{"id":301,"date":"2015-08-21T21:23:51","date_gmt":"2015-08-21T21:23:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ngtrains-com.stackstaging.com\/blog\/?p=301"},"modified":"2023-01-12T09:46:23","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T09:46:23","slug":"chuffing-about-for-two-weeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ngtrains.com\/blog\/chuffing-about-for-two-weeks\/","title":{"rendered":"Chuffing About for two weeks"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Square2\"<\/a>Those who subscribe to the EDM Models Newsletters\u00a0 [Subscribe] will know that the business has been closed for two weeks and most will have guessed that I was away driving trains again.\u00a0 I could write a blow by blow account of the two weeks but let\u2019s just stick to the highlights, 640 miles driven over 12 days on duty, totalling 122 hours (bit more than a 40 hour week then) and 25 times to Blaenau.
\nFour different engines driven, David Lloyd George (56 miles), Linda (166 miles), Earl of Merioneth (194 miles) and Merddin Emrys (224 miles).<\/p>\n

Driving trains from Porthmadog to Blaenau, and back, is pretty routine but there is new stuff to be seen. Our railway has got a pretty savvy media team who keep it in the public eye. They are constantly making new videos either for sale or to use in the social media and they are always looking for new angles and now they seem to have found one<\/p>\n

Droning On<\/h3>\n

\"Drone<\/a>The new toy is a sophisticated drone operated by a local company who offered to do some photography with it to demonstrate what it can do. It’s not the sort of drone you find Maplin selling.<\/p>\n

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\"Drone<\/p>\n

We’re talking a pro job with six rotors, two cameras, a pilot with a helicopter license and five million quids worth of liability insurance.<\/p>\n

Have a look at the video below. This was filmed by drone flown by\u00a0vertical horizons media and edited by them and not by the railway<\/p>\n