Template:Featured picture/March 2010

Nantmor is a pretty little village with some fine gardens on view. It was a halt on the original WHR, lying south of Beddgelert and the Aberglaslyn Pass. There was a 40 foot stabling siding located here. Although there were plans for a halt serving Nantmor when the re-building of the WHR was proposed, they were dropped because of two local objections. Subsequently, a parish vote was held and by a large majority they agreed to ask for a halt to be located in the village. Construction, just downhill from the village road level crossing, was delayed until February 2010 due to lack of resources (funding and manpower) and it opened in May 2010. The rebuilding was funded by the Welsh Highland Railway Society using funds donated in memory of the late Dr Ben Fisher, one of its members. This northerly view shows the southern end of the platform before the wooden waiting shelter was erected. The south end of the platform had to be constructed on gabions as a disused access path for a local resident rises alongside the rear of the platform. This path emerges by the concrete base of the future waiting shelter. Photo credit: Barrie Hughes Recently featured: The Lady Diana – Carriage 103 – Merddin Emrys in the Aberglaslyn Pass