Having a blast

RICHARD WILCOCK visits the Glasgow site with a proud past… and now a favourable future

Standing amid the stalactites and stalagmites in a massive cave, we could only imagine what it must have been like for Tommy and Jeff Morgan, the brothers who discovered this spectacular system way ba

ABOVE: On June 2, 1980, 20066 hauls a coal train from Markam Colliery formed of mineral wagons and hoppers at Barrow Hill, having just come off the line from Hall Lane Junction and Seymour Junction. C

The Ffestiniog Railway has accomplished much during its seven decades in preservation. Here is a timeline of its key milestones.

Long-serving Ffestiniog Railway volunteer and current FR Magazine editor JOHN DOBSON recalls his early encounters with the railway back in the 1950s.

James Evans stands in the middle of ...