Historic Snowdon Mountain Railway Celebrates 130 Years of Summit Journeys
On April 6, 1896, the inaugural opening day of Britain’s only public rack-and-pinion mountain railway ended in immediate tragedy. Operating up the steep, mist-shrouded slopes of Yr Wyddfa, highest peak in Wales, a steam locomotive completed its initial ascent before suffering a mechanical failure during its second return run down the mountain. The engine lost […]