Festiniog Fairlies.
Submitted by vaughan on 26th February 2011
This was the first time I had visited the Festiniog Railway, the year was 1961. I cycled with a school chum from our homes in Coventry, to visit some of the narrow gauge lines in Wales. If I recall right we visited the Talyllyn, and the Vale of Rheidol as well. At this time the Festiniog terminated at Tan Y Bwlch. The loco on the left is the "Merddin Emerys". As can be seen, she was being run-in after an overhaul at their own workshops at Boston Lodge. The other Fairlie is the "Earl of Merioneth".
Vaughan.
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Are you sure the second loco is Earl of Merioneth? The current one was built in 1979 and I didn't think there was a Fairlie before it with that name?
Would it not have been Taliesin / Livingston Thompson?
Hello Ian,
Mmmmm..... You are probably right, It may well have been Taliesin.
To quote : "When you get to my age.....", the memory ain't so good.
Regards,
Vaughan.
PS : And the memory ain't so good.