THE oldest and youngest surviving operational Decauville steam locomotives will visit the Ffestiniog Railway (FR) from Jeremy Martin’s Richmond Light Railway over May 4/5, for the ‘Friends of the Ffestiniog’event, which is held to coincide with the FR Society annual general meeting.
The locos are Couillet 0-4-0T Chuquitanta (Decauville works No. 36 of 1885) and Decauville ‘Type 3’0-4-0T 648/1912 Lily. Chuquitanta last appeared at the FR during the railway’s April 2017 Quirks &Curiosities event, whereas this will be the first time Lily has travelled to North Wales.