Ffestiniog Railway – Quirks & Curiosities II – Information

This weekend sees the Ffestiniog Railway hold their first gala of the 2017 season with Quirks & Curiosities II – where not just steam is the motive power!

With a variety of quirks throughout the weekend… it is bound to be an unmissable event.

The event will run from Friday until Monday with busy and extensive timetables in operation (available from the booking office).

Service trains, shuttles, freight will also feature across the weekend with a special S&T train running throughout Saturday.

Locomotives In Steam At Quirks & Curiosities II at the Ffestiniog Railway

Home Fleet of Locomotives

• 0-4-4-0T Double Fairlie ‘David Lloyd George'
• 0-4-4-0T Double Fairlie ‘Merddin Emrys'
• 0-4-0T Hunslet ‘Linda'
• 0-4-0ST Hunslet ‘Lilla' (in new ‘green' livery)
• 0-4-0ST Hunslet ‘Britomart'
• 0-4-0STT George England ‘Prince'
• 0-4-0STT George England ‘Palmerston'
• 0-4-4T Single Farlie ‘Taliesin'
• 2-6-2+2-6-2 Garratt No. 143/138/87 (providing WHR Service Trains)
• 0-4-0 Baldwin Diesel ‘Moelwyn'
• 2-6-2T Southern ‘Lyd'
• Spooners Boat

Visiting Fleet of Locomotives & Rolling Stock

• 0-4-0T Kerr Stuart ‘Diana' (Visiting from the Bala Lake Railway)
• 0-4-0 Davenport Locomotive Works ‘Davenport' (Visiting from the Statfold Barn Railway)
• 0-4-0T Couillet Loco Works ‘Chuquintanta' (Visiting from the Richmond Light Railway , Kent)
• RailCar ‘Galloping Goose' (Visiting from the Statfold Barn Railway)
• 2-4-0T W.G. Bagnall & Co. ‘Polar Bear' (Visiting from Amberley Museum & Heritage Museum)
• Speeder Fairbanks Morse of Wisconsin ‘Busta' (FR Volunteer Restored)
• Speeder Rail-Runner (Visiting from France)
• Quadbike
• 0-4-4 Peter Beever Built 7.25″ Aneirin
• Minning 0-4-0 ‘EIMCO 401'
• Battery Loco ‘Spondon' (Visiting from the Ashover Light Railway)
• 0-4-0 Hissing ‘Sid' (Visiting from the Statfold Barn Railway)
• 0-4-0 Vertical Boiler Fernilee (Privately Owned)
• Self Propelled ‘Wickham' (Visiting from a FRPS Member)
• 0-4-0 Vertical Boiler ‘Perserverance' (Visiting from the Launceston Steam Railway)
• Panther Wagon (Privately Owned)
• Diesel ‘Muir Hill Fordson' (Privately Owned)
• 4wPM loco ‘Campagne Locotracteur' (Visiting from the Richmond Light Railway , Kent)
• 0-4-0 ‘Steamplex' (Privately Owned, from the Groudle Glen Railway)
• 0-4-0 ‘Samson' (Visiting from the Beamish Museum)

If we have missed any that you know of, please comment below and we will add it to the list!

We look forward to the weekend!

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