I had seen the Corris Railway on a number of occasions, but I’d never seen trains running, so when I heard they were running on the day I was travelling from North Wales to England’s South Coast, I just had to call in. After looking round the informative and interesting museum, I wandered out to the station area to watch the little steam engine arrive with its short rake of attractive coaches. The railway's website describes the Corris Railway as the first Narrow Gauge railway in Mid-Wales. Constructed originally in 1859 as a 2’ 3" gauge tram-road, it employed horses to haul slate waggons to and from the quarries. Steam locomotives arrived in 1878 with passengers being carried from 1883 to 1930. The Railway closed in 1948 and dismantled soon afterwards.
The friendly train staff enjoyed showing visitors around the train, including the locomotive cab, answering questions and generally making the visit a pleasant experience. Our train set off through the pretty Welsh countryside to the current limit of passenger operations at Maespoeth, where passengers can listen to one of the staff giving a short history of the line before being escorted around the works and carriage sheds.
For the return trip we join the crew in the cab of number 7 for the trip back to Corris.
Filmed 08/07/2017
Websites offering more information about the line and its history - www.corris.co.uk & en.wikipedia.o...
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