First out upon my arrival was Linda from the Coniston Railway.
The PTLR staff arrived just after me, and PTLRcecil soon had Caradoc in steam, ticking off another line on its World Tour of NWAG. Here it is attacking the spiral.
The Poolend Garden Railway's Mamod Brunel kept to the main circuit, and ran quite nicely with this short train made of margarine tubs.
The first ANLR loco to appear was Taliesin, happily hauling round a 5 car rake, although the final 1 in 30 up to the terminus of the spiral branch really was right on its limit with this load.
Top'n'tailing wasn't so much of the feature as it has been on previous occasions, with only one run with Snowdon (driven by Simon, James wasn't there and how Si ended up with Snowdon is a long story!) on the bottom end and Matt's 41217 (formerly Gwyn Murphet) on the top end of the 5 GRS Isle of Man rake. Here, Snowdon brings the train back down the hill, looking very much like a steam HST...
Two trains at Satterwaite, the Lady Anne HST and PTLRsam's Archangel Marmaduke, which surprised everyone with how well it coped with the hills.
The Belah Valley Railway is rarely represented at NWAG steamups, here Paula, a Dylan built in 1990 passes the junction for the steaming bay with its short train.
Snowdon rolls down from the upper terminus at Hawkshead Moor top.
I also took Russell for a run, but performance was ruined by the safety valve sticking open, meaning only 20psi could be raised. This wouldn't be an issue on a flat line, but the grades on the FFR are steep and relentless. It had a meeting with the Roundhouse multi tool when I got home...
Thanks to FFR Mike for another brilliant event.
