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Maespoeth Junction lies to the south of Corris in Gwynedd and was where the horse-hauled tramway (known as the "Upper Corris Tramway") from the slate quarries around Corris Uchaf met the main line of the Corris Railway coming from Aberllefenni. The name, which translates as "Hot Field", is shared with a nearby house.
In 1878 the railway built its engine shed at Maespoeth, in the vee of the two lines, and this shed survived the closure of the railway in 1948 and served subsequently as a winter working base for the Forestry Commission. In 1981 it was returned to railway ownership and now again serves its original purpose as a home for the railway's locomotives and as its engineering headquarters. Passengers on the first restored section of the railway are given a guided tour of the shed.
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