Sunday, 28 September 2014

A few reminders from earlier on in the summer, of why the Ffestiniog still captures the imagination.

The new signal box at sunset in early August. The station has little of the nostalgia that I remember from childhood but the impressive new track layout does have it own charm. The new platform has less detrimental effect on the station than I had expected. It's the canopy and treatment of the actual station building which is really sad and out of character. Penrhyn remains my favourite location, I think the building will have to be the inspiration for the station I build for Borth y gest.

The McKenzie and Holland signals really look the part. Carriage 17 had just come out of the paint shop. It smelt fantastic! I really like this livery and can foresee a rake of 'Woolworths' liveried stock making it onto the model eventually. 
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  1. Max Brayne29 September 2014 at 13:00

    I think Penrhyn would an ideal style for the station. Particularly as parts of it are apparently from the original Portmadoc station.

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  2. Andrew Sewell30 September 2014 at 10:49

    Hi Max, that's what I thought. I can imagine a rather careworn building, perhaps with a tin roof being used as a station come tea room, perhaps accompanied by a shelter like that at Minfordd. I want the station to have a really Spooneresque feel without it looking too forced. After all the line would have been a very stripped back affair and would have had more in common with WHR than Ffestiniog if it had been built.

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