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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 ...

The locomotives have been preserved and run on several narrow gauge heritage railways. Part of the quarry is now a rock climbing centre. And the slate industry still exists in North Wales.

"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 ...