Llangollen Railway Branchline Gala 12/04/2025

Hello & Welcome to Harnetty Railways

In this video we our 1st filming visit of the year to our friends at The Llangollen Railway during day 2 of their Branchline Gala.

Like last season it was a GWR theme with the star guest who was making his long awaited return to the railway since construction of the loco started on the railway back in the late 1990's The Betton Grange Society's 6880 Betton Grange.

He was supported by the railway's home fleet in Llangollen Railway veteran saddle tank Austin 1, GWR Pannier Tank 7754 & 38xx heavy gds 2-8-0 3802.

2025 is a special year for Llangollen as 2025 marks the 50th Anniversary of the railway in preservation.

We start at the railway's headquarters at Llangollen as we see the largest loco based on the 3802 being prepared for departure & eventually seeing him off to Corwen.

A short while later we see the star guest arrive from the sheds to form the 10am service to Corwen.

Here we board his train for the run to Corwen.

Upon arrival we left Betton Grange's train & headed to the lineside to see the steam fleet between Glyndrydwy & Corwen.

We end this video we our red pen bash behind the Llangollen Railway veteran Austin 1 while on the last train of the day from Corwen back to Llangollen.

Despite at this point towards the end of the day the trains were running half an hour late due to 7754 setting a lineside fire south of Carrog station.

Apart from that issue it was a great day seeing a GWR Steam fleet operating on the old Great Western Railway branchline.

Thanks for the company during the day of ‪@RailAdventUK‬ & ‪@philclarke3203‬.

Thanks for reading enjoy the film.

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