Boston Lodge (Pictorial Views)
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| Boston Lodge (Pictorial Views) | |
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| Panoramic View from above 1963 Photo: Geoff Plumb | |
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| Status | Works - Closed to Public |
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 1) The boiler and one power bogie from double Fairlie Taliesin *Date: 1962 or 1963 *Photo: '''Roger Marks''']] |
2) A view from the hill behind the lodge. *Date: 11th August 1963 *Photo: Geoff Plumb - see below |
 3) Double-Fairlie 0-4-4-0T No. 10 Merddin Emrys shares the disposal road at Boston Lodge with ex-Penrhyn Railway Blanche 0-4-0STT after the day's work on the sunny evening *Date: Sunday 2nd August 1964 *Photo: Geoff Plumb |
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 5) Slate waggons 200 and 185 with sheeted-over Princess and K1 in Glan-y-Mor yard. *Date: 16th August 1967 *Photo: John Browning |
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 7) From the hill above. *Date:May 1976 *Photo: Cyril Perrier |
 8) (L to R) Palmerston, Taliesin, David Lloyd George. Vale of Ffestiniog lurks in the background. *Date: 21st April 2006 *Photo: Andrew Thomas |
 9) Recently cleared and levelled area of Glan-y-Mor showing the new Boston Lodge helipad. *Date: June 2006 *Photo Andy Elms |
A commentary from Geoff Plumb on photo 2 above
11th August 1963 ... [the] running shed and Glan-y-Mor yard bask in the summer sunshine. The track running out of the picture bottom left led to the gunpowder store sheds and the coach on the left is derelict No. 10. The three-way stub point that had been part of the layout at Porthmadog Harbour station had been replaced and was now in the process of being relaid in Glan-y-Mor yard (this was part of my first volunteering work as a 15 year old - it took most of the two weeks I was there to relay the pointwork!). In the centre is the cab from "Earl of Merioneth", to the right under the tarpaulin is (I think) "Welsh Pony" while to the right of that is the engine that came from Harrogate Gas Works. In the works yard the tanks from "Earl of Merioneth" can be seen, ex-Penrhyn Railway 0-4-0ST "Blanche" is on the loco preparation and disposal track, together with "Prince". The long shed to the left was the running shed for working locos. It is also a high tide as some of the grazing cattle in the background have discovered!"