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Conwy Valley Railway Museum

Conwy Valley Railway Museum

The Old Goods Yard, Betws-y-Coed, Gwynedd, North Wales


 

Located just over the footbridge from the mainline station at Betws-y-Coed, this Museum is home to a working 7¼" gauge miniature steam railway, working 15" gauge tram line, as well as a huge collection of railwayana housed in two exhibition halls.

 


All photos on this page © Chris Mansfield


 

Photos taken 5th August 2003

 

Locos in action:

Denver & Rio Grande Class C-19 'Old Rube', built by Milner Engineering (Resident)

Ffestiniog Hunslet 'Charles', built by Ian Cromack (Visitor)

Union Pacific GP-40, built by Roger Greatrex (Resident)

 

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Click here to see loco 'Charles' in action
(mpeg movie, 1.24MB - will take some time to download unless on high speed connection)

 

 

Photos taken between 1991 & 2001!

 

7¼" Gauge Locos:

Denver & Rio Grande Class C-19 2-8-0 'Old Rube', built by Milner Engineering

Denver & Rio Grande Class C-19 2-8-0 'Shoshone', built by Milner Engineering

Tinkerbell Class 0-4-2T 'Siān', built by Keith Humphreys

Union Pacific Bo-Bo GP-40, built by Roger Greatrex

 

15" Gauge Loco:

'Britannia', built by TMA Engineering, on a rare outing from the museum

 

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