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Quarry Siding

Quarry Siding is home to another passing loop. The old shale quarry here was formerly used to obtain ballast for the track.

No. 2 at Quarry Siding on a down train, probably in the late 1940s.
Photo: Talyllyn Railway Archive

The first No. 7 (a short-lived petrol/parrafin loco) being turned at Quarry Siding on a portable turntable.
Photo: Talyllyn Railway Archive

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No. 7 pauses between Dolgoch and Quarry Siding while an errant tree is removed from the line.
Photo: Alan Newble