The North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways (NWNGR) was a railway company that planned to build a number of inter-connected 1 ft 11+1⁄2 in narrow-gauge railways across North Wales. The first two of these lines - jointly known as the "Moel Tryfan Undertaking" - were authorised by Act of Parliament 1872 and were built and opened in the 1870s. The original main line ran from Dinas Junction to Bryngwyn and opened in 1877. The second line was a branch from Tryfan Junction to South Snowdon, though shortly after opening, the company designated the Tryfan Junction to Bryngwyn section as the branch, and the Dinas Junction to South Snowdon section as the main line.
Dinas station in 1883. A NWNGR train with Beddgelert and a LNWR train are waiting on the platforms.
Image: Moel Tryfan works photo
Image: Beddgelert works photo
Image: Russell Porthmadog
Rhyd Ddu railway station
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Rhyd Ddu is a station on the narrow gauge Welsh Highland Railway, which was built in 1881 as the North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways Moel Tryfan Undertaking to carry dressed slate to Dinas Junction on the LNWR. It has also previously been named both "Snowdon" and "South Snowdon".
Garratt NG143 in 2023 arriving into the Porthmadog Bound Platform April 2023
Northerly view of Rhyd Ddu station in the final stages of construction on 26 May 2003. Diesel loco Conway Castle hauls a PW train with a tamping machine in the background.
The Bodysgallen Pullman Car at Rhyd Ddu on the afternoon of 18 August 2003
Looking south the evening (7 April 2006) before re-opening after major rebuilding in 2006