Vale of Rheidol Railway, Wales, UK, Rheilffordd Dyffryn Rheidol, narrow-gauge, railway, heritage railway, preserved railway, steam, train, locomotive, engine, driver, passengers, track, great little trains of Wales, golden age, nostalgia, railway, steam railway, railway preservation, railway preservation society
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The Vale of Rheidol Railway (VoR, Welsh: Rheilffordd Dyffryn Rheidol ) is a narrow-gauge 1 ft 11+3⁄4 in (603 mm) gauge heritage railway that runs for 11+3⁄4 miles (18.91 km) between Aberystwyth and Devil's Bridge in the county of Ceredigion, Wales. It was the last line to be operated by steam as part of the nationalised British Railways network, until it was privatised in 1989
Vale of Rheidol Railway, Wales, UK, Rheilffordd Dyffryn Rheidol, narrow-gauge, railway, heritage railway, preserved railway, steam, train, locomotive, engine, driver, passengers, track, great little trains of Wales, golden age, nostalgia, railway, steam railway, railway preservation, railway preservation society
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The Vale of Rheidol Railway (VoR, Welsh: Rheilffordd Dyffryn Rheidol ) is a narrow-gauge 1 ft 11+3⁄4 in (603 mm) gauge heritage railway that runs for 11+3⁄4 miles (18.91 km) between Aberystwyth and Devil's Bridge in the county of Ceredigion, Wales. It was the last line to be operated by steam as part of the nationalised British Railways network, until it was privatised in 1989
Rheilffordd Llyn Tegid; Bala Lake Railway; Wales; Bala Lake; Llyn Tegid; Snowdonia National Park; Engine; train; shunter; blue; transport; engineering; driver; shunting; steam engine; narrow gauge; quarry; work; Hunslet Engine Co.of Leeds; heritage;
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Rheilffordd Llyn Tegid (Bala Lake Railway) offers a delightful 9-mile return journey alongside Bala Lake (Llyn Tegid), through the beautiful and natural Snowdonia National Park. Holy War, Hunslet works no. 779 Holy War waits to depart from Bala Supplied new to the Dinorwic Slate Quarry in 1902, Holy War worked up to 1,860 feet above sea level. She was the last steam locomotive to work in a British slate quarry finishing at Dinorwic in November 1967, ending 120 years of steam in the quarries. After leaving Dinorwic she was taken to Quainton Road, near Aylesbury, for preservation. In 1975, Holy War was purchased by Rev. Alan Cliff, then Minister of Wrexham Methodist Church, & arrived at Llanuwchllyn that December. Following overhaul she entered passenger service in 1979, & has worked regularly ever since, except for extensive boiler repairs 1985-1987. Holy War was purchased from Alan Cliff by the railway company in 1989, securing its long term future at Llanuwchllyn.
North Wales, Rhyd-Ddu, Snowdonia National Park, Garratt Locomotive, Articulated Locomotive, Narrow Gauge Railway, Preserved Railway, North Wales Narrow Gauge Railway, Water Tank
UK, United Kingdom, North Wales, Gwynedd, Lake Bala, Rheilffordd Llyn Tegid, Llyn Tegid, Bala Steam Railway, Bala Steam Train, Miniature Railway, Engine Driver, Tourist Attraction, Great Little Trains of Wales, Llanwchllyn Railway Station, Summer Holiday, IPSV5678, IPSV5677,
Britain; Carriage; Carriages; Coach; Coaches; Engine; GB; Great Britain; Green; Groudle; Groudle Glen; Groudle Glen Railway; IOM; Isle of Man; Locomotive; Locomotives; Narrow Gauge; Port Groudle; Railway; Steam; Tank; Transport; UK; United Kingdom; Yellow
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The two original steam locomotives of the Groudle Glen Railway, "Sea Lion" and "Polar Bear", round the headland curves with a train of passengers. This short two foot gauge railway is one of the most popular attractions in the Isle of Man.
Preserved steam railways, Didcot Railway Centre, broadgauge, broad gauge, replica locomotive, Daniel Gooch design, Fire Fly 2-2-2, steam locomotives, Great Western Railway, early steam locomotives
UK, United Kingdom, Great Britain, North Wales, Gwynedd, Lake Bala, Rheilffordd Llyn Tegid, Llyn Tegid, Bala Steam Railway, Bala Steam Train, Miniature Railway, Engine Driver, Tourist Attraction, Great Little Trains of Wales, Summer Holiday, IPSV5678, IPSV5677,
UK, United Kingdom, Great Britain, North Wales, Gwynedd, Lake Bala, Rheilffordd Llyn Tegid, Llyn Tegid, Bala Steam Railway, Bala Steam Train, Miniature Railway, Engine Driver, Tourist Attraction, Great Little Trains of Wales, Summer Holiday, Permission given, IPSV5678, IPSV5677,
UK, United Kingdom, Great Britain, North Wales, Gwynedd, Lake Bala, Rheilffordd Llyn Tegid, Llyn Tegid, Bala Steam Railway, Bala Steam Train, Miniature Railway, Engine Driver, Tourist Attraction, Great Little Trains of Wales, Llanwchllyn Railway Station, Summer Holiday, IPSV5678, IPSV5677,
railway, train, locomotive, steam, station, crew, driver, fireman, people, man, men, males, station master, talk, chat, communication, nostalgic, stationary, stationery, narrow gauge railway, Wales, ffestiniog, festiniog, tourism, travel, tourist attraction, sightseeing, heritage, The Great Little Trains of Wales, Wales, UK, GB, Europe,
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The Ffestiniog Railway (Welsh: Rheilffordd Ffestiniog) is a narrow gauge heritage railway, located in Gwynedd, Wales. It is a major tourist attraction located mainly within the Snowdonia National Park. The railway is roughly 131⁄2 miles (21.7 km) long and runs from the harbour at Porthmadog to the slate mining town of Blaenau Ffestiniog, travelling through forested and mountainous scenery. The line is single track throughout with four intermediate passing places. The track gauge is 1 ft 11 1⁄2 in (597 mm) allowing trains to interwork through to the Welsh Highland Railway of 1922 (operated by the Ffestiniog). The first mile of the line out of Porthmadog runs atop an embankment locally called "the Cob", which is the dyke of the Traeth Mawr "polder".
engine shed, depot, museum, steam train, steam engine, train, black, red wheels, preserved, railway, people, visitors, historic, nostalgic, transport, Neuenmarkt, German Steam Locomotive Museum, Dampflok, giants of steam, Germany, Europe
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The German Steam Locomotive Museum (Deutsches Dampflokomotiv-Museum) or DDM is located at the foot of the famous Schiefe Ebene ramp on the Ludwig South-North Railway in Neuenmarkt, Upper Franconia. This region is in northern Bavaria, Germany. The DDM was founded in 1977.The museum is in the former locomotive shed (Bahnbetriebswerk) at Neuenmarkt-Wirsberg station. It comprises a 15-road roundhouse, a turntable, water cranes, a coaling facility and a Ruge coal crane in a newly built 'old fashioned' working coal yard.
Buckinghamshire Railway Centre; Quainton; South Africa Railways; SAR; Restoration; Preservation; Narrow Gauge; Locomotive; Steam Engine; Train
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This 25NC Class Loco is one of over 100 built by the North British Locomotive Company in 1953 for South Africa Railways. Works No. 27291. Although it is hard to believe the engine is narrow gauge(3 feet 6 inches). The loco weighs in at 117tons and the tender 105tons. It was repatriated to the UK in 1991 by the North British Locomotive Society, which amalgamated with the Quainton Railway Society in 2006.
maintenance, engine shed, depot, museum, steam train, steam engine, train, black, red wheels, preserved, railway, people, workers, volunteers, visitors, historic, nostalgic, transport, Neuenmarkt, German Steam Locomotive Museum, Dampflok, giants of steam, Germany, Europe
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The German Steam Locomotive Museum (Deutsches Dampflokomotiv-Museum) or DDM is located at the foot of the famous Schiefe Ebene ramp on the Ludwig South-North Railway in Neuenmarkt, Upper Franconia. This region is in northern Bavaria, Germany. The DDM was founded in 1977.The museum is in the former locomotive shed (Bahnbetriebswerk) at Neuenmarkt-Wirsberg station. It comprises a 15-road roundhouse, a turntable, water cranes, a coaling facility and a Ruge coal crane in a newly built 'old fashioned' working coal yard.
The Brocken Railway (German: Brockenbahn) is one of three tourist metre gauge railways which together with the Harz Railway and Selke Valley Railway form the Harz Narrow Gauge Railways railway network in the Harz mountain range of Germany. It runs from the station of Drei Annen Hohne at 542 m (1,778 ft), where it joins the Harz Railway, via Schierke and the Bode River valley to the summit of the Brocken, the highest mountain of the Harz at 1,141 m (3,743 ft) and part of the Harz National Park. Up to six pairs of trains run daily to the top of the Brocken during the winter. Of those, four start and end in Wernigerode. During the summer, services are increased to eleven pairs of trains daily. The fastest train takes 49 minutes to reach the summit. The Brocken Railway is the only HSB line whose regular services are exclusively hauled by steam locomotives (specials are also hauled by diesel railbuses and diesel engines of Class 199.8, the latter for clearing snow).
The Brocken Railway (German: Brockenbahn) is one of three tourist metre gauge railways which together with the Harz Railway and Selke Valley Railway form the Harz Narrow Gauge Railways railway network in the Harz mountain range of Germany. It runs from the station of Drei Annen Hohne at 542 m (1,778 ft), where it joins the Harz Railway, via Schierke and the Bode River valley to the summit of the Brocken, the highest mountain of the Harz at 1,141 m (3,743 ft) and part of the Harz National Park. Up to six pairs of trains run daily to the top of the Brocken during the winter. Of those, four start and end in Wernigerode. During the summer, services are increased to eleven pairs of trains daily. The fastest train takes 49 minutes to reach the summit. The Brocken Railway is the only HSB line whose regular services are exclusively hauled by steam locomotives (specials are also hauled by diesel railbuses and diesel engines of Class 199.8, the latter for clearing snow).
North Wales, Snowdonia National Park, Rhyd Ddu, Welsh Highland Railway, Steam Train, Carriages, Tourist Attraction, Great Little Trains of Wales, Easter Time, Holiday, Rail Transport, Narrow Gauge Railway, IPSV5677,