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Final pic's from the railway.

Inside the engine cab.

  

A rare find.

 

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View through the trees.

  

Chapel in the valley.

  

Guard leaning out.

 

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Coming up to pedestrian level crossing.

  

Passing over the crossing.

  

Weir and bridge.

 

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Looking along the platform.

  

Full length of the train.

  

Looking down on the dam.

 

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Station stop.

  

Rounding a curve,

  

Reflections.

 

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Church and graveyard.

  

Beautiful young lady enjoying the view.

  

A look back along the track.

 

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Essential oiling.

  

One of the town's clocks. 

 

Waiting for scraps.

 

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Our engine driver.

  

Coming into Aberystwyth station.

  

At Aberystwyth station.

 

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Plenty of steam.

  

Trackside garden.

  

Bicycle and trailer.

 

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Coming up to a level crossing.

  

Not the smoothest ride.

  

Smoke and steam.

 

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Station.

  

Changing the points.

  

Passing through the woods.

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Looking back.

  

Window view.

Station name.

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Coming up to a small level crossing.

 

Another bend,

  

View from the observation carriage.

 

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Our engine through the window.

  

Bend in the track.

  

Rounding a bend.

 

Vale of Rheidol railway.

In the distance Aberystwyth

  

Our engine for today.

  

Prince of Wales.  

 

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Final shots from the railway.

The guard hanging out the window as we round the bend back into the station at Devil's Bridge.

 

The engine controls.

 

A very rare find, this is the first one I have seen for years. As a member you were given a key which would give you access to the AA box.

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Pedestrian level crossing.

  

Looking down on the river below.

  

Chapel in the valley. There was once a programme on the radio on a Sunday morning called "Chapel in the valley", around 50 years ago!