Imagine Eryri (Snowdonia), and your mind probably leaps to towering peaks and sweaty hikes up Yr Wyddfa, Wales’s highest ...

A ‘LOST’ tunnel from nearly 200 years ago has been discovered under a UK village. The tunnel has been out of use since the ...

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

There are also remains of the trackways used with the quarries. Transporting the slate to the ports and harbours was undertaken using narrow gauge railways, some of which survive as for example the ...

Talyllyn Railway opened in 1865 to carry slate from the quarries at Bryn Eglwys to Tywyn, and was the first narrow gauge railway in Britain authorised by Act of Parliament to carry passengers using ...

Colorado’s iconic Durango and Silverton narrow gauge railroad is kicking off summer in style on Narrow Gauge Day. On Friday, May 2 from 11:00am-2:00pm, summer is officially here with a host of ...

As well as slate production, the site has features including a smithy, foundry and, on its eastern side, facilities to repair steam locomotives – the site situated at the north end of the narrow gauge ...

Laura Casabé’s Argentina-Spain-Mexico co-production “The Virgin of the Quarry Lake” leads the lineup, one of the few titles able to buck the bad mojo at this year’s Sundance and attract ...

The Highline Express will return for the 2025 summer season at the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad. "Following a successful debut in 2024, the Highline Express returns this summer with ...

The lifespan of a Gwynedd slate quarry that was famously used to hide priceless ... mine suitable for storage with brick built humidity controlled chambers and a narrow gauge rail track to move the ...

A planning application to Gwynedd Council said there was “sufficient reserves of slate remaining in the quarry to maintain production ... brick built humidity controlled chambers and a narrow gauge ...

This week, she focuses on Ballachulish and the West Laroch quarry. The old photograph is a unique image ... As we explore, we discover some remnants of a narrow-gauge railway track hidden in the grass ...