Norman Gurley has been associated with the Ffestiniog Railway since the 1950's. For a long time a member of staff, latterly in the booking office, he has built a large collection of photographs and memories of the Railway in the preservation era.
After closure of the Ffestiniog Railway during World War Two, reopening started in 1955, but was hampered because upper stretches of the line were flooded by a hydro-electric scheme. The Deviation was to be a 2