NG/G16 No.87 basks in the afternoon sunshine outside Boston Lodge Engineering Works on the Ffestiniog Railway. This loco - built by John Cockerill of Seraing, Belgium in 1936 (works no. 3267) - u... (more)

Torrential rain sweeps through Wales (and much of the rest of the UK). Despite the weather, Double Fairlie 'David Lloyd George' prepares for departure. She's the newest and most powerful of the Fe... (more)

Narrow gauge paraphernalia at the Ffestiniog Railway's workshops, as showers sweep cross the magnifcent peaks of Snowdonia. The wagon containing locomotive coal originated from South Africa. See w... (more)

1879-built Double Fairlie 'Merddin Emrys' about to leave Boston Lodge for Porthmadog for another day's work. Boston Lodge is the engine's birthplace and also the location of no fewer than 3 rebuil... (more)

Former Penrhyn Railway 0-4-0 tender-tank 'Blanche' (Hunslet, 1893) is prepared for Ffestiniog Railway duties at Boston Lodge.

2 ft gauge 'Prince', an 1863 built 0-4-0 tank-tender engine, now converted to burn oil, with a photo charter made up of slate wagons waits on the sharp curves at Ddualt while the sun tries to fin... (more)

I've only ever visited the Ffestiniog Railway once. That was in 1978. Here is one of the photos I took that day of Linda, in her oil-burning days.

Double Fairlie David Lloyd George crossing The Cob with a train bound for Blaenau Ffestiniog

Ffestiniog loco Blanche takes a train across The Cob towards harbour Station in Porthmadog North Wales

Double Fairlie Earl Of Merioneth running around at Harbour Station Porthmadog

Palmerston on the newly relaid section of the Welsh Highland Railway, squeeling round the top bend of the S curves behind Beddgelert station on the 3% (1:40) grade

The Ffestinog Railway was built in the 1830s as a horse and gravity operated line to transport slate from the quarries at Blaenau Ffestiniog to the harbour at Porthmadog. This is a recreation of a... (more)

'David Lloyd George', one of the Double Fairlie type unique to the Ffestinog Railway, is seen in spectacular countryside soon after leaving Tanygrisiau with a Porthmadog bound train. The train is ... (more)

1864-built 'Prince' leads 1999-built replica 'Taliesin' over Penrhyn level crossing with a Ffestiniog Railway train bound for Blaenau Ffestiniog.