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VIDEO: Sights and sounds of Fairbourne Railway

Managers at the Fairbourne Railway, near Barmouth, say it is currently losing £40000 a year. The debt used to be covered by donations from railway enthusiast Prof Tony Atkinson but he died a few months ago. Mangers say they hope to avoid making ...

BBC News, Tue 11 Oct 2011

Steam railway fights job losses

Managers at the Fairbourne Railway, near Barmouth, say it is currently losing £40000 a year. The debt used to be covered by donations from railway enthusiast Prof Tony Atkinson but he died a few months ago. Mangers say they hope to avoid making ...

BBC News, Tue 11 Oct 2011

Bassett-Lowke Locos

Count Louis for Count Louis Zborowski, then to Fairbourne Railway. Now (2011) at Evesham Vale Light Railway. Class 60 Pacific ? John Anthony for JEP Howey, then (re-named Colossus) to Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway. The Class 10 and Class 20 had narrow ...

Prfire (press release), Mon 5 Sep 2011

The 10 best campsites for views

And then there's the Fairbourne railway, dropping passengers at the sand spit overlooking one of the most ravishing views in Wales ? out over the Mawddach estuary to its encircling mountains. Sophie Dawson is co-author of Cool Camping England, (Punk, ...

The Guardian, Sat 16 Apr 2011

Britains 40 best campsites

The nearby miniature Fairbourne Railway offers a romantic mode of transport for trips to the beautiful Mawddach Estuary not far from the site. ...

Times Online, Sat 29 May 2010

Train and car collide at crossing

A woman is airlifted to hospital after a collision between the car she was driving and a train on a level crossing.

BBC News, Sat 27 Jun 2009