North Wales:
1. The Ffestiniog Railway
2. Talyllyn
3. Welsh Highland Heritage Railway
4. Bala Lake Railway
5. Llanberis Railway
6. Snowdon Mountain Railway
7. Penrhyn Quarry Railway
8. Llangollen Railway
9. Fairbourne Railway
10. Welsh Highland Railway
11. Rhyl Miniature Railway
12. The Great Orme Tramway
13. Conwy Valley Miniature Railway and Museum
Mid Wales:
14. Vale of Rheidol
15. The Welshpool and Llanfair Railway
16. Aberystwyth Cliff Railway
17. Corris Railway
18. Rhiw Valley Light Railway
19. Centre of Alternative Technology
South Wales:
20. Brecon Mountain Railway
21. Barry Tourist Railway
22. The Gwili Railway
23. Pontypool Blaenafon
24. Teifi Valley Railway
Wales can be proud of its railway heritage: the oldest surviving
railway company in the world (Ffestiniog Railway); the first
successful volunteers’ railway preservation society (Talyllyn,
1951); the highest railway in the British Isles (Snowdon); one of
the first narrow gauge railways in the world (Llandegai Tramway,
1798) and the first steam engine railway in the world (Merthyr,
1804).
With its wealth of natural resources – slate, coal, ore – Wales
became the first industrialised nation in the world in 1851, when
most of its workers were in industry rather than toiling the land.
Railways became essential links between the mines and quarries –
often in high and narrow valleys – and the sea ports. The Great
Trains of Wales offer a wealth of industrial heritage but their
journeys also take the passengers from the coast to the mountains,
through some of the most spectacular scenery you could imagine.
Pastures give way to trees as you steam past ancient woodlands,
streams and waterfalls.
*Publisher: Gwasg Carreg Gwalch*
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