One from a while ago, on what was planned to be the last trip of the year to Wales (but wasn't in the end, as we returned to shoot those Inflate-Deflate pictures). Towards the end of October we headed off to Porthmadog for a day on the trains, riding the Ffestiniog Railway during their Victorian weekend. Lots of heritage stock, the older engines... all tends to be a bit more interesting than the regular service, with so many preserved items in service.
We were not, however, blessed with terribly good weather, and it was a bit dull and murky... as can be seen in the shot above of a Welsh Highland Railway service shunting in the station whilst we were waiting for the right-away.
We got Rover tickets so we could make the most of the line, including lunch at Tanybwlch, where we watched a demonstration goods which has just passed one of the Double Fairlie locos.
At least it was a bit chilly, which meant some good dramatic steam effects.
Pretty early on in the day though, it was obvious that the light was too murky for colour pics, so I decided to aim for some grey-scale shots, though it was still rather dark.
"Palmerston" at Harbour Station.
Mixed train and demonstration goods train at Harbour.
Double Fairlie "Merddin Emrys" at Blaenau Ffestiniog.
Empty slate train at Harbour.
"Palmerston" drifting back into Harbour.
And finally, what looks to be the most fun seat on the trains...
That's probably it for this side of Christmas, though if we get chance we'll try and do something like a look back at the year, and a heads-up for what is coming in early 2018. In the meantime, thanks to our regular readers and supporters, and Merry Christmas.
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