Ffestiniog Railway January Service

Frsimplex1993 · Post by **Frsimplex1993** » Sat Jan 28, 2006 11:06 pm

Hi,
Recently the Ffestiniog Railway (FfR) have been running trains about a 1/4 way up the line for coach partys. ( http://www.festrail.co.uk/Timetables200 ... rjan06.htm ) i went in this morning to see the loco been preped and saw Mr Bruce Brayne of SPTS cleaning the loco!:

(I didn't want to stop him working!)
I helped to clean after I ajusted to the cold weather.
I cleaned that tank 3 times!:

When the loco got back off it's trip up the line i helped fill the bunker up with coal and rake the ash out.

A short video of Taliesin ( http://www.festrail.co.uk/taliesin.htm ):
http://www.freewebs.com/frvintageweekend/S4010129.avi

There are more photo's to come soon they will be available to view from http://www.billsrailpics.fpic.co.uk .

I wouldn't mind doing those jobs this summer,
William (FRSimplex)

Rfairlie · Post by **Rfairlie** » Sat Jan 28, 2006 11:15 pm

Frsimplex1993 wrote:Hi,
I cleaned that tank 3 times!

I wouldn't mind doing those jobs this summer,

I would mind you doing those jobs this summer if it takes you 3 attempts to clean a tank.

Tim

Frsimplex1993 · Post by **Frsimplex1993** » Sun Jan 29, 2006 12:06 am

A list:
1. Tank cleaned
2. Tank overflow's, re-cleaned
3. Tank overflow's, re-cleaned

sparky123456 · Post by **sparky123456** » Sun Jan 29, 2006 12:26 am

Hopefully I'll be able to do it pretty quick if I end up doing that in summer

Chris

Earl1 · Post by **Earl1** » Sun Jan 29, 2006 8:34 am

Sound's like you've got some duff firemen filling those tanks, either that or a useless valve on a watertower somewhere!!!
And even water can't strip polish off that easily, I question how well it had been polished in the first place.

Frsimplex1993 · Post by **Frsimplex1993** » Sun Jan 29, 2006 2:06 pm

They fill tanks up with a hose pipe at Boston Lodge. The tank didn't look good with all the water over it's side. Does the video work?

Frsimplex1993 · Post by **Frsimplex1993** » Sun Jan 29, 2006 2:35 pm

I'm rather fond of this one:

William

JonPotter · Post by **JonPotter** » Sun Jan 29, 2006 3:17 pm

JonPotter · Post by **JonPotter** » Sun Jan 29, 2006 3:25 pm

That wasn't meant to sound like that - just wondered what made you like that one more than the others?

pitleyfalley · Post by **pitleyfalley** » Sun Jan 29, 2006 3:52 pm

First time for everything... bruce getting his hands dirty with an engine...

Chris

Frsimplex1993 · Post by **Frsimplex1993** » Sun Jan 29, 2006 4:12 pm

I like that photo because of the way the sun hits the slate waggons!

William

Frsimplex1993 · Post by **Frsimplex1993** » Sun Jan 29, 2006 7:23 pm

Sun sets over Boston Lodge area.

More here: http://www.billsrailpics.fpic.co.uk/c843578.html

andrewtoplis · Post by **andrewtoplis** » Sun Jan 29, 2006 9:26 pm

Earl1 wrote:Sound's like you've got some duff firemen filling those tanks, either that or a useless valve on a watertower somewhere!!!
And even water can't strip polish off that easily, I question how well it had been polished in the first place.

Please stop being so critical and dismissive, you might not know the whole story. People in glass houses...

Andy

Earl1 · Post by **Earl1** » Sun Jan 29, 2006 9:30 pm

I'm sorry

lindon19 · Post by **lindon19** » Sun Jan 29, 2006 10:59 pm

Thanks for the great photos William

Enjoyed the vid of Minffordd too, took quite a while to d/l though but worth it

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