Slate Quarry Railways of Gwynedd

Description

A look at the narrow gauge railways that were an essential part of the slate quarry workings in north Wales in photographs, recorded in the 1960s. Includes: Penrhyn Quarry and railway; the Padarn Railway and Dinorwig Quarry; the Nantlle Railway; Dorothea Quarry; Pen-yr-Orsedd Quarry; Ffestiniog Slate Railway; Maenofferen Slate Mine; Llechwedd Quarry and the remains of the Croesor Tramway.