The other ffestiniog

The Ffestiniog Railway has accomplished much during its seven decades in preservation. Here is a timeline of its key milestones.

What better way of celebrating both the Ffestiniog Railway’s 70th anniversary and ‘Railway 200’ than with an epic four-day gala culminating in a spectacular cavalcade? THOMAS BRIGHT finds out how the FR pulled off one of the events of the year.

Long-serving Ffestiniog Railway volunteer and current FR Magazine editor JOHN DOBSON recalls his early encounters with the railway back in the 1950s.

Ffestiniog – a jewel in the crown

Ffestiniog equals slate, right? Maybe not, as we find out from a dedicated group that are working hard to ensure that an almost forgotten facet of this famous line’s rolling stock history is not forgotten.

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