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A garratt on the Welsh Highland Railway

Welsh Highland Railway garratt (ex-South African Railways no 143) in the Welsh countryside.

The Welsh Highland Railway ran from Dinas near Caernarvon to Porthmadog, with a branch line to the slate mines at Bryngwyn. The railway was not a commercial success and went into receivership in 1927. The service continued, operated by the Ffestiniog Railway Company, until 1936. After only ten years of operation the longest narrow gauge railway in Wales closed, and the tracks were lifted during scrap collections in World War II.

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