Civil's Week 2001

Rather than take Russell around the siding's tight curves, the weight of the rubble in the wagons was used to take them down the gently falling siding to where the rubble was unloaded.

Behind, Pen-y-Mount station is seen in its exposed location raised above the flatlands of the Porthmadog estuary. This land was reclaimed from the sea some two centuries ago and is wide-open and flat, embraced by two arms of the Cambrian mountains that reach down to the sea further north (in the Criccieth area) and further south (between Boston Lodge and Portmeirion).

Rick Beton

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