Prototype Criccieth Station

[Focalplane]

Two years ago I thought about modelling Criccieth on the Cambrian but Castles never went there (!) so I opted for something busier. But I did take 40 photos of the present day scene and these are posted on Flickr:

Criccieth Station

Reduced to a single line today the original track plan can be found in the Barmouth-Pwllheli book by Middleton Press. The station building is still there but leased to a local business.

The line was never busy but I think at one time there were LMS trains running through from Afon Wen to Portmadoc which would add some interest to the single line workings.

Paul

 

[simond]

And, a Princess, at least twice...

Atb
Simon

 

[adrian]

and a beautiful part of the country - spent many enjoyable holidays on the Llyn Peninsula.

 

[matto21]

Nice photos. Couple of years ago I briefly considered a model of Criccieth too. One thing that stopped me was a lack of photos

Matt

 

[simond]

Me too.

Family hols in Portmadoc pretty much throughout my teenage years, learning to fire on Linda & Blanche, with Warren Shepherd & Phil driving.

Boating down the estuary. Borth y gest, Black Rock. Later, scuba diving, Bardsey, Nefyn; sailing & powerboating, Pwllheli, Llanbedrog, Abersoch, Nefyn.

And the odd motorcycle trip.

Happy memories!
Simon

 

[Focalplane]

I too spent my teenage years here in Borth y Gest and loved it, ending up stranded at the PYG on New Years Eve 1962/3. ByG hasn’t changed a bit. There are friends still here I knew back then. Amazing really.

 

[Muddysblues]

Cricieth (Welsh spelling) is a lovely station, only 20 minutes from where I live, I am blessed to live in a beautiful part of the world, there are plenty of pictures out there, you just have to seriously google them, from what I have seen, the whole station and goods yard area is a rather compact affair, ideal for a project.

The road over bridge at the Pwllheli end of the station makes for a good scenic break, not sure what you could do at the Porthmadog end, probably a hole through the board end, cleverly disguised with some close proximity to the line buildings & shrubbery, I looked at the Cricieth plan once, as it does make for an interesting layout.

There are a few pictures in the "Return to Pwllheli please" book.

Best regards
Craig.

 

[LarryG]

See also 'Scenes from the past No.4 : The Cambrian Coast Railway' by Bill Rear and Martin Williams. Foxline 1988.

Following nationalization, the London Midland Region commenced running through to Portmadoc, although workings were restricted. A Stanier 2-6-2T is illustrated taking water at Portmadoc in 1953. Also a picture there of Cambrian Railways 894 in 1954, it being scrapped later that year without ever carrying BR Tender markings.