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Camwell Personal Film No. 53: Last Passenger Train Blaenau Ffestiniog - Bala
Heavy clouds as the last passenger train makes its way to Blaenau Ffestiniog, with double headed panniers make light work of a heavy train
Overview
Dark days, heavy clouds and rain seem appropriate for Last Passenger Train events and 22 January 1961 was no exception. The weather gets progressively worse as we travel from Ruabon to Corwen, Bala and eventually on to Blaenau Ffestiniog for the last time. The two Great Western pannier tanks seem to make light work of the significant eight coach train behind them. Many people turned out for this Stephenson Locomotive Society special, with coverage even making it to the BBC's Railway Roundabout programme.
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