The Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railway has been given the go-ahead forWelsh Pony's restoration to traffic by the Company's Board and a comprehensive restoration management plan has been drawn up in conjunction with the FR Heritage Company.

"As a mature railway, our aspiration is that all our locos should eventually be returned to operating condition," adds Lewin. "We want to be in a position to be able to simply pull any one of them out of the shed and light it up. With the notable exception of Princess and Double Fairlie Livingston Thompson, which contain much original material and will be preserved as historic artefacts, the idea is that everything else should be restored to working order rather than being tucked in the back of a shed covered in dust."