The turnaround
Festiniog Railway, Porthmadog, North Wales
Way, way back in March of last year we had a weekend break in Caernarfon so I could shoot the castle sunset and sunrise, which turned out a bit of a disaster, but you’ll have to hunt out the images for the back story. On the Sunday, rather than head straight back home we decided to drive down to Porthmadog and visit one of my other forgotten loves – steam trains.
In my late teens/early 20s I spent many a weekend down on the Festiniog railway working as a volunteer or “Deviationist” as we were known then rebuilding the line back to Blaenau Ffestiniog following the flooding of the line due to hydro power reservoir at Tanygrisiau.
It’s been decades since I last visited and the Welsh Highland Railway and Festiniog now meet at Porthmadog Station. It’s now possible to take a stream train all the way from Caernarfon to Blaenau Ffestiniog via Porthmadog... a trip now firmly on my bucket list. Not sure if Mrs R would be interested as the last trip on the Festiniog didn’t live up to the Orient Express experience she had envisaged.
The turnaround
Festiniog Railway, Porthmadog, North Wales
Way, way back in March of last year we had a weekend break in Caernarfon so I could shoot the castle sunset and sunrise, which turned out a bit of a disaster, but you’ll have to hunt out the images for the back story. On the Sunday, rather than head straight back home we decided to drive down to Porthmadog and visit one of my other forgotten loves – steam trains.
In my late teens/early 20s I spent many a weekend down on the Festiniog railway working as a volunteer or “Deviationist” as we were known then rebuilding the line back to Blaenau Ffestiniog following the flooding of the line due to hydro power reservoir at Tanygrisiau.
It’s been decades since I last visited and the Welsh Highland Railway and Festiniog now meet at Porthmadog Station. It’s now possible to take a stream train all the way from Caernarfon to Blaenau Ffestiniog via Porthmadog... a trip now firmly on my bucket list. Not sure if Mrs R would be interested as the last trip on the Festiniog didn’t live up to the Orient Express experience she had envisaged.