Rails to Black Rock

 As some of you will already know the Railstoblackrocks project has taken a bit of left turn.
Due to a reorganisation of teenage sons rooms the Borth y gest boards have been mothballed. It has become obvious that at the current build rate it will be many years before it will be exhibitable. I've decided I want to have something to take to shows much sooner. So rather as Camberwick Green is  to Trumpton, Rails to blackrocks now has a little brother- Coed y bleiddiau!

After a morning spent at the location in May I decided this lovely little corner of the Ffestiniog offered an ideal location for a small vignette. Two small boards allow for the corner to be modelled prototypically but with a twist. To the right of the cottage the line continues on a rock cut ledge and here I have imagined that a passing loop existed. Boyd refers to a siding and coal drops (presumably for the cottage) somewhere to the east of the cottage so. There will only be two structures on the model, the cottage and a small station building based on the original one at Dduallt.

The main feature of this part of the line is the huge drystone walls the line runs along. The formation at Coed y bleiddiau was widened when the line was converted for locomotive haulage from a tramway. You can clearly see this today when you look at the bridge. The front is much more substantial than the rear. The bridge arch has two heights with the newer front portion being lower.