Festiniog Railway Johnson Peter
Festiniog Railway Johnson Peter Opened in 1836 as a horse tramway using gravity to carry slate from Blaenau Ffestiniog to Porthmadog, by the 1920s the Festiniog Railway had left its years of…
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Festiniog Railway Johnson Peter
Opened in 1836 as a horse tramway using gravity to carry slate from Blaenau Ffestiniog to Porthmadog, by the 1920s the Festiniog Railway had left its years of technical innovation and high profits long behind. After years of abandonment, visionary enthusiasts found a way to take control of the railway and starting its restoration in 1955. After the First World War, the railway's path led inexorably to closure, to passengers in 1939 and goods in 1946.
All problems were eventually overcome and a 21/2 mile deviation saw services restored to Blaenau Ffestiniog in 1982. Not only did they have to fight the undergrowth, they also had to fight a state-owned utility which had appropriated a part of the route. Along the way, the railway found its old entrepreneurial magic, building new steam locomotives and carriages, and rebuilding the Welsh highland Railway, to become a leading 21st century