It was originally built to journey on a
narrow-gauge railway in South Africa but was rescued and restored by the volunteers who keep the Festiniog line and others across Wales, Scotland and England up and running.
Looking to save money, Palmer decided to build a
narrow-gauge railroad with rails just 3 feet apart, as opposed to a standard-gauge railroad with rails built 4 feet, 8 1/2 inches apart.
Welsh Pony, Prince and Palmerston were the 'guinea pigs' of
narrow-gauge locomotive technology.
In June 1978, an article was published in the employee magazine of the GDR's state-owned railway, Deutsche Reichsbahn, under the caption '
Narrow-Gauge Railway up to the Year 2000'.
The Badger, a
narrow-gauge steam locomotive at Kirklees Light Railway, chugged the three-and-a-half mile journey from Shelley to Clayton West, while the athletes took to public footpaths which run close by.
The city fathers were laying railroad track as fast as they could, but they chose
narrow-gauge track for its versatility and economy.
You can ride a
narrow-gauge railway to the summit of Snowdon, the highest mountain in England and Wales, or go underground in the Brecon Beacons and explore the dramatic subterranean world of the National Showcaves Centre.
His first work,
Narrow-Gauge Rails To Portmadoc, was published in 1949, a tribute to the Festiniog Railway which had just closed.
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia and Turkey have reaffirmed their desire to restore and rebuild the historic Hejaz Railway that linked Damascus with the holy city of Madinah by a
narrow-gauge rail line.
The little
narrow-gauge line of the Brecon Mountain Railway provides the visitor with a fine view of the mountains and the reservoir at Ponsticill while the independent narrow gauge line from Aberystwyth to Devil's Bridge gives an hour of breathtaking delight.