Despite the gale force wind and the torrential rain, fourteen hour power cut and so on I hauled my carcas out of bed and made my way to Port this morning. The first thing I did was to fit the camera's rain coat and then mine. With Andrew Thomas I drove to Gelert's Farm just in time to see Lyd with some bogie wagons and a couple of vans rattle over Cae Pawb crossing. I just got the camera set up and got a rather dark bit of video of it. It didn't make the final edit but here it is, just for you.
After that we boarded a WHHR train headed by Gelert and set off for Pont Croesor once we had the token. There was a brief pause at Pen-y-Mount junction while the points were unclamped and re clamped behind us and then we were off to Pont Croesor. The heavy rain continued to fall making shooting difficult as I spent more time cleaning the lens than videoing through it.
The token was exchanged and we set off for Beddgelert. We had a brief pause at Nantmor for a crew briefing on what to do in the long tunnel if the train slipped to a halt and then we were off. Gelert started the train away on the wet 1 in 40 with no bother and rattled through the tunnel with only a brief wheel slip mid way.
We had to wait in the pass for a short while as Jon Whalley the F&WHR chief engineer was joining us by road at Bryn y Felin. The tests concerned the couplings and the tight curves on the WHR. You can see that the footpath beside the line was completely underwater at this point.
Once the tests were completed succesfully we moved off and steamed into Beddgelert station in fine style. This was the furthest that a WHHR train had been on the rebuilt line and hopefully it will mark the beginning of more trains run in better weather. Here is the full trip.
After that we boarded a WHHR train headed by Gelert and set off for Pont Croesor once we had the token. There was a brief pause at Pen-y-Mount junction while the points were unclamped and re clamped behind us and then we were off to Pont Croesor. The heavy rain continued to fall making shooting difficult as I spent more time cleaning the lens than videoing through it.
The token was exchanged and we set off for Beddgelert. We had a brief pause at Nantmor for a crew briefing on what to do in the long tunnel if the train slipped to a halt and then we were off. Gelert started the train away on the wet 1 in 40 with no bother and rattled through the tunnel with only a brief wheel slip mid way.
We had to wait in the pass for a short while as Jon Whalley the F&WHR chief engineer was joining us by road at Bryn y Felin. The tests concerned the couplings and the tight curves on the WHR. You can see that the footpath beside the line was completely underwater at this point.
Once the tests were completed succesfully we moved off and steamed into Beddgelert station in fine style. This was the furthest that a WHHR train had been on the rebuilt line and hopefully it will mark the beginning of more trains run in better weather. Here is the full trip.
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