Porthmadog Harbour [FR]
On the first evening of the Ffestiniog Bygones Weekend there was a night shoot featuring the three Double Fairlie locomotives including the new addition 'James Spooner II', so new that it doesn't have nameplates yet. Info from the Festipedia website: The new James Spooner is the seventh locomotive to be built by the Festiniog Railway Company in its workshops at Boston Lodge, and the seventh FR Double Fairlie. The building of the new locomotive was announced in 2016 as a replacement for 'Earl of Merioneth'. It was completed in 2023 and is expected to enter service in 2024. This locomotive takes its name from an earlier FR engine which was named after the company's first manager. It was announced in March 2016 that 'Earl of Merioneth' was worn out and needed replacement and that the new double engine would be named James Spooner. The power bogies for the new loco and some cab fittings would come from Earl of Merioneth. The locomotive will feature a boiler the same as that which will replace Merddin Emrys current boiler. The boiler would be built at Boston Lodge with a hybrid riveted/welded design. It is also planned for the locomotive to have a removable roof section, so it can be presented in the style of Merddin Emrys when it was newly built.
Location: Porthmadog Harbour [FR]
Original line: Festiniog Railway
Photographer: Stephen Willetts
Contact photographer: Stephen Willetts
Date: 6/10/2023
Image number: 87617
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