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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.

Dwy "injian" ddwbl Fairlie yn tynnu tren dros y Cei Mawr (60 troedfedd o uchder) ger Penrhyndeudraeth. Ni bydd dwy "injian" ddwbl yn gweithio gyda'i gilydd fel rheol (gall dwy dynnu 25 o gerbydau—mwy nag sy'n eiddo i'r cwmni). Ond, y tro yma, mae Merddin Emrys (yr ail) newydd ddod allan o'r gweithdy wedi cael boeler newydd ac mae larll Meirionnydd yna rhag i bethau fynd o chwith.

D. A. W. Taylor

Two double-ended Fairlie locomotives head a train over the sixty-foot-high Cei Mawr near Penrhyndeudraeth. Fairlies do not normally work together (two can pull 25 coaches which is more than the F.R. possesses) but on this occasion Merddin Emrys (second) is just out of the workshops with a new boiler and Ear! of Merioneth is there in case of unforeseen hitches.