Moving Pictures Seventy Nine - 2/6/23

This edition of Moving Pictures features a 90th birthday celebration train, the return to traffic of David Lloyd George and the continuing build up to the WHR100 gala.
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Mae'r rhifyn hwn o Moving Pictures yn cynnwys trên dathlu pen-blwydd yn 90 oed, dychweliad David Lloyd George i'r traffig a'r paratoadau sy'n arwain at gala WHR100.

[@bh.boilers]

Excellent "moving picture " a tonic to watch here in a wet Ballarat today. Ray.

[@ryano.5149]

How does the throttle work on the double fairlie? Are both engine sets working at the same time? It appears in some shots that only one set of cylinders is getting steam at a time...but maybe I'm just misunderstanding how they work...

[@FfestiniogWelshHighland]

Each power bogie has a separate regulator.

[@ryano.5149]

@@FfestiniogWelshHighlandThank you so much! Although, that raises more questions for me... Do you have any recommendations for further reading about how these locomotives work? They are beautiful machines!

[@FfestiniogWelshHighland]

We have an excellent book all about the locos.
festrail.mybigcommerce.com/fairlie-locomotives-of-north-wales/

[@ryano.5149]

@@FfestiniogWelshHighland Excellent! Thank you! It appears to be out of stock at the moment, but I will keep checking back so I can pick up a copy!

[@CustomiZe_]

That lorry lifting up Maid Marian at such an angle like that has to be one of the most scariest things I've ever seen 😳 😂😂😂

[@gquayle]

Why 3 locos for such a short train. Surely Britomart or Maid Marian could have managed that load on their own?

[@FfestiniogWelshHighland]

The dry weather meant that Maid Marian with no spark arrestor could do no work so Blanche was added to ensure no loco would throw sparks from working hard.

[@gquayle]

@@FfestiniogWelshHighland ok, but still seems abit excessive. I geuss the party enjoyed their trip which is the main thing. Bit of am enjoyable spectacle.

[@yeo5811]

More the merrier 😊

[@stephengough8458]

​@@gquayle Well NYMR had a pretty bad fire so I see why the Ffestiniog do this

[@stephengough8458]

Are there any original Spooner outline farlies left in existence?

[@FfestiniogWelshHighland]

That depends what you mean. Livingston Thompson is in the National Railway Museum at York and is the least altered. It is in more or less the condition that it ended service prior to preservation.

[@stephengough8458]

@@FfestiniogWelshHighland I mean an original Farlie. Still in the condition it was built in.

[@FfestiniogWelshHighland]

In that case the answer is no.

[@stephengough8458]

Quite sad

[@FfestiniogWelshHighland]

The Little Wonder which was the very first 'Spooner outline' loco only lasted a few years and after that came a continual evolution of the double Fairlie design. The Ffestiniog is and always has been a working railway so improvements where possible were and are vital. The basic design of Merddin Emrys, David Lloyd George and the new James Spooner II is very faithful to the Victorian design.