"Miles" (for you only) since your the Ffestiniog gang exppert, it would be interesting to know whether you've ever been on a BVE? 🙂

Ffestiniog expert? me? naaa. biggest gob perhaps but the two don't go hand in hand...

BVE? as in the battery logos? nope, nope been on a moving one anyway.

Did maenoffern ever use BVE in the ater years.
linden 😉

They do have a BVE but it doesn't look like it has run in a long time. The yellow one was the last one used u/g I think.

Yes, and apparently in the late 90's when the power came on every Sunday afternoon it was possible to drive it! I wouldn't know of course! 😉

Providing it was the right gauge (1'11.25") I don't see a problem. The FR used on for boring the new Moelwyn Tunnel. I would ask first though before you buy on and come down the line to meet a passenger train! Lol :lol:

Providing it was the right gauge (1'11.25") I don't see a problem. The FR used on for boring the new Moelwyn Tunnel. I would ask first though before you buy on and come down the line to meet a passenger train! Lol :lol:

I wonder if the battery locos had the same variable gauge as the trucks, with the wheels loose on the axles? Surely not - while I can imagine it not being to bad to lump a truck back onto the rails if it fell off, a battery loco would be somewhat heavier.

As for meeting something little like Prince head on, I'm not sure I'd bet against the weight and low centre of gravity of the battery loco.... :standsbackandawaitsflaming:

Two were used at MO laterly, the Clayton (yellow one now in mill) was used underground (Floor 😎. I too have heard stories of it being run up and down at various times (alledgedly). They also used a BEV (NOT BVE!) in the mills this was moved to Llechwedd at some time and now resides at far end of the Quarry Tours "Miner's Tramway" apparantly kept there as a maintenance/emergency loco. Although when I was shown it it looked as if it needed rescuing itself!

The blue BEV and Yellow one are both still in the Maenofferen mill, along with two 1936 Rushtons.

There is a loco at the end of the miners tramway, looks like it needs a bit of love.

The loco at end of Miners Tramway is DEFINATELY the one from the mill at MO. It is even shown in a video (now DVD) by INGR. It was fimed in use in 1995. (now who sounds like a train spotter?)

We could do with a loco really. Vanoord - could you weld up some kind of unfolding pocket loco for next time we're in a level with tramline still in it?

It might be. I've seen photographs of a tramway where the flanges were on the outsides of the wheels!

Love the picture Miles - its been a while since I've seen you - I'm sure you didn't look like that!

Love the picture Miles - its been a while since I've seen you - I'm sure you didn't look like that!

Vanoord put it there, and I've already plotted his downfall.

Take a video, to show us the demonstaration.
what was it with the Rhosydd wagons - were they only single flanged?

Rhosydd Waggons were single flanged because the Floor 9 adit had three rails with a short section of 4 rails in the middle to facilitate passing. If they had used flanged wheels they would have needed points and therefore a man to change them in order for trains to pass.