Welsh Pony’s frames are still on the bench at Boston Lodge, as work continues. They are now starting to be painted.
Dec
09
Boiler progress
The new boiler for Welsh Pony continues to make steady progress with backhead fittings taking shape on the bench…
Jun
07
A wonderful pledge
Welsh Pony – My Pledge Yesterday my dream came true as the FR announced its intention of restoring the surviving Large England Welsh Pony. The news came just a few weeks after it was unveiled at the Steam 150 event following a remarkable cosmetic makeover. There are probably very few people still alive who can […]
May
30
Welsh Pony restoration gets green light
The Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railway has been given the go-ahead for Welsh Pony’s restoration by the Company’s Board and a comprehensive restoration management plan has been drawn up in conjunction with the FR Heritage Company. Funding for the work will be secured ‘in different and creative ways’, says F&WHR General Manager Paul Lewin. And […]
May
30
The task ahead
The most enigmatic of the original Ffestiniog locos, Welsh Pony, was the third engine in line for restoration to service when the railway was reopened in the 1950s. Somehow other engines always managed to jump the queue and even Palmerston, thought for many years to be little more than scrap, has made its way back […]
