NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Llangollen Railway

The Llangollen Railway (Welsh: Rheilffordd Llangollen) is a preserved railway in Denbighshire, Wales, which runs from Llangollen to Carrog. It has plans to extend to Corwen. ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1280x960, 621 KB) Llangollen station on the w:Llangollen Railway, a heritage line in north Wales. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1280x960, 621 KB) Llangollen station on the w:Llangollen Railway, a heritage line in north Wales. ... Old Dee Bridge, River Dee, Chester, England (2002) The River Dee (Welsh: Afon Dyfrdwy) is a 70 mile (110 km) long river, which rises in Snowdonia, Wales and discharges to the sea a few miles west of Liverpool. ... Welsh redirects here, and this article describes the Welsh language. ... A scene on a heritage railway. ... Denbighshire (Welsh: Sir Ddinbych) is a county in North Wales. ... This article is about the country. ... Llangollen is a small town in Denbighshire, north Wales, famous for the Llangollen International Eisteddfod, the Llangollen Canal (whose Pontcysyllte Aqueduct is nearby), and the Llangollen Railway. ... Corwen is a town in the administrative county of Denbighshire, traditional county of Merionethshire, north Wales, lying on the River Dee. ...

History

The railway was originally opened in 1865, as a branch line off the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway at Ruabon, and by 1870 had extended to meet the Cambrian Railways at Barmouth. The Ruabon Barmouth Line was absorbed entirely by the Great Western Railway (GWR) in 1896, which ran the line up until nationalisation. 1865 (MDCCCLXV) is a common year starting on Sunday. ... Ruabon (Welsh: Rhiwabon) is a small village south of Wrexham in north Wales. ... 1870 (MDCCCLXX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Cambrian Railways owned a total of 230 miles of track, over a large area of mid-Wales. ... Barmouth (Welsh: Abermaw (formal); Y Bermo (colloquial)) is a town in the administrative county of Gwynedd, traditional county of Merionethshire, north-western Wales, lying on the estuary of the River Mawddach and Cardigan Bay. ... The Ruabon to Barmouth Line was a standard-gauge branch line of the Great Western Railway in North Wales which connected Ruabon with Barmouth. ... The original Bristol Temple Meads station, first terminus of the GWR, is the building to the left of this picture The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company, linking South West England, the West Country and South Wales with London. ... Year 1896 (MDCCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar). ... Nationalization or nationalisation is the act of transferring assets into public ownership. ...

It ran both passenger and freight trains until 1964, when it fell victim to the infamous Beeching Axe. The railway was originally marked for dieselisation, but was eventutally included in the report. The railway was steam-worked to the end. The four-year in-situ period (during which the line had to be left in case a decision was taken to re-open it) expired in 1968 and the trackway was lifted. 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... Many railway lines were closed as a result of the Beeching Axe The Beeching Axe is an informal name for the British Governments attempt in the 1960s to reduce the cost of running the British railway system. ... Dieselisation (British English spelling) or Dieselization (US English spelling) is generally used in the context of rail transportation to refer to the replacement of the steam locomotive with the diesel-electric locomotive, (often referred to as a diesel locomotive,) a process which began in the 1930s and is now substantially... Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the 1968 Gregorian calendar. ...

Rebuilding

Set up in 1972, the Flint and Deeside Railway Preservation Society sought to preserve a standard gauge railway in North Wales. It eventually chose the Ruabon to Barmouth line, and chose Llangollen as a good starting base. Initially, proposed construction schemes on the line threatened rebuilding, but these never came into fruitition, and the railway was opened on a mile of track. From Llangollen, the railway could be rebuilt to Corwen, or even back to Ruabon (connecting to the national rail network) [1]. A flint nodule from the Onondaga limestone layer, Buffalo, New York. ... Disambiguation:For the Scottish towns, please see North Queensferry and South Queensferry Queensferry is a town in Flintshire, north Wales, lying on the River Dee near the border with England. ... As railways developed and expanded one of the key issues to be decided was that of the rail gauge (the distance between the two rails of the track) which should be used. ... Approximate extent of North Wales North Wales (known in some archaic texts as Northgalis) is the northernmost unofficial region of Wales, bordered to the south by Mid Wales. ... Ruabon (Welsh: Rhiwabon) is a small village south of Wrexham in north Wales. ... Corwen is a town in the administrative county of Denbighshire, traditional county of Merionethshire, north Wales, lying on the River Dee. ... Ruabon (Welsh: Rhiwabon) is a small village south of Wrexham in north Wales. ...

Reopening

The Llangollen Railway Society was set up in 1977, and the old Flint and Deeside Railway Preservation Society was closed down. Shell Oils donated one and a half miles of track, allowing tracklaying to begin in earnest. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Also: 1977 (album) by Ash. ... Royal Dutch Shell PLC is a multinational oil company (oil major) of British and Dutch origins. ...

In 1981, the Royal Inspectorate Of Railways announced the railway fit to carry passengers, and the first train carried passengers between Llangollen and Fford Junction. Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ...

Berwyn

Initially the railway extended to Berwyn, involving a £30,000 refurbishment of the Dee Bridge. In 1986, Berwyn was two miles away from the head of steel; again donations of track material from various companies (made possible by demolition or restructuring of their own railways) allowed the extension to be completed. The Welsh Tourist Board gave funds for the refurbishment of Berwyn Station building, a Tudor style building. Berwyn is the name of some places in the United States of America: Berwyn, Illinois Devon-Berwyn, Pennsylvania Berwyn Heights, Maryland. ... Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... Visit Wales is the Welsh Assembly Governments tourism team, within the Department for Enterprise Innovation and Networks. ... The Tudor style, a term applied to the Perpendicular style, was originally that of the English architecture and decorative arts produced under the Tudor dynasty that ruled England from 1485 to 1603, characterized as an amalgam of Late Gothic style formalized by more concern for regularity and symmetry, with round...

Glyndyfrdwy

The extension to Glyndyfrdwy opened to the public in 1992 and project managed by John Stowell, with the first stage to Deeside halt opening in 1990 which involved rebuilding the track through the single bore Berwyn tunnel (at 683 yards, one of the longest tunnels in preservation). A signal box had been placed at Glyndyfrdwy some years previously (being relocated from the cambrian coast). The platforms required rebuilding and a restored station building being installed. Only the original station building remained at Glyndyfrdwy and it was privately owned. Glyndyfrdwy or sometimes Glyn Dyfrdwy is a village in the modern county of Denbighshire in north east Wales. ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ...

The childrens playground which was located in the station area was moved to the old goods yard. This necessitated the knocking down of the original slate tramway wharf.

Carrog

Carrog, the current terminus of the line was opened to public running in 1996, using new flat-bottomed rail on concrete sleepers. This extension took two years to complete, but even before any tracklaying had begun the station was put up for sale and bought by a member of the railway. A group called the Friends of Carrog was started to rebuild the station to its original GWR appearance. Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ...

Current status

Work on the extension to Corwen is proceeding slowly, as a colony of otters has been sighted near the trackbed, meaning the workers must take special care. It is planned to open a halt ¾ mile away from Carrog, as an extension while the workers carry on towards Corwen. The Corwen extension requires a new station building, as the existing one is owned by a trailer company. Corwen is a town in the administrative county of Denbighshire, traditional county of Merionethshire, north Wales, lying on the River Dee. ...

Locomotives and rolling stock

Operational Steam locomotives

The original Bristol Temple Meads station, first terminus of the GWR, is the building to the left of this picture The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company, linking South West England, the West Country and South Wales with London. ... A Finnish 4-6-0, built by Tampella in 1915 In the Whyte notation, a 4-6-0 is a railroad steam locomotive that has a two-axle leading truck followed by three driving axles. ... GWR 7800 Class - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... GWR Manor Class no. ... The original Bristol Temple Meads station, first terminus of the GWR, is the building to the left of this picture The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company, linking South West England, the West Country and South Wales with London. ... A Chinese-built 2-8-0 on display at the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay, WI, April 26, 2004. ... The original Bristol Temple Meads station, first terminus of the GWR, is the building to the left of this picture The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company, linking South West England, the West Country and South Wales with London. ... A Pairie type built for the Burlington by Baldwin. ... Preserved 6430 The Great Western Railway (GWR) 5400 Class is a class of 0-6-0 pannier tank steam locomotive. ... 1600 Class number 1638 in preservation An 0-6-0PT, also known as an 0-6-0 Pannier Tank, is a type of steam locomotive built by the Great Western Railway. ... A single GWR autocoach capable of push-pull operation. ... The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS1) was a British railway company. ... 0-6-0 is also the emergency telephone number in Mexico, similar to the United Statess 9-1-1. ... Preserved 47493 on the Spa Valley Railway with a demonstration freight train. ... Hunslet is a working class area of inner-city south Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. ... 0-6-0 is also the emergency telephone number in Mexico, similar to the United Statess 9-1-1. ... Kitson and Company was a locomotive manufacturer from Leeds. ... 0-6-0 is also the emergency telephone number in Mexico, similar to the United Statess 9-1-1. ... The Lavender Line is a heritage railway based at Isfield station, near Uckfield in East Sussex. ... Hunslet is a working class area of inner-city south Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. ... 0-6-0 is also the emergency telephone number in Mexico, similar to the United Statess 9-1-1. ... The Dartmoor Railway is a heritage railway based at Okehampton in Devon. ...

Steam Locomotives undergoing Overhaul or Restoration

A black five in preservation The London Midland and Scottish Railways Stanier class 5 4-6-0, almost universally known as a black five is a class of steam locomotive. ... A typical Hudswell Clarke Diesel Locomotive from the 1950s Hudswell Clarke was an engineering and locomotive building company in Leeds, founded in 1860. ...

Diesel locomotives

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Diesel multiple units

Class 104, nos. ... Class 108 DMU, nos. ... Preserved unit 50416+56171. ... Class 127, no, 51625 at Bewdley on the Severn Valley Railway on 15th October 2004, whilst on display at the Railcar 50 event. ... The British Rail Class 105/106 diesel multiple units were built by Cravens Ltd. ...

External links

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