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Vale of Ffestiniog

Phoenix’s Vale of Ffestiniog in 5 inch and 7¼ inch gauges.

Phoenix collection

Model history

Phoenix produced Vale of Ffestiniog in both 5 inch and 7¼ inch gauge. The model represented the Ffestiniog Railway’s rebuilt Funkey diesel, with the original catalogue acknowledging access to designer Steve Coulson’s CAD material.

The blue 5 inch prototype appeared at Derby in September 2014 and Leyland the following month. The larger green model is represented by finished locomotive and construction photographs.

From the original Phoenix catalogue

The 2019 catalogue describes the substantial 7¼ inch Vale of Ffestiniog model as approximately eight feet long and 500 lb, and credits the original full-size locomotive's designer Steve Coulson with access to CAD material.

This is an archived design description, not a current MRW specification or availability statement.

Part of the Phoenix collection

This page records the historical Phoenix design. Contact MRW about an existing locomotive or current product enquiries.

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Both gauges from the Phoenix archive

Vale of Ffestiniog in photographs

The blue 5 inch model and the green 7¼ inch model have separate galleries below. Select a photograph to enlarge it and use the next and previous buttons.

5 inch photographs ↓7¼ inch photographs ↓

5 inch Vale of Ffestiniog

The development prototype was taken to Derby in September 2014 and Leyland the following month. The original Phoenix channel also records it in action: Watch the 5 inch Vale at Derby ↗.