Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railways - 'Scene Thru The Lens'
F&WHR - April 2009
1st April 2009 to 30th April 2009
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05.04.09: NG/G16 No.143 rolls down the 1 in 40 grade towards Beddgelert Forest Campsite, having just crossed LC44.33 (Coed Mawr Crossing) with the first test train on the final day of simulated running between Rhyd Ddu and Beddgelert...
05.04.09: Fireman James King adopts a relaxed stance as NG/G16 No.143 approaches LC44.41 (Meillionen Crossing)...
05.04.09: NG/G16 No.143 stands outside Beddgelert Station, as Driver Mike Middleton waits for permission to proceed into the platform road...
05.04.09: NG/G16 No.143 rolls across UB46.77 (Lower Cwmcloch Riverbridge) on the final approach to Beddgelert Station...
05.04.09: NG/G16 No.143 stands in Beddgelert Station with the blower on, as the footplate crew busy themselves in the cab preparing for the climb up through Beddgelert Forest...
05.04.09: With cylinder drain-cocks wide open and injectors on, NG/G16 No.143 prepares to leave Beddgelert Station...
05.04.09: As the escaping clouds of steam envelop the surroundings, NG/G16 No.143 eases away from Beddgelert Station...
05.04.09: Once on the move, the regulator is opened wider and an unfamiliar ‘Whoomph’, ‘Whoomph’ starts to fill the air as NG/G16 No.143 shoulders the load and digs into the 1 in 40 climb away from Beddgelert Station...
05.04.09: Weather conditions have deteriorated higher up the valley, and the summit of Snowdon is obscured by clouds, as NG/G16 No.143 steams across the open ground below Hafod Ruffydd Ganol...
05.04.09: Members of the Black Hand Gang take a brief break from constructing the platform shelter - and campers rush up with their cameras - as NG/G16 No.143 rolls downhill past Meiillionen Forest Campsite Halt with the second test train of the day...
05.04.09: NG/G16 No.143 passes Meillionen Forest Campsite Halt as it heads towards Beddgelert with the second test train of the day...
05.04.09: FR Society Magazine Editor, John Dobson, ‘captures’ NG/G16 No.143 steaming out of Beddgelert Station at the start of the return trip to Rhyd Ddu...
05.04.09: NG/G16 No.143 crosses UB46.72 (Pont Alyn) over the Cwm Cloch Bridleway, at the start of the lower reverse curves immediately above Beddgelert Station...
05.04.09: Above the tranquil waters of Llyn-y-Gader, NG/G16 No.143 rounds the curve from Pitt’s Head Bridge and onto the undulating length of straight track leading to Rhyd Ddu...
05.04.09: NG/G16 No.143 passes below Fridd Uchaf farmhouse nestling in the trees, and the valley carved by Nant yr Aran, as the train bustles towards Rhyd Ddu...
05.04.09: The rounded summit of Yr Aran looms overhead as fleeting pools of sunshine dash across the landscape, briefly illuminating NG/G16 No.143 on the approach to Rhyd Ddu...
05.04.09: The rounded summit of Yr Aran looms overhead as fleeting pools of sunshine dash across the landscape, briefly illuminating NG/G16 No.143 on the approach to Rhyd Ddu...
05.04.09: Sheep graze peacefully on the upland pastures, as NG/G16 No.143 steams into Rhyd Ddu Station...
05.04.09: A change of loco-crew, but the same relaxed stance - Fireman Peter Harrison keeps an eye on the line ahead as NG/G16 No.143 rounds Canal Curve with the penultimate test train prior to re-opening to Beddgelert...
05.04.09: NG/G16 No.143 emerges into brilliant sunshine as it continues round Canal Curve at the top of the Weirglodd S-bend...
05.04.09: NG/G16 No.143 approaches LC43.59 - the open crossing to Weirglodd Isaf - as the train heads through the upper reverse curves...
05.04.09: NG/G16 No.143 rolls across LC43.59 in the middle of the upper reverse curves - ahead the track bears left, before swinging sharp right as the line doubles back on itself...
05.04.09: NG/G16 No.143 glides downhill on the approach to Coed Mawr and the Beddgelert Forest Campsite...
05.04.09: Emerging from the forest, NG/G16 No.143 heads towards the lower reverse curves at Cwm Cloch...
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