Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railways - 'Scene Thru The Lens'
F&WHR - September 2009
1st September 2009 to 30th September 2009
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01.09.09: Porthmadog Signalman Harry Saville, the FR’s most recently qualified Guard, wonders where the engine-driver has got to - as he climbs onto ‘Merddin Emrys’ at the head of the 10:15 departure from Porthmadog...
01.09.09: Driver Nigel ‘Bear’ Muskett acknowledges the Guard’s “Right Away” from the footplate of ‘Merddin Emrys’ at the head of the 10:15 departure from Porthmadog...
01.09.09: A shaft of brilliant sunshine backlights the exhaust against the darkened sky, as ‘Merddin Emrys’ steams away from Porthmadog with the 10:15 to Blaenau Ffestiniog...
01.09.09: ‘Earl of Merioneth’ drifts out of a cloud of steam while moving from Porthmadog’s water tower to the coaling waggon...
01.09.09: Driver Andrew Morris adds another bucket of coal to ‘Earl of Merioneth’s bottom end bunker...
01.09.09: ‘Liquid Sunshine’ - Andy Morris prepares to move ‘Earl of Merioneth’ away from the coaling waggon in the middle of a torrential downpour...
01.09.09: Driver Nigel ‘Bear’ Muskett and Fireman Lyn Graham-Taylor try their hand at synchronised shovel swinging while filling the bottom end coal bunker on ‘Merddin Emrys’...
01.09.09: Driver Nigel ‘Bear’ Muskett takes ‘Merddin Emrys’ away from the coaling waggon at Harbour Station...
01.09.09: ‘Merddin Emrys’ steams out of Harbour Station, while moving empty carriage stock from the platform road to the station yard...
01.09.09: Seen through the scattered rain droplets on a carriage window, ‘Merddin Emrys’ simmers in the station yard at Harbour Station...
01.09.09: “I Can See Clearly Now”... Driver Nigel ‘Bear’ Muskett in the cab of ‘Merddin Emrys’...
01.09.09: Fireman Lyn Graham-Taylor, seemingly surprised by a burst of sunshine, strolls through the sidings at Harbour Station while supervising shunting...
01.09.09: ‘Blanche’ receives attention from a German enthusiast, while standing in Harbour Station at the head of the recently arrived 16:10 ex-Blaenau Ffestiniog...
01.09.09: Driver Peter Nott poses beside ‘Blanche’, at the request of an enthusiast photographer...
01.09.09: Emma Broadhurst, now ‘passed out’ as a qualified Fireman on all types of FR steam locomotives, has clearly enjoyed another day on the footplate of ‘Blanche’...
01.09.09: ‘Blanche’ draws away from the carriage stock and drifts towards the water tower at Porthmadog...
01.09.09: Globe-trotting Driver Peter Nott - an Australian, living in California, who volunteers as an FR Engine Driver for several weeks every summer - transfers ‘Blanche’s headlamp to the front of the loco...
01.09.09: Driver Peter Nott oils round ‘Blanche’ as the loco simmers at Porthmadog’s water tower...
01.09.09: ‘Blanche’ rolls away from Harbour Station and heads back to the engine shed at Boston Lodge...
01.09.09: Driver Andrew Morris eases ‘Earl of Merioneth’ towards the coaling waggon in Harbour Station, as the torrential downpour continues...
01.09.09: Porthmadog Signalman Harry Saville guides ‘Merddin Emrys’, with Driver Nigel ‘Bear’ Muskett at the regulators, towards the empty carriage stock in Harbour Station platform...
01.09.09: Harry Saville operates the Porthmadog ground frame, beside the newly-constructed Signaller’s Cabin...
01.09.09: Fireman Lyn Graham-Taylor returns to the footplate of ‘Merddin Emrys’, while ‘Blanche’ stands at the Home signal on the Cob with the 16:10 ex-Blaenau Ffestiniog, waiting for the shunting manoeuvres to be completed...
01.09.09: Fireman Emma Broadhurst prepares to pass the token to Signalman Harry Saville, as ‘Blanche’ rolls into Harbour Station with the 16:10 ex-Blaenau Ffestiniog...
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