It may look like the USA, but this picture was taken in South Wales as Brecon Mountain Railway’s Baldwin 2-6-2 No. 1 Santa Teresa (BLW15515/1897) hauls a train of American-outline freight stock during a David Williams/Bob Branch charter on October 29. As the photographer observes, one would need to travel a long way across the Atlantic to see anything similar.
STEVE SEDGWICK
SNOWDON Mountain Railway (SMR) will only run to Clogwyn station, some three-quarters of the way up the mountain, during the 2022 season. The summit building, Hafod Eryri, remained closed throughout 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic with the SMR terminating at Clogwyn.