"The slate quarries were described as the most Welsh ... For almost a century the narrow gauge railway hauled slate through Snowdonia before it became the world's first preserved railway in ...

At Penrhyn Quarry, slate seams are on the surface ... but it was the introduction of the narrow gauge railway that transformed the industry. Most famous is the Blaenau Ffestiniog railway which ...

This was a near 100 yard tunnel that once played a vital role in the area's slate trade. The Dinowic Quarries Railway - also ...

Gwynedd slate quarries also exported people, skills, knowledge and technology around the world, and in turn, learned from them and their industries. "The narrow-gauge railways were a crucial part ...

The lifespan of a Gwynedd slate quarry that was famously used ... with brick built humidity controlled chambers and a narrow gauge rail track to move the artwork around. By the summer of 1941 ...

Chris spent months travelling on many of Britain's loveliest narrow-gauge railways while researching ... the products of backbreaking work underground. Slate freight in this case was carried from the ...

A railway track which hasn't been used for around 80 years could be re-opened to link a major tourist attraction with a popular narrow ... gauge line. The plan coincides with an application for ...

The Coalition was converted to electricity in 1927 at the slate mine Two of the oldest ... to restore them is carried out. The Narrow Gauge Railway Museum in Tywyn, Gwynedd, is paying for the ...