Padarn Railway locomotive shed, Penscoins, Felinheli

Locomotive shed, Penscoins

Date

10 September 2010

Location

Penscoins, Felinheli

SH 53424 67823; 53.18723°N, 4.19514°W

Further Information

Dinorwig Quarry’s Padarn Railway started operating in March 1843 with horse-drawn wagons transporting slate from Gilfach Ddu (now the site of the National Slate Museum) to Penscoins. An incline then took the slate from the terminus at Penscoins down to the quay at Felinheli.

The railway closed in 1961. Part of its route was re-opened in 1971 as the narrow-gauge Llanberis Lake Railway. An extension to this taking the line into Llanberis village was opened in 2003.

Padarn Railway (Wikipedia)
Llanberis Lake Railway