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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.

Blanche yn rhedeg yn hwylus gyda cherbydau newyddion trwy dir Plâs Tan-y-Bwlch. Codwyd ceiau o'r math yma yn 1832 fel y ffordd rataf o gynnal y lein mewn lleoedd anodd. Er mor lân y crefftwaith, rhaid cadw golwg arnynt a thalu sylw iddynt yn gyson.

N. F. Gurley

Blanche spinning along with a train of new roller-bearing stock in the Plas Tan-y-Bwlch estate.

The stone-walled embankments were regarded as an economy measure in 1832, being filled with only half the rubble of ordinary ones. Beautiful as they are, they are still very gradually settling and extra ballast is required to preserve even gradients.