Ffestiniog Railway
The Ffestiniog Railway was incorporated by an act of parliament on May 23, 1832. James Spooner was appointed engineer. Slate trains ran from Blaenau Ffestiniog on a 1 ft 11 1⁄2 in (597 mm) narrow gauge rail to the Porthmadog harbour on the Irish Sea coast. In 1863 Charles Easton Spooner, the son of James Spooner, introduced steam locomotives built by the George England Co. and thus ended the use of dandy waggons on Ffestiniog and began "sanctioned" passenger service.
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