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British narrow gauge railways — There were more than a thousand British narrow gauge railways ranging from large, historically significant common carriers to small, short lived industrial railways. Many notable events in British railway history happened on narrow gauge railways … Wikipedia
North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways — Map of the NWNGRs Locale Wales Dates of operation 1877–1916 Successor Welsh Highland Railwa … Wikipedia
Narrow Gauge Railway Museum — Inside the Narrow Gauge Railway Museum, 2008 The Narrow Gauge Railway Museum (Welsh: Amgueddfa Rheilffyrdd Bach Cul) is a purpose built museum dedicated to narrow gauge railways situated at the Tywyn Wharf station of the Talyllyn Railway in Tywyn … Wikipedia
Slate industry — The slate industry is the industry related to the extraction and processing of slate. Slate is either quarried from a slate quarry or reached by tunneling in a slate mine . Common uses for slate include as a roofing material, a flooring material… … Wikipedia
Break-of-gauge — With railways, a break of gauge is where a line of one gauge meets a line of a different gauge. Trains and rolling stock cannot run through without some form of conversion between gauges, and freight and passengers must otherwise be transloaded.… … Wikipedia
Croesor Tramway — Coordinates: 52°58′55″N 4°2′25″W / 52.98194°N 4.04028°W / 52.98194; 4.04028 … Wikipedia
Deeside Tramway — (Glyndyfrdwy) Locale Wales Dates of operation 1850s–1947 Successor Abandoned Track gauge 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) Length 3 miles … Wikipedia
Cedryn Quarry Tramway — Infobox rail railroad name=Cedryn Quarry Tramway gauge=RailGauge|24 start year=c. 1861 end year=c. 1888 length= 4 miles hq city=Dolgarrog locale=Wales successor=Eigiau TramwayThe Cedryn Quarry Tramway (later largely used as the route of the… … Wikipedia
Llechwedd Slate Caverns — is a visitor attraction in Blaenau Ffestiniog, North Wales. Visitors can travel on the Miners Tramway or descend into the Deep Mine, via a funicular railway, to explore the former Llechwedd slate quarry, learn how slate was extracted and… … Wikipedia
Ffestiniog Railway — Heritage Railway name = Ffestiniog Railway caption = Two trains passing at Tan y Bwlch, c. 1900 locale = Wales terminus = Porthmadog linename = Festiniog Railway Company builtby = Festiniog Railway Company originalgauge = RailGauge|23.5… … Wikipedia
