The plan for the holiday to Wales had been to squeeze in a load of photography work. Amongst the targets, was the entry into traffic of Baldwin 590, replicating an original Welsh Highland Railway machine. The loco would be operating an intensive service on the Welsh Highland Heritage Railway, the short preserved line on the edge of Porthmadog.
We'd ridden this line only once before, in the gaps between lockdowns during 2020 (literally; we got off the train, got in the car, and put on the radio to the announcement Yorkshire was going into high-tier lockdown). It was nice to visit this time under more pleasant circumstances.
The machine looked glorious, that paint finish is ridiculously glossy.
We stopped off at the main exhibition sheds, and had a stroll around; Elder Child is doing a 'journey' themed art project at school, so was snapping reference pics like mad. Me and Amy took a rather less frantic approach, breaking-off to get pics of 590 when it rolled past.
Eventually we caught the train back to Porthmadog station itself, and whilst The Childs had a mooch around the gift shop, I hung around to get a shot of the loco setting off on another run. By this time, the clouds were burning off, and the sun was in the right place...
...which proved worth the wait. Trackside, June issue. Llangollen had been a good start to the holiday from a railway photography point of view, and the Sunday was if anything even better.
No comments:
Post a Comment