With regular operations being steady for the past decade, the Corris Railway is looking to beĮxtended beyond Maespoeth down towards Machynlleth. Loco was built by the Corris Railway Society which entered service as No.7 on 20th AugustĢ005, exactly 57 years since the line saw its final service.
Hauled along the Corris Railway by a narrow gauge diesel locomotive. Some 72 years after the original services terminated for good. Services were officially introduced onto the preserved Corris Railway in the summer of 2002, Was further upgraded, and buildings were consistently renovated, to allow for passengerĪfter what must have felt like endless years of restorations and donations, the first passenger A non-passenger run occurred in 1985 for test purposes and the railway In 1981 – track was laid northwards to Corris station, which came out to around a distance of StartingĪt the Maespoeth locomotive shed – the eventual base for the entire line which was acquired The 1980s would be the year when the Dulas Valley trackbeds saw rails once again. During this time even more of the Museum was opened following
Railway Society gained charitable status to aid in their funding and equipment procurement Railway, the original Corris Railway Company naming was brought back to life and the Corris Railway Museum, and a very short section of track was laid the following year forĪs part of a lengthy process to reinstate passenger services across the yet-to-be-recompleted Until 1970 that the first portion of a building outside Corris Station could be used for the new The Corris Railway Society had to preserve what no longer existed.ĭue to the incredibly dire condition of what remained where the Corris Railway onceĭominated, it was to be several decades before it would become what it is today. This would prove to be a serious challenge as the only rails that existed did not belong to theĬorris Railway, instead they were some of the once-many various quarry branches and not Rebuilding some, or maybe even all, of the railway that was lost following the closure. Of the line and open a museum solely for the history of the Corris Railway. Their initial aim was to preserve what little remained Group of enthusiasts, many of which were already volunteers on the Talyllyn themselves, set The hopeful return of the Corris Railway began in 1966 when Alan Meaden and his dedicated
This was however, not the end for narrow gauge in the Talyllyn Railway, the world's first preserved railway, bought the old Corris locomotives and Thought to have been gone for good especially when the track was lifted in 1949 and the Once the line closed under the guise of British Railways, it was With passenger services long gone and mineral freight in decline, itīecame less worthwhile for the Great Western Railway to combat the eroding force of the The wonderful world of Welsh narrow gauge comes to life in Train Simulator with the recently
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