Brecon Mountain Railway
The Brecon Mountain Railway is purely, and unashamedly, a tourist attraction.
Although built partly on a former standard gauge trackbed it is not, in any way,
a preserved railway. It does have some features of interest though, even for the
rail enthusiast. It's worth noting that it is also disabled accessible at Pant
Station.
The line is built to a gauge of 1′ 11 3/4″ and runs mainly German and
American stock.
More information is available from the railway's website
http://www.breconmountainrailway.co.uk
The curious structure to the right of the picute is one of 3 "Pepper Pot" ventilation shafts from a tunnel on the former L & NW Railway - the line closed in 1958.
The points at the headshunt end of the run around loop are sprung rather than switched - as it's a single platform it works OK.
The few shots from inside the carriage aren't too clear unfortunately.
The train pauses here to give you a chance to visit the small tearooms - you can take longer and return on a later train.
The seats are more comfortable than they look!
I suspect they're either using very poor coal or adding oily rags to the firebox to get that much dark smoke! The engine also appears to have a steam valve directly to the stack with an intermittent valve on it - you get a chuff-chuff sound even when the engine isn't moving and a syncopated rythm when it is!
The curious structure to the right of the picute is one of 3 "Pepper Pot" ventilation shafts from a tunnel on the former L & NW Railway - the line closed in 1958.
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