Date: 06/01/2015

Work to upgrade the oldest operating railway workshops in the world is set to start in the next few weeks. Once the work at Boston Lodge near Porthmadog is completed the Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland Railway (F&WHR) will be able to store all its locomotives under cover for the first time. [From Richard Buckby]

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Ffestiniog Railway workshops set for major upgrade

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Work to upgrade the oldest operating railway workshops in the world is set to start in the next few weeks.

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Boston Lodge Works on the Ffestiniog Railway, view east in 1968.
Location: Boston Lodge Works
Company: Festiniog Railway
/05/1968 John Thorn

A 'Rail Taxi'. Originally an Italian designed, BMW built Isetta bubble-car, this 4-2-0 petrol railcar had been converted for rail operations in 1967 and initially used on the Leighton Buzzard Light Railway. Photographed here during a period on the Ffestiniog Railway in 1984.
Location: Boston Lodge Works
Company: Festiniog Railway
//1984 Gus Carnegie

The last train of the day crosses The Cob on its way from Porthmadog Harbour Station to return to Boston Lodge on a summer evening in July 1991.
Location: The Cob
Company: Festiniog Railway
/07/1991 Colin McDonald