Spirit Of The Welsh Highland Gala, 2nd-4th May 2009

5th May 2009

A Gala weekend of activities at Gelerts Farm saw the long awaited return of The Buffet Car as well as the reappearance of a Baldwin 4-6-0PT working at Porthmadog. The Baldwin was on loan from The Leighton Buzzard Light Railway and I would like to add my thanks to both the LBLR and the locomotive owners group for allowing their wonderful engine No 778 to work on our line. Both Saturday and Sunday were sunny days and the many visitors enjoyed the delights of buying food and drink in a similar fashion to how it was done when the buffet car first saw service in the late '20's/early '30's. Monday was cold, grey and wet and the poor Baldwin crew must have got soaked because of the loco's open cab to run the loose coupled freight through the morning. In response to a request we also ran a late evening special for the benefit of Ffestiniog Railway Society members and they greatly enjoyed their trip and they were particularly generous in their purchases in the Buffet Car as well.

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