Key Words :- railway

Address :- Tremadog Road, Porthmadog, Gwynedd, LL49 9DY
Grid Ref :- SH 5679 3918
Co-ordinates :- Lat 52.930869 , Long -4.132063
Local Authority :- Gwynedd Council
Pre 1974 County :- Caernarfonshire
Site Status :- Site extant - No Protection

Description and History of Site:-
The Welsh Highland Heritage Railway is a one-mile heritage railway (1ft 11½in gauge) from Pen-y-Mount Junction to Porthmadog built on a converted siding of the Cambrian Line. It aims to reconstruct the atmosphere of the original Welsh Highland Railway.

The railway is home to the steam locomotive Russell (built by Hunslet, 1906) which was ordered by the Portmadoc, Beddgelert & South Snowdon Railway Company and set to work for the North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways Company until that company, together with the P. B. & S. S. Company was incorporated into the Welsh Highland Railway in 1922.

Further Reading and References:-
https://www.whr.co.uk/

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Contributor :- Robert Mason - 13 August 2023
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