by Mark Collins

Our 4 days in Wales were thoroughly enjoyable. Everything ran so smoothly and according to plan.

It was a gorgeous day as we arrived at Llanberis for the Snowdon Mountain Railway. We filmed the shed to begin with talking to Sam Reeves the Chief Engineer and then took the first steam train to the summit.

Some of the shots taken with the mini camera look spectacular as the cameraman leant out of the window with his large pole giving the impression he was standing on the roof of the carriage.

We left the train on the way down at Clogwyn and filmed there for the next few hours as trains went by.

I remember sitting on the edge of Snowdon looking across to the mountain on the other side of the valley and being amazed at the scale of everything; I can only describe the scenery as “too big to see”. It was an awesome sight with the excellent weather playing such an important part.

The General Manager Alan Kendall and his team were more than helpful and I wish him the best of luck with projects such as archiving the blueprints of the original designs of some of the Swiss-built locos

Trainspotting.links (will open in a new window)

www.snowdonrailway.co.uk