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	The Festiniog Railway (1935)
		Railways were, as yet, not projected, and a turnpike road was built along the embankment to form means of communication between the counties of Merioneth and Caernarvon.
		The length of the railway is 13 miles 62 chains; in that distance there is a difference of level amounting to 700 ft., the gradients being continuous but varying from 1 in 186 to 1 in 69.
		The railway began the carrying of passengers in 1864, but this was in the nature of an experiment, and travellers rode in the trains at their own risk, although they paid nothing for the privilege.
	mikes.railhistory.railfan.net /r015.html (2508 words)

	Narrow Gauge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Lee, Charles E The Welsh Highland Railway, Welsh Highland Light Railway and DandC, 1970, pp48 with pp16 of plates and a folding drawing of a Double-Bogie Fairlie Locomotive in the rear.
		Whitehouse, Patrick Festiniog Railway Revival, IA, 1963, pp84 with a colour frontis and a fold-out map in the rear.
		A pictorial tribute to the Vale of Rheidol, the Welshpool and Llanfair, the Festiniog, the Talyllyn and the Snowdon Mountain Railway.
	members.aol.com /gbsteven/narrow_gauge.htm (1422 words)

	Festiniog Railway Heritage Group
		The Festiniog Railway is a major twenty-first century tourist attraction but was also a major world pioneer in the technological development of narrow-gauge railways.
		This site will introduce you to many aspects of the Festiniog Railway’s Heritage and tell you something of the efforts being made to ensure that as much as possible of the historical past is preserved, and in some cases where artefacts have been lost, the building of replicas is undertaken.
		The Festiniog Railway was one of the earliest railways to be built and today is the oldest, unamalgamated, independent, railway company in the world.
	www.frheritage.org.uk (261 words)

	FR History
		James Spooner from Worcestershire was responsible for the survey and construction of the Railway.
		The 23.5 inch gauge, corresponding to that being used in the quarries, was wide enough to allow the horses to work efficiently when pulling the empty wagons and narrow enough to enable the Railway to negotiate the sharp curves made necessary by the mountainous terrain.
		It is interesting to record that when the Railway required a new large locomotive in 1979 it again chose the Fairlie double-bogie design for Earl of Merioneth, which was also built at Boston Lodge.
	www.festrail.co.uk /ffr_history.htm (967 words)

	BBC - North West Wales History - Festiniog Railway
		In the late 1790s W A Madocks reclaimed land and built an embankment, the Cob, across the estuary of the River Glaslyn at Porthmadog producing a natural harbour.
		This would transform the slate industry around Blaenau Ffestiniog enabling the construction of a railway to replace the pack animals and farm carts which had carried the slate over rough roads to the River Dwyryd, taken by shallow-bottomed boats to Porthmadog and transferred to sea-going vessels.
		Railway enthusiasts had a dream - to re-open the Ffestiniog railway and in 1951 a group of people met in Bath to explore the possibility.
	www.bbc.co.uk /wales/northwest/sites/history/pages/festiniograilway.shtml (1324 words)

	The Ffestiniog Railway Society (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		It was the first railway to prove steam engines on a very narrow gauge (23½ inches or 597mm), the first narrow-gauge line to be permitted to carry passengers and the first railway to demonstrate the practicability of articulated (bending) locomotives.
		Seen from other railways of the kind, the FR seems too efficient, too cold to have time for ignorant beginners; but if you are within its tents, that is merely the style.
		The history of the WHR is actually longer than the Festiniog Railway's and I give an introduction here in a page on the FRS's sister Welsh Highland Railway Society.
	myweb.tiscali.co.uk /healingcentre/frs.html (796 words)

	Which part of the WHR is which?
		From the original railway companies which were absorbed into or involved with the original railway, to the various organisations with an interest in reviving the WHR, a proliferation of company and society names have come and gone.
		Bright prospects for combined tours over the FR, WHR and connecting mainline railways were not enough to support the combined enterprise; the Festiniog commmitment to the WHR lease is regarded as a factor contributing to the closure of the FR in 1946.
		This was a family-owned firm (note "Railway" in the singular, as opposed to plural for the original NWNGR) which made a bid in February 1980 to build a miniature railway on the WHR trackbed between Waunfawr and Rhyd Ddu, but failed to gain access.
	www.bangor.ac.uk /ml/whr/whichwhr.htm (1577 words)

	Mike's trip to Britain - Day 6 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Rheilffordd-Ffestiniog Railway (Festiniog Railway for short, pronounced fest-in-e-og with emphasis on 'in') is world class preservation society with many ongoing projects dedicated to the restoration, preservation and operation of steam powered railway service.
		Most steam railways I have visited in America have only one or two locomotives and a very small section of track, and are operated chiefly for the benefit of tourism.
		The railway tries to be as accurate as possible, restoring the original and quite ornate victorian era markings on each car, rather than the more modern green and fl scheme that many scenic railways have repainted their cars and engines with.
	www.raindrop.com /travelogues/britain/day06.html (2596 words)

	The Colonel Stephens Museum - New Traction on the Festiniog and Welsh Highland Railways
		New Traction on the Festiniog and Welsh Highland Railways
		There was a realisation that the railways could be kept afloat by the slowly foundering slate industry and a limited summer tourist traffic but buses were already creaming off daily passenger traffic.
		Although the new railway had been planned and built without benefit of his advice, Colonel Stephens was hovering in the wings and had been noted in North Wales as early as 1918.
	www.hfstephens-museum.org.uk /pages/topics/new_traction/new_traction.htm (2130 words)

	BBC - North West Wales Volunteering - Festiniog Railway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Community reporter Jacqui Thomas goes on an adventure tour aboard the Festiniog Railway for a ruby wedding anniversary celebration in a report for Radio Wales programme, The View From Here.
		As a teenager with others from the railway club at Bury Grammar School I used to spend 2 weeks of my annual hols camping or sleeping in old carriages, Portmadoc or Boston Lodge station whilst rebuilding the Festiniog.
		Sitting on a bench at Abergynolwyn Station Talyllyn Railway, in 1970, I wrote a postcard and gave it to the guard to carry on the train.
	www.bbc.co.uk /wales/northwest/sites/volunteer/pages/festiniog.shtml (468 words)

	Robert Fairlie
		Ransom observes that the DNB entry is inaccurate and relied upon the Archives of the Festiniog Railway.
		The first unit Pioneer was built in 1865 by James Cross and Co.for the Neath and Brecon Railway and had two pivoting power bogies and two boilers back-to-back (with smokebox and chimney at each end of the locomotive, a single firebox at the centre, around which was built the cab).
		Fairlie was a great propagandist an engineers from as far away as Russia went to see his Little Wonder at work on the Festiniog Railway in Wales in 1870 (this railway still has Fairlie machines in service).
	www.steamindex.com /people/fairlie.htm (661 words)

	The Welsh Highland Railway Society (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The (first) Welsh Highland Railway Society A Society started in 1961 by maverick members of the Festiniog Railway Society to revive the WHR, in reaction to the general orthodoxy there that the WHR had the kiss of death.
		In 1991 the Festiniog Railway Co took up this offer, having been alerted by the County Council to the danger of the WHR being re-started under more dynamic leadership than the WHLR(1964) had so far demonstrated.
		The railway itself is being restored from both ends, the northern - termed WHR(C) - from Caernarfon by the FR and WHLR as their agent and from Porthmadog by the WHRL, termed WHR(P), as far as Pont Croesor (2½ miles) which was their target in 1991.
	myweb.tiscali.co.uk /healingcentre/whrs.html (1313 words)

	Discover Volunteering
		It doesn't matter whether you have a day, a week, or a lifetime to devote to the Ffestiniog railway, we have jobs that will make you feel your visit is worthwhile.
		Within a day you could be serving refreshments on the trains, selling tickets in the booking office, maintaining the track, or helping with the maintenance of engines and carriages that are more than 100 years old.
		Many volunteers find they learn new and useful skills that are of benefit in the world away from the railway, and may even help with job applications, where potential employers look very favourably on volunteer work of the sort offered on the railway.
	ffestiniogvolunteer.org.uk /discover (502 words)

	Transport Diversions Emporium - FESTINIOG RAILWAY - Volume One - History and the Route (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Undoubtedly the most important and famous narrow gauge railway in the world, and certainly the doyen amongst narrow gauge systems, the Festiniog Railway has been known to the author for more then 70 years.
		This History, first published in 1975, and long since out-of-print was based on his earlier works, but enriched with a wealth of new facts, these being the fruits of discoveries in the 1970s among hiterto unsuspected sources and backed by intensive fieldwork.
		For the First time the Railway is considered not only as a remarkable piece of engineering in its own right, but is treated alongside its quarry customers, so giving a unique insight into industry and transport oinseparably linked for over a century.
	www.transportdiversions.com /catalog.asp?pubid=3528 (251 words)

	Statutory Instruments 1999 No.2129
		(2) The Welsh Highland Railway (Light Railway) Orders 1922[3] and 1923[4], the Welsh Highland Railway (Transfer) Light Railway Order 1995[5] and this Order may be cited together as the Welsh Highland Railway Orders 1922 to 1999.
		"the Festiniog Railway" is the railway authorised by the Act of 1832;
		(4) The provisions of the Regulation of Railways Acts 1840 to 1893, except the provisions of the Regulation of Railways Act 1871[16], shall not apply in relation to Work No. 3.
	www.hmso.gov.uk /si/si1999/99212902.htm (2675 words)

	Ffestiniog Volunteer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Railway is operated by the Festiniog Railway Company, the oldest railway company in the world.
		The Company is supported by the Ffestiniog Railway Society, the body for those wishing to help support the railway, financially or practically.
		The Festiniog Railway Trust owns a controlling interest in the Company, as well as many of the older, non-operational rolling stock.
	www.ffestiniogvolunteer.org.uk /info/info.php (253 words)

	Preserved Railways Gwynedd Ffestiniog Railway Blaenau Ffestiniog - Festiniog Railway
		Immortal Rails: The Story of the Closure and Revival of the Ffestiniog Railway 1939-1983: v.
		Railways of North Wales: Bala Junction to Blaenau Ffestiniog (Scenes from the Past S.)
		British Railways Past and Present: Special: The Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland Railways - A Nostalgic Trip Along Both Lines from Caernarvon to Porthmadog and Blaenau Ffestiniog
	www.railfest2004.co.uk /preservedrailwaysgwynedd.php (169 words)

	Rheilffordd Ffestiniog Railway
		The Ffestiniog Railway is the Oldest Independent Railway Company in the World.
		Today the Company also operates trains on its sister railway, the Welsh Highland Railway, between Caernarfon and Rhyd Ddu - the halfway point of a major project to re-open the old line through to Porthmadog.
		All images on the FR website are copyright, and may not be used on any other website or in print without the express permission of the Ffestiniog Railway Company.
	www.festrail.co.uk (293 words)

	The Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Festiniog Railway Company Vehicle Number 122) Exemption Order 2003
		The text of this Internet version of the Statutory Instrument which is published by the Queen's Printer of Acts of Parliament has been prepared to reflect the text as it was Made.
		This Order may be cited as the Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Festiniog Railway Company Vehicle Number 122) Exemption Order 2003 and shall come into force on 31st July 2003.
		The authorisation given by article 3(1) shall cease forthwith if the exempted vehicle is operated by a person other than the Festiniog Railway Company unless the Secretary of State has been given written notice in advance specifying the name and address of that other person.
	www.wales-legislation.hmso.gov.uk /si/si2003/20031687.htm (1031 words)

	Festiniog Rly
		The Festiniog railway attracted engineers from all over the world and was copied in many colonies and developing countries.
		When quarries closed or shifted to road transport for their slate in the 1950 - 1960s, a few railway enthusiasts decided to reopen the line for tourists, following the example set by Tal-y-llyn railway.
		The Festiniog railway is now a very successful company with many permanent employees as well as hundreds of volunteers spending their free time driving, cleaning, maintaining and even building engines and carriages.
	www.ac-rouen.fr /lycees/malraux/wales/wffest.htm (576 words)

	Transport Diversions Emporium - FESTINIOG RAILWAY - Volume Two - Locomotives and Rolling Stock Quarries and Branches (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		A welcome return for this reprint of the concluding volume of James Boyd's extensive history of the Festiniog Railway, which was last published in 1975.
		Volume one was reprinted earlier in 2002 (see overleaf) - This book offers a detailed survey of the railways historic locomotives and rolling stock which includes numerous photographs and plans.
		- There is a detailed section on the railway's operation which includes a number of signaling - Specially drawn plans are included showing, the Rhiwbach Tramway, the quarry complex east of Duffws, Cwm Orthin Tramway, Oakeley Quarry and the Festiniog Granite Co. Branch.
	www.transportdiversions.com /publicationshow.asp?pubid=3659 (244 words)

	Backwoods Miniatures - 009 Kits
		The kit represents the replica locomotive built by the Festiniog Railway and commissioned in May 1999 - on the day that the Backwoods kit was launched, coincidentally!
		May be used to build any of these three locomotives in their original Penrhyn Railway appearance, or either "Blanche" or "Linda" as running on the Festiniog Railway.
		It was built in 1909 for the North-East Dundas Tramways in Tasmania, and is currently being restored for use on the Welsh Highland Railway's Caernarfon to Porthmadoc route.
	www.backwoodsminiatures.com /009kits.htm (823 words)

	SpecialIntNarrowFestiniog (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Everything to do with the railway is listed be it a drawing, a picture or a review of a kit etc.
		Model being made is based on Festiniog Railway 2ft narrow gauge wooden slate wagon.
		Notes on the start of a layout of the whole of the Festiniog!!.
	www.andibradley.com /crmi/datatables/ngfestiniog.htm (294 words)

	Peter Johnson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Festiniog 150 - The history of the Ffestiniog Railway; Ian Allan, 1986
		Festiniog Railway - a view from the past; Ian Allan, 1997
		Portrait of the Welsh Highland Railway; Ian Allan, 1999, revised 2000
	www.narrowgauge.plus.com /biblio.html (569 words)

	Book/Magazine Index
		Festiniog Railway Magazine - NB 111 says 112 on cover!
		Metre Gauge Railways in South and East Switzerland
		Narrow Gauge Railways in North Caernarvonshire - vol 1
	www.orion-models.co.uk /book_magazine_index.HTM (109 words)

	Civil's Week 1996 - Journal 119 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		On Wednesday 24th July 1996, during the annual Civil's Engineering week the Welsh Highland Railway permanent way gang laid 240ft of track in the new carriage shed at Glan-y-pwll depot on the Festiniog Railway.
		Nineteen members of the gang took part in this exercise to prove to the Festiniog Railway our Railway's commitment to the rebuilding of the Welsh Highland Railway.
		Our ability to raise such a large gang at short notice and the manner in which they completed the 240ft of track in just five and a half hours was a revelation to the Festiniog Railway and others who have doubted our capability to achieve anything.
	www.whr.co.uk /enthus/journal/119/civils.html (177 words)

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