Welsh Highland Railway Heritage Group

News & Change Log

Ffestiniog goes ‘Over the Bridge' 30th August  2011

Vintage Weekend on the Ffestiniog -

The main heritage event of the year in Porthmadog

14th - 16 October 2011    see here

(And dont forget the FR Heritage Group AGM - 15th Oct)

Bryngwyn Branch Re-opened! 5th June  2011

Alas, not as a railway, but as a nature trail/footpath.

 It has recently been partially re-opened - see here

WHHG 2011 AGM 5th June  2011

 

A short report regarding the finances for the year has been added to the AGM 2011 page

Follow the link from here

Digging the Archive Listings 13th Apr 2011

 

Richard Maund has further updated his archive listings.

Follow the link from here

WHHG 2011 AGM Notice 26th Feb 2011

 

Notice is hereby given that the 14th Annual General Meeting of

the Welsh Highland Heritage Group - Click here for further details

Tryfan Junction is now in the Timetable 18th Feb 2011

 

Tryfan Junction now appears, in the 2011 WHR timetable.  The former  Bryngwyn branch is now a footpath stretching from the Junction through to Bryngwyn and the slate quarries.  The date for the formal re-opening has not yet been set.

Tryfan Junction Grant      17th Feb 2011

 

Thanks to the initiative of John Keylock and Elwyn Jones (Welsh translations provided by Dafydd Thomas), we have been awarded a £500 grant specifically for the re-installation of the fire place at Tryfan Junction by Llanwnda Community Council

Heritage Boost - Press Release   1st Jan 2011

 

January 2011

The Ffestiniog Railway Trust has been awarded a £16,700 development grant by the Heritage Lottery Fund [HLF] to develop plans to improve the visitor experience of the unique railway heritage of North Wales.

Read the announcement <here>

 

System Changelog

Date   Change
9-Apr-11   Lamp Room Details
10-Mar-11   Overhaul and reformat Gallery
27-Feb-11      Slight revamp of certain items - speeding up - clearance, colours etc.
18-Feb-11      Start putting date on news items, and bring upto date

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