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So we get rid of Grayling, put someone else in his place and he/she is supported/advised by the same DfT civil servants who have advised/supported Grayling and his predecessors. DfT will still carry on as normal, making the same commitments and mistakes regardless of whoever represents the DfT...

Can I suggest platform 1 at Porthmadog on the Ffestiniog line? Trains turn through 90 degrees. Also Tanygrisiau(FR) and Beddgelert(WHR) curve a lot. Beddgelert also has quite a gradient 1 in 40 such that the top of a train at the bottom point is lower than the wheels at the top point

Glad you had a good time Sadly didn't get to see much or ride the trains due to being busy indoors all weekend Dinas is limited by it's purpose, location and lack of main road signage Suspect this is a combination of too few volunteers volunteering to help plus the cost of providing the...

Though Dinas is listed as a request stop, it is also a passing point/token exchange, therefore all trains normally stop there. Guard only needs to know if you're in a locked carriage. F & WHR rules say If the carriage door opens outwards then it must be locked when in transit due to line...

'Narrow Minded Natter' will likely be something on the lines of food, drinking, maybe some alcohol, general chit-chat. A bit about the Nantlle Railway can be found here:-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nantlle_Railway and https://www.festipedia.org.uk/wiki/Nantlle_Railway. From the timetable it...

Damm beat me to it<D

Be aware that the 1455 does not return from Caernarfon until 11.30 the next day:oops::rolleyes: Four weeks to go:D:D

WHR Superpower will be based around their Dinas station, post code LL54 5UP Service trains from Beddgelert to Dinas leaving at around 11.30 and taking around 65 mins, giving you around 2 hours before returning. Though there will be extra trains running, not all will run through to Beddgelert...

I'll be traveling daily, before, during and after the event, from Minffordd/Porthmadog to Dinas by car, early start, late finish. If you rely on the WHR service trains then you will not get much time in Dinas before the return trip, unless they run extras. Had a quick surf for buses. Gwynfor...

Red single decker bus was at Dinas, acting as ticket office.(on the gate)

I'll be there helping over the weekend. Each years train times on during Superpower vary event to event. Last year there was an extra round turn from Porthmadog before the service trains and one after only on the Saturday. The only guaranteed trains are those on the published timetable at...

Or you could use the Cambrian line, change at Minffordd or Porthmadog, then use the Ffestiniog Railway to Blaenau Ffestiniog;););):lol::lol::lol:

Any update(s) on the re-furbishment or re-tractioning? Yesterday I saw two units in grey at Bournemouth from the city gates roundabout. Don't know if they are re-tractioned units or waiting to go to Eastleigh

Video on 442 thread, post 2016

I'm a bit out of date, having not used the trains recently. Class 442's used to have door controls in the guards office and in the corridor outside the office. Also in the doorways behind the drivers cab. All sets of controls had a rotary control for single unit/whole train operation. 444/450...