THE heyday of holiday trains over the former Ruabon to Barmouth route will provide the inspiration for the Llangollen Railway’s October 12-14 steam gala.
Along Cambrian Lines 2 will celebrate the final decades of the cross-country line, which conveyed holidaymakers from the likes of Cheshire, the Wirral and Manchester to the Cambrian coast for almost 100 years until closure on January 16, 1965.
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The Llangollen Railway occupies around 10 miles of the route, while the narrow gauge Bala Lake Railway is laid on part of the formation between Bala and Llanuwchllyn.
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Even the section which ran along the shores of the Mawddach Estuary, between Dolgellau and Morfa Mawddach, remains in use as a cycleway.
Loughborough-based Ivatt ‘2MT’ 2-6-0 No. 46521 is set to return to Llangollen for the event, which it last visited in 2014.
The Mogul has a strong Welsh heritage, having been allocated to Oswestry, Brecon and Machynlleth sheds during its career.
Read more in the September issue of The RM – on sale now!