News & Events
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February Drains Gang Report
07 March 2017
Ron Walker reports on the latest working party attending to the drains.
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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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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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Today's timetables - 26th September 2017 For more information, visit festrail.co.uk What loco..? pic.twitter.com/ChKq4Xer6C
RT @MediaMattMakes : Excellent weekend promoting @festrail & helping to run 'The Highley Light Railway' @svrofficialsite Autumn Steam Gala!…
BOOKING NOW - Victorian Weekend, Halloween and Santa Trains ... goo.gl/zfmHtu ... Come along and join us… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
@Suburban_Jogger @BHX_Spotter Organised Tours or Independent Travel - @FfestiniogTrvl have over 40 yrs' experience… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
RT @FfestiniogTrvl : Vote us as Best Rail Holiday Company in 2017 @BritTravAwrds by 30 Sept and enter Voter's Prize Draw https://t.co/PG79mI…
RT @snowdoniacheese : Stuck on the best way to spend a Sunday in Wales? Why not ride one or even both of the spectacular Ffestiniog or Welsh…
@CatherinCarlick @JadeEJones31 Hi there...we responded by phone, direct to DC, on Friday. Easier to discuss that way, than here on Twitter
NOW AVAILABLE... 'Victorian Weekend' info sheet and booking form, daily and three-day passenger train timetables...… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
Today's timetables - 25th September 2017 For more information, visit festrail.co.uk What loco..? pic.twitter.com/u8D1mvlnOT
RT @visitwales : . @festrail Victorian Weekend takes place 6th - 8th October #FindYourEpic ow.ly/dBVR30flrkO pic.twitter.com/Dob1VcjmGW
