Taliesin headed by Blanche arrive at Porthmadog from Beddgelert with the Valentines tea special train. Taliesin is a replica Single Fairlie locomotive built at Boston Lodge works in 1999. Named after the 6th century Welsh poet Taliesin. Having been built for easy conversion between oil and coal firing, the locomotive has been coal-fired since 2007. Blanche was built in 1893 by the Hunslet Engine Co. Originally an 0-4-0ST running on the Penrhyn Quarry Railway, purchased by the Festiniog Railway in 1963. Rebuilt as 2-4-0STT in 1972, its pony truck is from Moel Tryfan, an engine used on the original Welsh Highland Railway.
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/38036">Richard Hoare</a>
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