Welsh Highland Railway, the First Passenger Train arrives at Porthmadog

[filmmakingmad]

Good point, it added to the drama of the occasion so I left it in the edit.

[MightyRam83]

What was going on with the bloke jumping off the footplate and chasing the guy in black?

[thomasrosiefan1]

It really opened early?? Does anyone know how Russell is doing???

[filmmakingmad]

@thomasrosiefan1

Hi. All I know there is a restoration appeal to raise £30k for major works, boiler wheels and things.

[worldofwillow]

@filmmakingmad Russells doing fine. he or she shud be steaming some point next year

[filmmakingmad]

Of course! Thank you for your helpful comments. There was a great sense of occasion, which course it was.

[MHFyffe]

May I be allowed more than a modicum of envy...! Thank you for this, gave a real sense of 'being there'. Excellent. I enjoyed the 'black' photographer being chased too!

[ianh440]

i wasn't but wish i had been...

[filmmakingmad]

@ianh440

But thanks to technology all is not lost!

[hazza5199]

i was there

[filmmakingmad]

@hazza5199

It says its all.