Hunslet locomotives taking part at Minffordd yard.

Margaret

Irish Mail

Irish Mail

Holy War

Statfold

Gwynedd

Gwynedd

Winifred

Irish Mail and Cloister

Cloister

Cloister and Irish Mail

Alice

Lilla

Birthday girl Linda

Gwynedd

Jerry M

Maid Marian

Velinheli

Hugh Napier

Maid Marian

George B

Birthday girl Blanche

George B

Winifred

Jerry M

Winifred

Linda and Winifred

Maid Marian

Velinheli

Chaka's Kraal No.6 at Porthmadog.

Locomotives out on the main line.

Prince waiting to depart from Porthmadog with the shuttle to Minffordd.

Prince arriving at Minffordd.

Double-Fairlie Merddin Emrys passing Minffordd.

Double-Fairlie David Lloyd George passing Minffordd.

Blanche passing Minffordd.

Double-Fairlie Merddin Emrys passing Minffordd.

Single-Fairlie Taliesin passing Minffordd.

Single-Fairlie Taliesin passing Minffordd.

Britomart toping and tailing the shuttle to the loco yard with Gerry M outside Minffordd.

Prince at Porthmadog.

An unusual top and tail working Blanche and Linda on a double-head a train to Porthmadog.

The back of the same train with Maid Marian and Irish Mail.

Blanche and Linda double-head a train passing Minffordd.

Alice at the coaling stage at Porthmadog.

Lilia at the coaling stage at Porthmadog.

The Ffestiniog Railway was constructed with a continuous downhill gradient,
loaded slate wagon trains would descend by gravity with brakesmen riding
on the wagons to control the speed of the train by applying the brakes on
individual wagons as nessesary.

On special occasions the railway recreates this and runs a gravity slate train,
this is it passing through Minffordd station.

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