🚂 PENRHYN LADIES DEPART BLAENAU FFESTINIOG 🚂 Linda and Blanche depart a wet and windy Blaenau Ffestiniog Station in the mountains of Snowdonia. The 19th century steam locomotives – known as the Penrhyn Ladies – were double-heading a special service to Porthmadog during Bygones Weekend on the Ffestiniog Railway. The railway was opened in 1836 to carry slate around 13.5 miles from the quarries around Blaenau Ffestiniog to Porthmadog, where it was loaded onto ships. Linda and Blanche were both bu