For our first August meeting we returned to the Rhos and Betws tramway, and the rain returned too. Despite this, a couple of our group took locos out into the rain, and fortunately the rain then stopped for long enough for a great many more trains train – with battery electric, and manual and remote control steam doing circuits of the picturesque ground-level line. We enjoyed copious amounts of tea, cakes, and a delicious lunch, in the shelter of the conservatory. Then we managed to run even more trains before the rain resumed!
![Péchot-Bourdon Double Fairlie (Photo: Simon Wood)](https://swwales.16mmgroup.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/08/IMG_4022-1024x662.jpeg)
![The Baldwin tractor (Photo: Trevor)](https://swwales.16mmgroup.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/08/IMG_3175-e1692786297941-950x1024.jpeg)
![Regner Paul with vans (Photo: Simon Wood)](https://swwales.16mmgroup.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/08/IMG_4017-1024x695.jpeg)
![Eve with gravel (Photo: Trevor)](https://swwales.16mmgroup.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/08/IMG_3194-768x1024.jpeg)
![Eve in the station (Photo: Trevor)](https://swwales.16mmgroup.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/08/IMG_3197-e1692786408512-849x1024.jpeg)
![Half a double (Photo: Trevor)](https://swwales.16mmgroup.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/08/IMG_3209-e1692786382395-926x1024.jpeg)
![Rescue (Photo: Trevor)](https://swwales.16mmgroup.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/08/IMG_3212-768x1024.jpeg)
![Elizabeth by the stream (Photo: Trevor)](https://swwales.16mmgroup.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/08/IMG_3218-768x1024.jpeg)
![Red Cross (Photo: Trevor)](https://swwales.16mmgroup.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/08/IMG_3215-768x1024.jpeg)
![Hot pursuit (Photo: Trevor)](https://swwales.16mmgroup.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/08/IMG_3177-e1692786314131-1001x1024.jpeg)
![Baldwin approaching the viaduct (Photo: Trevor)](https://swwales.16mmgroup.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/08/IMG_3183-768x1024.jpeg)
![Regner leaving the station (Photo: Trevor)](https://swwales.16mmgroup.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/08/IMG_3181-768x1024.jpeg)
![Station yard (Photo: Trevor)](https://swwales.16mmgroup.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/08/IMG_3186-768x1024.jpeg)
![The fuzz (Photo: Trevor)](https://swwales.16mmgroup.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/08/IMG_3188-768x1024.jpeg)
![Darjeeling railcar leaving the station (Photo: Trevor)](https://swwales.16mmgroup.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/08/IMG_3203-e1692786341452-1024x966.jpeg)
![Regner Konrad on the viaduct (Photo: Trevor)](https://swwales.16mmgroup.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/08/IMG_3191-768x1024.jpeg)
![Baldwin tractor in the cutting (Photo: Simon Wood)](https://swwales.16mmgroup.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/08/P1360084-823x1024.jpg)
![Empty slates in the station (Photo: Trevor)](https://swwales.16mmgroup.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/08/IMG_3208-e1692786362419-1024x924.jpeg)
This driver’s eye video of the line by Werner Stark has music by Jutta Gieber and was produced by David Lewis
There are also a lot more of Simon’s photos in his web album of the meet-up.