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hazel-of-sodor · 2 months

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The FR Double Fairlie? I have two OCs of this class (This is specifically Livingston Thompson, which I think is the best-looking IRL :))

So these are neat engines. I don't agree with each one being two locomotives in one. It's a single engine in terms of personality.

I personally love The Square and hope she returns.

#Ask Hazel #Hazel Asks #Hazel Q&A #double fairlie locomotive #double fairlie #save the square #ffestiniog railway

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weirdowithaquill · 4 months

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ERS 51 - Now in Wales:

It took a little while, but ERS 51 - the Ffestiniog Engines - is now going up on Ao3 (it actually first went up last night, but then I fell asleep and forgot to mention it here...) Either way, you can now read it here on Ao3!

Who's ready to see what happened to Duke after Scott finally managed to convey Prince's message?

#weirdowithaquill #fanfiction writer #railway series #thomas the tank engine #ao3 stuff #ao3 writer #ao3 author #ao3 fanfic #ao3 link #ttte duke #Ffestiniog Railway #ers

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the-time-lord-oracle · 10 months

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Ffestiniog Railway No 2 Prince at the 2017 Severn Valley Railway autumn steam gala.

#trains #steam locomotive #Ffestiniog Railway #severn valley railway #Prince

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mydododiedandthenreactivated · 2 years

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Traciau arian

#sunset #nature #nature core #original content #photographers of tumblr #original photo blog #welsh landscape #wales #cymru #railway #ffestiniog railway #landscape photography

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supertrainstationh · 9 months

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Trains by Rebecca Rice-Roberts Via Flickr: Ffestiniog Railway’s Dafydd Lloyd George at Coed y Bleiddiau

#heritage railway #Steam trains #Double Fairlie #Coed y Bleiddiau #Moelwyn #Snowdonia #Eryri #Tanygrisiau #Rheilffordd Ffestiniog #Ffestiniog Railway #flickr #trainspam

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lexyblip · 2 years

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When you get sad, think of bug boxes :)

#bug boxes #wholesome #Ffestiniog railway

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0hitoyoshi0 · 2 years

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These the engines body’s, I need to do more work on Betty and Joshua. But yes this is their bases of the MCMC!

#steam locomotive #Porter tank engine #forney steam locomotive #vertical boiler steam locomotive #ffestiniog railway #OCs #ttte au #ahhh #bored

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hodgepodgedays · 2 years

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Days Out: The Ffestiniog Railway, Wales

We recently visited Wales for a lovely autumnal break. One of the reasons we chose to holiday in the Snowdonia National Park was because as well as being beautiful, it is also the home of the Ffestiniog Railway. The Ffestiniog Railway is a heritage narrow gauge railway located in Gwynedd. It is the world’s oldest narrow gauge railway with almost 200 years of history under its belt. It’s famous…

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#Blaenau Ffestiniog #Boston Lodge #Fairlie locomotives #Ffestiniog Railway #Llyn Ystradau reservoir #narrow-gauge #Porthmadog #railway #Snowdonia National Park #steam train #Steam trains

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brick-boats · 11 months

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Here's my short little collection from my vacation to Wales July 17 - 28th, 2023. I hope you enjoy!

#ttte #thomas and friends #wales #great little trains of wales #talyllyn railway #ffestiniog and welsh highland railway #fairbourne railway #llanberis lake railway #welsh highland heritage railway #snowdon mountain railway #holiday #vacation #Youtube

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ladychandraofthemoone · 1 year

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(I know I’m a day late but here’s all my number one engines in my au, both human and humanoid, I was gotta draw the engine forms but yeah it’s A rough sketch ✍️ but hope you all get the idea 💡

Human AU: (y’all see I’m projecting lmao)

Mary Ann:Afro-Mexican

Godred:Sami-Swedish-Welsh

Skarloey: Indian-Puerto Rican

Duke: Bolivian-Brazilian

Thomas: Afro-Honduran

Glynn: Black-British

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thedizzydinosaur · 2 years

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Saw an old friend today~

#it was nice being back here again #Ffestiniog and welsh highland railway

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mapsontheweb · 9 months

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The Conwy Valley Line, Conwy/Gwynedd, Wales

by u/Throwaway91847817

Hi all! I make maps of railways, including Heritage, Historic, and Public Transit ones. Previously Ive made maps for all London Overground and Underground lines, and now Im making ones for the National Rail Network.

The Conwy Valley Line is a 30 mile line in North Wales, connecting the seaside town of Llandudno to the slates mines in Blaenau Ffestiniog, connecting with the North Wales Coast Line at Llandudno Junction. The line was opened in 1879 by the London and North Western Railway and has 13 stations, many of which are request stops. At Blaenau Ffestiniog, the line meets the famous narrow gauge Ffestiniog Railway. The Red Castle Illustration comes from the coat of arms of Conwy County Borough, representing Conwy Castle.

#maps #Throwaway91847817 #conwy valley

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trainsgenderfoxgirl2816 · 4 months

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whats the weirdest train you know?

Oh there are so e really fucking weird ones a lot of weird ones were very niche and were designed for something very specific but some were actually rather popular like the better garratt which were very popular in South Africa but weren't that common anywhere else although some were used in Australia and because South Africa only ceased Steam Traction in 1991 many of the Locomotives were sold off and sent overseas mainly to the UK, New Zealand, and Australia

But that's just the better garratt which weren't that weird and about 1200 were built from about 1908 to 1968 to about 100 different designs

The next few Locomotives were much less common starting with an Ancestor of the Garratt; The Double Fairlie

These were an type of strange Double ended Locomotive in the 1860s but really only the Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railway used them and they still have a few like the one above (they also purchased a few Garratts from South Africa seen above)

Next on to the Steam turbines which were largely experimental and never really panned out but several different designs were built mostly one-offs

Most of them didn't work very well

Next is a retrofit of an regular steam Locomotive to be able to use a different fuel source during a coal shortage that being the Bizarre Swiss Steam-Electric Locomotive

Switzerland has almost no Coal and thus during world war 2 had no coal but they did have cheap Hydroelectricity and their railways were mostly Electrified so they just made the abombonations

#steam locomotive #trainposting #electric traction #steam boiler #south African Railways #beyer garratt #Swiss railways #sbb #welsh highland railway #pennsylvania railroad #union pacific

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the-time-lord-oracle · 10 months

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Festiniog Railway No 1 The Princess at Port Madoc circa 1871.

#Ffestiniog Railway #Porthmadog #Princess #trains #steam locomotive

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weirdowithaquill · 2 months

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Hello Weirdo! I hope all is well on your end✨

Coming off of reading “The Ffestiniog engines,” I was actually a bit surprised at how some aspects of Duke’s treatment/relationships with his classmates (Those are NOT his siblings dammit) matched with some stray headcanons I came up with for if CR no. 123 (The ‘Caledonian Single’) was a character in the RWS/ERS-verse.

This unique engine was initially built as an exhibition piece to represent the Caledonian Railway and its Chief Engineer at the International Expo of industry, science and art. So that means looking fancy and maybe pulling some coaches for show. And that got me thinking……if the engine is sentient, how would that affect it?

Like I was thinking, would this guy get lonely? He doesn’t have any siblings, and his intended purpose might’ve resulted in him getting isolated from the rest of his relatives and most other engines. And given that he wasn’t built to work, would said relatives think poorly of him? Kinda like the same mindset the rest of the George Englands have towards Duke being built to win a competition. Like “While we’re out here actually doing the work, he was built to just sit there and look pretty for the humans.” Might also result in him having poor mental health. And since he was constructed during the Victorian era, when attitudes towards that sorta thing were not very charitable…..I don’t think any mental health issues he may or may not have would be taken seriously, especially if like in your book about Duke’s origins, owners believe in the notion that “Engines should be seen and not be heard.” I can also kinda see him not having the greatest social skills around other engines?

But hey, no. 123 did eventually gain fame during the Race to the North in 1888, and even after grouping, proved to be a fast and reliable engine when put into regular service, and was the last Single-type express engine running in the UK. So I guess he got the last laugh.

Or maybe this is just me being unnecessarily angsty about an engine 😅

Hi!

"I hope all is well on your end" - well... I got sick literally the same day I got this ask and spent the last 3 or so days in bed. Whoops...

Anywho! Caledonian 123 is such an interesting locomotive, and I feel like you've really given a lot of thought to how the poor engine being the only member of their class would affect them - though if I may, I'd like to throw out a slightly alternative idea.

Stick with me!

Ok - so CR. 123 was built in 1886 for a major international exhibition being held in Edinburgh. And back then, these international exhibitions were big deals for railway companies. The LBSCR sent multiple engines abroad (such as LBSCR Edward Blount) to win medals at these international exhibitions. And while the Edinburgh exhibition wasn't quite as big or grand as the Paris exhibition, it was a matter of railway (and national) pride for the Caledonian to send a locomotive.

This all wouldn't mean quite so much if CR. 123 hadn't won a gold medal at said exhibition, which would have - to the Victorian engines - been paramount to winning the train Olympics. CR. 123 instantly becomes the biggest star on the line (much to the enragement of the 66 Class 4-4-0s that felt like this 'modern relic' shouldn't have represented the railway).

This stardom is only improved when CR. 123 becomes practically the only Caledonian engine upholding the railway's honour during the Race to the North of 1888. Due to their fast speed and surprising strength (they could climb to Beattock Summit, which is the highest point on the entire WCML), they would only improve their image. After all, both the exhibition and the Race occur within two years of each other, and would probably have defined Caledonian Railway spirit for a generation of engines.

Then, they go on to become the favoured pilot engine for the Royal Train, which often travelled via the Caledonian Railway to get to Balmoral Castle - which would have been the highest of honours during the Victorian era.

And so CR. 123 becomes something of a Caledonian Railway star.

Note I said Caledonian Railway.

Once the Grouping happens, Caledonian engines were some of the first on the chopping block on the LNWR and MR dominated LMS. And while the Midland engines (which would've included the Johnson Spinners at this time) would have been more amenable to CR. 123 than the LNWR, by the time 1930 rolls around and CR. 123 is put into service as a regular engine again - they're all gone too. It's only the newer, bigger, English engines.

And I think it's in this time period: 1930 to 1935, when CR. 123 is painted in LMS black and running regular services as an outcast on the network, that they suffer from mental health issues. Especially cause this is the Great Depression era, when the elegance and showmanship of the Victorian railways is long gone and replaced by efficiency and hardline competition.

CR. 123 would likely gain a lot more popularity in 1935 when their image is revamped by the LMS (which is about to preserve the old engine) to become a symbol of the West Coast - East Coast rivalry.

But that's just my thoughts! CR. 123 is such a beautiful and fascinating engine, and this ask made me do some research into them (and by extension World Expositions - did you know that the LBSCR B1 Edward Blount and the Eiffel Tower both won gold medals at the same Exposition Universelle of 1889?)

Thank you for sharing your headcanon, and for putting up with mine!

#weirdowithaquill #railways #railway series headcanons #Caledonian Railway 123 #CR. 123 #ask answered #ask me anything #mental health #but for trains #and the Paris Exposition Universelle of 1889 for added variety

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supertrainstationh · 8 months

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Ffestiniog Railway. by David Hopkins Via Flickr: Ffestiniog Railway's Double Fairlie 'David Lloyd George' about to depart from Tan-y-Bwlch with the 1305 from Blaenau Ffestiniog to Porthmadog. 10th August 1995.

#Tan-y-Bwlch.#Double Fairlie ‘David Lloyd George’.#Double Fairlie.#Ffestiniog Railway.#flickr #trainspam

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