The Snowdon Mountain Railway (SMR; Welsh: Rheilffordd yr Wyddfa) is a narrow gauge rack and pinion mountain railway in Gwynedd, north-west Wales.It is a tourist railway that travels for 4.7 miles (7.6 km) from Llanberis to the summit of Snowdon, the highest peak in Wales.. The SMR is the only public rack and pinion railway in the United Kingdom, and after more than 100 …

Die Snowdon Mountain Railway (walisisch Rheilffordd yr Wyddfa) ist die einzige Zahnradbahn in Großbritannien. Ihr Ausgangspunkt ist Llanberis im Norden von Wales. Die Bahn hat eine Spurweite von 800 mm. Die verwendeten Zahnstangen entsprechen dem System Abt Geschichte. Zug mit Lok 3 Wyddfa (SLM 1895) verlässt den Ausgangspunkt Llanberis ...

Snowdon (/ ˈ s n oʊ d ən /) or Yr Wyddfa (pronounced [ər ˈʊɨ̞̯ðva] ()), is the highest mountain in Wales, at an elevation of 1,085 metres (3,560 ft) above sea level, and the highest point in the British Isles outside the Scottish Highlands.It is located in Snowdonia National Park (Parc Cenedlaethol Eryri) in Gwynedd (historic county of Caernarfonshire).

The Fairbourne Railway (Welsh: Rheilffordd y Friog) is a 12 + 1 ⁄ 4 in (311 mm) gauge miniature railway running for 2 miles (3.2 km) from the village of Fairbourne on the Mid-Wales coast, alongside the beach to the end of a peninsula at Barmouth Ferry railway station, where there is a connection with the Barmouth Ferry across the Mawddach estuary to the seaside resort of …

The Culdee Fell Railway is a fictional cog railway on the Island of Sodor in The Railway Series by Rev. W. Awdry. Its operation, locomotives and history are based on those of the Snowdon Mountain Railway. It is featured in the book Mountain Engines. The Strbské Pleso rack railway in Slovakia is featured in "The Bounty" by Janet Evanovich and ...

The Culdee Fell Railway is based on the Snowdon Mountain Railway, and like many of the Railway Series volumes, was written partly as a promotional device. See Culdee Fell Railway for details of the engines and rolling stock. The main events of this book take place in 1963. The past events of Mountain Engine and Bad Look Out take place in 1900.

The Ffestiniog Railway (Welsh: Rheilffordd Ffestiniog) is a 1 ft 11 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (597 mm) narrow-gauge heritage railway, located in Gwynedd, Wales.It is a major tourist attraction located mainly within the Snowdonia National Park.. The railway is roughly 13 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (21.7 km) long and runs from the harbour at Porthmadog to the slate mining town of Blaenau Ffestiniog, travelling …

The Bristol and South Wales Union Railway was built to connect Bristol, England, with south Wales.The route involved a ferry crossing of the River Severn but was considerably shorter than the alternative route through Gloucester.The ferry was replaced by the Severn Tunnel in 1886 but part of the route continues to be used, forming parts of the Cross-Country Route and the South …

The Brecon Mountain Railway (Welsh: Rheilffordd Mynydd Brycheiniog) is a 1 ft 11 + 3 ⁄ 4 in (603 mm) narrow gauge tourist railway on the south side of the Brecon Beacons.It climbs northwards from Pant along the full length of the Pontsticill Reservoir (also called 'Taf Fechan' reservoir by Welsh Water) and continues past the adjoining Pentwyn Reservoir to Torpantau …

The Taff Vale Railway (TVR) was a standard gauge railway in South Wales, built by the Taff Vale Railway Company to serve the iron and coal industries around Merthyr Tydfil and to connect them with docks in Cardiff.It was opened in stages in 1840 and 1841. In the railway's first years, the coal mining industries expanded considerably and branches were soon opened in the …