to get VERY MUCH LOUDER!  James decided that sticking his fingers in his ears was much safer than trying to take photographs of fire breathing monsters!

We would like to thank the Station Master at Minffordd who spent a while patiently explaining to James how the token instruments worked, then took us over show us the bottom end ground frame and demonstrate how the token released the frame.  James had been puzzled by the presence of three instruments, but explaining how Rhiw Goch was switched in and out solved that mystery.


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Penrhyn Crossing and Minffordd - Sunday 4th May

‘Linda’ leads ‘Mountaineer’ across Penrhyn level crossing with the 13:40 ex-Porthmadog.   (04/05/2003)
‘Linda’ leads ‘Mountaineer’ across Penrhyn level crossing with the 13:40 ex-Porthmadog.
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‘Linda’ and ‘Mountaineer’ pass the photographer above Penrhyn level crossing with the 13:40 ex-Porthmadog.   (04/05/2003)
‘Linda’ and ‘Mountaineer’ pass the photographer above Penrhyn level crossing with the 13:40 ex-Porthmadog.
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Visitor ‘Stanhope’ leads ‘Prince’ into Minffordd on a freight train   (04/05/2003)
Visitor ‘Stanhope’ leads ‘Prince’ into Minffordd on a freight train
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‘Stanhope’ and ‘Prince’ leave Minffordd for Rhiw Goch with a freight train   (04/05/2003)
‘Stanhope’ and ‘Prince’ leave Minffordd for Rhiw Goch with a freight train
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Porthmadog

‘David Lloyd George’ departs from Porthmadog with a vintage train   (04/05/2003)
‘David Lloyd George’ departs from Porthmadog with a vintage train
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The vintage train heads out across the Cob as the rain clouds gather   (04/05/2003)
The vintage train heads out across the Cob as the rain clouds gather
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‘Tea-Time with Taliesin’      (04/05/2003)
‘Tea-Time with Taliesin’
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Down train arriving at Porthmadog in push-pull mode, Criccieth Castle at the far end.   (04/05/2003)
Down train arriving at Porthmadog in push-pull mode, Criccieth Castle at the far end.
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‘Criccieth Castle’ stands with C Set in Harbour station after arrival from Blaenau Ffestinion   (04/05/2003)
‘Criccieth Castle’ stands with C Set in Harbour station after arrival from Blaenau Ffestinion
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