The Dolgarrog Railway Society aims to re-establish a small industrial railway line (with a rural flavour), at Dolgarrog, in the beautiful Conwy Valley, in North Wales. It also intends to preserve locomotives and rolling stock appropriate to the line.

The Society, which was originally established some ten years ago, moved to a temporary site at Tal y Cafn and began planning for the establishment of a Heritage Railway Line in the Conwy Valley. Since our inception, we have purchased and restored several items of rolling stock, and a small diesel shunting locomotive, together with various items of railwayana.

Dolgarrog Alumnium Ltd., have kindly given us a lease on the trackbed of the old Dolgarrog Railway, which used to serve the Aluminium Works at Dolgarrog. We are proposing to relay track over much of the old trackbed, and we will be building a depot at the Dolgarrog Works end of the line.

To read more about the history of the Dolgarrog Railway, see the History Page.

If you would like to see a plan of our proposed new depot, click here.

THE FOLLOWING PHOTOGRAPHS ILLUSTRATE OUR LOCO & ROLLING STOCK

B. R. Standard 20 ton Goods Brake Van B953411.	0-4-0 Diesel Mechanical Locomotive 'Taurus'
Purchased from Transrail (later EWS) in 1995 whilst lying	Vulcan Foundry D139/1951, Drewry Car Co. 2273/1951.
out of use at Llandudno Junction.	Worked at Purfleet Deep Wharf & Storage Co. Ltd., Erith Wharf,
Restoration has included rebuilding the verandas,	London, then at Otis Transport Services Ltd., Salford
replacing the running boards and general external,	from where it was purchased by the Society in 1995.
and internal repairs.	Now in full working order, restoration has included the fitting of a
	replacement gearbox, rewiring and repair of minor accident damage.
B. R. Standard 12 ton Ventilated Goods Van B770804.	B. R. 13 ton Pipe Wagon No. B740928.
Purchased from EWS as Internal User 024911 from Holyhead	(seen here arriving on site).
in January 1998. Restoration has included repair of a damaged	Purchased from EWS in February 2000 whilst lying out of use at
corrugated end and vent, repair of damage to the doors and	Ditton Sleeper Depot, having not moved for nearly eight years.
replacement of some rotten exterior planking.	Restoration consisted of replacing the rotten floor and
	some side planks.
We are now on the lookout for a five plank wagon, a type which was used on the Dolgarrog system.
Also urgently required is trackwork to add to that which we have already acquired.

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