Snowdon Mountain Railway 1979 Bamforths postcard

Postcard

 

• Picture / Image:  The Snowdon Mountain Railway, North Wales
• Publisher:  Bamforth 'Color Gloss' view series
• Postally used:  yes
• Stamp:  Welsh regional 7p.purpple-brown SGW23
• Postmark(s):  Llangefni 6 June 1969 Ynys Mon / Isle of Anglesey advertising slogan postmark
• Sent to:  Eastfield Road, Ashby, Scunthorpe 
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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information:

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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 England and Wales.^[1]

The SMR is the only public rack and pinion railway in the United Kingdom, ^[2] and after more than 100 years of operation it remains a popular tourist attraction. The line is owned and operated by Heritage Great Britain plc, 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. 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 story book "Mountain Engines", part of the "The Railway Series" written by the late Reverend W. Awdry. The Railway Series books were the basis for the popular Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends children's television series; as yet however the Culdee Fell Railway has not been included in the televised episodes.

The lowland terminus is Llanberis station, located at the side of the main road. The railway is a single track line with passing loops along the line. The total length of the railway is 4 miles 1188 yards (7.524 km), with an average gradient of 1 in 7.86. The steepest gradient on the route is 1 in 5.5, and this occurs in a number of places. The railway rises a total of 3,140 feet, from 353 feet above sea level at Llanberis to 3,493 feet above sea level at Summit station.

• Llanberis Station (353 ft (108 m)) has two platforms. The first stretch of line is uphill at 1 in 50, steep for a main line but shallow compared with the 1 in 6 incline that begins shortly afterwards.
• Waterfall station is now closed, but the station building remains. It was originally built to allow visitors to use the train to travel to a spectacular waterfall close to the line. A short distance from Waterfall station is a bridge over the river and a gate. This marks the start of the mountain.
• Hebron Station (1069 ft (326 m)) is named after the nearby 'Hebron' Chapel. It had originally been hoped that agricultural traffic could be carried to and from this station.
• Halfway Station (1641 ft (500 m))as the name suggests, half way along the line and close to the 'Halfway House' on the nearby footpath. A short distance above the station is a path that leads down to the 'Halfway House' cafe.
• Rocky Valley Halt consists of a narrow platform sheltered by a rocky outcrop to the east. Immediately beyond the platform the line joins the exposed ridge on which it runs for about half a mile.
• Clogwyn Station (2556 ft (779 m)) is located on the exposed ridge and overlooks the Llanberis Pass and the Clogwyn Du'r Arddu cliffs, a popular climbing spot.
• Summit station (3493 ft (1065 m)) is only 68 feet (20 m) below the summit, which is at 3560 ft (1085 m). The station has two platforms that link directly to the summit building and to a path to the summit.