Date: 19/09/2014

A lifelong railways enthusiast has left £100,000 in her will to Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railway. Margaret Ritchie, who died in 2013 aged 68, bequeathed the money to pay for a new rail carriage. Her family and friends were on board for the carriage's maiden journey from Porthmadog to Blaenau Ffestiniog. And at a stop at Dduallt, Ms Ritchie's ashes were scattered and a dedication of the carriage was carried out by the former Bishop of Carlisle, Graham Dow. [From Richard Buckby]

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A pensioner leaves £100,000 in her will to pay for a new carriage for Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland Railway.