From Festipedia, hosted by the FR Heritage Group
1927 to 1946 - A steady decline[edit]
| "Legend"
|
| Changes
|
Engines
|
People
|
| Dividend Payout
|
Literature
|
BOT/HMRI
|
| History
|
Stations
|
Carriages
|
A table of key events in the history of the Festiniog Railway 1927 to 1946
| Year |
Day |
Month |
Event |
Source
|
| 1929 |
. |
. |
Little Giant withdrawn |
|
| 1930 |
. |
Oct |
Ordinary winter passenger services suspended |
Winton
|
| 1930 |
. |
. |
James Spooner condemned |
|
| 1931 |
. |
Nov |
Death of Colonel Stephens |
Winton
|
| 1932 |
. |
May |
Livingston Thompson renamed Taliesin |
|
| 1936 |
12 |
Dec |
BBC Centenary Year radio programme (recordings made in October) |
Winton
|
| 1937 |
. |
. |
Palmerston withdrawn from traffic |
|
| 1937 |
. |
. |
Welsh Highland effectively stopped running |
|
| 1939 |
15 |
Sep |
Passenger services suspended and cease |
|
| 1940 |
. |
. |
Welsh Pony withdrawn |
|
| 1940 |
. |
. |
Gravity working ceased |
Winton
|
| 1942 |
. |
. |
Palmerston used as stationary boiler |
|
| 1942 |
xx |
Jan |
Tryfan Junction reached by northern gang; Bryngwyn Branch then lifted. |
WHHJ
|
| 1942 |
06 |
Jan |
Pitt's Head to Hafod Ruffydd section requisitioned by War Office, so that slate wagon marked targets could be used for gunnery practice. |
WHHJ
|
| 1942 |
xx |
Mar |
Arthur Rimmer suggests that a book should be written'about this very interesting line'. |
WHHJ
|
| 1942 |
16 |
Apr |
Further legal opinion received regarding the lease and winding up process |
WHHJ
|
| 1942 |
xx |
May |
Dinas Junction reached by the demolition train. Russell purchased by the Brymbo Steel Co, for use at Hook Norton ironstone mines |
WHHJ
|
| 1942 |
20 |
May |
Buffet Car sold by Cohens, complete with bogies, for £30 to Henry Parry of Waunfawr |
WHHJ
|
| 1942 |
29 |
May |
Meeting called by requisitioning shareholders, W. Cradoc Davies, R Freeman and C Colley appointed WHR Directors purely to accept the winding up summons |
WHHJ
|
| 1942 |
xx |
Jun |
Croesor Junction reached by southern gang. Pitt's Head to Hafod Ruffydd section left in situ for War Dept gunnery practice. |
WHHJ
|
| 1942 |
xx |
Aug |
Baldwin 590 cut up at Dinas Junction. |
WHHJ
|
| 1942 |
xx |
Nov |
Ramblers Association appeal for the trackbed to be used as a footpath - again. |
WHHJ
|
| 1942 |
03 |
Nov |
FR Co. gained approval to agree to surrender the lease. |
WHHJ
|
| 1942 |
12 |
Nov |
Letter from Robert Evans to J .A. Iggulden, "I am also very glad to hear that we are getting rid of the WHR and trust that it will not be long before everything is cleared up". |
WHHJ
|
| 1942 |
03 |
Dec |
Caernarvon County Council voted to support the Ramblers Association appeal. |
WHHJ
|
| 1942 |
31 |
Dec |
FR Co. relinquishes Welsh Highland Railway lease. |
WHHJ
|
| 1946 |
9 |
Aug |
Official Cessation of FR Co. Service |
|
| "Legend"
|
| Changes
|
Engines
|
People
|
| Dividend Payout
|
Literature
|
BOT/HMRI
|
| History
|
Stations
|
Carriages
|
See also[edit]
