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Horse and carriage at Talyllyn lake, c. 1907
Loading slates at Corris Railway Station, c. 1900
Dolgellau to Corris Bus outside the Golden Lion Hotel, Dolgellau, c. 1910
  • The Corris Railway was one of the first railways to operate motor omnibuses, two being employed during the 1908 season.  The buses were rented from the parent Bristol firm and were initially returned there with their drivers at the end of each season.

[Source:  The Corris Railway Society, A Return to Corris: The Continuing Story of the Corris Railway, 1988, p. 25]
A motor bus outside the Penybont Inn at Talyllyn, 1908
Talyllyn pass after the rock fall of July 1922
Women and children at Glanyrafon, near Corris, c. 1865