Ffestiniog loco to go on display at Heuston Station.

[Broithe]

It'll be on the ferry later today - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-22759392 - 150 years old.

 

[Sentinel281]

Would be interesting to know what is really part of the original construction. Looking at the pictures here,

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-20272985

 

it seems the loco was rebuilt every few years. The freshly painted loco looks very nice!

[heirflick]

she is one strange little lady, buti will take a spin up and have a look .

[Broithe]

Would be interesting to know what is really part of the original construction.

 

I have an axe that's at least two hundred years old - it's only had three new heads and five new handles...

[waffles]

I saw it arriving in the yard of Hueston station last night it looked great it will be viewable from Thursday afternoon in the station.

[Mayner]

There is an Irish connection with the Festiniog in the 1830s original railway was promoted and financed by Dublin business interests and was very profitable with a monopoly on the slate traffic out of Bleanau until LNWR and GWR built lines into the area,

 

Princess is pretty much in the same condition as when she last ran in the 1940s some bits may date back to 1860, the England locos were fairly standardised and parts swapped around within the class.

 

The Festiniog is basically a small gauge main line railway and locos are basically worked flat out the England locos may be small but have a nicee exhaust

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Edited June 6, 2013 by Mayner

[jhb171achill]

I saw it last night. It is stuck away beside the taxis, not at all in a clearly visible position. Are they going to move it to the concourse, I wonder?

[heirflick]

nice clip and info john:tumbsup: