News & Events
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Waggon Tracks Working Parties on the Mainline
02 March 2017
Over the weekend of 28/29 January, the Waggontracks team was working with the Permanent Way gang just below Penrhyn Station, helping to remove the last remaining bullhead track on the Ffestiniog Railway. Report here.
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Looking into the new Minffordd Workshop
12 February 2017
The +£300,000 project to provide new facilities and storage for the outdoor engineering team is complete.
Here is an overview.
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New Double Fairlie Appeal
08 January 2017
A new appeal has been launched to help fund replacement parts to ensure the new double Fairlie is truly new, and does not ‘borrow’ all the parts from Earl of Merioneth.
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Tan y Bwlch Trackworks
07 December 2016
Winter working parties are happening, attending to the routine trackwork tasks and also the major undertakings, which this year includes the renewal of pointwork at Tan y Bwlch station, and new tracks.
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Victorian Weekend 2016
01 December 2016
Some views from the 2016 Victorian Weekend, showcasing the best of the vintage locos, carriages and wagons that the Ffestiniog Railway can offer.
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October Lineside Management Working Party
19 October 2016
The lineside management team at Tan y Bwlch with gravity train workings.
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2016 Vintage Weekend Plans
20 September 2016
Highlights of the forthcoming vintage weekend 7-9th October available.
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Waggon Tracks Shed Welcomes Occupants
26 August 2016
The volunteer input into the new Waggon Tracks shed has been ongoing, and now the first occupants have arrived.
News Categories
FRS Events
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Victorian Weekend
6th Oct 2017
The Ffestiniog Railway is a living museum. We have been running passenger trains since Victorian times and many of those older vehicles have been lovingly preserved, so what better way to show them off than to have a weekend dedicated to that wonderful era?
For public events on the Ffestiniog Railway, click here.
You may have a local area group with regular meetings, click here.
For member events, working parties and area group meetings, click here.
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