Even though it runs past where we stay in Wales, we don't have as much to do with the Welsh Highland Railway when compared to the Ffestiniog. There's fewer trains, and whilst powerful and impressive pieces of engineering, they're less photogenic from most angles.
Elder Child wanted an afternoon birding down at the excellent Osprey site and bird hides at Pont Croeser, so after dropping her off, I (Ben) strolled around the site, getting some reference pictures. The level crossing is looking a bit battered.
A nice little station, though little-used.
I thought I'd get some shots, as reference for making something similar for the garden railway. I've a special roller-tool for making corrugated metalwork.
When we did the Glaslyn Pass, I tried to get a shot whilst Amy was doing her underwater pictures, but the lighting was poor.
In the search of somewhere out of the rain, we had lunch up at the station, where the train was waiting to pull out back to Porthmadog.
Sunday was markedly improved, weather-wise, just as we were leaving for Yorkshire, but there was a last chance of some pics whilst we were having a cold drink at the station.
I've been wanting to do a shot like this for a long time; nearly scuppered however, by the stupidly-placed bin ruining the composition, and a couple of chaps from the brass band who ran right in front of the camera just before this shot.
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