Gravity Slate Train - Bygones Weekend 2021 - Ffestiniog Preserved Narrow Gauge Welsh Railway

Footage taken at this weekend at the Ffestiniog railway Bygones Weekend. The Gravity stale train was hauled up from Minffordd, with a stop at Tan-y-Bwlch, to Dduallt by Double Fairlie Merddin Emrys. There, the engine was detached and the train ran back by gravity to Minffordd
This re-enacts how the slate trains originally ran down to Porthmadog during the 1840’s and 1850’s until the first steam locos, Mountaineer and The Princess were delivered in 1863
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[@mothratemporalradio517]

coolness. Diolch from Down Under! i hope i can visit one day 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 and have a ride!

[@terencesheppard6207]

Found this video particularly interesting as I have just finished reading "Death in the Last Carriage" which includes a runaway gravity train in the storyline.

[@elvirleonard]

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