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Heritage Rails, Trains & Model Railways!
Heritage Rails, Trains & Model Railways!
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Cymru Rails
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· Nov 18
🚂 Heritage Rails, Trains & Model Railways!
Welcome to Cymru Rails! I’m Dan, a Welsh railway enthusiast, and this is my page where I post videos and photos of heritage railways, trains, and model railways.
If you'd like to explore more, you can find my channel and socials here: linktr.ee/cymrurails 🛤️
Welcome to Cymru Rails! I’m Dan, a Welsh railway enthusiast, and this is my page where I post videos and photos of heritage railways, trains, and model railways.
If you'd like to explore more, you can find my channel and socials here: linktr.ee/cymrurails 🛤️
The World Record Making Tracks model railway came to the Vale of Rheidol Rly, and I got to be an operator for a day! Controlling the full 200ft line was an incredible, unforgettable experience. So happy to see Pete Waterman's massive layout here in Wales 🚂🏴 #ModelRailway #MakingTracks #ValeOfRheidol
November 8, 2025 at 5:23 PM
The World Record Making Tracks model railway came to the Vale of Rheidol Rly, and I got to be an operator for a day! Controlling the full 200ft line was an incredible, unforgettable experience. So happy to see Pete Waterman's massive layout here in Wales 🚂🏴 #ModelRailway #MakingTracks #ValeOfRheidol
The full video covering the Cardiff Model Railway Exhibition 2025 is NOW LIVE! Relive all the amazing layouts and atmosphere from Sophia Gardens if you missed the show this weekend 🚂💨 🏴
#CardiffModelRailway #ModelRailway #Exhibition #UKRail #CymruRails
#CardiffModelRailway #ModelRailway #Exhibition #UKRail #CymruRails
Cardiff Model Railway Exhibition 2025
YouTube video by Cymru Rails
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November 3, 2025 at 5:39 PM
The full video covering the Cardiff Model Railway Exhibition 2025 is NOW LIVE! Relive all the amazing layouts and atmosphere from Sophia Gardens if you missed the show this weekend 🚂💨 🏴
#CardiffModelRailway #ModelRailway #Exhibition #UKRail #CymruRails
#CardiffModelRailway #ModelRailway #Exhibition #UKRail #CymruRails
What a superb weekend at the Cardiff Model Railway Exhibition! The 2025 show at Sophia Gardens was better than ever with a fantastic variety of layouts—tiny narrow gauge to mainline giants. Huge thanks to the amazing organisers for being so accommodating and kind! 🚂💨 #ModelTrains #UKRail
November 2, 2025 at 10:29 PM
What a superb weekend at the Cardiff Model Railway Exhibition! The 2025 show at Sophia Gardens was better than ever with a fantastic variety of layouts—tiny narrow gauge to mainline giants. Huge thanks to the amazing organisers for being so accommodating and kind! 🚂💨 #ModelTrains #UKRail
What an amazing day at the Dean Forest Railway Royal Forest of Steam Gala! It was my first visit to this fantastic line, and what a treat it was, they put on an INTENSE timetable with so many trains running. I absolutely loved it! 🚂💨 #DeanForestRailway #SteamGala #UKSteam #HeritageRail
November 2, 2025 at 6:48 AM
What an amazing day at the Dean Forest Railway Royal Forest of Steam Gala! It was my first visit to this fantastic line, and what a treat it was, they put on an INTENSE timetable with so many trains running. I absolutely loved it! 🚂💨 #DeanForestRailway #SteamGala #UKSteam #HeritageRail
The magnificent GWR 5700 Class Pannier Tank 9681 is getting ready for a big day of hauling across the line! I'm here at the Dean Forest Railway Gala today and the atmosphere is fantastic. Do come along if you are in the area, you don't want to miss the incredible line up! 🚂💨 #Railways #Trains
November 1, 2025 at 9:44 AM
I spent the day behind the controls of Pete Waterman's World Record Making Tracks layout! 🚂🏴 Honestly I got so into it I lost track of time what an incredible experience. Huge thanks to the whole team for making me feel so welcome and letting me join the crew #MakingTracks #ModelRailway #WorldRecord
October 26, 2025 at 8:32 PM
I spent the day behind the controls of Pete Waterman's World Record Making Tracks layout! 🚂🏴 Honestly I got so into it I lost track of time what an incredible experience. Huge thanks to the whole team for making me feel so welcome and letting me join the crew #MakingTracks #ModelRailway #WorldRecord
The Vale of Rheidol Steam Festival is ON! 🚂💨 HISTORY MADE: All three Rheidol Tanks—including the newly restored No. 9 'Prince of Wales' in BR Blue—are together for the first time since 1982! Plus, see the World Record Making Tracks layout
October 26, 2025 at 5:29 PM
The Vale of Rheidol Steam Festival is ON! 🚂💨 HISTORY MADE: All three Rheidol Tanks—including the newly restored No. 9 'Prince of Wales' in BR Blue—are together for the first time since 1982! Plus, see the World Record Making Tracks layout
All three Vale of Rheidol tanks lined up this morning at Aberystwyth for the first time since 1982 — Owain Glyndwr, Llywelyn and Prince of Wales, each gleaming in their BR liveries. What a historic sight! 🚂 #ValeOfRheidol #SteamTrains #Wales
October 25, 2025 at 11:06 AM
All three Vale of Rheidol tanks lined up this morning at Aberystwyth for the first time since 1982 — Owain Glyndwr, Llywelyn and Prince of Wales, each gleaming in their BR liveries. What a historic sight! 🚂 #ValeOfRheidol #SteamTrains #Wales
The World Record 208ft Making Tracks model railway by Pete Waterman is now open at the Vale of Rheidol Railway in WALES! 🤯 Officially the largest portable layout in the world, it runs during the Steam Festival this weekend and all next week (Oct 25-Nov 2). Come drive the model trains yourself!
October 25, 2025 at 7:36 AM
The World Record 208ft Making Tracks model railway by Pete Waterman is now open at the Vale of Rheidol Railway in WALES! 🤯 Officially the largest portable layout in the world, it runs during the Steam Festival this weekend and all next week (Oct 25-Nov 2). Come drive the model trains yourself!
SNEAK PEEK! The World Record 208ft Making Tracks layout has been assembled at the Vale of Rheidol Railway (Oct 25 - Nov 2). It's Pete Waterman's largest portable model railway ever—and you can drive the trains! #ModelRailway #WorldRecord #TrainSpotting #UKRail #Wales
October 24, 2025 at 5:31 PM
SNEAK PEEK! The World Record 208ft Making Tracks layout has been assembled at the Vale of Rheidol Railway (Oct 25 - Nov 2). It's Pete Waterman's largest portable model railway ever—and you can drive the trains! #ModelRailway #WorldRecord #TrainSpotting #UKRail #Wales
Relive the Fishguard Harbour Railway Heritage Day! A brilliant event showcasing historic locomotives, rolling stock, and preserved lines at the stunning Welsh coastal harbour. See the action
#RailwayHeritage #FishguardHarbour #UKRailways #Trains
#RailwayHeritage #FishguardHarbour #UKRailways #Trains
Fishguard Harbour Railway Heritage Day | Great Western History, Rare Photos & Model Trains
YouTube video by Cymru Rails
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October 23, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Relive the Fishguard Harbour Railway Heritage Day! A brilliant event showcasing historic locomotives, rolling stock, and preserved lines at the stunning Welsh coastal harbour. See the action
#RailwayHeritage #FishguardHarbour #UKRailways #Trains
#RailwayHeritage #FishguardHarbour #UKRailways #Trains
Hard to believe it was one year ago today that I was enjoying the incredible Cardiff Model Railway Exhibition 2024! This show is always a fantastic event and easily one of the highlights of my whole year. So many amazing layouts! #CardiffModelRailway #ModelTrains #Wales
October 21, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Hard to believe it was one year ago today that I was enjoying the incredible Cardiff Model Railway Exhibition 2024! This show is always a fantastic event and easily one of the highlights of my whole year. So many amazing layouts! #CardiffModelRailway #ModelTrains #Wales
Amazing time at the Fishguard Harbour Railway Heritage Day today! Huge credit to South West Wales Connected Community Rail Partnership & Stena Line for this fantastic event. Loved the new exhibition & talks. So happy to celebrate this history in West Wales! 🚂 #Wales #Railway #History
October 18, 2025 at 6:26 PM
The Gretton & Wenlock Railway (O-16.5 gauge) is a charming freelance Shropshire narrow gauge branch line set in the late 1940s/early 1950s. It features a great mix of passenger and goods traffic, including a timber merchant's yard! #ModelRailway #NarrowGauge #O165Gauge
October 13, 2025 at 6:59 AM
The Gretton & Wenlock Railway (O-16.5 gauge) is a charming freelance Shropshire narrow gauge branch line set in the late 1940s/early 1950s. It features a great mix of passenger and goods traffic, including a timber merchant's yard! #ModelRailway #NarrowGauge #O165Gauge
Rumbling Bridge (OO Gauge) by Nick Skelton. This charming Scottish through station on the former Devon Valley Railway is set just before its closure in the 1960s, featuring scenic bridges and working semaphore signals! #ModelRailway #OOGauge #ScottishRailways #ModelTrains
October 10, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Rumbling Bridge (OO Gauge) by Nick Skelton. This charming Scottish through station on the former Devon Valley Railway is set just before its closure in the 1960s, featuring scenic bridges and working semaphore signals! #ModelRailway #OOGauge #ScottishRailways #ModelTrains
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The difference almost 5 years makes! This is my original that started it all, and now it's had an update! The new one will be out early next week and also at the Waley At Statfold show this weekend. The sales of the kits there will go towards restoring the Glyn Valley Tramway! 😁
October 9, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The difference almost 5 years makes! This is my original that started it all, and now it's had an update! The new one will be out early next week and also at the Waley At Statfold show this weekend. The sales of the kits there will go towards restoring the Glyn Valley Tramway! 😁
Hergest (OO and OO9 gauge) by Peter Cullen. A charming layout set in the Autumn of 1947, depicting a small station where the GWR standard gauge line met an ex-Glyn Valley Tramway narrow gauge line, serving as an interchange for goods 🚂🏴 #ModelRailway #OOGauge #NarrowGauge #ModelTrains
October 6, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Hergest (OO and OO9 gauge) by Peter Cullen. A charming layout set in the Autumn of 1947, depicting a small station where the GWR standard gauge line met an ex-Glyn Valley Tramway narrow gauge line, serving as an interchange for goods 🚂🏴 #ModelRailway #OOGauge #NarrowGauge #ModelTrains
Bristol Avon Bridge (EM Gauge) by Keith Sully is an instantly recognisable layout capturing the atmosphere of Bristol Temple Meads in the late 1970s. Look out for the incredible laser-cut overall roof! Seen recently at the Bristol Model Railway Exhibition 🚈 #ModelRailway #EMGauge #ModelTrains
October 5, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Bristol Avon Bridge (EM Gauge) by Keith Sully is an instantly recognisable layout capturing the atmosphere of Bristol Temple Meads in the late 1970s. Look out for the incredible laser-cut overall roof! Seen recently at the Bristol Model Railway Exhibition 🚈 #ModelRailway #EMGauge #ModelTrains
Gary Atkinson's Woodhead N gauge layout at the Bristol Model Railway Exhibition was stunning! It perfectly recreates the iconic 1960s route, complete with impressive overhead electric catenary powering EM1/EM2 locos hauling trains through the dramatic Longdendale Valley #ModelRailway #NGauge
September 30, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Gary Atkinson's Woodhead N gauge layout at the Bristol Model Railway Exhibition was stunning! It perfectly recreates the iconic 1960s route, complete with impressive overhead electric catenary powering EM1/EM2 locos hauling trains through the dramatic Longdendale Valley #ModelRailway #NGauge
Richard Holder's incredible Tan-y-bwlch layout at the Bristol Model Railway Exhibition! This beautiful OO9 gauge model perfectly captures the atmosphere and operating practices of the Ffestiniog Railway during its busy 'Bygones Weekends'. A true narrow gauge masterpiece! #NarrowGauge
September 29, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Richard Holder's incredible Tan-y-bwlch layout at the Bristol Model Railway Exhibition! This beautiful OO9 gauge model perfectly captures the atmosphere and operating practices of the Ffestiniog Railway during its busy 'Bygones Weekends'. A true narrow gauge masterpiece! #NarrowGauge
What a spectacular weekend at the Autumn Steam Rally and Country Fayre! So much miniature live steam action at Pembrey Country Park, plus vintage cars and classic buses. The Llanelli & District Model Engineers put on the biggest and best miniature steam rally in Wales! 🚂
September 28, 2025 at 8:26 AM
What a spectacular weekend at the Autumn Steam Rally and Country Fayre! So much miniature live steam action at Pembrey Country Park, plus vintage cars and classic buses. The Llanelli & District Model Engineers put on the biggest and best miniature steam rally in Wales! 🚂
The new video is live! A big thank you to the Pembrokeshire Model Engineers for hosting such a great day and to all the visitors from the Swansea Society of Model Engineers. Check out the incredible locomotives in action! 🚂🏴
Miniature steam locomotives from Swansea visiting the Pembrokeshire Model Engineers - 5" gauge
YouTube video by Cymru Rails
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September 20, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The new video is live! A big thank you to the Pembrokeshire Model Engineers for hosting such a great day and to all the visitors from the Swansea Society of Model Engineers. Check out the incredible locomotives in action! 🚂🏴
Alderford, an impressive OO gauge layout by Carl Bowden, was a highlight at the Bristol Model Railway Exhibition. Inspired by the late '80s North West electrified lines, it features a busy terminus, working pantographs, and realistic sound. #ModelRailway #OOGauge #BristolModelRailwayExhibition
September 17, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Alderford, an impressive OO gauge layout by Carl Bowden, was a highlight at the Bristol Model Railway Exhibition. Inspired by the late '80s North West electrified lines, it features a busy terminus, working pantographs, and realistic sound. #ModelRailway #OOGauge #BristolModelRailwayExhibition
The Swansea Model Railway Exhibition was a great show once again! If you missed out, you can see all the incredible layouts on my latest video #ModelRailway #Swansea #Wales
Swansea Model Railway Exhibition 2025
YouTube video by Cymru Rails
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September 15, 2025 at 7:35 PM
The Swansea Model Railway Exhibition was a great show once again! If you missed out, you can see all the incredible layouts on my latest video #ModelRailway #Swansea #Wales
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Karen snapped up this pair of useful oak frames for me at the weekend. I’ve only just had a chance to look at them and… 😳 wait-what!
I’m guessing these photos of the Viaduct at Quakers Yard originally hung in the construction company’s offices or similar.
#RailwayHistory @cymrurails.bsky.social
I’m guessing these photos of the Viaduct at Quakers Yard originally hung in the construction company’s offices or similar.
#RailwayHistory @cymrurails.bsky.social
September 15, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Karen snapped up this pair of useful oak frames for me at the weekend. I’ve only just had a chance to look at them and… 😳 wait-what!
I’m guessing these photos of the Viaduct at Quakers Yard originally hung in the construction company’s offices or similar.
#RailwayHistory @cymrurails.bsky.social
I’m guessing these photos of the Viaduct at Quakers Yard originally hung in the construction company’s offices or similar.
#RailwayHistory @cymrurails.bsky.social