Fairbourne Railway
The Fairbourne Railway is a privately-owned narrow-gauge railway in Gwynedd, North Wales. It runs for 2.5 miles from the village of Fairbourne to the end of a peninsula, where there is a connection with a foot ferry across the Mawddach estuary to the seaside resort of Barmouth.
The track is laid to a gauge of 12.25 inches, having been converted in 1986 from a gauge of 15 inches. Some of the locomotives are approximately half-size replicas of locomotives running on existing narrow-gauge lines.
Stations
- Gorsaf Newydd (Welsh for "New Station") — Fairbourne
- Gorsafawddacha'idraigodanheddogleddollônpenrhynareurdraethceredigion
- Penrhyn Point (for ferry to Barmouth)
Locomotives
- Beddgelert
- Yeo
- Sherpa
- Russell
- Lilian Walter
- Gwril
- T.J.Thurstson
References
Alan C. Butcher (ed). Railways Restored 2005. Ian Allan Publishing Co, Hersham, Surrey, 2005. ISBN 0-7110-2053-7