SNOWDON MOUNTAIN RAILWAY - STEAM TRAIN - Llanberis - Wales - United Kingdom
After our climb up Snowdon the day before we decided the next day to take the Steam Train up to the Summit.
Take the Journey with us to 1085m / 3,560ft. The weather wasn't fantastic for this majestic mountain top adventure but it gives you an insight. Since filming the video a new Station, Café and Tourist Centre has opened at the summit top.
Spanning three centuries the Railway is acutely aware of it's legacy. Recently new carriages have been built and commissioned to ensure that visitors to North Wales can continue to enjoy the unique Mountain Railway experience for many years to come.
Pushed by one of the Hunslet Engine Company diesel locomotives (1985) and the new carriages now seats 74 passengers, 10 per compartment. Departures leave Llanberis every day March to October on the hour and on the half hour. Journey time to the summit is one hour with a 30 minute stop over at the peak.
The Snowdon Lily is built on the original chassis and bogey from the original carriage of 1896. The unique original nature of the railway means that visitors will experience exactly what people did back in 1896 and see for themselves how beautiful the mountain is as they journey through the clouds to Yr Wyddfa, Snowdon.
Pushed by one of three working steam locomotives from 1896, the Snowdon Lily is an accurate re-construction of one of the original Snowdon Mountain Tramroad & Hotels Co Ltd 1896 observation carriages. Its a fantastic adventure and we hope this video gives you an idea of what to look forward to.
To the summit of Snowdon by rail - 4k
Our rail journey to the summit of the highest mountain in Wales begins at Llanberis station. As our train climbs towards the 1085 meter summit we pass two steam trains and a diesel train going down. At the top, we get 30 minutes to enjoy refreshments at the station cafe and admire the spectacular panoramic views to the valleys below.
Filmed on 14 May 2019 with a DJI Osmo Pocket camera.
HD Ride on Steam Engine, Wyddfa, Mount Snowdon, 24th July 2019 & Llanberis Lake Railway
Went for a steam engine ride up Snowdon, last year went on a diesel as seen on this link
The Snowdon Mountain Railway (SMR; Welsh: Rheilffordd yr Wyddfa) is a narrow gauge rack and pinion mountain railway in Gwynedd, north-west Wales. It is a tourist railway that travels for 4.7 miles (7.6 km) from Llanberis to the summit of Snowdon, the highest peak in Wales.[4] The SMR is the only public rack and pinion railway in the United Kingdom,[5] and after more than 100 years of operation it remains a popular tourist attraction, carrying more than 130,000 passengers annually.[6] The line is owned and operated by Heritage Great Britain,[7] operators of several other tourist attractions in the United Kingdom. The railway is operated in some of the harshest weather conditions in Britain, with services curtailed from reaching the summit in bad weather and remaining closed during the winter from November to mid-March. Single carriage trains are pushed up the mountain by either steam locomotives or diesel locomotives. It has also previously used diesel railcars as multiple units. The SMR was the inspiration for the fictional Culdee Fell Railway, appearing in the book Mountain Engines, part of The Railway Series. Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends books written by Reverend W. Awdry. Also went for a ride on Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railway on Engine 109 Lyd,. Lyd is a 2-6-2T locomotive running on the Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland Railways. Completed in 2010, it is a replica of a locomotive that used to run on the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway. The Ffestiniog Railway or Rheilffordd Ffestiniog (previously spelled Festiniog Railway) is a narrow gauge railway running from Porthmadog Harbour Station to Blaenau Ffestiniog in North Wales. Built, owned an operated by the Festiniog Railway Company it opened in 1836 and continues to operate as a popular tourist attraction. It is also common (and correct Welsh) that people use the Ffestiniog instead of Festiniog way of spelling. By its Parliamentary Act of 1832, the Railway Company was incorporated using the Anglicised, single F, spelling and ever since its legal entity has been the Festiniog Railway Company. As a business that operated within a frequently Welsh-speaking community it is hardly surprising that the proper Welsh spelling, the double Ff, sometimes slipped into written records during the old company's days. During the 1970s - 1980s, in a response to a different cultural climate, the Company investigated the process for altering the legal entity and adopt the double Ff. The excessive cost of a complex process (including a new Act of Parliament) precluded any such action. During the 1990s, however, a conscious effort was made to promote the use of the double Ff and this form is now used on virtually all paperwork, save for essential legal documents. The exception to this is the FR Heritage Group, by virtue of its interest in the historical aspects of the railway. The Snowdon Mountain Railway is a narrow gauge rack and pinion mountain railway in Gwynedd, north-west Wales. It is a tourist railway that travels for 4.7 miles from Llanberis to the summit of Snowdon, the highest peak in Wales. Also went The Llanberis Lake Railway, 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.
Links to all my videos of the Railways in Wales below!
Talyllyn Railway and The Rev. W. Awdry's Study Museum, 26th July 2019
HD Day on the Ffestiniog Railway, 25th July 2019. Ride on Double Fairlie, David Lloyd George & Lyd
HD Ride on Steam Engine, Wyddfa, Mount Snowdon, 24th July 2019 & Llanberis Lake Railway
Llangollen Railway, 6430 GWR Pannier, 27th July 2019. Last Day in Wales
Snowdon Summit and Snowdon Mountain Railway
Summit of Snowdon, 1085m, highest mountain in England and Wales
RIDE the SNOWDON MOUNTAIN RAILWAY in 1961
Ride up and down the rack (cogwheel) railway on the highest mountain an Wales, in 1961 when it was powered entirely by steam engines.
Walking up Snowdon Llanberis path | Visit Snowdonia National Park Wales (UK)
Walking up Snowdon Llanberis path | Visit Snowdonia National Park Wales (UK) | Lizzy and I are visiting Snowdonia National Park Wales and walking up Snowdon on the Llanberis Path. We're onto Caernarfon Castle 0:04:16, an amazing castle in North Wales. Caernarfon Castle and Mount Snowdon in Snowdonia National Park are tied by myth.
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Snowdon Mountain Railway Train leaving the Llanberis Station for an ascent up Snowdon
The Snowdon Mountain Railway is a 800mm gauge narrow gauge mountain railway using the Abt rack and pinion system in North Wales. It opened in 1895 and travels for 4.7 miles from Llanberis to the summit of Snowdon, the highest peak in England and Wales.
It is the only public rack and pinion railway in the United Kingdom, and after more than 100 years it is still in operation.
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Visit to Snowdon Mountain Railway - June 2018
Since 1896 visitors have been travelling to Llanberis, in the heart of the Snowdonia National Park to experience the unique rail journey to the summit of the highest mountain in Wales & England, Snowdon.
The Snowdon Mountain Railway is the only ABT rack & pinion railway in the UK, with original Swiss steam locomotives.
The video captures our visit to the railway over two separate days in June.
I have included sea levels at each location.
We travelled on the train to the summit & back during our fist visit on 4th June. I also filmed a later steam departure at Hebron 1069ft 326 m above sea level.
I returned again early on 6th June to video the first steam departure of the day at 9.30 am with No.5 Moel Siabod climbing at Hebron. The loco we had travelled behind to the summit on the 4th.
Prior to that I captured a light engine test run of No.2 Enid at Hebron. Followed by the first passenger train of the day with Diesel No.10 Yeti.
The sound of steam locomotives climbing to the summit of Snowdon on this rack & pinion track is truly unique.
The majority of the shots were handheld as I could only use a tripod on the line side locations at Hebron.
As the weather was very warm unfortunately there is little steam.
Plus I was eaten alive by midges!
I make no apology that the video is long but it does include our journey to the summit plus shots of locos at Hebron working hard.
Enjoy!
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Snowdon Mountain Railway, steam engine Padarn arriving at Snowdon Summit Station.
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