Porthmadog terminus, seen from the far side of the adjacent standard gauge railway. The train waiting to depart consists, from left to right, of: the 1902 ex-Vale-of-Rheidol brake van, the historic 1891 Gladstone Carriage, the 1987 Eisteddfod Carriage, and 1980 Open Coach No. 3. The locomotive is Gelert.

The station building is of the left hand side of the photograph. The track layout consists of a simple run-around loop. The signalling system, including the twin-dolly bracket signal beyond Gelert, is semi-automatic.

The chain link fence between narrow and standard gauge railways has since been replaced with attractive wooden paling. Plans exist to recover a redundant LNWR signal box, to be installed at the eastern end of the platform, near to where the trees start. This will replicate North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways signal box style and practice.

Other station improvements are in-hand and are described in Journal 122.

Andy Goodwin 1997

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