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"The Great Little Trains of Wales"
Snowdon Mountain Railway
In l896, the Snowdon Mountain Railway was completed from its starting point at Llanberis. Some of the steam engines date from that year. The railway replaced the local guides with their sturdy mountain ponies which for decades had been taking Victorian tourists to the summit to watch the sunrise.
The engines run for about five miles on a narrow gauge rack-and-pinion line, the only one in the British Isles. The journey covering a maximum gradient of l in 5.5, is completed in about two and a half hours, with half an hour allowed for refreshments at the little wind-swept cafe just below the cairn on the summit.
When the weather allows, for Snowdon is notorious for its sudden mists and complete lack of visibility, the views are as spectacular as any in the whole British Isles.
Opening Times
Passenger trains run every day from 15th
March to 1st November inclusive.
How to get there
Off the A4086 Caernarfon to Capel Curig road.
http://www.snowdonrailway.force9.co.uk/webmaster.html
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