http://www.roger-dimmick.fotopic.net/c1665613.html
More, more, more!!
Standard gauge please note: this is the sort of thing we want to travel in, not fake airline fuselages or surreal bus seats. ::)
Dave.
Very nice indeed. Wonder how much the seats will cost :o
So, how long before the Worsley kit comes out... :laugh:
The new observation coach, the Romanian carriage no. 2060, and FR carriage no. 111 were taken north from the FR on to the WHR across Porthmadog before dawn this morning by FR diesel 'Vale of Ffestiniog'.
The crossing of the standard gauge was done under an engineering possession.
The first such movement in over 70 years.
Prior to the stock movement 'Vale of Ffestiniog' ran across Britannia Bridge light engine at 5:20am.
Here is a link to a vid on you tube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKHx4mnI7aU
Brian Meldon
My wife and I will be journeying from Dinas to Porthmadog (and back) on June 6th. I'm looking forward to it more and more! ;D
firstly, unfortunately in June you'll only get as far as Hafod y Llyn (just south of Nantmor), as the section past there to Port won't open until after the summer season. This is due to an argument over non-payment of bills by the highway agency in Port. sorry, but that section includes most of the best bits anyway.
secondly, worsley are working on a kit, based on images and the other pullman's (carr 2115) details as drawings are impossible to come by at the mo. It's 14m long - that's 184mm long, so you better not have any curves tighter than about 12inch radius, no reverse curves without transitions and plenty of clearance for the DKE! if you pass that test, it's happy days! pullman transfers available for OO already so it should be 'easy'.
C
Quote from: rhydddu009 on March 16, 2009, 21:28
firstly, unfortunately in June you'll only get as far as Hafod y Llyn (just south of Nantmor), as the section past there to Port won't open until after the summer season. This is due to an argument over non-payment of bills by the highway agency in Port. sorry, but that section includes most of the best bits anyway.
Hmmm. I know Vintrage Trains (who're organising the trip) said the train might stop short of Porthmadog, but I didn't realise just how
far short.
Have to make the best of it, I suppose. ::)
Is it just me that can't see the pics in the last post? ???
Quote from: invercloy on June 13, 2009, 18:36
Is it just me that can't see the pics in the last post? ???
I suspect that website hosting the photos don't allow direct linking of images from another site. If you "quote" the message, you can then copy and paste the URLs into the browser individually, but perhaps MikeC might provide a link to the blog, from where we could see the images easily.
Odd - the images were there last week. Now they're gone ???
Anyhoo, if you want to look up the images on my blog, link here: http://saladoth.blogspot.com/
word is that there will be a shuttle service as far as the north side of Pont Croesor by Sept...
have a squint at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78gIsONV5mU its the F&WHR official bit of video. Were working on getting some better shots but it keeps on raining!
If you want to see some more FR and WHR you tube bits look at festshopman's videos. Its me at work so be nice about them.
As a gricer the sight and sound of the Garratts pounding up the hill from Beddgelert is fantastic. The scenerys not bad either!
Cheers John
I'm hoping to call in and have a trip on the WHR in October on returning from Scotland...
Guess I'll need another trip after Easter 2010 too ;)
well you must do, it is simply stunning...
PS the note below about Pont Croesor is now (A1 source) known to be rubbish.
Did it weekend just gone, full trip bus+trains from Bangor to Blaenau. If I'd wanted to I could have connected to the Conwy Valley and completed the circle, but didn't.
Time enough to photo seconds train of the day going into the pass and for a browse of the bookshop and cafe at Gelerts Farm too. Just about tore myself away from the 009 sales, but did buy a copy of Andrew Neale's Hunslet book. Amazing the number of potential kitbashes from the Sierra Leone kit and 08 chassis
2-6-4T, 0-6-2T, 4-4-0T, 0-4-2T...
AE
Re-opening to Portmadoc has now been delayed until Easter 2011 owing to continued wrangling over money owed by the Welsh Highways Agency - see
http://www.isengard.co.uk/#News (http://www.isengard.co.uk/#News)
>:(
Richard