Dduallt

Builder: Rob and David Waller

Gauge & scale: 4mm:1ft scale, 9mm gauge ‘OO9’

Size: 10ft by 10ft

A station completely enveloped by a railway must surely be pretty high on the list of great places to watch trains. There are only two ways to get to Dduallt: by Ffestiniog train or by foot. But it’s worth the effort: from the little waiting shelter you get to hear narrow gauge trains pounding up the 1-in-80 spiral, a unique feature on a 2ft gauge line in Britain, and getting occasional glimpses of them through the trees as they head to Blaenau Ffestiniog. On this occasion, the passing loop has been pressed into service as replica ‘Single

Fairlie’ 0-4-4T Taliesin climbs the spiral with Where a vintage train of four-wheelers, while the can I see two ex-penrhyn ‘Ladies’, Blanche and more? Linda, depart for Porthmadog. MR176 (December

2012).