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Ffestiniog Railway - 125 Years Of Steam

GBP8.35

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barcode: AR041D
Released: 14/08/2006 00:00:00

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The Ffestiniog railway in North Wales was originally constructed to convey slate from the quarries from Blaenau Ffestiniog to Porthmadog. The line was built on a steep incline to facilitate the use of gravity trains. In 1863 the increase in traffic forced the owner to consider different forms of motive power. After many trials and much development work, a special design of locomotive incorporating power bogies took to the narrow gauge rails.

During the Spring of 1988, the railway celeb