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Iarl Merioneth crossing the Cob on the Ffestiniog Railway
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| This is Earl of Merioneth, not Merddin Emrys - just letting you know. |
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Preparing Linda for the day May 2004
Narrow Gauge Railways |
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| nice pictures - but this is LINDA not Mountineer! |
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Graham Bond, driver and FR Society Treasurer
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| this is Graham Bond, driver and FR Society Treasurer. Nice bloke! |
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The Crew of Earl Of Merioneth
Ffestiniog The Hard Way |
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| This isn't Earl of Merioneth, this is Blanche |
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| Nice shot - but it's Blanche, not the Earl. the driver is Iain Wilkinson. |
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Gelert and Polish Diesel double heading at Pen-y-Mount
Dirty Chappies |
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2006-08-06 18:57:14 |
Left by Peter Procter (#1032833) |
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| Ofcourse, VERY heritage (original WHR loco? no - heritage deisel? not very 20s WHR!)! *sarcasm*
There seems to me to be a great jealousy of the FR on WHR (P)'s part. Thing is, it was never going to be possible to rebuild the line to the rose tinted 1920s style dream of the 1964 company - largely due to little of the line's infrastructure surviving, compared to FR's remnants pre preservation. It could I agree be said that the FR highjacked the project.. but then, would the line ever REALLY be (*re?)built otherwise? A last point to make is that whoever builds it, in whatever style they choose - *it was never going to be and never could be the original WHR. FR survived virtually intact into preservation (regardless of the deviation which is a seperate issue) but WHR was torn up and destroyed a long time before any restoration effort could realisitcally be made (biggest issue being the complete lack of track!). Something else - I believe that in its last days, WHR was under FR control whom tried to revive it when it couldn't keep itself standing. They tried to help it - something to be grateful for perhaps? A new WHR without FR involvement just wouldn't work out, partly due to the two line's relative proximity - both companies would suffer. And since the WHR was lastly in the hands of the old FR; a samaritan whom tried to make it a success, why *shouldn't* the new FR build the new WHR? I can't wait to experience Superpower activities soon.. at the proper WHR, not a *fake* 'heritage' wannabee. About as heritage as Prince's ugly modern frames.. CONTROVERSIAL! |
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Stanier Black 5 at Highley on Sunday 05.03.06
Severn Valley Railway 2006 |
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2006-03-12 18:08:26 |
Left by Roland Bodenschatz (#0) |
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| Albeit even this photo is dominated by black colour, I like it more than the two-tone version you posted to Trekearth. |
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Prairie Tank at Rifle range
Severn Valley Railway 25th August 2008 |
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| Just a quick note:
That 4566 is a prairie tank engine.
part from that, nice shot |
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Watering NG15 at Caernarfon
North Wales Narrow Gauge October 2007 |
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| This is a photo of Cedric Lodge, without whose energy and vision, the WHR would never have been built. A HERO. |
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Taliesin at Minffordd Station
Ffestiniog Railway July 2008 |
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| Blimey, I didn't notice anyone taking photos of me =S |
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| You were busy working whilst I was just having fun on holiday,if you want a copy of this let me have your e-mail address and I will send you a full size file
Nigel Cliff
PS the other engine on here is it Blanche or Linda so I can label the shot properly |
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| The other engine is Blanche |
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