2010 Special Events

If you would like to experience something different on the Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway then please read on.

Kicking off our special events programme for 2010 on 10 & 11 April, our Sierra Leone Weekend will allow you to say farewell to the much loved Hunslet locomotive No.85 (W&L No.14).  She will be operating some of the trains on the day, and advance booking is recommended.

We shall be operating our replica Pickering carriages on an extra train on 26 & 27 June, 17 & 18 July and 14 & 15 August 2010.  Leaving Llanfair Caereinion at 11.30, this train is scheduled to be hauled by GWR No. 823 'Countess' (subject to availability).  Ordinary fares apply on these trains.  See timetable page for more details.

Our Annual Steam Gala (3, 4 & 5 September) is a special weekend, with all of our working engines in steam.  Our most intensive service of the year will operate over the Saturday and Sunday, with sales stands and extra attractions to help pass the time.  The Saturday and Sunday also coincides with a "Garden Railways" exhibition nearby.  The Preview and Preparation day is on Friday 3 September, with some extra trains in operation and a chance to observe the various activities required before the main event.

Keep an eye-out for updates to this page and additional events and information.

Details of all of these events will be added as they become available.

No 85 will be taking her final public service over the weekend of 10 & ll April 2010.  Photo:  Bruce Webber