Beddgelert, Welsh Highland Railway - Steam train driver engine driver profile as he fills the water tank - New Years Eve 2016 cloudy sky behind


The fireman fills the tank with water at Beddgelert on the Welsh Highland Railway during New Years Eve operations on the WHR The Welsh Highland Railway (WHR) or Rheilffordd Eryri is a 25-mile ( km) long, restored 1 ft 111⁄2 in (597 mm) narrow gauge heritage railway in the Welsh county of Gwynedd, operating from Caernarfon to Porthmadog, and passing through a number of popular tourist destinations including Beddgelert and the Aberglaslyn Pass. At Porthmadog it connects with the Ffestiniog Railway and to the short Welsh Highland Heritage Railway. In Porthmadog it uses the United Kingdom's only mixed gauge flat rail crossing.


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Location: Welsh Highland Railway, Caernarfon, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, UK, Europe, EU
Photo credit: © Charles Allen / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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