Glanypwll Level Crossing

Ffestiniog Railway Double Fairlie Steam Loco No.10 "Merddin Emrys" in brown heads to Tanygrisiau before Ffestiniog Railway Penrhyn Mainline Hunslet Steam Loco "Linda" in green creates wonderful echoes in the mountainous and slate filled landscape as it heads into Blaenau Ffestiniog. This crossing was very old, as can be shown by the peeling paint on the lights, and the completely faded signs and St Andrew's crosses. The lights go out after the amber light and one red light shows for longer than the other when they flash. On one side, the lights flash oppositely. Three of the lights are attached to the pole by a strange right angled piece. There is also two tracks on the crossing, as when the line was built back here in the 1980s, it was planned to have another track to Blaenau Ffestiniog station. However, only one track is in use now and the other is concreted into the road, not connected at either side to other track, and is gated off strangely. The bridges leading to the station were built with two portals; one for each track. Again, only one portal is used. This crossing is named Glanypwll after the district inside Blaenau Ffestiniog, and there is also a small depot here, the entrance of which is through the iconic railway white with red circle gate on one side. As of April 2016, the crossing now has Unipart Rail LEDs and an extra set has been added on one side, which can be seen in my newer video of this crossing. Bloody upgrades. Type: AOCL Route: Ffestiniog Railway Location: Gwynedd, Wales, UK Train 1: 0:31 Closure 2: 1:14 Train 2: 1:59