No, it is not raining every day in Wales !!!! A double Fairlie is hauling a long passenger train between Porthmadog and Blaenau Ffestiniog.

A Double Fairlie is a steam locomotive built to the Fairlie's Patent design of Robert Francis Fairlie using two articulated power bogies, one at each end of the engine. Fairlie also wanted to crea... (more)

End of the shift. The light is fading fast as Ffestiniog railway's locomotive, Merddin Emrys,heads out of the station for the shed at Boston Lodge, iall the coaches are ready for the services for ... (more)

This 0-4-4-0 Compound Mallet was built 111 years ago (1902) by Orenstein and Koppel in Germany.

The work of the day is done, the fire is down. The bad ash had to be removed. Exposure 20 seconds. The ash is the only source of light.

In the last week of the holidays we have used a locomotive of the old genus IVK in scheduled service on the 750 mm narrow gauge railway between Radebeul and Radeburg in Saxony in eastern Germany. ... (more)

2' gauge 6 blows some steam as her train sits in the hole on the turntable lead waiting for Otto to pull into the station for a new train load of passengers to go around the loop. #6 was taking p... (more)

Double Fairlie 'Merddin Emrys' works an early morning Dinas-Rhyd Dhu empty stock over the new bridge near Bryn Gloch.

Mallet 99 5901 coupled to 99 5902 for a double-headed "Sonderzug" excursion to the Brocken.

Earl of Merioneth arrives southbound at Tan-Y-Bwlch station destined for Porthmadog. Locomotive is in black livery at this point in 2007

One of the oldest locomotives in operation on the railroad, this 1898 product of the Jung Locomotive Company is still used for special trips on the 83 mile system. On this morning, it was sitting ... (more)

Despite the 'Quirks & Curiosities' weekend festvities, it's business as usual for the Ffestiniog's service trains. Staple power is one of the railway's fleet of these Fairlie double ended articula... (more)

The train staff is carefully handed over as double Fairlie David Lloyd George enters the Harbour station at Porthmadog. The line coming in from the left is the connection to the Welsh Highland Rai... (more)

Double Fairlie David Lloyd George crosses the Cob on its way to Blaneau Ffestiniog on a grey and moody day