Come along and enjoy a three-day weekend of vintage Ffestiniog Railway trains, during which we will be showcasing significant eras of our history, with stock from our heritage collection working an intensive timetable – including passenger, gravity, slate and freight trains.
This popular event, which is becoming a staple in our calendar, provides an opportunity for us all to come together to celebrate and enjoy the locomotives, carriages & waggons which have played their part in shaping the story of our historic railway.
In addition to a busy timetable of passenger and freight trains, including gravity trains, goods trains and a few outings by Spooner’s Boat, there will be plenty of exciting additional activities taking place including morning & evening photography sessions, Boston Lodge tours and stalls at Harbour Station!
3-day and 1-day rover tickets will be available, allowing users to hop on & hop off different services.
A ‘Bygones Weekend’ Event Guide will also be available – this will include fully annotated working timetables, loco diagrams and stock rosters, along with other information on the weekend’s activities. The Event Guide can be ordered along with your tickets. PDF copies will be distributed by email a few days before the event to allow time for advance planning, with the printed copy available to collect from Harbour Station Booking Office.
Ticketing details to follow in due course.
Dewch draw i fwynhau benwythnos tair-diwrnod o drenau traddodiadol Reilffordd Ffestiniog, lle byddwn yn arddangos cyfnodau arwyddocaol o’n hanes, gyda stoc o’n casgliad treftadaeth yn gweithio amserlen ddwys – gan gynnwys trenau teithwyr, disgyrchiant, llechi a nwyddau.
Mae’r digwyddiad poblogaidd hwn, sy’n ddigwyddiad rheolaidd ar ein calendr blynyddol, yn rhoi cyfle i ni gyd ddod at ein gilydd i ddathlu a mwynhau’r locomotifau, y cerbydau a’r wagenni sydd wedi chwarae eu rhan wrth lunio stori ein rheilffordd hanesyddol.
Yn ogystal ag amserlen brysur o drenau teithwyr a nwyddau, gan gynnwys trenau disgyrchiant, trenau nwyddau ac ychydig o wibdeithiau gan Gwch Spooner’s, bydd digonedd o weithgareddau ychwanegol cyffrous yn cael eu cynnal gan gynnwys sesiynau ffotograffiaeth bore a nos, Teithiau Tywys Boston Lodge a stondinau yn Ngorsaf yr Harbwr!
Bydd tocynnau crwydro 3 diwrnod ac 1 diwrnod ar gael, gan alluogi defnyddwyr i neidio ymlaen a hopian oddi ar wahanol wasanaethau.
FRIDAY:
- Double Fairlie working the scheduled ‘Mountain Spirit’ service trains
- Manning Wardle and Col. Stephens set on an early-morning Porthmadog – Bl.Ffestiniog – Tanygrisiau – Bl.Ffestiniog – Porthmadog diagram
• Early morning Slate Waggon train, worked by a Double-Fairlie from Porthmadog to Power Station Summit - Loco runs light engine to Tanygrisiau and couples to rear of Col. Stephens set. Top’n’tail to Bl.Ffestiniog, then double-heads the return to Porthmadog
- Slate Waggons return by gravity from Summit to Porthmadog
- Morning Porthmadog – Tan-y-Bwlch return with ‘Moelwyn’ and short Victorian set
- Hunslet 2-4-0STT and 1960s set on two Porthmadog – Tan-y-Bwlch returns
- NG/G16 and standard WHR set on two Porthmadog – Beddgelert return trips
- Three goods trains from Porthmadog to Rhiw Goch return with Hunslet 0-4-0ST
- Double Fairlie and Victorian set working two afternoon Porthmadog – Bl.Ffestiniog returns
- Afternoon Porthmadog – Tan-y-Bwlch return with Manning Wardle and Col. Stephens set
- Late afternoon Goods train behind ‘Moelwyn’, working Porthmadog – Minffordd return
- Three evening shuttles to/from Minffordd with Double Fairlie and Victorian set
- Spooner’s Boat will make two trips to Tan-y-Bwlch, then gravitate to Boston Lodge. One trip across Cob under sail.
- Kerr Stuart 4415 will be on display in Harbour Station
- Evening gathering of THREE Double Fairlies at Harbour Station
SATURDAY:
- Double Fairlie working the scheduled ‘Mountain Spirit’ service trains
- Manning Wardle and Col. Stephens set on an early-morning Porthmadog – Bl.Ffestiniog – Tanygrisiau – Bl.Ffestiniog – Porthmadog diagram
• Early morning Slate Waggon train, worked by a Double-Fairlie from Porthmadog to Power Station Summit - Loco runs light engine to Tanygrisiau and couples to rear of Col. Stephens set. Top’n’tail to Bl.Ffestiniog, then double-heads the return to Porthmadog
- Slate Waggons return by gravity from Summit to Porthmadog
- Morning Porthmadog – Tan-y-Bwlch return with Hunslet 0-4-0ST and Victorian set
- Hunslet 2-4-0STT and 1960s set on two Porthmadog – Tan-y-Bwlch returns
- Three goods trains from Porthmadog to Rhiw Goch return with Hunslet 0-4-0ST
- Double Fairlie and Victorian set working two afternoon Porthmadog – Bl.Ffestiniog returns
- Afternoon Porthmadog – Tan-y-Bwlch return with Manning Wardle and Col. Stephens set
- Spooner’s Boat will make two trips to Tan-y-Bwlch, then gravitate to Boston Lodge. One trip across Cob under sail.
- ‘James Spooner’ and Kerr Stuart 4415 will be on display in Harbour Station
- PRIVATE TRAIN – Early evening special with Hunslet 2-4-0STT and 1960s set, running from Porthmadog to Tan-y-Bwlch return
- NIGHTGLOW PHOTOGRAPHY SPECIAL – Double Fairlie and Victorian set, Porthmadog to Minffordd. ‘James Spooner’ and Goods set will also feature at Minffordd
(Additional ticket required for the Nightglow Special – access to Minffordd is by train only)
SUNDAY:
- Double Fairlie working the scheduled ‘Mountain Spirit’ service trains
- Hunslet 2-4-0STT and 1960s set on an early-morning Porthmadog – Bl.Ffestiniog – Tanygrisiau – Bl.Ffestiniog – Porthmadog diagram
• Early morning Slate Waggon train, worked by a Double-Fairlie from Porthmadog to Power Station Summit - Loco runs light engine to Tanygrisiau and couples to rear of Col. Stephens set. Top’n’tail to Bl.Ffestiniog, then double-heads the return to Porthmadog
- Slate Waggons return by gravity from Summit to Minffordd
- Double-headed Hunslet 0-4-0STs and Col. Stephens set on two Porthmadog – Tan-y-Bwlch returns
- Three goods trains to Rhiw Goch with ‘Moelwyn’
- Double Fairlie and Victorian set working two afternoon Porthmadog – Bl.Ffestiniog returns
- Afternoon Porthmadog – Tan-y-Bwlch return with Hunslet 2-4-0STT and 1960s set
- ‘James Spooner’ and Kerr Stuart 4415 will be on display in Harbour Station
- PRIVATE TRAIN worked by Manning Wardle 2-6-2T ‘Lyd’, will run from the FR onto the WHR in the morning, returning early evening
- PRIVATE TRAIN worked by ‘Lyd’ will run Porthmadog – Tanygrisiau return in the evening
