🚂 WICKHAM TROLLEY – A KEY PLAYER IN REVIVAL OF FFESTINIOG RAILWAY 🚂 This little vehicle – known as a Wickham Trolley – played a key role in the restoration of the Ffestiniog Railway in North Wales. Cutbacks in slate, passenger and worker services between 1939 and 1946 led to the decline and abandonment of the narrow gauge line, which first opened in 1836. Restoration began in 1954, with the line and passenger services reinstated in stages, starting from Porthmadog. The track was extended from