Peter Kerslake says "This is at the eastern, or Barmouth end of Criccieth station, the visible stone built goods shed being situated next to the "up" line with the public crossing point with its customers patiently watching as 82032 heads away towards Barmouth and beyond, the signalman in the large signal cabin immediately behind our cameraman at the foot of the "Down" platform ramps having control of the gates seen in this view.
Although freight traffic was not particularly heavy here at Criccieth there were two sidings providing access to this goods facility off the main line and at the far end of the freight yard situate behind the goods shed seen here.
The Standard Class three's drafted on to the Cambrian system when the little "Dukedogs" were nearing the end of their days in the mid 'fifties suffered from having inadequate water capacity for lengthy rosters and were repllaced by the larger "80000" class with their larger water tanks".