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RISE OF THE GWILI RAILWAY
The Gwili Railway in South Wales has long been
The Ffestiniog Railway has accomplished much during its seven decades in preservation. Here is a timeline of its key milestones.
2025 marks 200 years since the birth of the modern railway, which gave millions of city-weary walkers a way to escape to the country.
What better way of celebrating both the Ffestiniog Railway’s 70th anniversary and ‘Railway 200’ than with an epic four-day gala culminating in a spectacular cavalcade? THOMAS BRIGHT finds out how the FR pulled off one of the events of the year.
With a large room to fill, Cliff Thomas created a wonderful tribute to the preserved narrow gauge railways of Wales, as well as the dramatic scenery in which they operate.
Long-serving Ffestiniog Railway volunteer and current FR Magazine editor JOHN DOBSON recalls his early encounters with the railway back in the 1950s.
Have you ever thought, ‘I dodged a bullet there’? Well, for anyone who chose not to travel on the Branch Line Society’s ‘Tytherington Quarrier’ charter of July 12, you most certainly did. This was one
