In 1935, quarry workers in Porthmadog, North Wales, invented a bold way to get home after long shifts. With no trains available, they built wooden trolleys called car gwyllt—“wild cars”—and rode them down steep quarry rail tracks. Each one had a central wheel, smaller front wheels, and a hand brake. Gravity did the rest, propelling them nearly 1,800 yards downhill with a drop of about 1,000 feet in just a few minutes. Newsreels captured the thrilling sight of men balancing on the makeshift vehic
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In 1935, quarry workers in Porthmadog, North Wales, invented a bold way to get home after long shifts. With no trains available, they built wooden trolleys called car gwyllt—“wild cars”—and rode them down steep quarry rail tracks. Each one had a central wheel, smaller front wheels, and a hand brake. Gravity did the rest, propelling them nearly 1,800 yards downhill with a drop of about 1,000 feet in just a few minutes. Newsreels captured the thrilling sight of men balancing on the makeshift vehic
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