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Worldwide Narrow Gauges => UK (Welsh, British) Two Footers => Topic started by: John L Dobson on March 21, 2019, 04:03:54 PM

Title: Ffestiniog Railway Moelwyn Tunnel north portal
Post by: John L Dobson on March 21, 2019, 04:03:54 PM

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

Title: Re: Ffestiniog Railway Moelwyn Tunnel north portal
Post by: James Patten on March 21, 2019, 06:40:13 PM

Wow, nice looking portal.

Title: Re: Ffestiniog Railway Moelwyn Tunnel north portal
Post by: Steve Smith on March 21, 2019, 09:55:05 PM

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

Title: Re: Ffestiniog Railway Moelwyn Tunnel north portal
Post by: Philip Marshall on March 21, 2019, 10:08:44 PM

That's some very fine slate masonry.

Title: Re: Ffestiniog Railway Moelwyn Tunnel north portal
Post by: ALAIN DELASSUS on March 22, 2019, 02:24:00 AM

A gorgeous piece of architecture Well done !

Title: Re: Ffestiniog Railway Moelwyn Tunnel north portal
Post by: Steve Smith on March 22, 2019, 09:06:13 PM

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

Title: Re: Ffestiniog Railway Moelwyn Tunnel north portal
Post by: Philip Marshall on March 22, 2019, 10:02:51 PM

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 (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 (https://www.festipedia.org.uk/wiki/Moelwyn_Tunnel)

Title: Re: Ffestiniog Railway Moelwyn Tunnel north portal
Post by: Bill Baskerville on March 23, 2019, 08:51:37 AM

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

Title: Re: Ffestiniog Railway Moelwyn Tunnel north portal
Post by: Philip Marshall on March 23, 2019, 01:05:13 PM

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

Title: Re: Ffestiniog Railway Moelwyn Tunnel north portal
Post by: Steve Smith on March 23, 2019, 10:08:00 PM

Thank you, Philip and Bill!