Here’s a collection of articles about the Ffestiniog Railway Society’s work. They can be linked to pages and items around the site but are have a distinct place within the navigation.
26 April 2017
Latest update on the continuing restoration of Welsh Pony.
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16 March 2017
Working Party report from the March Drains Gang working party. Involving further trips up the line with ballast.
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13 March 2017
Latest update on the £170,000 project to restore 1867 England loco to steam.
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02 March 2017
The February Drains Gang working party, at various sites starting at Tan y Bwlch and moving up the line.
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20 February 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
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12 February 2017
A look into the very nearly complete Minffordd workshop, funded entirely by the Ffestiniog Railway Society
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26 August 2016
The volunteer input into the new Waggon Tracks shed has been ongoing, and now the first occupants have arrived.
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09 August 2016
Construction of the boiler is well underway and the tender parts are ready for assembly.
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15 July 2016
Damaged by the falling of a tree in the aftermath of Storm Frank at the beginning of the year, the station building has been repaired by railway staff.
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25 June 2016
A major project completed in time for the Spring Bank Holiday was the repainting of Tan y Bwlch road bridge.
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