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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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The Ffestiniog Railway Letter Service is an officially authorised service within the United Kingdom railway system for posting and transmission of letters, and under certain circumstances also delivering the letters directly to intended recipients. The service operates on the Ffestiniog Railway and the Welsh Highland Railway, and is similar to one operated on the Talyllyn Railway and on other heritage railways in the UK. The service was also offered until 1984 by British Railways as successors to the many constituent railway companies that had in 1891 signed an agreement with the G.P.O. and it was BR that regulated the terms and the charges in conjunction with the Royal Mail.
The Railway Letter Service has issued many stamps since its reinstatement in 1969 including the one depicted here, issued in May 2009.
Photo credit: Railway Letter Service
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