Ffestiniog Railway – Info on the Victorian Weekend

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Palmerston and Taliesin at Porthmadog
Palmerston and Taliesin at Porthmadog

This weekend (7th – 9th October), the will be holding its annual Victorian Weekend. This is an event which showcases what the railway used to look like in the Victorian Era.

All available locomotives will be in action.

The locomotives in steam are:"<yoastmark

  • Returning from overhaul is 0-4-4-0 Double Farlie ‘Merddin Emrys’
  • 0-4-4-0 Double Farlie ‘David Lloyd George’
  • ‘The Square’ 0-4-4-0 Double Farlie ‘Earl of Merioneth’
  • 0-4-4T Single Farlie ‘Taliesin’ (Returning from Overhaul)
  • 2-4-0 Hunslet ‘Linda’
  • 0-4-0 England ‘Prince’
  • 0-4-0 England ‘Palmerston’
  • 0-4-0T Hunslet ‘Britomart’
  • 0-4-0T Lautoka Mills No. 19 (Visiting from the Statfold Barn Railway)
  • 0-4-0T ‘Marchlyn’ (Visiting from the Statfold Barn Railway)

Spooners BoatSpooners Boat will also be in action across the weekend

 

 

 

Harbour Station Attractions

Carousel, Swing boats, Horse-drawn carriage
Magician ‘Nigel Vaughan’
Llechwedd slate splitting

 Merri-go-round

Various other stalls:

Including Cakes, sweets, Jewellery, slate decorations and more. Plus stalls from the Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railway societies

Timetables for Victorian Weekend

An intensive timetable will be in action throughout the weekend. Please find a prelimary timetable by clicking here, or for the full timetable, you can purchase a Visitors Guide upon arrival at Harbour Station.

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