Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway

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My first day travelling on the line before and thoroughly enjoyed myself, rides up the bank out of Welshpool behind Superb and No. 2 were excellent.

 

Visited the gala on Sunday, was an enjoyable afternoon.

 

Long journey for small engine.

https://www.wllr.org.uk/news

 

Now if they can just arrange for them to send one of the Alishan shays to Wales on a reciprocal visit..!!
I'd pay good money to see that work up Golfa bank.

 

Yes please!!!

 

The W&L has been awarded a substantial grant to permit several improvements to this lovely line:
https://www.wllr.org.uk/news

 

Some interesting news on a fast track overhaul on "The Earl" to be done at Aberystwyth - https://www.wllr.org.uk/news

Steve B

 

Good to see, they were looking a bit exposed on the loco front, not sure if 699/SirD is likely to be back this year.

And if the VoR get a taste for 2ft6 overhaul, maybe they might like to look at the 4 in their museum collection .... they apparently have one of these which would look nice on the fantasy working up Golfa bank.

https://flic.kr/p/26KLxyG

 

A nice little loco, but I doubt powerful enough for Golfa...

 

Well, I thought this might be a bit too big ...

https://flic.kr/p/7TByqk

 

Well, possibly a bit long for the curves...
Although they've run ten coupled locos, I suspect they have shorter wheelbases.
A shame as I think the BNR locos were some of the best looking narrow gauge locos ever built.

 

No need to play fantasy locos any longer .... never expected this!

https://www.wllr.org.uk/news

 

Excellent news. Something I believe that has been on the WLLR "wishlist" for a very long time but a bit difficult to justify the journey just for a gala visit!
Looking forward to seeing how it performs on Golfa Bank.
Chris

 

Fantastic.

 

Vital statistics.

https://www.zillertalbahn.at/data.cfm?vpath=technische-details-excel/lok-2

I wonder how her “Max. Zugkraft” compares with the other resident locos.

 

Superb news. Purely out of interest, does anyone possess a gradient profile for the Zillertalbahn? Having looked at photos of some pretty long trains, on the ZB website, I'm guessing the W&L's Golfa Bank will prove a tad more ..... challenging.

Can't wait!

 

I only have a rough profile but the 'steepest' section from Zell am Ziller to Mayrhofen only rises 50m over the 7km - certainly no Y Golfa! Haven't seen ZB No2 in use for many years so a trip to the W&L will be called for.
Ray.

 

Looks like the U Class has arrived

 

Unfortunately unlikely to run during gala.