More about the Welsh Highland Railway
Author : Welsh Highland Railway
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Page : pages
File Size : 11,34 MB
Release : 1969
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Author : Welsh Highland Railway
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Page : pages
File Size : 11,34 MB
Release : 1969
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Author : Welsh Highland Light Railway (1964) Ltd
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Page : 61 pages
File Size : 21,3 MB
Release : 1972
Category : Narrow gauge railroads
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Author : Peter Johnson
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 573 pages
File Size : 25,88 MB
Release : 2018-08-30
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1473869919
THE REVIVAL AND RESTORATION of the Welsh Highland Railway is one of the greatest heritage railway achievements of the 21st Century, yet its success followed more than one hundred years of failure.Supported by public loans, its first incarnation combined the moribund North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways, some of the abandoned works of the Portmadoc, Beddgelert & South Snowdon Railway and part of the horse-worked Croesor Tramway. Opened in 1923, it was closed in 1937 and the track was lifted in 1941.Serious talk of revival started in the 1960s but restoration did not start until 1997, with the neighbouring Ffestiniog Railway at the helm, supported by generous donors and benefactors, the Millennium Commission, the Welsh Government and teams of enthusiastic volunteers.Author Peter Johnson steers a course through the railways complicated pre-history before describing the events, including a court hearing, three public inquiries and a great deal of controversy, leading to the start of services between Caernarfon and Porthmadog in 2011. A postscript describes post-completion developments.
Author : Gordon Rushton
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Page : 448 pages
File Size : 39,79 MB
Release : 2012-05
Category : Narrow gauge railroads
ISBN : 9780957145603
This is the story of the unique struggle to restore a railway lost to time in Snowdonia National Park.
Author : Alun Turner
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Page : 42 pages
File Size : 23,77 MB
Release : 1996-01-01
Category : Locomotives
ISBN : 9780950117843
Author : Welsh Highland Railway Society
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Page : 61 pages
File Size : 43,73 MB
Release : 1969
Category : Narrow gauge railroads
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Author : Peter Johnson
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Page : 128 pages
File Size : 31,22 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Narrow gauge railroads
ISBN : 9780860935650
This illustrated work provides a comprehensive and highly detailed account of one of the most important narrow gauge lines built in the British Isles.
Author : Welsh Highland Railway Society (Wales)
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Page : 61 pages
File Size : 21,22 MB
Release : 1966
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Author : Peter Johnson
Publisher : Pen and Sword Transport
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 18,6 MB
Release : 2021-12-30
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1526776103
The Snowdon Mountain Railway is one of the great narrow gauge railways of North Wales, with thousands of visitors travelling to the summit of Mount Snowdon along the line each year. This book covers the history of this historic and interesting line from its beginnings in the 1890s through to the present day. The author Peter Johnson has been writing about narrow gauge railways for many years and has a deep knowledge of the lines in North and Mid Wales. The Snowdon Mountain Railway is an important part of the tourist industry in North Wales and plays a vital part in providing transport in this popular and much visited area. This volume looks at the narrow gauge railway's history and development, taking in the present and future development of this fascinating line's operation.
Author : Charles Edward Lee
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Page : pages
File Size : 35,14 MB
Release : 1962
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