We are busy with special trains of one kind or another this weekend - at least four at the last count, plus the normal service trains. Unfortunately the weather this morning wasn't exactly ideal for photography, but I did get two or three shots that will be suitable for the summer issue of the Magazine:
New Ffestiniog Railway Pullman Observation No.150 on its very first passenger-carrying trip – a special for the people who financed and built it. It was actually built in 2014 but spent 2015 on exhibition in various places around UK, including Paddington Station in London, as part of the railways' publicity drive. It couldn't be used in service until companion service car No.125 was built. The Pullman is No.150 to mark the 150th anniversary of the start of passenger services on the FR.
D5. Nikkor 24-120 f4, ISO 500, f8, 1/250.
The new Service Car No.125. Also its first day in service. From left to right there are the Guard's (Conductor's) compartment, toilet, on-board generator compartment and buffet-kitchen. The whole train is corridor-connected, of course.
D5. Nikkor 24-120 f4, ISO 320, f8, 1/250.
The special train at Minffordd. Locomotive
Lyd, built at Boston Lodge, is a replica of a Lynton & Barnstaple Manning Wardle 2-6-2T which went into service in 2010. The rear 4 carriages have all been built over the past two years – two standard-class Super Saloons, Nos.117 and 119, No.125 and No.150.
D5. Nikkor 24-120 f4, ISO 1100, f8, 1/500.
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