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Coed y Bleiddiau

Coed y Bleiddiau (Wood of the Wolves) is a remote location just Down the line from Dduallt and there is evidence of ancient forest in the area. Local legend has it that the last wolf to be killed in Wales met its end nearby. There is a small halt here, serving a cottage which was built around 1860 for the use of the Superintendent of the Line.

The current Festiniog Railway Company Rule Book spells the name of this location as either "Coed-y-Bleddiau" or "Coed y Bleddiau". However, the correct spelling of the Welsh word for "wolves" is "bleiddiau". The location is also occasionally referred to as either "Coedybleddiau" or "Coedybleiddiau".

The railway crosses a small side valley on a curved, dry-stone, embankment here and the extra width on the outside of the curve is evidence of its having been eased at some time, probably after 1869 when a lot of improvements were made to make locomotive working easier. (more...)

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Tryfan Junction Station, c1960

Tryfan Junction on the Welsh Highland Railway. Originally built by North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways, it stood at the junction between the Bryngwyn Branch (originally the main line) and the line to South Snowdon (Rhyd Ddu). Despite closure of the Bryngwyn Branch to passengers in 1913, the station survived into WHR days. The photo shows the station in derelict condition c1960. It remains derelict today and is the subject of an ongoing conservation project by the Welsh Highland Railway Heritage Group.

Photo credit: Ron Fisher

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