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Ffestiniog Railway Fairlie
12 David Lloyd George leaves Blaenau Ffestiniog with the 11:45
train to Porthmadog on 4 June 2005. It had just about stopped raining, but
the clouds are still enveloping the mountains in the background. Note the
standard gauge line to Llandudno Junction in the foreground. David Lloyd
George was built at the railway's Boston Lodge works in 1992, and is the
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Schöma 0-4-0 86hp 5129 and
its slave unit stand amid the weeds near Top Moors Farm, Swinefleet on 1
September 2002, shortly after the 3 ft gauge peat railway ceased
operations. This view is looking towards Goole, and Drax Power Station can
clearly be seen on the horizon. This loco was one of a pair that were used
on the line its later years, and they were considerably more powerful than
anything used previously. The lines stretched for miles onto Goole and
Swinefleet Moors, with both permanent and semi-permanent sections of track
laid to reach the various peat cutting areas. The site, which had been
operated by Fisons, Levingtons, and finally Scotts, has now been taken
over by English Nature. |
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Motor Rail 0-4-0 40hp
40s302 stands abandoned in the grass at Bank Top, on the Swinefleet Peat
Railway on 1 September 2002. Surrounded by more discarded equipment, and
on the opposite of the rough track to the surviving railway line, this
loco has obviously seen better days! The 3 ft gauge line had just recently
closed, although this particular loco had been out of use since 1996. Like
most of the locos used on the line it had been modified throughout its
life, the cab in particular been altered. |
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Welshpool & Llanfair
Railway 0-6-0T 2 The Countess passes Dolarddyn with the final
Welshpool to Llanfair train of the day on 2 August 1987. She is one of the
original locomotives built for the line in 1903 by Beyer Peacock. The
other loco built at the same time is 1 The Earl. Unlike many Welsh
narrow gauge railways built to exploit the slate industry, this line was
built to serve a purely agricultural area, and not surprisingly never made
a profit. |