Conwy Valley Railway Museum

Conwy Valley Railway Museum

The miniature steam railway
Location within Conwy County Borough
Established	1970s
Location	Betws-y-Coed, Conwy County Borough, Wales
Coordinates	53°05′34″N3°48′01″W / 53.092903°N 3.800207°W / 53.092903; -3.800207
Type	Railway museum
Founder	Alan Pratt
Owner	Colin Cartwright
Website	Conwy Valley Railway Museum

The buffet coach

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Transport for Wales Conwy Valley Railway Museum Mainline Fence Miniature Tramway Miniature Railway Coin-operated Tram Isolated Section Bi-directional not in use in use in use for catering rolling stock
Legend
To Llandudno Balloon loops (superimposed) Bridge over pond Crossing to car park Alighting-only platform Boarding-only platform Betws-y-coed mainline station Bridge between mainline station and miniature railway Junction to yard To Blaenau Ffestiniog

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 7+1⁄4 in (184 mm) gauge miniature steam railway which runs for 1-mile (1.6 km) 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 0.5-mile (805 m) on the site, on track of 15 in (381 mm) gauge. This is one of only two electric tramways in Wales (the other being a short 18 in (457 mm) gauge electric tramway in Heath Park, Cardiff, owned by Cardiff Model Engineering Society). ^{[1] [2]}

See also

• British narrow gauge railways
• Conwy Valley Line
• List of British railway museums
• Miniature Railways

References

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

• Conwy Valley Railway Museum website