Ffestiniog Railway Moelwyn Tunnel north portal

[John L Dobson]

The FR's Inside Motion site is reporting that the northern portal is now complete, see: http://insidemotion.co.uk

The southern portal is scheduled for next winter

[James Patten]

Wow, nice looking portal.

[Steve Smith]

That is splendid work, John. Thanks for alerting us!

[Philip Marshall]

That's some very fine slate masonry.

[ALAIN DELASSUS]

A gorgeous piece of architecture Well done !

[Steve Smith]

John Dobson, is there some labelled location on google's satellite view of the region that is near the Moelwyn tunnel?

[Philip Marshall]

Here is a Google satellite view of the tunnel: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Blaenau+Ffestiniog,+UK/@52.9692649,-3.9703565,513m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x48650cd167441ae7:0xe9cce3c9627da57d!8m2!3d52.998337!4d-3.944894

Note this is the "new" Moelwyn Tunnel completed in 1977, not the "old" tunnel on the earlier alignment (slightly to the east) that was flooded by the Tanygrisiau hydroelectric reservoir: https://www.festipedia.org.uk/wiki/Moelwyn_Tunnel

[Bill Baskerville]

Pan south a little in the satellite view and look at that loop back over itself to descend down.

[Philip Marshall]

That's the Dduallt Spiral. It's a spectacular bit of railway.

[Steve Smith]

Thank you, Philip and Bill!