The GFRR never had an Act of Parliament of its own and only ran to a timetable once, on the opening day. The Stanton was known as the 'Glass...
Hello all, Stone and Steam in the Black Mountains by the late Rev. David Tipper (Blorenge Books, 1985) includes pictures of the Stanton Coach in...
Yes, not the best example I admit! It was the only example of a narrow gauge line (pushing it, I know) being 'rebuilt' to another gauge in the...
To be fair, I think they have less to work with than any of the narrow gauge resurrections so far. Although, now I think about it, the Padarn...
Aaaah, I rather fancied the idea of seeing Conqueror or Chevallier (or even Monarch - yikes!) at work in the Glyn Valley. Oh well.
With enough will the Brecon Mountain Rly could easily regain the 7 or so miles to Talybont-on-Usk, and with new bridges over the Usk and under the...
I wouldn't lose sleep over this, it's only a publicity stunt. If you really wanted to publicise 92220 you'd bring it down from York; I'm sure the...
Restore: Taff Vale #28 or London, Tilbury & Southend #80 Thundersley Recreate: Taff Vale C Class 4-4-2T - beautiful locomotives.
You could try acronyms for long names, but this doesn't seem to have had much success on Welsh narrow gauge. SMR No.1 was named L.A.D.A.S for only...
Indeed, to the North Gloucs. Railway; it's at Statfold for the necessary re-gauging work. It's been largely displaced by the ex-Trecwn engines,...
There's a certain Welsh tramway that will need locomotives in the future...
For those interested, my Boyd's NG Rlys of S. Caern. puts the NWNGR structural width at 10', with PB&SSR at 11', including the Aberglaslyn...
10th of July, 1858, to watch the second span of the Royal Albert Bridge begin its four-month journey into position.
If FR Co. had been content that the Porthmadog Harbour buildings 'looked like a station', would they have plastered FFESTINIOG RAILWAY HARBOUR...
Exactly. My point is that, because of the design changes, Taliesin is a new-build rather than a straightforward replica, just as David Lloyd...
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