Locations/Penrhyn to Plas Halt
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| Before | Penrhyn |
| Beyond | Plas Halt |
[edit] Penrhyn station
- Fron Goch Crossing
- Penrhyn Road Level Crossing A4085
- Snowdonia National Park Boundary
- Signal – Distinctive old FR high disc distant signal.
- Fron Hyfryd
- Corn Picyn
- Pen Cefn (Top of the ridge) – house next to the line about 500 yards up from Penrhyn Road Crossing.
- "100 mph Straight" or Rhiw Goch Farm Straight
- Rhiw Goch Farm
- Rhiw Goch Farm Crossing
- Milepost 4
- Rhiw Goch Passing Loop.
- Bwlch-y-plwm – disused mine & smelting chimney linked by track just below Cei Mawr.
- Leadmine Curve
- Cei Mawr
- Cutting Naddu (Hewn, not blasted)
- Coed Cae Fali (Valley field wood) – National Trust owned woodland.
- Trwyn-y-garnedd
- Gysgfa (Sleeping place) Curves
- Milepost 5
- Cutting Budr (Dirty)
- Squirrel Crossing
- Sheepfold Curve
- Cutting Gwlyb (Wet)
- Bryn Mawr (Big hill)
- Tro Keepers – sharp bend at the top of the largely straight section.
- Plas Privat / Private Station
- Pantuffern
- Milepost 6
- Milestone Curve
- Brine Tank built from slate slabs and formerly used to transfer sea water (brought by train) to the swimming bath at Plas Tan-y-bwlch.
- Plas Tan-y-bwlch (Mansion under the pass) – the large house visible below the line on the valley side.
- Tyler’s Cutting and Curve
- Zigzag Crossing
[edit] Plas Halt station
Source:Compiled from the original FR Heritage Chronology, available from the FRHG and used here with permission
