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16 August 2010. New build Lyd sits in Rhiw Goch loop on test whilst Merddin Emrys passes with a service train (photo - Dave Thurlow) 23 August 2010. Merddin Emrys sits at Boston Lodge waiting to go to Porthmadog 27 August 2010. An ecclectic mix of stock including the S&T crane sit with Criccieth Castle at Minffordd 28 August 2010. The view at the top end of Minffordd station is changing significantly with the construction of the new bypass. The lake by Earl of Merioneth is where the the new road will dip down some 20 feet to go under the railway

22 August 2010. The new porthole bugbox is making good progress - the roof is being covered here 22 August 2010. Double engines on shed - Merddin Emrys and Earl of Merioneth are prepared for traffic 22 August 2010. The Earl of Merioneth approaches Minffordd, crossing the Cambrian line 23 August 2010. Every year, the flowers around the railway are tended to and give magnificent displays. Merddin Emrys is outflanked by the flower display at Porthmadog

1 August 2010. The completed Pickering replica carriage for the Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway departs Minffordd yard (photo - Chris Jones) 14 August 2010. New wheelsets for the FRS sponsored carriage bogies lined up in the new erecting shop 14 August 2010. Quarry hunslet Britomart is up in the air for some maintenance work 14 August 2010. The underframe for new FRS sponsored carriage 121 is making good progress in the erecting shop. This will be similar to the recent 103, which entered traffic earlier this year

6 August 2010. Pretty in pink - Upnor Castle's rebuild continues in the erecting shop 6 August 2010. Two of the newest steam engines in the world - Taliesin, from 1999 sits on the pit in the background, with Lyd (2010) in the foreground. Diesel Criccieth Castle is the elder statesman, dating from 1996, all constructed at Boston Lodge. Lilla completes the scene of locos spanning two centuries 6 August 2010. Wagon of the week - 697, a delightful light grey two-tonner 6 August 2010. Veteran quarry Hunslet Lilla shunts Taliesin onto the pit

2 August 2010. A line up of bogies and parts for FR carriages, being constructed for 121 and a spare pair, funded by the Ffestiniog Railway Society 2 August 2010. The new monoblock piston valve steamchest and cylinder casting for Taliesin is being machined 6 August 2010. Merddin Emrys adds to the heritage scene outside the old engine shed by bringing vintage carriages past the disc signal 6 August 2010. The gravity train is inspected and prepared for a special outing

30 July 2010. Vintage motive power Simplex Mary Ann takes some restored slate wagons to Minffordd Yard, seen here in the Cemetry 31 July 2010. Interior of Lyd's cab, nearly ready for testing 2 August 2010. Laying the keel in the dry dock - the metal for the underframe of Society sponsored new build carriage 121 is assembled in the erecting shop ready to begin construction 2 August 2010. Lyd is moved out into the open - the profile shows what a large loco it is

31 July 2010. A brace of black and brass locos - newly painted Lyd sits beside Linda in the Old Erecting Shop 31 July 2010. A portrait of nearly complete Lyd in the New Erecting shop - due to start trials in the coming week 31 July 2010. Blanche and Taliesin double head up the bank out of Tan-y-Grisiau 31 July 2010. Viewed from a high angle, the Earl of Merioneth lifts an eleven coach train out of Tan-y-Grisiau towards the Summit

11 July 2010. Blanche and Taliesin prepare to leave Porthmadog (photo - Jon Williams) 16 July 2010. In evening sunlight, Earl of Merioneth crosses Penrhyn crossing with an up train (photo - Jon Williams) 22 July 2010. Taliesin and Merddin Emrys depart Porthmadog and are viewed crossing the Cob (photo - Jon Williams) 22 July 2010. Piloted by Taliesin, Merddin Emrys at Bron Madog (photo - Jon Williams)

10 July 2010. Upnor Castle is undergoing major surgery in the erecting shop (photo - Chris Jones) 10 July 2010. The bogie viewed here is one of the new ones constructed for the outside contract replica Pickering carriage for the Welshpool and Llanfair Railway (photo - Chris Jones) 10 July 2010. Blanche and Taliesin are viewed at Tan-y-Bwlch in the rain (photo - Jon Williams) 10 July 2010. With the rivers on the mountains recovering their flows, Merddin Emrys coasts down towards Tan-y-Grisiau (photo - Jon Williams)

10 July 2010. Blanche and Taliesin combine forces to bring an up train round Boston Lodge curve (photo - Chris Jones) 10 July 2010. David Lloyd George is presently not in traffic, undergoing maintenance to the bogies (photo - Chris Jones) 10 July 2010. Work on Linda quietly progresses - here seen in the air in the erecting shop (photo - Chris Jones) 17 July 2010. Heavy storms lashed North Wales, one of the casualties of which was this boat on the Cob, being passed by the Earl of Merioneth (photo - Dave Thurlow)

3 July 2010. With right hand running now at Tan-y-Grisiau, Merddin Emrys sits in the now down line 3 July 2010. The harbour  4 July 2010. Earl of Merioneth also resides in the now down line 4 July 2010. Sitting under the footbridge at Tan-y-Bwlch, sheltering from the weather

1 July 2010. Merddin Emrys coasts down past Penrhyn, heading for Porthmadog in a blaze of colour (photo - Dave Thurlow) 1 July 2010. Boston Lodge viewed from afar - with a Welsh Highland Railway train the foreground - two railways in one (photo - Dave Thurlow) 1 July 2010. Tooth decay - the main reason why Upnor Castle's gearbox is not performing 3 July 2010. Coal fired double fairlies Merddin Emrys and Earl of Merioneth seen in Boston Lodge yard

 

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