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There was a McKenzie & Holland trident signal which controlled the approach to the FR Duffws Station being sited to the South of the FR main line just below Queen's Bridge (which carried Church Road over the line) in Blaenau Ffestiniog. The signals were removed from Duffws in 1923 but the Trident itself was not apparently removed until 1929. There was an appreciable period when the signal arms had been removed at Duffws, but the posts remained. According to Boyd the Duffws Trident was moved to the Cob. However design work for the new (2014) Trident signal at Porthmadog raised some interesting questions and suggests the Trident erected there in 1929 may have come from Glan y Pwll. In early 2014 a new trident signal, based on the original but located further out on the Cob, was erected to control the approach to the revised Harbour Station layout. In June 2014 it was complete except for its finials and had yet to be commissioned. The temporary colour light signal was still controlling the trains. By early 2015 the trident signal was in full use. Photo credit: Mark Temple |