Festiniog & Blaenau Railway
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The Festiniog & Blaenau Railway was of 1' 11½" gauge and was of 3½ miles length and opened in May 1868. It was purchased on 13 April 1883 by the Great Western Railway
. It was later converted to standard gauge as the extension of the new Bala & Festiniog Railway. Two locomotives were taken over, both being built by Manning Wardle
.
Great Western Railway
The Great Western Railway was a British railway company that linked London with the south-west and west of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament in 1835 and ran its first trains in 1838...
. It was later converted to standard gauge as the extension of the new Bala & Festiniog Railway. Two locomotives were taken over, both being built by Manning Wardle
Manning Wardle
Manning Wardle was a steam locomotive manufacturer based in Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.- Precursor companies :The city of Leeds was one of the earliest centres of locomotive building; Matthew Murray built the first commercially successful steam locomotive, Salamanca, in Holbeck, Leeds,...
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