Afonglas and Nant Llwyd Railway Summer Steam 2013

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Afonglas and Nant Llwyd Railway Summer Steam 2013

Post by laalratty » Sat Jun 22, 2013 9:23 pm

Today was the first steamup of the year on my Afonglas and Nant Llwyd Railway for the North West Area Group, and having had to wait since March to hold an event due to various circumstances, it almost looked like the event would be washed out by the weather. Luckily, it turned out nothing like as bad as forecasted, with only a couple of showers late on but the gusty wind meant that everyone was on the lookout for trains being blown over. Here are the pics
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PTLRcecil bought along a trio of black locos lined out in Penrhyn style, first out was Black Beauty with the PTLR slate waggons
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Black Beauty passes Snowdon waiting with a passenger train, yep James had once again travelled across the country
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Matt's Lawley at Afallen
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And pulling into Afallen, note how I sent out a goods rake instead of a second set of passenger stock, mainly to minimise the risk of a train being blown over
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Next out for PTLRcecil was Jenny, one of the few PTLR locos never to have visited before
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Meanwhile, LMSjools had Sir Luke, the Worlds Most Powerful Mamod running round with the freight set
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The third of Simon's locos, Lesley Kay exits the tunnel
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Visiting from the Forest Fields Railway was Hartside
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Lesley Kay rounds the headland
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Hartside crosses the pond
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LMSjools also bought along the latest loco to come into his ownership, and as is tradition wearing David William nameplates!
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Black Beauty out this time on the passenger train
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Thinking about it, this is the first Fowler to visit the ANLR after nearly 6 years of holding steamups
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Inevitable mamod double header
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Ayepad Ed bought Mountaineer, so this double header had to be run as well
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Mountaineer leads Russell into Afallen
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Finally Criccieth Castle got in on the act with the last train
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Cricc brings the last train down the line
A huge Thank You to all of those that attended, hopefully James will post some of his pics, some of those he showed me before he left were stunning!
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Post by Chris Cairns » Sat Jun 22, 2013 9:44 pm

A nice variety of locomotives there. Thanks for sharing these photos.

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Post by MDLR » Sat Jun 22, 2013 10:20 pm

Nice!
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Post by Dr. Bond of the DVLR » Sat Jun 22, 2013 11:19 pm

Loads a locos... Was the killer bunny "Hanging around" all day?
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Post by St.Michael » Sun Jun 23, 2013 6:45 am

Lovely photos. I really like the railway and the landscape around it. Theese kind of pictures makes me want to come and visit your country :D

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Post by Andrew » Sun Jun 23, 2013 10:21 am

Lovely photos of a lovely-looking railway, thankyou!

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Post by DolwyddelanLightRail » Sun Jun 23, 2013 10:34 am

Mr. Bond of the DVLR:85065 wrote:Loads a locos... Was the killer bunny "Hanging around" all day?
He's discovered this thing called "Photo Bombing", he seemed to be quite enjoying it! :lol:

If I'm not completely nackered tonight after chasing things down to Exeter and Bristol, I may add some photos of mine

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Post by invicta280 » Sun Jun 23, 2013 9:31 pm

Lovely pics. A great selection of trains in a brilliant setting.

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Post by DolwyddelanLightRail » Tue Jun 25, 2013 6:38 pm

A tad late, but here are my pics from the day, which comprise more of Black Beauty more than anything else!

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