Chronology 1947-1954

1947 to 1954 - A New Hope[edit]

A table of key events in the history of the Festiniog Railway 1947 to 1954
Year	Day	Month	Event	Source
1947	.	.	Bill Broadbent surveys the line	Wiki
1949	.	.	Boyd's 'Narrow Gauge Rails to Portmadoc' published	Winton
1950	.	Apr	1949 Group hold a public meeting in Portmadoc Town Hall	Winton
1950	9	Nov	Extraordinary General Meeting of FR Company decides to apply to Ministry of Transport for an Abandonment Order	Winton
1951	27	Jul	A 17 year old Leonard Heath Humphrys writes a letter to the Railway Gazette	Winton
1951	.	Sep	As a result of his 27 July Railway Gazette letter, Leonard Heath Humphrys calls a meeting at the Club Room of the Bristol Railway Circle - the 'Bristol Meeting'	Winton
1951	8	Oct	Following September meeting a second meeting is held at Old Bull Inn at Barnet where a 'Legal Committee' is formed	Winton
1953	.	Jan	Alan Pegler, Trevor Bailey and Les Smith visit Portmadoc 'on a visit of inspection'	Winton
1954	24	Jun	Control of Railway passed into Alan Peglers hands	Winton
1954	.	.	Shares of Railway Company transferred to non-profit making Trust	Winton
1954	21	Sep	Allan Garraway, Bill Harvey and Morris Jones get The Simplex 'working' and it 'ran across the Britannia Bridge for petrol'	Johnson
1954	23	Sep	'A press call was arranged and The Simplex hauled two coaches - No. 10 and No. 17 - across to Portmadoc'	Johnson & Winton
1954	6	Nov	Special train commemorating Robert Evans' 61 years with the Railway run from Portmadoc to Minffordd	Johnson
1954	24	Dec	Festiniog Railway Society Ltd registered	Winton

Day Log					Accident Record
Chronology
Pre 1830	1830 - 1862	1863 - 1889	1890 - 1926	1927 - 1946	1947 - 1954	1955 - 1958	1959 - 1982	1983 - 1994	1995 - date

Day Log					Accident Record
Chronology
Pre 1830	1830 - 1862	1863 - 1889	1890 - 1926	1927 - 1946	1947 - 1954	1955 - 1958	1959 - 1982	1983 - 1994	1995 - date