Pen Cob Halt
| Pen Cob Halt | |
| |
|---|---|
| Signal Cabin remains at Pen Cob | |
| Previous Station | Harbour Station |
| Previous Location | Cob |
| Status | Halt Closed |
| Next Location | Glan y Mor Yard |
| Next Location | Boston Lodge |
| Next Station | Boston Lodge Halt |
| Latitude | 52:55:10N |
| Longitude | 4:06:29W |
| Grid Reference | SH583378 |
NGR:SH583378 Lat / Long :52.91957 / -4.10811
Pen Cob was located at the other end of the Cob from Harbour Station, outside Boston Lodge works.[route 1]
It was known as Boston Lodge Junction in pre-preservation days. Until the granting of a light railway order in 1923, there had been a manned signal box with block instruments & electric train staff installation.
During the war, a gun emplacement (of traditional Pill Box style was placed on the land side, making the clearance for vehicles very tight. This was demolished in 1955.
In the book "Porthmadog to Blaenau"[1], Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith describe the chain shunting process used here in the first season : "As there was initially no run round loop available at Boston Lodge, all trains in the 1955 season were propelled empty from the halt to the yard points. They were uncoupled, attached to a chain and shunted up the main line while the locomotive ran into the yard. They were then propelled back to the halt to collect the waiting passengers."
The Halt was used specifically for access to the works, but also to the far end of the Traeth beach. It continued to be used occasionally up until Novemeber 1967, the end of that season.
Photo 1 above would have been showing the first post on the left in picture 3. Photo 2 would have been taken from where the stop board, though on the main line, is in Picture 3
[edit] References
- ^ Mitchell, Vic; Keith Smith. Porthmadoc to Blaenau. Midhurst, Sussex, England: Middleton Press. ISBN 1-873793-50-2. OCLC 36589826.
