The Ffestiniog Railway (Welsh: Rheilffordd Ffestiniog) is a heritage railway based on 1 ft 11+1⁄2 in (597 mm) narrow-gauge, located in Gwynedd, Wales....
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Merionethshire, it now relies much on tourists, drawn for instance to the Ffestiniog Railway and Llechwedd Slate Caverns. It reached a population of 12,000 at...
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Pass. At Porthmadog it connects with the Ffestiniog Railway and to the short Welsh Highland Heritage Railway. In Porthmadog it uses the United Kingdom's...
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The Ffestiniog Railway owns and operates a number of heritage and modern-day steam and diesel locomotives. A full list of these locomotives with details...
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Blaenau Ffestiniog railway station serves the slate mining town of Blaenau Ffestiniog, Wales, and is the passenger terminus of the Conwy Valley Line from...
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north-west Wales. It connected Bala with Blaenau Ffestiniog. The railway originally connected Bala with Llan Ffestiniog. It was incorporated on 28 July 1873 and...
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Conwy Valley line (redirect from Conwy Valley Railway)
Conwy) is a railway line in north-west Wales. It runs from Llandudno via Llandudno Junction (Welsh: Cyffordd Llandudno) to Blaenau Ffestiniog, and was originally...
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in particular the settlements of Llan Ffestiniog and Blaenau Ffestiniog. It has a population of 4,875. Ffestiniog was a parish in Cantref Ardudwy; in 1284...
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Porthmadog (redirect from Portmadoc (WHR) railway station)
and tourism centre, being close to Snowdonia National Park and the Ffestiniog Railway. The 1987 National Eisteddfod was held there. It includes nearby Borth-y-Gest...
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Cambrian Line is thus by way of the Ffestiniog Railway "Up" platform. Passenger service on the Ffestiniog Railway was withdrawn on 15 September 1939,...
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Fairlie locomotive (category Ffestiniog Railway)
for the Ffestiniog Railway, a narrow gauge slate railway in North Wales. The Ffestiniog was the first 1 ft 11+1⁄2 in (597 mm) gauge railway to use locomotives...
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The Ffestiniog Railway 0-4-0T+T were six 0-4-0T+T steam locomotives built by George England and Co. for the Ffestiniog Railway between 1863 and 1867. The...
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Gwili Railway). Penrhyn Quarry Railway, Bethesda, Gwynedd Trawsfynydd and Blaenau Ffestiniog Railway, Closed and replaced by Bala & Ffestiniog Railway Heritage...
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View - published by Ffestiniog Railway Company, 2014. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Vale of Rheidol Railway. Vale of Rheidol Railway website...
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The Ffestiniog Power Station (Welsh pronunciation) is a 360-megawatt (MW) pumped-storage hydroelectricity scheme near Ffestiniog, in Gwynedd, north-west...
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Railway in Belgium. The first use of steam locomotives on a public, passenger-carrying narrow-gauge railway was in 1865, when the Ffestiniog Railway introduced...
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The Spooners of Porthmadog (redirect from James Spooner (railway engineer))
constructed and managed the Ffestiniog Railway for over fifty years. In North Wales they were involved in the promotion of numerous railway schemes including many...
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Blaenau Ffestiniog North (initially named plain "Blaenau Festiniog", without a second f) was the London and North Western Railway's (LNWR's) second passenger...
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OO9 (category Narrow gauge railway modelling)
release models of the Ffestiniog Railway England and Double Fairlie locomotives. Peco are also planning to release Ffestiniog rolling stock including...
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locomotive Prince from the Ffestiniog Railway and Hunslet Engine Company Russell from the Welsh Highland Heritage Railway, both in Porthmadog. Two lengths...
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like the Ffestiniog Railway, the Corris Railway and the Talyllyn Railway were common carriers, while others like the Penrhyn Quarry Railway and the Padarn...
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Henry Archer (category Ffestiniog Railway)
his time between North Wales and London. In railway circles, Archer is known mostly for the Ffestiniog Railway, which was the major work of his life, a fiery...
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Loading gauge (section Ffestiniog Railway)
physical structure that defines the maximum height and width dimensions in railway vehicles and their loads. Their purpose is to ensure that rail vehicles...
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Moel Tryfan (locomotive) (category Welsh Highland Railway)
Highland Railway (WHR) and the Ffestiniog Railway (FfR). The North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways built two 1 ft 11+1⁄2 in (597 mm) gauge railways, connecting...
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Adrian Shooter (category British people associated with Heritage Railways)
with railways, both commercial and preserved, including the Ffestiniog Railway, the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway and his own Beeches Light Railway. Adrian...
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Dduallt railway station (English: Black hill) (pronounced [ˈðɨ.aɬt]) is a passenger station on the narrow gauge Ffestiniog Railway in northwest Wales,...
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first time in 2013. Lyd. A 2-6-2T, built from 1999 to 2010 by the Ffestiniog Railway. First steamed on 2 May 2010, it ran its first passenger train on...
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Cwmorthin quarry (category Ffestiniog Railway)
Quarrying on the site started in 1810. In 1860 it was connected to the Ffestiniog Railway. In 1900 it was acquired by the nearby Oakeley quarry and the two...
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Irish ultra low-cost airline Ffestiniog Railway, a tourist attraction in Gwynedd, Wales Furness Railway, an early British railway company French language (ISO...
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