tarboat's photos with the keyword: rhyd ddu

Wet Wales

10 Sep 2023 3 3 177
Steam, mist and rain combine as a couple of Garratts work a long train of permanent way maintenance stock through the curve before Rhyd Ddu on the Welsh Highland Railway.

Chasing the sun

13 Jan 2023 3 1 167
On the curve before Rhyd Ddu on the Welsh Highland Railway a couple of Beyer Garratt type locomotives work hard uphill with a long train of permanent way maintenance stock. This was a day of trying to predict the patches of sunshine in between the heavy rain.

Engineering service

19 Apr 2022 3 1 209
Welsh Highland Railway ex South African Beyer Garratts hard at work on the approaches to Rhyd Ddu with an engineering train. The weather was awfully wet but that is to be expected in November.

Rhyd Ddu Garratts

07 Sep 2016 2 294
A pair of Garratts stand in pouring rain at Rhyd Ddu on the Welsh Highland Railway. It was so wet that a photo with the notice boards in fron of the locomotive was the only option from the shelter of the station building. At least the Braithwaite tank is clearly visible!

Garratts on the curve

24 Feb 2014 4 514
A pair of Beyer Garratt type locomotives working hard uphill on the curve before Rhyd Ddu on the Welsh Highland Railway.

On the Welsh Highland Railway

01 Dec 2013 8 2 489
Welsh Highland Railway ex South African Beyer Garratts hard at work on the approaches to Rhyd Ddu with an engineering train.

Welsh Highland wagons

14 Nov 2013 3 1 482
In pouring rain a long train of permanent way maintenance stock approaches the big curve before Rhyd Ddu on the Welsh Highland Railway.