Incline slate railway @ Blaenau Ffestiniog - Sep 1949

            One of a collection of 3" x 2" amateur transport photographs by E. D./I. H. Chambers, all dating to between 1947 and 1952. This one was taken 03 Sep 1949 and is of slate/slab wagons at Blaenau Ffestiniog and the slate quarry incline railway (centre of photo).

The rear of the photograph is annotated with the date "03/9/1949", but no location details.

🚃  Thanks to 'John Luxton' for the location/information:-
"This is Blaenau Ffestiniog looking straight up the incline to Fotty and Bowydd Quarry. The line curving to the left leads to Maenofferen Quarry. By this time the Ffestiniog Railway had closed in 1946 though the companies lines around Blaenau Ffestiniog were leased to the quarry companies to allow movement of slate to the British Railways London Midland and Western Region stations for transport."  🚃

If there are any errors in the above description please let me know. Thanks.

📷  Any photograph I post on Flickr is an original in my possession, nothing is ever copied/downloaded from another location.  📷

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Taken in: UK / Wales / Ffestiniog / Blaenau-Ffestiniog (show map)

Taken on: September 3, 1949

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