StoneRoad2013's photos with the keyword: Portmadoc

Shunting carriages [SVR, Kidderminster] ... the destination board reads Portmadoc, which is the angllcised spelling of Porthmadog. This caught my eye as I know Port rather more than moderately well, having been quite involved with the Festiniog Railway in the past.

Porthmadog Harbour Station with Garratt No87 and her train. The first carriage looks tiny because it is to the Ffestiniog loading gauge. Details for 87. Wheel arrangement is 2-6-2+2-6-2, class NGG16 built in 1937 by Cockerill (Seraing, Belgium). Spent most of its working life in South Africa until it was replaced by diesel traction, it was imported to the UK by the Exmoor Steam Centre. Boston Lodge works carried out a major restoration, when she was initially liveried in photographic grey on being finished in 2009. Her livery has been Midnight Blue since a repaint in March 2010. As with all Festiniog / Welsh Highland steam locomotives, she is coal fired.

Portmadoc's cinema, dating from 1931 and which was demolished in early 2016, despite over 300 objections.

Portmadoc's cinema, dating from 1931 and which was demolished in early 2016, despite over 300 objections.

Postcard (scan) of Porthmadog (Portmadoc) High Street. Note the mass of cross trees on the phone lines. The building with the clock tower is the "Town Hall" (first part dated from 1846), this was demolished in 1965 to make way for a Woolworths store (now another retail outlet) in a modern style, which doesn't suit the surroundings. Trying to make up my mind on the date, I'm guessing 1930s to 1950s ...