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Vale of Rheidol Railway 22 July 197667 viewsNo. 8 'Llewelyn'. Looks green in this scan but is most probably blue (as she was in the '70's).
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Talyllyn Railway No. 6 'Douglas' 23 July 197651 viewsMust apologize for the state of most of the photos. We had a photo processor who used to add a self-adhesive sticker on the back of each print. In time, the sticker cover slipped and the glue transferred itself to the print beneath....grrr
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Snowdon Mountain Railway 24 July 197645 viewsSteam engine No. 8 'ERYRI' Works No. 2870 built 1923, at Llanberis Station

now out of service
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Talyllyn Railway 23 July 197648 viewsNo. 3 'Sir Haydn' taking on water
Built in 1878 by Hughes' Loco & Tramway Engineering Works Ltd of Loughborough this loco worked on the nearby Corris Railway until its closure in 1948.
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Talyllyn Railway 23 July 197648 viewsNo. 6 'Douglas' through an eye of Sir Haydn
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Mystery ship46 viewssorry, unable to identify this little diesel
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Aberystwyth Station 22 July 197643 views2J76 to Crewe
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Aberystwyth Cliff Railway (Rheilffordd y Graig) 197647 viewsThe longest funicular electric cliff railway in Britain, established in 1896, operating on a water balance system until electrification in 1921. In Victorian times it provided easy access to the then 'Luna Park' at the top of Constitution Hill. The cliff railway has recently been beautifully modernised.
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Talyllyn Railway 23 July 197642 viewsNo. 6 'Douglas'
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Vale of Rheidol Railway 22 July 197656 viewsNo. 8 'LLywelyn' GWR Swindon 1923. Looks blue in this shot...
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Talyllyn Railway 23 July 197658 viewsNo. 3 'Sir Haydn'
Built in 1878 by Hughes' Loco & Tramway Engineering Works Ltd of Loughborough this loco worked on the nearby Corris Railway until its closure in 1948.
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Talyllyn Railway Tywyn 23 July 197658 views
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Talyllyn Railway 23 July 197671 viewsNo. 3 'Sir Haydn' Built in 1878 by Hughes' Loco & Tramway Engineering Works Ltd of Loughborough this loco worked on the nearby Corris Railway until its closure in 1948.
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Aberystwyth from Constitution Hill 197662 viewsCardigan Bay (Bae Ceredigion)
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Ffestiniog Railway 197664 viewsDouble Fairlie 0-4-4-0T at Tan Y Blwch Station, most probably 'Merddin Emrys'
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Llanberis Lake Railway 24 July 197655 viewsNo. 1 'Elidir' built by Hunslet Leeds as no. 493 in 1889
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Ffestiniog Railway July 197661 viewsEx Penrhyn Hunslet 'Linda'. 2-4-0STT. Originally an 0-4-0ST running on the Penrhyn Quarry Railway, purchased by the Ffestiniog Railway in 1962. Named after Linda Blanche Douglas-Pennant.
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Bleanau Ffestiniog 197666 viewsChapel turned car repair station
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Talyllyn Railway 23 July 197667 viewsNo. 6 'Douglas' Barclay built 1918
A b/w rescan of an earlier coloured print.
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Talyllyn Railway 23 July 197660 viewsNo. 6 'Douglas'
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