I had a busy day with the camera yesterday. In the morning I travelled on the WHR from Dinas down to Caernarfon and then back to Rhyd Ddu thence to Dinas. The sun was out so I got everything I needed for the DVD postcard from the train. This means I now only need to get a few more shots from landside and we can go ahead and get the card manufactured which is good as stocks of the first version are getting low and high season is approaching.
After the afternoon service train on the WHR returned to Port a special WHHR train ran from Gelert's Farm to Hafod y Llyn. I arrived at Poo Corner crossing in time to record 143 and its train heading for Port. This is a location which has improved visually in the last year or so as the overhead power lines have vanished and the farm yard has grassed over. The sky was blue and the evening sun was a nice warm colour so this shot will make it onto the postcard and also various other places.
After a wait the WHHR train arrived at Pont Croesor which you can see from the crossing. I got some nice shots of it approaching and departing with Cnicht in the background. Then it was jump in the car and race off to Hafod y Llyn, observing legal speed limis, of course.
Driver David Lampert, the only man passed out as a steam driver on both the WHHR and the WHR.
I arrived just behind Chris Parry and just as Gelert and train came round the corner into view. It ran round and many pictures were taken before it sedately set off back for Porthmadog. Good to see evryone playing nicely together, long may it last.
After the afternoon service train on the WHR returned to Port a special WHHR train ran from Gelert's Farm to Hafod y Llyn. I arrived at Poo Corner crossing in time to record 143 and its train heading for Port. This is a location which has improved visually in the last year or so as the overhead power lines have vanished and the farm yard has grassed over. The sky was blue and the evening sun was a nice warm colour so this shot will make it onto the postcard and also various other places.
After a wait the WHHR train arrived at Pont Croesor which you can see from the crossing. I got some nice shots of it approaching and departing with Cnicht in the background. Then it was jump in the car and race off to Hafod y Llyn, observing legal speed limis, of course.
Driver David Lampert, the only man passed out as a steam driver on both the WHHR and the WHR.
I arrived just behind Chris Parry and just as Gelert and train came round the corner into view. It ran round and many pictures were taken before it sedately set off back for Porthmadog. Good to see evryone playing nicely together, long may it last.
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