As I mentioned in yesterday's report Blanche is in disgrace having shed a crank in spectacular fashion and spent the day marooned in the headshunt the bottom of Dduallt station.
An amusing postscript to this episode is that one of our Saturday visitors, an FR volunteer driver, posted a message on Facebook stating simply that 'Blanche had broken a crank at Dduallt' and number of his friends took the bait and fired back messages of concern for the actual locomotive.
Sister, Linda, turned back the clock to the 1980's double-heading with Mountaineer on the red set...
And also fulfilled one of our reader's requests appearing on the green push-pull consist....
This time two Garratts took a gander round the sprial...
And the detente between the FR and the WHHR seems to be developing....
Grateful thanks to the Risborough and District MRC for organising a superb exhibition and looking after the exhibitors very well with a limitless supply of free tea, coffee and biscuits (!) as well as an evening buffet at a local pub with a terrific array of real ales on tap.
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