The choice of which era to depict our new tow-along model was left to me, and I decided to go for the period which fascinated me most, when it was rescued from its plinth in Blaenau and brought into the museum at Porthmadog.
In this state it was so obviously a non-runner, whereas these days it looks as immaculate as any of the other FR engines, and the urge to shove a motor in it would be overwhelming.
An FR figure recently shared some correspondence from the late Alan Garraway where he recalled his fear that there would be moves to restore it to traffic in the early days of the restoration - the last thing he wanted with traffic booming was another puny small England engine.
Hiding it in plain sight in Blaenau, as a promotional tool and statement of intent, probably served a double purpose for AGWG.
One point of modelling interest in the picture is Himself’s trick for using black lining as a guide for getting your black infill and edging to look flawless.
And don’t you just love those white wheel rims?
It’s like a 1970s Ford Cortina on rails!
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