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Welsh Highland Railway®
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The Route in Modern PicturesPBSSR (Aberglaslyn Tunnel to Croesor Junction)
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| Aberglaslyn Tunnel (Porthmadog end) 1990's in use as a footpath |
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| 1920's and the tunnel is being used by the Welsh Highland. (WHR Coll.) |  |
| 1910's and the tunnel is being built for the PBSSR. (WHR Coll.) |  |
| Nantmoor |  |
| Nantmoor to Hafod-y-Llyn (Nantmoor Bank) Most of this section in an a 1:40 gradient |
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| Just before the road bridge, and easy access from the road, this section was used for storage of rail, before a start was made of re-laying the WHR in Porthmadog. The last rail was taken from here in 1991. |  |
| Going on towards Hafod-y-Lynn. The sharp gradients of the Nantmoor Bank give way here to from 1:40 to a mere 1:67 |
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| Near Hafod-y-Lynn Finally to the bottom of Nantmoor bank and back to level ground. |
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| Afon Nantmoor Another one of the WHR's standard girder bridges, this time with a footpath over the top. |
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| Afon Dylif Yet another WHR Standard bridge, however, this one proves a little tricky to get over. |
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| Between Afon Dylif and Croesor Junction |  |
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| Croesor Junction An end to the WHR proper, and onto the former Croesor Tramway |
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