Does any one know about the real narrow gauge railway???

DWR · Post by **DWR** » Fri Dec 09, 2011 9:28 am

Does anyone know the name of the railway that use to load two 2 ft gauge slate wagons side by side on a bigger gauge train????

jez kirkwood · Post by **jez kirkwood** » Fri Dec 09, 2011 9:45 am

That'll be the Padarn Railway

DWR · Post by **DWR** » Fri Dec 09, 2011 9:56 am

ah ok thankyou, does anyone one know where I could get some photos of the train in the olden days? I remember a picture taken from a brake van looking down the train looking at the loco but cant remember where I saw it. Ive tried looking on google images but cant find anything. Thanks

taliesin · Post by **taliesin** » Fri Dec 09, 2011 10:11 am

Hi there, the Padarn Railway served the Dinorwic Quarry at Llanberis, there are too many books to list about Dinorwic, try Dinorwic in your search engine. The Narrow Gauge Railway Society did a small book recently about transporter wagons which has a chapter on this system, regards, Rob

Marquis DeCarabas · Post by **Marquis DeCarabas** » Fri Dec 09, 2011 10:56 am

I think you are talking about an Ivo Peters photograph.

Pretoria · Post by **Pretoria** » Fri Dec 09, 2011 11:28 am

What you want is "The Padarn & Penrhyn Railways" by Susan Turner, 1975, David & Charles (Holdings) Ltd, ISBN 0 7153 6547 9 (Hardback -- was £4.50 new !! I bought my copy for £3.50 a couple of years ago !)

If all you want is the photos, or if you can't find the book (lots of technical and line info), I could be persuaded to scan in the photos of the piggy-back trains for research purposes (there are three or four in the book).

DolwyddelanLightRail · Post by **DolwyddelanLightRail** » Fri Dec 09, 2011 1:32 pm

orrrrrrrrrrrrr

try here:

http://www.penmorfa.com/

it's a GREAT website, and I think there might be a photo or two (somewhere in there, it's easy to get lost though

) of the Padarn Railway with the trains (I think, i can't exactly remember now)

TonyW · Post by **TonyW** » Fri Dec 09, 2011 2:42 pm

There is a loaded transporter wagon in the excellent museum at Tywyn Wharf station.

DWR · Post by **DWR** » Fri Dec 09, 2011 7:24 pm

ah ok, thankyou all

SillyBilly · Post by **SillyBilly** » Fri Dec 09, 2011 7:58 pm

Also the Great Western did this. The LNWR might have aswell.

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