StoneRoad2013's photos with the keyword: Blanche

Ricket rescue crew have adventures with fitting her saddletank.

Someone's having a little fun at the expense of The Ladies. [sorry, an in-joke, I'll be back to explain it later] The FR is well known for the "double Fairlie" - a type of articulated locomotive. So someone has stuck the two Hunslet Ladies back to back in imitation, they'll not get far, as they both need the missing tenders ...

In the driving seat of "Blanche" with that wonderful, cheeky smile and totally unruly hair sticking out in all directions. . Not my image

Phil D, on Blanche's tender. The down train was waiting in Rhiw Goch loop for the up train to pass. . . Not my image.

Running round at Blaenau Ffestiniog. Actually only a short period before the end of her boiler ticket, and an upcoming overhaul)

On a misty day in April 2016 (Easter ?) Blanche and Linda (aka The Hunslet Ladies or the Penrhyn Sisters) also the "Queens of the Hill" (from winning a competition during a Superpower event on the Welsh Highland Railway in 2011 - as determined by the Railway Performance Society)