Easter Gravity Train
20 April 2015
Heading acorss Penrhyn Crossing
Late afternoon on Good Friday, Blanche headed out from Boston Lodge with 37 slate wagons on tow.
They were on their first outing of the year, giving an opportunity to run a crew familiarisation gravity train. Blanche did the honours of hauling the wagons up to Dduallt.
The train passed Merddin Emrys at Minffordd, Taliesin at Rhiw Goch and Earl of Merioneth at Dduallt. All these trains cleared the section before, at about 6pm, the wagons headed back to Minffordd by gravity.
Taliesin passes the slate train at Rhiw Goch loop
Viewed from the rear, Blanche heads across Cei Mawr
Blanche arrives at Tan y Bwlch
The Earl of Merioneth passes the slate train in the siding at Dduallt
Blanche at rest at Dduallt
The gravity train heads through Tan y Bwlch on the way down
