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Penrhyn Quarry Railway

Index Penrhyn Quarry Railway

The Penrhyn Quarry Railway first opened in 1798 as the Llandegai Tramway; it became the Penrhyn Railway in 1801 although on a different route. [1]

29 relations: Amberley Museum Railway, Bethesda, Gwynedd, Blaenau Ffestiniog passenger stations, Bredgar and Wormshill Light Railway, British narrow-gauge railways, British narrow-gauge slate railways, Cilgwyn quarry, Dido (train), Felin Fawr Slate Works, Ffestiniog Railway rolling stock, Grade II* listed buildings in Gwynedd, Great Bush Railway, Hunslet Engine Company, Kerr, Stuart and Company, Lôn Las Ogwen, List of British heritage and private railways, List of preserved Hunslet narrow-gauge locomotives, List of Talyllyn Railway rolling stock, List of track gauges, List of Vale of Rheidol Railway rolling stock, Padarn Railway, Penrhyn Castle, Penrhyn Castle Railway Museum, Penrhyn Main Line class, Penrhyn Port Class, Penrhyn Quarry, Penryn, Slate industry in Wales, Tregarth.

Amberley Museum Railway

The Amberley Museum and Heritage Centre Railway is a narrow gauge railway based at the Amberley Museum & Heritage Centre, Amberley, West Sussex.

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Bethesda, Gwynedd

Bethesda is a town on the River Ogwen and the A5 road on the edge of Snowdonia, in Gwynedd, north-west Wales, colloquially called Pesda by the locals.

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Blaenau Ffestiniog passenger stations

North west Wales experienced a slate boom in the first half of the nineteenth century.

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Bredgar and Wormshill Light Railway

The Bredgar & Wormshill Light Railway (BWLR) is located near the villages of Wormshill and Bredgar in Kent, just south of Sittingbourne.

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British narrow-gauge railways

There were more than a thousand British narrow-gauge railways ranging from large, historically significant common carriers to small, short-lived industrial railways.

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British narrow-gauge slate railways

Narrow-gauge railways were used extensively in the slate industry of Great Britain, especially in Wales.

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Cilgwyn quarry

Cilgwyn quarry is a slate quarry located on the north edge of the Nantlle Vale, in North Wales.

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Dido (train)

In British railway parlance Dido trains were typically provided to transport workers to a remote place of railway employment on a Day in, day out basis.

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Felin Fawr Slate Works

Felin Fawr Works is a former slate works to Penrhyn Quarry Railway in Bethesda, Wales.

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Ffestiniog Railway rolling stock

The Ffestiniog Railway owns and operates a number of heritage and modern-day steam and diesel locomotives.

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Grade II* listed buildings in Gwynedd

In the United Kingdom, the term listed building refers to a building or other structure officially designated as being of special architectural, historical, or cultural significance; Grade II* structures are those considered to be "particularly important buildings of more than special interest".

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Great Bush Railway

The Great Bush Railway is a private, narrow gauge running round the edge of Tinkers Park, Hadlow Down, Sussex.

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Hunslet Engine Company

The Hunslet Engine Company was founded in 1864 in Hunslet, Leeds, England.

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Kerr, Stuart and Company

Kerr, Stuart and Company Ltd was a locomotive manufacturer from Stoke-on-Trent, England.

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Lôn Las Ogwen

Lôn Las Ogwen is a cycle route in the National Cycle Network which runs south from the NCN 5 at Porth Penrhyn on the north coast of Wales to Llyn Ogwen in Snowdonia.

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List of British heritage and private railways

This is a list of heritage, private and preserved railways throughout the United Kingdom and the Crown dependencies whether operational or former, for charitable purposes or shareholder profit.

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List of preserved Hunslet narrow-gauge locomotives

This page is a list of preserved narrow-gauge steam locomotives built by the Hunslet Engine Company.

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List of Talyllyn Railway rolling stock

This is a list of past and present rolling stock used on the Talyllyn Railway (Rheilffordd Talyllyn), a narrow gauge preserved railway line running for from Tywyn on the Mid-Wales coast to Nant Gwernol near the village of Abergynolwyn.

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List of track gauges

This list presents an overview of railway track gauges by size.

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List of Vale of Rheidol Railway rolling stock

This is a list of past and present rolling stock used on the Vale of Rheidol Railway (Rheilffordd Cwm Rheidol), a narrow gauge heritage railway, opened in 1902, that runs for between Aberystwyth and Devil's Bridge in the county of Ceredigion, Wales.

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Padarn Railway

The Padarn Railway was a narrow gauge railway line in North Wales, built to the unusual gauge of.

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Penrhyn Castle

Penrhyn Castle is a country house in Llandygai, Bangor, Gwynedd, North Wales, in the form of a Norman castle.

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Penrhyn Castle Railway Museum

The Penrhyn Castle Railway Museum is a museum of industrial railway equipment, located at Penrhyn Castle near Bangor in Wales.

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Penrhyn Main Line class

The Penrhyn Main Line class was a class of three narrow gauge steam locomotives built for the Penrhyn Quarry Railway (PQR).

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Penrhyn Port Class

The Penrhyn Port Class was a class of three narrow gauge steam locomotives built for the Penrhyn Quarry Railway (PQR).

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Penrhyn Quarry

The Penrhyn Slate Quarry is a slate quarry located near Bethesda in north Wales.

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Penryn

Penryn is a Cornish word meaning 'headland' that may refer to.

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Slate industry in Wales

The existence of a slate industry in Wales is attested since the Roman period, when slate was used to roof the fort at Segontium, now Caernarfon.

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Tregarth

Tregarth is a village near Thomas Telford's A5 London to Holyhead road between the village of Bethesda and the city of Bangor in Gwynedd, North Wales.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penrhyn_Quarry_Railway

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