Rhiwbryfdir
Rhiwbryfdir was the site of a village now entirely obliterated by the quarry tippings, and the original terminating point of the FR in 1836 (at the end of the Dinas Branch). It was never a station (the area was served by Dinas station just to the south) but housed a smithy and a large stable of horses. The official end of the FR was marked by a stone inscribed with "J.W.G" and "F.R." on either side of a vertical line. J.W.G. refers to John Whitehead Greaves who owned the track onwards from this point to Llechwedd Quarry.
There were also inclines connecting to the Oakeley and Welsh Slate Co Quarries, see Slate and The Festiniog Railway.
Management of the Rhiwbryfdir Quarry was passed from Samuel Holland the elder (1768-1851) to his son Samuel Holland the younger (1803-92) in c1821.
William Edward Oakeley later undertook the running of Holland and Rhiwbryfdir Quarries, and from 1878 until 1882 was solely responsible for the quarry administration.
