Official opening of the Welsh Highland Railway, Porthmadog

This material is held atGwasanaeth Archifau Conwy / Conwy Archive Service

Reference
- GB 2008 CP185/94
Dates of Creation
- [1981 Jul 18]
Physical Description
- 1 item

Scope and Content

The lady on the extreme left is Mrs K Dix.

Copyright: Gwyn Roberts.

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Archive Record|Table of contents

Photographs of the Llandudno & Conwy Valley Railway SocietyCP185

Aerial view of Colwyn Bay StationCP185/1

Unidentified member of staff at Pen-y-Groes Signal BoxCP185/2

Staff at Pen-y-Groes Signal Box pre Grouping of 1923CP185/3

[Llanberis Station] and staffCP185/4

Station staff at Aber stationCP185/5

L.M.S staff on platform 1, Colwyn BayCP185/6

William Richard Thomas (Bill), Foreman at Colwyn BayCP185/7

L.M.S staff of Colwyn Bay stationCP185/8

Driver Fred Morgan of Bangor ShedCP185/9

Mr George BarnesCP185/10

Conway Station MasterCP185/11

Station Master Mr R.H. HughesCP185/12

Llandudno Junction Railwaymen Home GuardCP185/13

Rhyl ShedCP185/14

Hywel Hughes being awarded the Order of St JohnCP185/15

Three sheets of photocopied photographs showing [railwaymen] undergoing St John's Ambulance TrainingCP185/16

Class 24 Diesel Locomotive at Llandudno StationCP185/17

Class 24 Diesel Locomotive number 24082 at Llandundo StationCP185/18

Class 24 and Class 25 Diesel locomotives numbers 24082 and 25043CP185/19

Flood damage to railway trackCP185/20

BUNDLE: L.8.N.W.R 'coal tank' Locomotive number 1054CP185/21

BUNDLE: Various locations on the Conwy Valley lineCP185/22

Private garden railwayCP185/23

BUNDLE: Various stations etc.CP185/24

Group with commemorative plaque on Llandudno Junction StationCP185/25

Kenny ThompsonCP185/26

Tal-y-Cafn and Eglwysbach StationCP185/27

Railway locomotives and rolling stockCP185/28

Carriage sheds at Llandudno Junction prior to demolition in 2000CP185/29

Steam-hauled special locomotiveCP185/30

Steam-hauled special 'The Cumbrian Mountain Pullman'CP185/31

Steam-hauled special 'Flying Sctotsman'CP185/32

Steam-hauled special 'Flying Sctotsman'CP185/33

Steam-hauled special at Carlisle Citadel StationCP185/34

Steam-hauled special 'Flying Sctotsman'CP185/35

Steam-hauled special 'Flying Scotsman'CP185/36

'Union of South Africa'CP185/37

Locomotive metropolitan Tank Number 1 hauling vintage carriagesCP185/38

Steam-hauled special 'Cumbrian Mountain Express'CP185/39

Saddle Tank locomotive C.E.G.B number 2CP185/40

Steam-hauled special 'Union of South Africa'CP185/41

Steam-hauled special 'Sir Nigel Gresley'CP185/42

Steam-hauled special 'Evening Star'CP185/43

Steam-hauled specials run under the name of 'The Shakespeare Express'CP185/44

Steam-hauled expresses: Golden Arrow, Atlantic Coast Express, Shakespeare Ltd.CP185/45

Preserved ex L.M.S.R locomotive number 6443CP185/46

Steam-hauled specialCP185/47

Steam-hauled specialCP185/48

Steam-hauled special 'Lord Nelson'CP185/49

Steam-hauled special 'Taw Valley'CP185/50

Steam-hauled special 'Sir Lamiel'CP185/51

Steam-hauled special locomotiveCP185/52

Steam-hauled special locomotive 'Leander'CP185/53

Steam-hauled special 'Leander'CP185/54

Steam-hauled specialCP185/55

Steam-hauled special at nightCP185/56

Llandudno and Conwy Valley Railway Society receiving a cheque for £100CP185/57

Members of the Llandudno and Conwy Valley Railway SocietyCP185/58

Old carriage shed at Llandudno Junction just prior to demolitionCP185/59

New multiplex cinema and KFC buildingsCP185/60

Ex LMWR locomotive number 1054 (BR number 58926)CP185/61

The last A4 Pacific locomotive to run from Kings Cross to Newcastle passing through Doncaster StationCP185/62

Interior of one of the "Tavern Cars" being introduced on British RailwaysCP185/63

Metropolitan 'A' Class Locomotive number 23 on its outing in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the London Underground, seen at NeasdenCP185/64

Early twentieth century express locomotive being used as a stationary heating boilerCP185/65

Ex LMSR locomotive class 3F number 47298CP185/66

Preserved Liverpool and Manchester Railway locomotive "Lion" being prepared for Centenary CelebrationsCP185/67

Class 47 Diesel locomotive number D1627CP185/68

Locomotive number 4472 "Flying Sctosman" being lifted by craneCP185/69

Ex LMSR Locomotive number 6115 "Scots Guardman", a rebuild by Sir William A Stanier of a locomotive built by Henry Fowler.CP185/70

Locomotive "Lucy"CP185/71

Locomotive number 92203, a class 9F British Railways Standard type introduced from 1954.CP185/72

BR standard locomotive number 92203 pulling away from Bidston Dock with the last iron ore train for Summers Steel Works.CP185/73

BUNDLE: text and pictures on show at an exhibition on boards belonging to the Llandudno and Conwy Valley Railway Society.CP185/74

BUNDLE: Text and pictures on show at an exhibition on boards belonging to the Llandudno and Conwy Valley Railway Society.CP185/75

BUNDLE: the Severn Valley Railway.CP185/76

BUNDLE: Carrog on the Llangollen Railway.CP185/77

Talyllyn locomotive no 3 'Sir Haydn', an ex Corris Railway locomotive.CP185/78

Talyllyn locomotive no. 3 'Sir Haydn' and one of the new bogie coach at Wharf Station, Towyn.CP185/79

Original building housing the General Officer of the Ffestiniog Railway known as the Harbour Station.CP185/80

POSTCARD of Talyllyn Railway locomotive "Dolgoch" built 1865 and train crossing Dolgoch Viaduct.CP185/81

POSTCARD of Talyllyn Railway locomotive no. 3 'Sir Haydn' (ex Corris Railway) at Abergynolwyn Station.CP185/82

POSTCARD: Talyllyn Railway locomotive No. 3 'Sir Haydn' at Wharf Stationyard, Towyn.CP185/83

POSTCARD: Talyllyn Railway locomotive 'Douglas' and crew.CP185/84

POSTCARD: Narrow gauge diesel locomotive WHR C1 on the Welsh Highland Railway at Porthmadog.CP185/85

Ffestiniog Railway passenger coach.CP185/86

One of the Ffestiniog Railway's oldest coaches.CP185/87

Trackwork at Blaenau Ffestiniog.CP185/88

Ffestiniog Railway 1917 Simplex petrol engine.CP185/89

Ffestiniog Railway Society members clearing trackworks.CP185/90

Morris W Jones, Engineer in Charge of the workshops of the Ffestiniog Railway, at his bench.CP185/91

Fairlie Double Bogie Locomotive "Taliesin".CP185/92

Official opening of the Welsh Highland Railway, Porthmadog.CP185/93

Official opening of the Welsh Highland Railway, PorthmadogCP185/94

Member of the Welsh Highland Railway, Porthmadog, using the ground frame at Pen-y-Mant [? Mr Bradley]CP185/95

General view at the Welsh Highland Railway's official opening day:CP185/96

Train running on the Welsh Highland Railway, Porthmadog [on the official opening day]CP185/97

Railway Museum, Betws-y-CoedCP185/98

Railway Museum, Betws-y-Coed.CP185/99

Railway Museum, Betws-y-Coed.CP185/100

BUNDLE: Highland Railway locomotives pre-grouping of 1923 when it became part of L.M.S..CP185/101

BOX OF SLIDES: locomotives, rolling stock, places and a model railway, most of which are unidentified.CP185/102

PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM: Railway Traction - Diesel and Electric Locomotives, and diesel and electric multiple unitsCP185/103

PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM: Railway Traction - Diesel and Electric locomotives and diesel and electric multiple units.CP185/104

PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM: Railway Traction - Diesel and Electric Locomotives and diesel multiple units and steam locomotives.CP185/105

PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM: German steam locomotives at work.CP185/106

PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM: various locomotives, both steam and diesel.CP185/107

PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM: British Railway locomotives from pre-nationalisation to post-nationalisation and from all areas of Britain.CP185/108

PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM: British Railway locomotives from pre-nationalisation to post-nationalisation and from all areas of Britain.CP185/109

PHOTOGRAPH AND POSTCARD ALBUM: Locomotives of the Great Western Railway, Southern Railway and a few British Railway Standard Classes.CP185/110

PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM: Preserved British Steam locomotives.CP185/111

PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM: L.N.E.R. locomotives.CP185/112

PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM: London, Midland and Scottish Railway.CP185/113

Llandudno & Conway Valley Railway Society, additional depositCP185/114