Tanllan Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 (edited) The link will take you to the first picture in an album of photos taken during the 2019 gala at the Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway. To see the others click to the right side of the screen or swipe as appropriate on tablet/phone. https://www.flickr.com/photos/tanllan/48675372818/in/album-72157710725248096/ The album covers: Zillertalbahn Railway U Class loco, Countess, Joan, night time pictures, shunting at Tanllan Carriage Sidings. Edited January 5, 2020 by Tanllan 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cctransuk Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 6 minutes ago, Tanllan said: The link will take you to the first picture in an album of photos taken during the 2019 gala at the Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway. To see the others click to the right side of the screen or swipe as appropriate on tablet/phone. https://www.flickr.com/photos/tanllan/48675372818/in/album-72157710725248096/ The album covers: Zillertalbahn Railway U Class loco, Countess, Joan, night time pictures, shunting at Tanllan Carriage Sidings. You may wish to correct the thread title - unless you've cracked the time travel thing! Regards, John Isherwood. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir douglas Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 or start in the album page https://www.flickr.com/photos/tanllan/albums/72157710725248096 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PenrithBeacon Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 I used to go to this gala, but then the loop at Sylfaen was taken out and this resulted in very long gaps between trains. I just got bored and found something else to do. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanllan Posted January 5, 2020 Author Share Posted January 5, 2020 5 hours ago, sir douglas said: or start in the album page https://www.flickr.com/photos/tanllan/albums/72157710725248096 For some reason RM Web would not let me load that link ....... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tim Hall Posted January 14, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 14, 2020 On 05/01/2020 at 15:20, PenrithBeacon said: I used to go to this gala, but then the loop at Sylfaen was taken out and this resulted in very long gaps between trains. I just got bored and found something else to do. It's really not boring if you ride on the trains, surely? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PenrithBeacon Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 1 hour ago, Tim Hall said: It's really not boring if you ride on the trains, surely? It's very boring if you pay to ride in order to have the privilege of filming the gala. What was one of the best NG galas was turned into the worst. A great shame. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tim Hall Posted January 15, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 15, 2020 8 hours ago, PenrithBeacon said: It's very boring if you pay to ride in order to have the privilege of filming the gala. What was one of the best NG galas was turned into the worst. A great shame. Well if you've paid, why not ride, and film occasionally? I really don't see the problem. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PenrithBeacon Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 Because to me railways are primarily a sight to be enjoyed and I don't particularly enjoy the sensation of travelling on the railways. I pay at a gala out of a sense of obligation for the pleasure, but hanging about for ages waiting for a train isn't a pleasure. Quite simply, when the WLLR took out the loop at Sylfaen it ruined the gala and I chose to move on. There are other things to do that weekend. Cheers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanllan Posted January 15, 2020 Author Share Posted January 15, 2020 7 hours ago, PenrithBeacon said: Because to me railways are primarily a sight to be enjoyed and I don't particularly enjoy the sensation of travelling on the railways. I pay at a gala out of a sense of obligation for the pleasure, but hanging about for ages waiting for a train isn't a pleasure. Quite simply, when the WLLR took out the loop at Sylfaen it ruined the gala and I chose to move on. There are other things to do that weekend. Cheers The gala organisers try their best to put on a good show for our visitors. What they can do is limited by the availability of infrastructure and locomotives. 2019 was particularly difficult and the problems with getting the visiting engine sorted and ready for traffic meant that planning went right up to the wire. See this link https://fifteenflatout.wordpress.com/2019/09/06/mission-impossible-and-a-steam-gala/ OK so with the loop missing at Sylfaen the frequency of train movements is low at that location, however, by using the public footpath that crosses the Syfaen Brook there are some good train watching and photo opportunities available. During the 2019 Gala, down the line, at Cyfronydd there was plenty going on. (see attached Train diagram for the Saturday) and nearby are some good photography locations. On the Friday I was was rostered on an early shift and In the afternoon I travelled as a passenger from Llanfair to Cyfronydd and spent a while taking photos. I passed the time waiting for trains by finding alternative things to point my camera at - mainly several hundred swallows swooping low over the grass to feast on flying insects - a far trickier subject matter than trains. Sylfaen map https://streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?X=317372&Y=306317&A=Y&Z=115 Cyfronydd map https://streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?X=314036&Y=307579&A=Y&Z=115 As for watching trains in the landscape the spot chosen by Mike Heath for the photo below might be difficult to beat. Geoff Saturday Gala - Train Diagram-1.pdf Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PenrithBeacon Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 I'm well aware of many good photo spots on the WLLR, thanks, these are my YouTube films: Hope you enjoy them! Cheers 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanllan Posted January 16, 2020 Author Share Posted January 16, 2020 8 hours ago, PenrithBeacon said: I'm well aware of many good photo spots on the WLLR, thanks, these are my YouTube films: Hope you enjoy them! Cheers David, Thanks for sharing the videos. In the first one I was driving Joan on the ill fated trip that features in the last couple of minutes. There was a mechanical failure with the fireman's side valve gear. We didn't get off the loco until 11pm that evening!! Geoff 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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