Ex-SAR, NGG16 Garratt, No 143 approaches Ryhd Ddu with the 12:15 from Caernarvon. 9/9/2006. At the time Ryhd Ddu was the eastern terminus of the line. Trains only started running the full length of the line between Caernarvon and Portmadog in 2011. The shot was taken on my first and only visit to the Welsh Highland Railway, which was holding a special event that weekend, but I can't for the life of me remember what it was called.
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Another shot of ex-SAR, NGG16 Garratt, No. 143 on the approaches to Rhyd Ddu on the 9th September 2006. It was either too warm for any exhaust or NGG 16's are so efficient that they don't put any out!
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No. 143 stands at Dinas having just arrived with the late-running 09:00 from Caernarvon to Waunfawr. 9/9/2006. The NGG 16 Garratts are really impressive locos up-close but were small in South African terms. I've only seen one SA main line Garratt, the GL in Manchester Museum of Science and Industry - and it's BIG, despite being 3' 6" gauge!
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NGG 16, No. 143 leaves Dinas with the late-running 09:00 from Caernarvon to Waunfawr. 9/9/2006.
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NGG16, No. 138 ""Millenium" stands at Dinas with the 10:45 Caernarvon to Rhyd Ddu. 9/9/2006. This loco is currently under overhaul.
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