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Gloddfa Ganol
The top of the Dinas incline from Gloddfa Ganol down to the Festiniog Railway
Gloddfa Ganol is located in Gwynedd
Gloddfa Ganol
Location within Gwynedd
Established1974 (1974)
Dissolved1998 (1998)
LocationBlaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, Wales
Coordinates53°00′07″N 3°57′02″W / 53.001823°N 3.950456°W / 53.001823; -3.950456
TypeRailway museum

Gloddfa Ganol (also known as the Gloddfa Ganol Mountain Center) was a museum dedicated to the Welsh slate industry and narrow-gauge railways, situated in the Oakeley slate quarry in Blaenau Ffestiniog. It opened in 1974 and closed in 1998 following an auction of its exhibits.

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Gloddfa Ganol (also known as the Gloddfa Ganol Mountain Center) was a museum dedicated to the Welsh slate industry and narrow-gauge railways, situated...

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Oakeley quarry

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allow a third quarry to be opened. This was Middle Quarry also known as Gloddfa Ganol and was operated by the Rhiwbryfdir Slate Company. The younger Holland...

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Timber Supply Department. Purchased by Rich Morris in 1965. Displayed at Gloddfa Ganol until 1998, when sold to the Abbey Light Railway Welsh Highland Heritage...

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Society, Caerphilly Railway Works – closed 1996, moved to Gwili Railway Gloddfa Ganol, Blaenau Ffestiniog - museum of narrow-gauge railways, closed in 1998...

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Ffestiniog Railway

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systems. Trains portal British narrow-gauge railways Conwy Valley line Gloddfa Ganol Llechwedd Slate Caverns An Act to alter and amend an Act of his late...

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Blaenau Ffestiniog

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Tourism became the town's largest employer, with the development of Gloddfa Ganol in the Oakeley quarry and the Slate Caverns at Llechwedd quarry. The...

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Llechwedd Slate Caverns

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awards. Slate industry in Wales British narrow gauge slate railways Gloddfa Ganol Isherwood, Graham (July 2009). "Chronology of Llechwedd Quarry". {{cite...

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Steeple Grange Light Railway

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bought for the Gloddfa Ganol museum in Wales. Here, it was regauged to 2 ft (610 mm) and restored to working order. When Gloddfa Ganol closed, it was...

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Brockham Railway Museum

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formed Narrow Gauge Enterrprises and arranged to create a museum at Gloddfa Ganol in North Wales. They moved their locomotives out of Brockham on 18 July...

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Yaxham Light Railway

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Heureuse, in France in June 1930. Imported by Rich Morris and displayed at Gloddfa Ganol. Moved to the Yaxham Light Railway, now awaiting restoration at the...

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Abbey Light Railway

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New to Meeth Clay works, Devon. Purchased by Rich Morris and moved to Gloddfa Ganol. Purchased by the ALR in 1998. Now at Gelert's Farm. 10 Baguley 0-4-0...

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Lynton and Barnstaple Railway

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The 1915 Kerr Stuart "Joffre" class 0-6-0T loco 2451 was bought from Gloddfa Ganol in 1983, and named Axe. Restored to working order in 2008, Axe worked...

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Parc quarry

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Isherwood, J G (1977). Candles to Caplamps – The story of Gloddfa Ganol. Gloddfa Ganol. Kellow, Moses (2015). Woodhead, Cathy (ed.). The Autobiography...

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Statfold Barn Railway

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then Oakeley Slate Quarry, then preserved by Rodney Weaver, sold to Gloddfa Ganol, purchased by the Narrow Gauge Railway Museum, cosmetically restored...

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List of Ffestiniog Railway rolling stock

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Group for the Ffestiniog Railway. Sold to Rich Morris in 1976, and subsequently displayed at Gloddfa Ganol. Returned to the FR, and restored in 2010....

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Baguley 774

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Oxfordshire In 1977, Morris opened a railway museum in Oakeley quarry, called Gloddfa Ganol and 774 was moved there as an exhibit. In 1997, the museum closed and...

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1969 in Wales

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Isherwood, J. G. (1980). Candles to Caplamps: the Story of Gloddfa Ganol. Gloddfa Ganol. Flight International. IPC Transport Press Limited. January 1969...

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Hampton Kempton Waterworks Railway

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1961, but purchased by Rich Morris in May 1963. Was one display at Gloddfa Ganol; when that closed in 1997, it was purchased for use on the Eynsford...

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Amberley Museum Railway

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45913 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) Hudson 1932 Midhurst Whites Ltd, Midhurst ex-Gloddfa Ganol. On static display. - DM686 2 ft (610 mm) Hudswell Clarke 1948 National...

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List of Vale of Rheidol Railway rolling stock

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(610 mm) ex Beswicks Lime works Hindlow quarries. Was once part of the Gloddfa Ganol` collection. Hunslet 605 Margaret 1894 0-4-0T 1 ft 11+3⁄4 in (603 mm)...

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Amerton Railway

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Gravelworks Ltd for the Preston Irwell Valley Water Board. Preserved at Gloddfa Ganol until 1998. Fitted with a 2-cylinder Lister CE. Restoration in progress...

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Moseley Railway Trust

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gauge railways West Lancashire Light Railway – former home of Stanhope Gloddfa Ganol - source of several MRT locomotives Wikimedia Commons has media related...

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List of quarries served by the Ffestiniog Railway

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the largest single quarry in Blaenau Ffestiniog. Was the home of the Gloddfa Ganol tourist attraction in the 1980s and 1990s. Now worked as an open pit...

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List of Fairbourne Railway rolling stock

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the elements. It was sold in 1975 to Rich Morris and was displayed at Gloddfa Ganol until 1997 . Fairbourne Railway Gwril R A Lister and Company 0-4-0DM...

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Trefor Quarry railway

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scrapped 5 Hunslet 4wDM 1941 2207 Sold in 1965 to Rich Morris. Moved to Gloddfa Ganol in 1977. Put on display at Duffws station in 1979. 6 Hunslet 4wDM 1941...

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