A Journey to Remember

SillyBilly · A Journey to Remember

Last night a phone call was received from a good friend of ours offering my father or I a place on the first ever passenger train to travel between Caernarfon & Porthmadog on the Welsh Highland Railway, who am I to refuse such an offer? As you can imagine I awoke quite easily this morning so that we could get to Caernarfon in time for the journey Porthmadog, quite silly when you consider we live about 3 miles from Porthmadog! As impressive as the rest of the railway is, having travelled to Hafod-Y-Llyn last year it wasn't until there that new territory unfolded and although this new territory is flat it gives panoramic views across the traeth of the mountains, anyway as you can imagine the trip was spectacular, we arrived at Pen-Y-Mount where a WHHR train met us and ran in tandem to Gelert’s Farm where the railways divide, there was a pleasant exchange of whistles to mark another milestone in railway preservation, even the WHHR chaps looked happy to see it.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/33954238@N02
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5UDWDq3ZHA
My photos and video, sorry if there is too much of 87 climbing away from Beddgelert, but I couldn't resist including it.

And a huge Thank You to my friends.

Mamod Collector

Good pics

Some lovely countryside on that line Very Happy

silverfoxsteam

Thanks Will.

John Chapman

Excellent photos Billy.

avenger

More great pics, my we art being spoilt this weekend !