Ex-LMS Class 5 4-6-0 45231 is approaching the tunnel through Moel Drynogydd en route to Blaenau Ffestiniog with ‘The Welsh Mountaineer’ from Preston on 05/08/09. Loaded to 7 coaches, it had stalled on the tortuous 1 in 47 grade beyond Betwys-Y-Coed, and had to split the train – it is here hauling the first 5 coaches to Blaenau, before returning for the other two.
