Conwy Valley Railway Museum Explained

Conwy Valley Railway Museum
Native Name Lang:wel/cym
Map Type:Wales Conwy
Map Size:200
Coordinates:53.0929°N -3.8002°W
Location:Betws-y-Coed, Conwy County Borough, Wales
Type:Railway museum
Founder:Alan Pratt
Owner:Colin Cartwright

The Conwy Valley Railway Museum (Welsh: Amgueddfa Rheilffordd Dyffryn Conwy) is located at Betws-y-Coed railway station, Betws-y-Coed, North Wales, on the site of the old railway goods yard.

Museum

The museum was founded starting with a former standard gauge railway carriage which today acts as a licensed buffet and restaurant car. The current museum was built later, and contains various railway artefacts.

Miniature railway

Other attractions include a gauge miniature steam railway which runs for 11NaN1 on the site. The railway is a single track running around the perimeter of the site. It is curved round 180 degrees at the South of the site with a balloon loop at each end which are superimposed at the North of the site. Use of several spring points allow trains to complete a circuit without manual adjustment of any points. Passing loops allow more than one train to use the circuit simultaneously.

Tramway

There is also a one-third full-size (1:3) electric tramcar which runs for a 0.50NaN0 on the site, on track of gauge. This is one of only two electric tramways in Wales (the other being a short gauge electric tramway in Heath Park, Cardiff, owned by Cardiff Model Engineering Society).[1] [2]

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References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cardiff Model Engineering Society. www.cardiffmes.com. 7 January 2019.
  2. Railway Track Diagrams volumes 3 & 4, published by Quail Track Diagrams