Welshpool’s steam locomotive ‘Dougal’ is set to return to steam
WLLR has revealed that its smallest engine, 'Dougal', is to go to SKLR on a four-year loan during which it will return to steam.
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Ex-Sierra Leone carriage returns to Welsh narrow gauge railway
Ex-Sierra Leone Government Railways carriage No.1066 has returned to The Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway after being completely refurbished.
Book Review: Rails from Shrewsbury: A Pictorial Journey 1970s to 2012 by Peter J Green
This book illustrates trains on lines around Shrewsbury from just after the end of steam with a selection of photos to satisfy the harshest critic.
Welsh Marches MPs and regional leaders call for transport improvements
Welsh Marches MPs and regional leaders are meeting in Westminster on 5 September to campaign for improvements to the area's road and rail links.
Vertical boiler locomotive arrives at new home in Wales
'Nutty' is to transfer from Stonehenge Works on the the Leighton Buzzard Railway to its new long-term home at Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway
Visit Wales in this month’s RailAdvent Plus streaming addition
This time we feature not one, not two but THREE Welsh steam railways in the Brecon Mountain Railway, Welsh Highland Railway and the Welshpool and Llan…
Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway to stage a Cambrian Weekend
Next month, the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway will recreate summer days over the Cambrian lines with the ‘Cambrian Coast Express’.
Taiwan locomotive arrives at Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway
After a 9,971km journey from Alishan in Taiwan, diesel locomotive DL-34 has finally arrived safely at the Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway.
Arrival of Taiwan locomotive at Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway delayed
The arrival of a diesel locomotive that is being loaned to the Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway by railway in Taiwan has been delayed by eight day…
10,000 tonnes of ‘rock armour’ used as Cambrian Line between Welshpool and Newtown is protected from storms
Network Rail has completed a project to make the Cambrian Line more resilient after three storms in February forced the line to close for six weeks.