Quirks & Curiosities
Quirks & Curiosities was an event held on the Ffestiniog Railway on the 1st - 3rd May 2010. It celebrated the more unusual aspects of Narrow Gauge railways. The press release giving details of the event is reproduced here.
The visiting locmotives included:
- Busta
- Edward Sholto
- Gherkin
- Hunslet Rail Land Rover
- Iorwerth
- Lister 56371
- Model T Ford
- Paddy
- Perseverance
- Ratty
A report in pictures is available from the event. For speed of loading they are split across 3 pages:
Page 1 contains
- Welsh Highland Railway No 138
- The Boat
- Britomart Full size!
- Britomart Pint size version!
- "Our" Busta
- Another Busta
- Carriage 10, the later bugbox
- The Curly Roof Van
- Dahuichang 4
- Edward Sholto
- Harold
- The "Gherkin" diesel Railcar bogie
Page 2 contains
- Hunslet Rail Land Rover
- Lilla waiting for her next call
- Linda
- Lister 56371
- Lyd
- Merddin Emrys
- Moel-Y-Gest
- Moelwyn
- M O N S T E R !!!
- Wagon 280
- Carriage "S"
- Paddy
Page 3 contains
- Prince hiding in Glan-y-mor
- The peddle power Railcycle in Boston Lodge yard
- Ratty
- A Simplex
- Van 4 looking resplendent in its repaint
- Carriage 8, one of many of our own heritage vehicles in use during the weekend
- Leary
- Iorwerth
- Perseverance
- Wickham
- Another Boat, a Lifeboat, William Riley
- Welsh Pony
- Car Park Caravan
The sequel[edit]
The original event was followed by a second going by the name Quirks and Curiosities II in 2017. The locomotives at the second event included
- Campagne Tractor
- Chuquitanta
- Davenport
- Diana
- Fernilee
- French Speeder
- The Goose
- Hissing Sid
- Muir Hill tractor
- Perseverance
- Polar Bear
- Samson
- Spondon
- Steamplex
- Whistling Pig