Ffestiniog Railway events
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An adhoc list of some of the events on the railway. By no means complete and only lists events since 1986 Items marked *&* originally appeared on the Company website, and with the format change, now appear here with kind permission:
(In chronological order)
- 1986, Easter Weekend - FR150
- 1988, 30th April to 2nd May - Steam 125
- 1990, 5th to 7th May - Steam Gala - for a brochure see the ephemera page
- 1993, 1st to 3rd May - Hunslet 100 Grand Steam Gala
- 1993, 19th/20th June - Training and Recruitment Weekend - A event targetted at on-train volunteers
- 1995, 6th to 8th May - All Our Yesterdays Steam Gala 95
- 1996, 17th/18th February - The Diesel Weekend
- 1997, 3rd to 5th May - A Festival of Steam Biennial Gala
- 1998, 2nd to 4th May - The Mini Gala
- 1999, 1st to 3rd May - Railffest 99 The Biennial Gala
- 2000, 15th/16th April - FE2K an event targeted at potential volunteers
- 2000, 28th December - A Quiet Time in the Snow *&*
- 2002, Welsh Pony leaves Porthmadog, 12th March 2002, a pictorial report *&*
- 2002, 1st to 4th June - 20th Anniversary of the Opening to Blaenau / Golden Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II
- 2002, Building Back to Blaenau, a pictorial report on the 20th Anniversary *&*
- 2004 - Railfest at the NRM featuring Prince, 15 and the CRV, also the Darjeeling loco
- 2005, 30th April to 3rd May - FR50
- 2005, 23rd July - The First Train (Mary Ann)
- 2005, Saturday 6th August 2005 - The First Train (Prince)
- 2010, 1st May to 3rd May - Quirks & Curiosities
- 2011, 'The Spring Thing', the first joint FR and WHR event
- 2012, 'Blaenau 30'
- 2013, Steam 150 - 150th anniversary of steam on the Festiniog Railway
- 2014, 'Our Railway Adventure', 60th anniversary of preservation
- 2017, Quirks and Curiosities II
- 2018, Hunslet 125 (June)
Regular Events
- Vintage Weekend
- Winter Warmer Weekend
- Kids Week
- Kids Week 2002 *&*
- 2003
- 2004
- 2005, Saturday 30th July to Saturday 6th August 2005