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VoR[19] - Pen Dinas
VoR[19] - was a red kite !
vor[19] - mining spoil
VoR[19] - trees and more trees
VoR[19] - almost there
VoR[19] - old farmhouse
VoR[19] - was a farm, once
VoR[19] - No.1213
VoR[19] - stairs and falls
VoR[19] - return journey
VoR[19] / CLW[19] - Halls were here ?
O&S - Mr Clippet or clippy
clch - Flooding in Germany, rainfall July 2021 [1…
clch - Germany, rainfall totals, 14th July 2021
clch - Floods in Germany, rivers in July 2021 [2 o…
DoL / BDD - Douglas
olb / DoL - Aberdyfi
cvd (meme) - death & coffins
IoM[1] - Diesel railcar {No.s 19 or 20}
VoR[19] - Devil's Bridge
cvd - Tube passengers, 26th July 2021
bal - ALM 598
O&S(meme) - Tie it down, sport.
VoR[19] - farmland
VoR[19] - Cwm Rheidol Power Station.
VoR[19] - the deer or stag {3 of 3}
VoR[19] - the deer or stag {2 of 3}
VoR[19] - the deer or stag {1 of 3}
VoR[19] - Afon Rheidol {2 of 2}
VoR[19] - Afon Rheidol {1 of 2}
VoR[19] - 1213 is almost ready
VoR[19] - GWR 1213
VoR[19] - No.10
VoR[19] - waiting carriages
bal - vending machine
bal - station bench
Bal - extension
bal - Llanuwchllyn Heritage Centre
bal - Llyn Tegid
bal - Bala (Penybont)
bal - Bentley
B&M - dol/oaw - Speckled Wood
dol/o&s - Time & Tide Bell, Aberdyfi {1 of 3}
dol/o&s - Time & Tide Bell, Aberdyfi {2 of 3}
dol/o&s - Time & Tide Bell, Aberdyfi {3 of 3}
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VoR[19] - climbing
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GWR1213 was making a splendid sound climbing the gradient here.
The steepest section - at 1 in 50 - is from Aberffrwd to Devil's Bridge.
I was also impressed by the standard of the almost manicured permanent way [the track]
The steepest section - at 1 in 50 - is from Aberffrwd to Devil's Bridge.
I was also impressed by the standard of the almost manicured permanent way [the track]
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The VoR "borrowed" the Alco 'Mountaineer' and a pilot driver from the Ffestiniog Railway. I travelled behind The Alco the one day, and it sounded as if she was not really coping, then I heard the FR driver say ... "Open her up, right up ... No, like this" accompanied by a great bark of exhaust, Mountaineer then romped up the rest of the way into Devil's Bridge.
I suspect the VoR driver was used to a more gentle approach with the home engines, despite being on a section at 1 in 50. The Alco was used to 13 miles at 1 in 80, and to give her best performance she needed plenty of steam and a wide open regulator, hence the "open her up" instruction.
[e2a - The FR driver in question was the late Evan Davies, I still have great respect for his ability to get the best out of the engines he drove]
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