Fairbourne Railway
The Fairbourne Railway is a privately-owned narrow-gauge railway in north Wales. It runs for 2½ miles from the village of Fairbourne (near the Fairbourne standard-gauge station) 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 12¼ inches.
The line was opened in 1895 at 2 foot gauge, initially as a horse-drawn construction tramway. It was converted in 1916 to 15 inch gauge, and converted again to its present gauge in 1986.
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
- Beach Halt
- 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
External links
- Official web site
- Maps and photos of: Fairbourne - Vorlage:Gbmapping and Penrhyn Point - Vorlage:Mmuknr photo