![]() ![]() It’s still a reasonably busy little town and I was pleased to hear young mothers speaking Welsh to their children. This town, known as the town that roofed the world, is about one and a half hours up the mountain from the coast. ![]() So our first journey was from Porthmadog to Blaenau Ffestiniog, pronounced Bleni Festingyog. It was so good to see the young guys and girls in there with the older seniors teaching them the ropes. The steam engines, of which there are many, were in immaculate condition being rebuilt, driven and serviced by volunteers of all ages. This town is now a tourist resort and the steam trains carry plenty of Welsh and English tourists as well as us foreigners. With a large band of dedicated volunteers and fund raisers, the many steam trains still ply the lines up to the townships that are still surrounded by mountains of discarded slate. ![]() Even though the mines are mostly closed, the town hasn’t let go of it’s trains. Porthmadog (pronounced Port-Madic) in North West Wales is a seaside town which owes it’s existence to the Welsh slate mines and the trains that brought the slate down to the docks for shipment. ![]()
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