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The world's oldest known iron railway bridge, Pont-y-Cafnau was designed and built in 1793. On 21 February 1804 the first recorded steam-hauled journey on rails took place in Merthyr Tydfil from Penydarren to the Glamorganshire Canal.
4.1 North Wales. 4.2 Mid Wales. 4.3 South Wales. ... Interactive map of miniature heritage railways in Great Britain. ... Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway ...
Merthyr Tydfil, Wales: Steam-hauled tourist railway built on the trackbed of the standard-gauge Brecon & Merthyr Railway Bredgar and Wormshill Light Railway [10] 1975–present 2 ft (610 mm) 0.5 miles (0.8 km) Hollingbourne, England A one-half-mile (0.8 km) long private steam railway that holds regular open days Camborne and Redruth Tramways [16]
Prince of Wales with British Rail logo in 1981. The Great Western Railway became part of the Western Region of British Railways on 1 January 1948 and the line continued to operate a tourist service. [18] In the 1950s local managers ensured that the Vale of Rheidol line remained well looked after. The coaches carried British Rail's express livery.
The Ffestiniog Railway (Welsh: Rheilffordd Ffestiniog) is a heritage railway based on 1 ft 11 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (597 mm) narrow-gauge, located in Gwynedd, Wales.It is a major tourist attraction located mainly within the Snowdonia National Park.
Map showing the location of Wales within the United Kingdom. This is a list of railway stations in Wales, one of the four countries of the United Kingdom.It includes all railway stations in Wales that form part of the British National Rail network that currently have timetabled train services.
WHR locomotive K1, the first Garratt articulated locomotive, at Snowdon Ranger halt with train and Snowdonia behind. The original Welsh Highland Railway was formed in 1922 from the merger of two companies – the North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways (NWNGR) and the Portmadoc, Beddgelert and South Snowdon Railway (PBSSR), [6] successor to the Portmadoc, Croesor and Beddgelert Tram Railway.
The Gwili Railway (Welsh: Rheilffordd Gwili) is a Welsh heritage railway, that operates a preserved standard gauge railway line from the site of Abergwili Junction (near Carmarthen) in southwest Wales along a four-and-a-half-mile (7.2 km) section of the former Carmarthen to Aberystwyth line. The original railway closed in 1965, with the track ...