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Y Cambrian, Y Rhymni, Y Taff, Y Barri—atgofion pell a dogfennau llychlyd yw'r cwmniau rheilffyrdd Cymreig hyn yn awr. Ond mae'r hynaf ohonynt i gyd gyda ni o hyd—Lein Fach Ffestiniog, mam holl reilffyrdd culion y byd. Wedi blynyddoedd lawer o ddirywiad a chyfnod byr o segurdod llwyr, daeth gwaredigaeth yn 1954, a byth er hynny mae pethau'n gwella'n gyson.

The Cambrian, the Rhymney, the Taff Vale, the Barry . . . the Welsh railway companies are now nearly all distant memories and dusty files. But the oldest of them all is still with us—the Festiniog Railway, mother of the world's narrow-gauge lines. After many years of decline and a short period of closure, it was rescued in 1954 and has been on the mend ever since.

Rhaid i holl drafnidiaeth yr A.4085 aros tra bydd y 16.30 o Borthmadog yn croesi'r ffordd ym Mhenrhyndeudraeth. Bu'r Penrhyn yn gartref i lawer o chwarelwyr a aent i'w gwaith ym Mlaenau Ffestiniog ar y tren. Yn awr, yr unig ddiwydiant o bwys yw'r "Gwaith powdwr". Sylwch ar geidwad y gatiau yn ei gwisg Gymreig.

S. Evans

All traffic stops on the A4085 as the 16.30 from Portmadoc comes thundering through Penrhyndeudraeth. Penrhyn grew up as a town for quarrymen, who nearly all went by F.R. train to Blaenau Ffestiniog. Now the only major local industry is explosives.

Notice the crossing keeper in Welsh national dress.