DHR TV Success in Japan
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A recent Japanese documentary film about the DHR has proved a great hit. Screened in June 2005 as part of a series on other World Heritage Sites the 43 minute programme tells the story of this unique hill railway and features the people who operate it, live and work alongside it and go to school on it.
From the outset the NHK TV Company was advised by the DHRS.
Society members in the UK and India provided background briefing material and archive photographs, suggested topics and personalities for inclusion, and supported the film crew.
The result is a charming and well-crafted picture of life along the railway tracks. Society members will have an opportunity to see a copy of the programme at society meetings.
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'A Taste of India in North Wales'
The Ffestiniog Railway's FR50 Gala (30 April - 2 May 2005) had a distinctly Indian flavour.
Star of the three-day event was Adrian Shooter's restored Sharp Stewart 0-4-0ST No 19. Built in 1889, the splendidly restored locomotive, complete with its two newly built carriages, was in action on all three days and later also worked a special charter train up to Tan-y-Bwlch.
Adding further colour to the event, the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway Society (DHRS) transformed the Ffestiniog's Minffordd Station into 'Sukna' - a station on the DHR - complete with such authentic local touches as prayer flags, and Indian station signs. For hungry or thirsty passengers there were stalls selling such Indian travel necessities as chai and samosas, mango juice and Cobra beer.
Said DHRS Chairman David Barrie "We were delighted to support our Ffestiniog Railway friends with such a major event. The DHR deserves all the publicity it can get and by seeing No 19 and visiting 'Sukna' we hope that many other people will be encouraged to plan a trip to the line'.
Paul Whittle
Public Relations Officer
8 May 2005
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