The Llanberis Lake Railway is a 1 ft 11+1⁄2 in narrow gauge heritage railway that runs for 2.5 miles along the northern shore of Llyn Padarn in north Wales in the Snowdonia National Park. The starting
The loco "Dolbadarn" pulls into Llanberis station which was opened in June 2003.
Dolbadarn beside the lake
Llanberis Lake Ry Elidir 2013 07
The Padarn Railway was a narrow-gauge railway in North Wales, built to the unusual gauge of 4 ft. It carried slate seven miles from Dinorwic Quarry to Port Dinorwic. The line opened on 3 March 1843, r
Llanberis Lake Railway
…around 60 minutes. The railway is one of the Great Little Trains of Wales. The Llanberis Lake Railway runs along part of the trackbed of the defunct Padarn Railway, a 4 ft (1,219 mm) gauge line which connected the quarry with Y Felinheli (Port Dinorwic) on the Menai Strait. The Padarn Railway closed in October…
The Padarn Railway locomotive shed at Penscoins in 2005
Padarn Railway locomotive Jenny Lind
The preserved Padarn Railway locomotive Fire Queen when it was displayed at the Penrhyn Castle Railway Museum