Welsh Highland Railway

West Highland Railway celebrates its Centenary

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Alex Bestwick

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22nd May 2023

Welsh Highland Railway turns 100 this year, and tickets for its Centenary Celebrations are on sale now!
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Baldwin steams on WHR

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Sam Hewitt

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4th January 2020

GRAHAM Fairhurst’s newly restored Baldwin ‘10-12-D’ 4-6-0T WDLR No. 608 (picture, RM Nov) undertook a test run to Welsh Highland Railway’s (WHR) Pont Croesor on November 1, accompanied by 4wDM Upnor Castle. This was the first time that a ‘10-12-D’ had steamed on WHR metals since 1937. No. 608 ran to Beddgelert on November 3 during a…
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Watkin returns to Caernarfon

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Sam Hewitt

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27th June 2019

DE Winton 0-4-0VBT Watkin was moved into a display location in Welsh Highland Railway’s new £3million Caernarfon station at the beginning of April. The 1893-built locomotive was built at De Winton’s Caernarfon works on the waterfront, just yards from the new station. After working on the Penmaenmawr granite quarries’ jetty it became derelict by…
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