WELSH HIGHLAND RAILWAY Ltd.
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This
railway commenced passenger operations in August 1980 between Porthmadog
and Pen-Y-Mount, a distance of about 3/4 mile,with aspirations to reinstate
the Welsh Highland railway between Porthmadog and Dinas. After protracted
negotiations lasting several years to aquire the old trackbed, title
was eventually aquired by the Ffestiniog Railway. WHR Ltd offered to
extend their track to Pont Croesor thus providing a link to the advancing
WHR.
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| 2-6-2 "Russell" built by the Hunslett Engine Co in 1906 standing at WHR Ltd station, Porthmadog. |
"Russell"
cab view |
| 0-4-2ST "Gelert" built in 1953 by Bagnall for the Rustenberg Platinum Mines in South Africa, arrived at Porthmadog in 1982, restored and entered service in 1992.Pictured here visiting the WHR Super Power weekend at Dinas Sept 2004. |