Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railways - 'Scene Thru The Lens'
F&WHR - June 2009
1st June 2009 to 30th June 2009
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02.06.09: In response to a request from CADW for photographs of the Old Engine Shed, ‘Palmerston’ and Curly Roof Van No.1 were posed outside the restored building - giving the opportunity to recreate a ‘times-past’ scene...
02.06.09: In response to a request from CADW for photographs of the Old Engine Shed, ‘Palmerston’ and Curly Roof Van No.1 were posed outside the restored building - giving the opportunity to recreate a ‘times-past’ scene...
02.06.09: ‘Palmerston’ and Curly Roof Van No.1 stand outside the Old Engine Shed, with the summit of Snowdon clearly visible in the distance...
02.06.09: ‘Palmerston’ and Curly Roof Van No.1 stand outside the Old Engine Shed, which is crowned by a corona of crystalline cirrus clouds...
02.06.09: The newly-restored Old Engine Shed basks in the afternoon sunshine, with the corrugated cladding of the extension reflecting the blue sky above...
15.06.09: Another day, another engine shed - ‘K1’ sits beside the inspection pit in Dinas Loco Shed on the Rheilffordd Eryri / Welsh Highland Railway...
15.06.09: NG/G16s No.143 and No.87 sit outside Dinas Loco Shed as they are prepared for two special charters. Pioneer Garratt ‘K1’ awaits the arrival of the fitters to replace its damaged brick arch...
15.06.09: The reflection provided by one of ‘K1’s spectacle plates provides the impression of a greatly enlarged loco fleet...
15.06.09: NG/G16s No.143 and No.87 sit outside Dinas Loco Shed as they are prepared for two special charters...
15.06.09: NG/G16s No.143 and No.87 sit outside Dinas Loco Shed as they are prepared for two special charters...
15.06.09: The rear bunker on NG/G16 No.143 provides a distorted reflection of No.87 standing alongside...
15.06.09: The rear bunker on NG/G16 No.143 provides a distorted reflection of No.87 standing alongside...
15.06.09: NG/G16 No.143’s original rear bunker was standing on the ground in Dinas North Yard, providing easy access to photograph the warning sign on the rear...
15.06.09: Dai Jones, at the controls of ‘Vale of Ffestiniog’, indulges in a bit of shunting around Dinas North Yard to prepare the two three-coach rakes required for the day’s charter trains...
15.06.09: Dai Jones, at the controls of ‘Vale of Ffestiniog’, indulges in a bit of shunting around Dinas North Yard to prepare the two three-coach rakes required for the day’s charter trains...
15.06.09: NG/G16 No.87 stands at the coaling bank, beneath a developing mass of cumulo-nimbus clouds...
15.06.09: NG/G16 No.87, at the head of the day’s second charter train, emerges from the trees at Plas Bodaden as it steams towards Waunfawr...
15.06.09: NG/G16 No.87 steams through the open fields at Bodaden, as the train approaches Rhostryfan Road...
15.06.09: Fireman Paul de Thierry stands in the cab doorway, as NG/G16 No.87 passes the site of Betws Garmon station and approaches the river bridge...
15.06.09: The brilliant sunshine illuminates the short train as it heads across UB 31.59 - the bridge over the Afon Gwyrfai...
15.06.09: NG/G16 No.87 slows the short train as it approaches OB 31.74 - the road bridge at Betws Garmon...
15.06.09: Driver Pete Lawson brings NG/G16 No.87 round the curve over Plas y Nant bridge, as the train approaches the foot crossing leading to the Halt...
15.06.09: It’s obvious that this is foxglove season, as NG/G16 No.87 heads through the pastoral setting of Caeaugwynion...
15.06.09: Yes, I like foxgloves..! NG/G16 No.87 steams across the slopes of the Upper Gwyrfai valley at Bron-y-fedw...
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