The big event on the Ffestiniog Railway this year is the 'Quirks and Curiosities' event to be held over the May Day Bank Holiday weekend.

The Ffestiniog Railway is well known for having an incredible collection of unusual 1' 11 ½" gauge (nominally 2') rolling stock and most of it is rarely seen in public. Items such as the 'Boat', which will be seen sailing along the rails across the Cob; the newly restored 4-wheel Open Observation carriage with leather aprons and canopy which will be marshalled into passenger trains; and 'Busta', the high speed World War I platelayers trolley with a vintage motorbike engine, will be in action. Visiting curiosities such as Adrian Shooter's 'Model T' Ford will be put through their paces too.

According to General Manager Paul Lewin, "This promises to be the fun event of the year. We are lining up quite a large number of special trains in the way that only the Ffestiniog can and having more unusual stock on site will really add to the fun."

The event will also see the first public steaming of the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway replica locomotive 'Lyd' and a farewell to Prince, as the oldest working steam locomotives in the world enters the works for its 10-year overhaul.