The Afonglas and Nant Llywyd spring steamup 2011

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The Afonglas and Nant Llywyd spring steamup 2011

Post by laalratty » Sat Mar 26, 2011 8:48 pm

The first NWAG steamup of the year was held today on my Afonglas and Nant Llywyd Railway, as typically the lovely weather from last week disappeared in a load of cloud and a cold breeze. Still a fun time was had by those that turned up, and there was a variety of locos on show. Here are the inevertable pics
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From the PTLR came Cecils latest loco, the Accucraft Lyn in BR livery first uveiled at the Fairfield Railway back in January. The performance of this beast was as good as its appearance
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All Lynton and Barnstaple in this shot
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Lyn departs Afallen
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Duncan from the Ingleton Mountain Railway, one of 2 Billys that visited
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Today bought a first run out for the Little Morecambe steam railways 16mm scale Welshpool and Llanfair train, and very neat it looked too
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Afonglas shed was a "BR liveried loco" only area...
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Superior emerges from the tunnel
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The other Billy was the recently fully rebuilt example from the Stanwix Light Railway
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David William drifts out of Afallen
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Of course, me and Si just had to do the usual huge double headed train, this is an NWAG tradition! This time its the BR pair, with 5 carriages and 3 wagons (2 of them loaded) on the tail. I can just imagine Mr Bond shuddering at the thought... :lol:
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Steaming through Afallen
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Finally seen passing Ty Pren, where the fence has finally been erected
Many thanks to all those who attented, SLR midge did attend but Curlew managed to evade the camera :?

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Post by Sir Clothem Cap » Sat Mar 26, 2011 8:51 pm

Wow that first photo could be real!!!

MDLR

Post by MDLR » Sat Mar 26, 2011 10:08 pm

Sir Clothem Cap:51112 wrote:Wow that first photo could be real!!!
The photo IS real - the models could be the real thing!!

:lol:

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Post by Dr. Bond of the DVLR » Sat Mar 26, 2011 10:20 pm

Haha! Excellent, well I may have shuddered. Today, by contrast, I had a rather nice bertie visit with three little 4 wheeled carriages being hauled - lovely.
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The railway which people forgot
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Post by ptlrcecil » Sat Mar 26, 2011 10:58 pm

Cracking pics

SLRmidge

Post by SLRmidge » Sat Mar 26, 2011 11:34 pm

A couple from me.........

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Post by taliesin001 » Sun Mar 27, 2011 6:38 pm

some excellent pics :D

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Post by Steven.T » Sun Mar 27, 2011 6:52 pm

Some really good pics there, I especially like the one with Superior exiting the tunnel, lovely looking loco :D
Cheers,
Ste

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Post by laalratty » Sun Mar 27, 2011 8:51 pm

One more pic...

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"Hmmmm, mmmmmm, something isn't right here...."


And that is not a setup! I had set myself up to take a pic there of trains passing, and whilst I pressed the shutter Si was rapidly racing round to get to Lyn's regulator in time!! :lol:

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Post by Steven.T » Sun Mar 27, 2011 8:56 pm

Did they stop in time? :o :lol:

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Post by laalratty » Sun Mar 27, 2011 9:14 pm

Yes he did! The loco stopped with a couple of inches between them

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Post by LMS-Jools » Sun Mar 27, 2011 10:05 pm

Sizing each other up !

Cowcatcher to Cowcatcher !!!!

Lol

Many thanks Ratty for an enjoyable afternoon of Steamy Fun. ;) 8)

It was all Very Interesting. :?

Narrow Minded

Post by Narrow Minded » Mon Mar 28, 2011 12:03 am

Fantastic set of photo's! :D

Ace collection of loco's and rolling stock on a first rate line - thanks for sharing! :D

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Re: The Afonglas and Nant Llywyd spring steamup 2011

Post by DolwyddelanLightRail » Mon Mar 28, 2011 1:16 pm

laalratty:51111 wrote: Image
:shock: :love10: :love10: :love10:

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Post by Jonnyb » Mon Mar 28, 2011 5:26 pm

Interesting to see the difference in height between the Lyn and Superior.

Great pics though

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Post by ptlrcecil » Tue Mar 29, 2011 6:03 pm

Although lyn is longer the superior is huge when the two go together..

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