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2024-03-29T08:06:56+00:00text/html2010-11-06T16:21:21+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/6460Jonathan Simkins52.928409 -4.128818SH5738 : Narrow Gauge Rail Link in Porthmadog Street
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A Welsh Highland Railway train bound for Caernarfon threads its way through Porthmadog, crossing Heol Y Wyddfa (Snowdon Street) and passing Snowdon Mill.text/html2006-10-16T17:20:10+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/6460Jonathan Simkins52.928639 -4.064851SH6138 : Penrhyndeudraeth Station
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Station of the former Cambrian Railways on the Dyfi Junction to Pwllheli section of the Aberystwyth and Welsh Coast Railway.text/html2006-10-16T13:20:55+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/6460Jonathan Simkins52.924302 -4.055719SH6138 : The Briwet Bridge across the Afon Dwyryd
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Pont Briwet is shared by the toll road between Penrhyndeudraeth and Llandecwyn and the Dyfi Junction to Pwllheli section of the Cambrian Coast railway line.text/html2006-10-13T13:48:47+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/6460Jonathan Simkins52.959927 -3.969563SH6742 : The Old Stationmaster’s House at Dduallt.
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This isolated house next to the Ffestiniog Railway was once home to the famous Welsh bard and stationmaster Gwilym Deudraeth. He wrote of the depressing effect of working in such isolation. Today the house is an empty shell.text/html2006-07-10T17:17:42+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/6460Jonathan Simkins52.081800 0.721836TL8646 : The Western Façade of Melford Hall, Suffolk
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Melford Hall – the home of generations of Hyde Parkers – a distinguished naval family. The vertical lines of the building are impressive. Admiral Sir Hyde Parker II (1739-1807) commanded the British fleet during the battle of Copenhagen in April 1801 with Horatio Nelson as his second-in-command.text/html2006-07-05T13:19:54+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/6460Jonathan Simkins53.092913 -1.489267SK3455 : Tram stop at Crich Tramway Village
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Sheffield’s Last Tram pauses to pick up passengers at an intermediate stop. Sheffield Transport Department’s No. 510 was built in 1950 and withdrawn in October 1960 after taking part in farewell celebrations in the city.text/html2006-07-04T22:19:15+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/6460Jonathan Simkins52.953839 -4.010970SH6541 : Victorian Engineering as Art at Tan y Bwlch
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Former Penrhyn Railway engine “Linda” takes water on the Ffestiniog Railway at Tan y Bwlch. This locomotive was built by Hunslet of Leeds in 1893.text/html2006-07-04T12:53:56+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/6460Jonathan Simkins50.482160 -3.768855SX7466 : South Devon Railway, Buckfastleigh
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Former Great Western Railway locomotive No. 5786 and train awaiting departure for Totnes in an idyllic rural setting on a warm Sunday afternoon.text/html2006-07-03T13:35:31+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/6460Jonathan Simkins52.950577 -4.095669SH5941 : RSPB Viewing Hide at Pont Croesor May 2006
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The Osprey Project viewing site, on the banks of the Afon Glaslyn at Pont Croesor, provided to enable visitors to view the only pair of ospreys breeding in Wales. The mountain Cnicht can be seen on the right.
RSPB Web page: http://www.rspb.org.uk/wales/watching/glaslyn/glaslyn2006.asp
text/html2006-07-01T16:41:12+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/6460Jonathan Simkins53.105998 -4.201823SH5258 : The Welsh Highland Railway at the north end of Waunfawr Station
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The Festiniog Railway locomotive "Prince" running round its train at Waunfawr on the Welsh Highland Railway (Caernarfon) in August 2002. Trains then terminated at Waunfawr before the line was later extended to Rhyd Ddu. The bridge carries the A4085 road over the railway.
Wikipedia page:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waunfawr_railway_stationtext/html2006-07-01T15:56:43+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/6460Jonathan Simkins52.959927 -3.969563SH6742 : Ffestiniog Railway Dduallt Station
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The double Fairlie locomotive David Lloyd George is at the head of an afternoon train awaiting departure to Blaenau Ffestiniog.text/html2006-06-28T23:53:09+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/6460Jonathan Simkins52.959927 -3.969563SH6742 : Slate plaque in memory of Colonel Campbell at Dduallt Station
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Colonel Andrew Campbell bought the nearby manor house of Plas y Dduallt in 1962 and restored it. He was a licensed handler of explosives, and helped to build the Ffestiniog Railway's deviation at Dduallt.
[[189489]]text/html2006-06-28T13:58:44+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/6460Jonathan Simkins52.959029 -3.969522SH6742 : Railway bridge on height-gaining spiral loop at Dduallt
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A Ffestiniog narrow gauge train from Porthmadog to Blaenau Ffestiniog negotiates the spiral on the railway's deviation route. The line to Porthmadog can be seen passing under the bridge. The adjacent Dduallt station has no road access and is a popular starting point for walkers who come by train.
Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dduallt_railway_stationtext/html2006-06-23T17:11:22+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/6460Jonathan Simkins52.957108 -3.976879SH6741 : Ffestiniog Railway Train Passing Campbell’s Platform
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Campbell’s platform is an unstaffed halt on the Ffestiniog Railway which serves the nearby Plas y Dduallt Manor House. The station is for the use of residents and visitors staying at Plas y Dduallt only. The platform was built in the 1960’s when Colonel Andrew Campbell of the Black Watch restored the house. [[189489]]
Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campbell's_Platform_railway_stationtext/html2006-06-20T21:44:50+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/6460Jonathan Simkins52.957203 -3.976585SH6741 : Plas y Dduallt Manor House near Maentwrog
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Plas y Dduallt Manor House on the foothills of Moelwyn Bach above Maentwrog.
The name, literally translated, means 'the hall on the black hillside'.
Plas y Dduallt is one of the oldest inhabited houses in Wales. It dates
back to the 15th century.
Links: http://historypoints.org/index.php?page=plas-y-dduallt-blaenau-ffestiniog http://www.campbellscottage.co.uk/
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