Visiting the Wigfa and Llanwrst Light Railway...

At the weekend I took the kids to visit Dave Mee's W&LLR, a lovely mature 16mm scale line near Betws-y-coed. Despite being usually just 16mm I was joined by Peter Bakke from Aberdeen (!) who had brought down his Simply Seven Eights locomotive, Swift Sixteen Simplex (lovingly modified into an open example) and picking up a pair of bolsters from the US...

My son enjoyed driving the Simplex and a few wagons around the yard before being let loose on the mainline. In this photo you can see the bolsters and Simplex belonging to Peter, in the ballast as Peter runs on 45mm gauge.

The Dyfrdwy Tramway train didn't look too out of place in slate quarry, when other items that gave away the scale discrepancy were not in shot.

Here is my son driving the Simplex, whilst Peter's engine sits on the main...

The Simplex with steam engine behind...

Finally the steamer with my flat wagon to show how it looks with a Model-earth budget skip wagon chassis...
We had a lot of fun, and David and friends were very welcoming. It was SOOO hot and the kids did well... Alex and I drove steam engines, and came away with something exciting... more on that shortly...