The Earl at Welshpool and Llanfair Railway

            The Earl and sister engine Countess are were built by Beyer Peacock & Co. Ltd. at the Gorton Foundry, Manchester in 1902. They were delivered new to the Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway in 1902, as No.1 The Earl and No.2 The Countess, where they continue to run today.
The Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway is a narrow gauge heritage railway in Powys, Wales. The line is around 8.5 miles (13.7 km) long and runs westwards from the town of Welshpool via Castle Caereinion to the village of Llanfair Caereinion. The track gauge is 2 ft 6 in (762 mm). The W&LLR was one of the few narrow gauge branch lines to be built under the provisions of the 1896 Light Railways Act. Opened in 1903 the line was soon operated by the Cambrian Railway, Great Western railway and British Rail. The line became freight only in 1931 and freight traffic lingered on until 1956, by which time British Railways decided to close the line, with services ceasing on November 5. A group of volunteers and enthusiasts took the line over and started raising money to restore it. On 6 April 1963 the western half of the line, from Llanfair Caereinion to Castle Caereinion, was re-opened as a tourist railway. Because of the gauge, unusual for the British Isles, locomotives and rolling stock to supplement the originals have had to be obtained from a cosmopolitan variety of sources including the Zillertalbahn in Austria. A major grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund permitted restoration of both original locomotives together with several coaches and original wagons, and provision of new workshop facilities, ready for the line's centenary.
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Taken on: April 2, 2012

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