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Posted on April 5, 2019April 5, 2019 by admin

Merddyn Emrys making a fantastic entry through the portal – what a fantastic photograph taken by our own Chris Parry

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105-Year Old Enjoys a Ride on the Ffestiniog Railway.

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Watch out for Moving Pictures 105. Featuring Glenn

Watch out for Moving Pictures 105. Featuring Glenn Williams in a carriage works roundup.

#ffestiniogandwelshhighlandrailways #bestrailwayintheworld #ffestiniograilway #festiniograilway #welshhighlandrailway #nlhf #heritage #volunteers #engineering #steam #scenery #snowdonia #whhr #gonorthwales #visitwales #wales #cymru #eryri #locomotives

The countdown is on… 10 DAYS TO GO!! Services re

The countdown is on… 10 DAYS TO GO!! Services return on the 29th March.

Mae’r cyfri i lawr ymlaen… 10 DIWRNOD I FYND!! Gwasanaethau yn ail gychwyn ar 29 Mawrth.

#ffestiniogandwelshhighlandrailways #heritagerailway #bestrailwayintheworld #eryri #snowdonia #railway200 #traintok #walesonrails #steamtrains #70thanniversary #doublefairlie #GreatLittleTrainsofWales

The full video is available on our YouTube and Fac

The full video is available on our YouTube and Facebook pages.

134 in fine form.

#ffestiniogandwelshhighlandrailways #bestrailwayintheworld #ffestiniograilway #festiniograilway #welshhighlandrailway #nlhf #heritage #volunteers #engineering #steam #scenery #snowdonia #whhr #gonorthwales #visitwales #wales #cymru #eryri #locomotives

Lots of variety in this edition of Moving Pictures

Lots of variety in this edition of Moving Pictures. Now available on our YouTube and Facebook channels.

#ffestiniogandwelshhighlandrailways #bestrailwayintheworld #ffestiniograilway #festiniograilway #welshhighlandrailway #nlhf #heritage #volunteers #engineering #steam #scenery #snowdonia #whhr #gonorthwales #visitwales #wales #cymru #eryri #locomotives

Newly overhauled Single Fairlie Taliesin out on te

Newly overhauled Single Fairlie Taliesin out on test yesterday! #bestrailwayintheworld #steam #railway #train #snowdonia #wales #ilovewales #ffestiniog #welshhighland #loco #locomotive #victorian #wonderfulplaces #uk #holiday #heritage #gwynedd #cymru #mountains #transport #steamengine #engine #engineering #northwalestagram #northwales #gosnowdonia #snowdonia360 #thisismywales #taliesin

‘RAILWAY 200’ – FR PLATINUM JUBILEE WEEKEND’ – “DDUALLT THE PLACE TO BE” ON SATURDAY..!

The build up to our highly anticipated ‘RAILWAY 200’: FR PLATINUM JUBILEE WEEKEND feat. ‘200 Wheels on the Cob’ (20th – 22nd of June 2025) continues with another update from our Operations Manager; Matt Ellis..!

In this video, Matt provides the details for what promises to be a momentous Saturday afternoon at Dduallt, which has been dubbed by the Operations Department as a ‘Spiral into Chaos’..!

Watch to find out more… it’s going to be a lot of fun, make sure you join us..!

Tickets and further event information available here: https://www.festrail.co.uk/events/

For more information about ‘Railway 200’, visit the official website.

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‘RHEILFFORDD 200’ – PENWYTHNOS JUBILI PLATINWM RhFf’ – “DDUALLT Y LLE I FOD” AR DDYDD SADWRN..

Mae’r cyffro ar gyfer ein digwyddiad ‘RHEILFFORDD 200’ – PENWYTHNOS JUBILI PLATINWM RhFf: gan gynnwys. ‘200 Olwyn ar y Cob’ (20fed – 22ain o Fehefin 2025) yn parhau gydag diweddariad arall gan ein Rheolwr Gweithrediadau; Matt Ellis..!

Yn y fideo isod, mae Matt yn darparu’r manylion ar gyfer yr hyn sy’n argoeli i fod yn brynhawn Sadwrn tyngedfennol yn Dduallt, y cyfeirir ato gan yr Adran Weithrediadau fel ‘Troelliad i Anrhefn’..!

Gwyliwch i ddarganfod mwy… mae’n mynd i fod yn lot o hwyl, gwnewch yn siŵr eich bod yn ymuno â ni..!

Tocynnau ac gwybodaeth pellach am y digwyddiad ar gael drwy’r linc uchod.

I gael rhagor o wybodaeth am ‘Rheilffordd 200’, ewch draw i’r wefan swyddogol.

‘RAILWAY 200’ – FR PLATINUM JUBILEE WEEKEND’ – ‘200 WHEELS ON THE COB’ UPDATE..!

The build up to our highly anticipated ‘RAILWAY 200’: FR PLATINUM JUBILEE WEEKEND feat. ‘200 Wheels on the Cob’ (20th – 22nd of June 2025) continues with an update from our Operations Manager; Matt Ellis..!

In the video below, Matt provides the details for the highly anticipated ‘200 Wheels on the Cob’ cavalcade, which takes place on Sunday, 22nd of June.

Tickets and further details for the event weekend are now available here: https://www.festrail.co.uk/events/

For more information about ‘Railway 200’, visit the official website.

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‘RHEILFFORDD 200’ – PENWYTHNOS JUBILI PLATINWM RhFf’ – DIWEDDARIAD ‘200 OLWYN AR Y COB’..!

Mae’r cyffro ar gyfer ein digwyddiad ‘RHEILFFORDD 200’ – PENWYTHNOS JUBILI PLATINWM RhFf: gan gynnwys. ‘200 Olwyn ar y Cob’ (20fed – 22ain o Fehefin 2025) yn parhau gydag diweddariad gan ein Rheolwr Gweithrediadau; Matt Ellis..!

Yn y fideo isod, mae Matt yn darparu’r manylion ar gyfer y ‘cavalcade’ ‘200 Olwyn ar y Cob’, a gynhelir ar Ddydd Sul, 22ain o Fehefin.

Mae tocynnau a manylion pellach ar gyfer penwythnos y digwyddiad nawr ar gael drwy’r linc uchod.

I gael rhagor o wybodaeth am ‘Rheilffordd 200’, ewch draw i’r wefan swyddogol. #bestrailwayintheworld

Ng15 134 went to Waunfawr with ten carriages yeste

Ng15 134 went to Waunfawr with ten carriages yesterday.

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Taliesin nearing completion in Boston Lodge. Find

Taliesin nearing completion in Boston Lodge. Find out more in Moving Pictures 103.

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MERDDIN EMRYS GOES GREEN… 🟢 The new year si

MERDDIN EMRYS GOES GREEN… 🟢

The new year signals the start of our 70th anniversary (since the recommencement of passenger trains on the Ffestiniog Railway, under the new regime) celebrations and we have a special announcement about locomotive liveries… Merddin Emrys goes green..!

Back in 1955 when services first ran under the new administration it was the initiative of our volunteers that made things possible and now in 2025, we can continue to say the same again.

Over the Christmas and New Year holidays a team of devoted FfWHR volunteers have painted our flagship double Fairlie, Merddin Emrys, in a green similar to that carried in the 1950’s and 60’s by Talliesin.

The first opportunity to see Merddin Emrys and Prince in their new liveries is likely to be as part of the annual Snowdonian service in April 2025.

Thanks to this effort we will be able to celebrate both the ‘Railway 200’ and our 70th anniversary celebrations in style.

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MERDDIN EMRYS YN TROI’N WYRDD… 🟢

Mae’r flwyddyn newydd yn nodi dechrau ein dathliadau pen-blwydd 70 oed (ers ailddechrau trenau teithwyr ar Reilffordd Ffestiniog, o dan y drefn newydd) ac mae gennym gyhoeddiad arbennig am lifrai locomotifau… mae Merddin Emrys wedi throi’n wyrdd..!

Yn ôl yn 1955 pan redodd gwasanaethau gyntaf o dan y weinyddiaeth newydd menter ein gwirfoddolwyr a wnaeth pethau’n bosibl ac nawr yn 2025, gallwn barhau i ddweud yr un peth eto.

Dros wyliau’r Nadolig a’r Flwyddyn Newydd mae tîm o wirfoddolwyr ymroddgar RhFfE wedi peintio ein Fairlie dwbl arbennig, Merddin Emrys, mewn gwyrdd tebyg i’r un a gariwyd yn y 1950au a’r 60au gan Talliesin.

Mae’r cyfle cyntaf i weld Merddin Emrys a’r Tywysog yn eu lifrai newydd yn debygol o fod fel rhan o wasanaeth blynyddol ‘Snowdonian’ ym mis Ebrill 2025.

Diolch i’r ymdrech hon byddwn yn gallu dathlu ‘Railway 200’ a’n dathliadau pen-blwydd 70 mewn steil.

Whistle Up for Railway 200 on the WHR on New Year’s Day.

Chwibannu ar gyfer Rheilffordd200 ar RhE ar diwrnod Flwyddyn Newydd

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Posted @withregram • @cjp1959 Nice to have train

Posted @withregram • @cjp1959 Nice to have trains going past the house again for a few days. Here’s Linda and Blanche heading for Blaenau Ffestiniog 🚂#wonderfulplaces #uk #holiday #gwynedd #cymru #ffestiniograilway #bestrailwayintheworld #northwales #discovercymru #thisismywales #thisiswales #thewalescollective #visit_uk #gosnowdonia #visitwales #earthgallery #exploretocreate #postitfortheaesthetic #skyline #tourtheplanet #wanderlustwales #landscapephotography #snowdoniagram #snowdonia #snowdoniapics #walesonline #explorewales #walesadventures #eryri360 #snowdonia360

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GREEN DAY DAWNING...It's the start of our 2025 season and the first two trains from Porthmadog are seen shortly before departure.NG/G16 No.143 waits with the 10:05 'Harbourmaster' service to Caernarfon, as Double Fairlie 'MERDDIN EMRYS' (in its new green livery) arrives with the carriages for the 10:40 'Mountain Spirit' service to Blaenau Ffestiniog...Meanwhile, at the other end of the Welsh Highland Railway, NG/G16 No.130 is just about to leave Caernarfon with the 10:15 'Snowdonia Star'...It's great to be back..!!!.. ... See MoreSee Less

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Moving Pictures One Hundred and Five - 28/3/25

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Introduction - 00:00590 goes home -01:15Carriage works round up - 02:41Surprise moment - 24:30-Cyflwyniad - 00:00590 yn mynd adref -01:15Talgrynnu gwaith clu...

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WHAT'S IN STEAM THIS WEEK..?( 29th March - 4th April )Our 2025 season begins tomorrow - but we're already off to a great start, having just been named 'BEST ATTRACTION' at the Wales Tourism Awards. We're certainly looking forward to welcoming everyone to the F&WHR and hope you'll be coming to visit us during the year. To get things underway, here's the first look at this year's Loco Roster. We'll do our best to update this every week, on Thursday or Friday, so you can see what locomotives will be working over the week ahead... It's a gentle start to the season on the Ffestiniog Railway, so there will just be two locos in steam for our passenger trains this week.Double Fairlies MERDDIN EMRYS and JAMES SPOONER will work a single 'Mountain Spirit' service to Blaenau Ffestiniog on alternate days (Monday & Friday excepted). Over on the Welsh Highland Railway, NG/G16s Nos. 130 and 143 will be covering the passenger services:• No.130 will start the week working from Caernarfon.• No.143 will start the week working from Porthmadog.• The two locos will swap trains at Beddgelert on Wednesday, working from the opposite end of the line for the remainder of the week.Check the captions on each loco portrait for further details of their individual workings...--------------------------------------------------NOTE: This information is provided in good faith, solely as a guide, but could be subject to change at any time. .. ... See MoreSee Less

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ℹ️ TRAIN SERVICES: THIS WEEK / NEXT WEEK ◽️◽️ 29th March-4th April and 5th-11th April...These weekly guides give an 'at a glance' view of what trains are running on the F&WHR during the dates shown above.An online version, with a direct booking link to each train, is available @ www.festrail.co.uk/calendar/Full details of our 2025 services and online booking information can be found on our ‘Train Services’ page @ www.festrail.co.uk/trains/---------------------------An outline timetable for all our train services is available @ www.festrail.co.uk/pdf/summary-tt-2025.pdfIMPORTANT NOTE: This timetable shows our base level service - however, additional trains may run according to demand. Always check the online calendar, mentioned above, for confirmed train services on a specific date... ... See MoreSee Less

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