| 词条 | Brecon Mountain Railway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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|name = Brecon Mountain Railway Rheilffordd Mynydd Brycheiniog| |image = |caption = 1908-built German 0-6-2WTT Graf Schwerin-Löwitz and American-style carriages. |locale = Merthyr Tydfil, Wales |terminus = Pant |linename = Brecon Mountain Railway |builtby = Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway |originalgauge = {{Track gauge|56.5in|allk=on}} |preservedgauge = {{Track gauge|23.75in|lk=on}} |era = |owned = Brecon Mountain Railway Ltd |operator = Brecon Mountain Railway Ltd |stations = 4 |length = {{convert|5|mile|1}} [1]| |originalopen = 1980 | |website = http://www.bmr.wales/ |}}{{Brecon and Merthyr Railway}} The Brecon Mountain Railway (Welsh: Rheilffordd Mynydd Brycheiniog) is a {{Track gauge|23.75in|lk=on}} narrow gauge tourist railway on the south side of the Brecon Beacons. It climbs northwards from Pant along the full length of the Pontsticill Reservoir (also called 'Taf Fechan' reservoir by Welsh Water) and continues past the adjoining Pentwyn reservoir to Torpantau. The railway's starting point at Pant is located {{convert|2|mile|0|spell=in}} north of the town centre of Merthyr Tydfil, Merthyr Tydfil County Borough, South-East Wales. Route of the BMRThe line runs along part of the trackbed of the northern section of the former {{Track gauge|56.5in|allk=on}} Brecon and Merthyr Railway from Pant to a new station at Torpantau, via Pontsticill and Dolygaer, a total of about {{convert|4.5|mi|km|0}}. This takes the BMR just short of the southern entrance to the 667 yd (610 m) long Torpantau tunnel, the highest railway tunnel in Great Britain,[2] which carried the original line through the hills along the side of Glyn Collwn to Brecon or to Moat Lane or Hereford via junctions at Talyllyn and Three Cocks. One of the benefits of the line, and a condition of the planning permission, is that tourists can access and experience part of the Brecon Beacons National Park without driving their cars through it.[3] Car parking for railway passengers is only available at Pant Station, outside the Brecon Beacons National Park. The Brecon Mountain Railway is a member of the Great Little Trains of Wales. HistoryThe Brecon Mountain Railway was founded in the mid-1970s, by Tony Hills. Hills was a long time railway enthusiast who by 1970, had established a base at Gilfach Ddu on the Llanberis Lake Railway where he stored the locomotives he purchased. In 1977, he purchased five miles of trackbed of the abandoned Brecon & Merthyr Railway at Pant and moved his collection there.[4] Construction of the BMR started in 1978, with the grant of a Light Railway Order in 1980.[5] Track was laid between Pant and Pontsticill in 1979-80. At Pontsticill the station house was renovated, the old waiting room was converted into a small workshop and a storage shed was built. Seven bridges were repaired or replaced. The railway opened to passengers in June 1980 using the engine Sybil and one carriage. Between 1982 and 1996 a large station and workshop were built at Pant. These provide passenger facilities including toilets, cafe, shop and booking office as well as the extensive workshop used to build and maintain the railway locomotives, carriages and wagons. A {{convert|1+1/2|mile}} extension from Pontsticill to Dol-y-Gaer opened in 1995. The railway was further extended to Torpantau, just short of the southern entrance of the Torpantau Tunnel, with passenger services commencing 1 April 2014. By 2016, the original waiting room building at Pontsticill, which had served as a workshop for a period, was converted to a steam museum housing various stationary steam engines and three of the smaller locomotives. All of the stationary units were connected up to a steam distribution header and boiler which in 2017 was still awaiting commissioning. Stations of the BMR
LocomotivesFull list of locomotives at the site:[6]
See also{{commons category|Brecon Mountain Railway}}
References1. ^{{cite book | last = Jacobs (Ed.) | first = Gerald | coauthors = | title = Railway Track Diagrams Book 3: Western | publisher = Trackmaps, Bradford upon Avon | year = 2005 | isbn = 0-9549866-1-X}} 2. ^www.british-heritage-railways.co.uk {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004224616/http://www.british-heritage-railways.co.uk/bmr.html# |date=4 October 2013 }} Accessed 18 December 2012 3. ^www.narrow-gauge-pleasure.co.uk {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604202255/http://www.narrow-gauge-pleasure.co.uk/railways/rlybrecon.aspx# |date=4 June 2011 }} accessed 18 December 2012. 4. ^{{cite news |title=Tony Hills obituary |first=Peter |last=Johnson |authorlink=Peter Johnson (railway historian) |date=9 November 2015 |publisher=The Guardian}} 5. ^https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/47821/page/5222/data.pdf Notice of Light Railway Order application, 1979 6. ^UK Locos - Preserved, Private, Hired & Industrial Locos 7. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.breconmountainrailway.co.uk/locomotives.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2011-11-29 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111128101444/http://www.breconmountainrailway.co.uk/locomotives.html |archivedate=28 November 2011 |df=dmy-all }} 8. ^http://www.philt.org.uk/Narrow-Gauge-Railways/Welsh-Narrow-Gauge/i-3tXQwNZ/ 9. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.uzkorozchodky.hys.cz/existlok/tu7e/tu7e_001.php |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2016-01-01 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304233334/http://www.uzkorozchodky.hys.cz/existlok/tu7e/tu7e_001.php |archivedate=4 March 2016 |df=dmy-all }} 10. ^http://www.zeleznicny.net/modules/xcgal/displayimage.php?pid=25932&album=162 External links
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