RD27073vid. Gravity Train at Penrhyn.

RD27073vid. FFESTINIOG RAILWAY, PENRHYN STATION.

One of the hallmarks of the 2 foot gauge Ffestiniog Railway in North Wales is its Gravity Trains. These are a modern day recreation of the gravity slate trains that made the line famous in Victorian times when gravity was the source of locomotion for long trains of slate waggons. These used to trundle down from the slate quarrying town of Blaenau Ffestiniog to the waiting ships in the Harbour at Porthmadog – or Portmadoc as it was then known.

To facilitate this, the whole of the 13½ mile line was laid out on a continuous falling gradient. Horses were used to return the empty waggons back up the line from the line’s opening in 1836 until the introduction of steam power in 1863. Such trains have long been consigned to the history books, but the modern day Ffestiniog Railway has lovingly restored a considerable number of the four wheel slate waggons used in earlier times and can run demonstration gravity trains at galas and other events on the railway.

This one was filmed at Penrhyn Station during the Ffestiniog Railway Society 2024 members’ weekend.

Monday, 6th May, 2024. Copyright © Ron Fisher 2024.

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Taken in: UK / Wales / Penrhyndeudraeth / Penrhyndeudraeth (show map)

Taken on: May 6, 2024

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