Forging onward to Blaenau
Shortly after leaving Tanygrisiau station, the Ffestiniog Railway continues its climb, running along ledges, through narrow cuttings and skimming retaining walls. One picture I'd never had the opportunity to take before was this one ... though it might have been better with the train heading down-hill. A double Fairlie is seen competently digging into the climb along a ledge high above the village with the first coaches of a lengthy train in tow. Blaenau Ffestiniog and the slate mines the railway was built to serve, can be seen in the distance.
Forging onward to Blaenau
Shortly after leaving Tanygrisiau station, the Ffestiniog Railway continues its climb, running along ledges, through narrow cuttings and skimming retaining walls. One picture I'd never had the opportunity to take before was this one ... though it might have been better with the train heading down-hill. A double Fairlie is seen competently digging into the climb along a ledge high above the village with the first coaches of a lengthy train in tow. Blaenau Ffestiniog and the slate mines the railway was built to serve, can be seen in the distance.