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)

Who need a train? Dawn breaks over The Cob at Porthmadog, on the 2' gauge Ffestiniog Railway.

Double Fairlie 0-4-4-0 T "Merddin Emrys" in the station Blaenau Ffestiniog runs to the other end of the train for the ride as 'Mountain Spirit' back to Porthmadog.

Ffestiniog Railway ex-Penrhyn Quarry "Blanche" runs round its train at Tan-y-Bwlch after arriving with the 1355 service from Porthmadog Harbour on Friday 17th June 2022.

Ffestiniog Railway Double Fairlie 10 "David Lloyd George" stands at Blaenau Ffestiniog station after arriving with the 1030 service from Porthmadog Harbour on Friday 17th June 2022. T... (more)

Double Fairlie "Merddin Emrys" will approach Campbell's platform, an unstaffed halt on the Ffestiniog Railway.

Steam locomotive Nr 2 "Prince" is with vintage carriages in the loop of Ddualltis. 0-4-0T Nr 4 "Palmerston" arrives with "Bug Box" coaches (four wheel cars) in Dduallt station.

Steam locomotive Nr 5 "Welsh Pony" arrives with a freight train in the former yard for loading slate onto the trains.

In the last sunlight the double Fairlie "David Lloyd George" will arrive in Boston Lodge, the engineering works of the Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railways.

Double Fairlie "Merddin Emrys" heads a freight train with slate waggons at the end.

Steamlocomotive "Lilla" built in 1891 by Hunslet Engine Co. heads a skip wagon train in the loop of Dduallt.

Double Fairlie 0-4-4-0 T steamlocomotive "Merddin Emrys" of the Ffestiniog Railway with a very long freight, including many empty slate transport cars, is running uphill near Campbell's ... (more)

Two steam trains in the Rhiw Goch passing loop station on the Ffestiniog Railway. The Double Fairlie 0-4-4-0 T "Merddin Emrys" with a freight train is overtaking the Singel Fairlie "... (more)

Minffordd station on the Ffestiniog Railway in Wales. Double Fairlie "Merddin Emrys" with a freight train is overtaking a passenger train with Single Fairlie "Taliesin".