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Great Little Trains of Wales
Ed Pick
The Great Little Trains of Wales are a very special way of seeing some of the best scenery in the British Isles. All are narrow gauge steam railways and some have a history spanning well over 100 years. All of them have in common the charm of old-time steam trains with plenty of polished paintwork and brass.
Info: URL: https://www.greatlittletrainsofwales.co.uk/ (Added: 12-Oct-2001)
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Gwili Railway
Carmarthen, Dyfed, Wales - The Gwili Steam Railway operates a standard gauge preserved railway from Bronwydd (near Carmarthen) in South Wales along a short section of the former Carmarthen to Aberystwyth railway that closed for passenger traffic in 1965, the track being lifted in 1975.
The Gwili Railway was formed in 1975 and, by 1978, had purchased and rescued about eight miles of trackbed and was running an initial steam-hauled service on a one-mile section of it. The Gwili Railway has the distinction of becoming the first standard-gauge preserved railway to operate in South West Wales when it re-opened the one-mile section of the Carmarthen-Llanpumsaint route from its base at Bronwydd Arms, three miles north of Carmarthen. Since then, the railway has expanded to Danycoed and the company continues to hope to expand to Llanpumsaint.
Currently, the railway is working south towards Carmarthen to a new station called Carmarthen North built at the old Abergwili junction. The locomotive stock of the Gwili Railway is unusual in that it mostly represents local industrial and wartime operations rather than mainline services.
Info: URL: https://gwili-railway.co.uk/ (Added: 13-Jun-2000)
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Hampshire Narrow Gauge Railway Society
Swanwick, Southampton - The Hampshire Narrow Gauge Railway Society was founded some fifty years ago with the aim of saving a Bagnall saddle tank locomotive from the scrap yard and establishing a narrow gauge railway in Hampshire, and which later evolved into an equipment operating group. In October 2006 it was incorporated into the Hampshire Narrow Gauge Railway Trust, an important milestone which has proved a most beneficial development. With its base for operations at the Brickworks Industrial Museum in Hampshire in the south of England, the Trust conserves and operates narrow gauge equipment dating back to the end of the nineteenth century.
At Bursledon Brickworks Industrial Museum, efforts are focused on the once widespread narrow gauge railway in industry. Here the Trust's steam and petrol locomotives and many other varieties of rolling stock are kept, and see regular use both for work on the re-creation of a narrow gauge railway, for demonstrations of industrial trains to visitors and for operating passenger trains.
The Trust's Hunslet steam locomotive ‘Cloister' has recently been moved from Amberley Working Museum & Heritage Centre , and is currently undergoing a refit in the workshops at Holton Heath Dorset.
Info: URL: https://www.hngrt.org.uk/ (Added: 7-Mar-2001)
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Heritage Railway Association
A guide to the entire heritage railway scene (including tramways and cliff railways) in the UK and Ireland. Search for railways by name or Map location. There is also an Events Diary showing events for all heritage railways for the next 2 to 3 months, a Links Database with over 700 entries, a Locomotives Database with nearly 3,000 entries and Railway Glossary
Info: URL: http://www.heritagerailways.com/ (Added: 1-May-2012)
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India - Palace On Wheels
It's a journey worthy of kings. No wonder the experience is labelled the Palace on Wheels. With its cream saloons, embellished with intricate designs, chug through Rajasthan on a journey through the former royal kingdoms of this state. Once ruled by kings whose presence lingers on in forbidding fortresses and fairytale palaces, now converted into museums, hotels, and restaurants where retainers serve truly royal repasts.
Info: URL: http://www.palaceonwheels.net/ (Added: 4-Jul-2000)
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Ireland, Dromod, The Cavan and Leitrim Railway
Dromod, Ireland - Welcome to the Cavan and Leitrim Railway website. This website has been produced by the supporters of the
Cavan and Leitrim Railway. The main reason that this website has been produced is to provide people, both
enthusiasts and the slightly interested with an indepth look at how the Cavan and Leitrim Railway is being
brought back to its former glory after nearly forty years of dereliction. The Website also has a photographic
archive made up of photographs that were taken while the original Cavan and Leitrim railway was still in
existance. Mainly black and white, these photographs serve as a permanent record of what the Cavan and
Leitrim Railway was like in the bygone era of the Irish Narrow-Gauge railways.
Info: URL: http://homepage.eircom.net/~yarpie/clr/ (Added: 22-Nov-1998)
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