Steam Around North Wales
Steam Around North Wales The North Wales landscape contains everything from steelworks and collieries to national parks and seaside resorts. The main reason for a railway in North Wales, however, was…
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Steam Around North Wales
The North Wales landscape contains everything from steelworks and collieries to national parks and seaside resorts. The main reason for a railway in North Wales, however, was to create a speedier link between Westminster and Ireland. Thus, there was plenty of traffic to interest the various railway companies that would be established in the area.
The C&HR was opened two years later to connect London with Ireland via Holyhead. Although the most important railway in North Wales was the Chester & Holyhead, the first to enter the locality was the Shrewsbury & Chester Railway, opened in 1846. From these early beginnings, we explore the whole history of the railways in the area, through mergers and grouping, and the trains that ran on the lines, from 'The Irish Mail' to 'The Welsh Dragon' and summer excursion trains.
Despite the 'Modernisation Plan' and 'Beeching Report', the lines to
Steam Around North Wales