Tracklaying

The Welsh Highland Railway Limited & Festiniog Railway Company are pleased to announce a further gesture of co-operation between the two organisations.

A volunteer gang from the Welsh Highland Railway Limited is to lay track on the section between Pen-y-Mount and Cae Pawb Crossing, the point where the WHR Cross Town Link meets the standard gauge Cambrian Coast Line.

The half-mile section runs parallel to the existing WHR Ltd main line from Porthmadog (WHR) to Pen-y-Mount. It's planned to lay the track on this section during the company's "Spring Bash" volunteer week at the start of March.

Dr Richard Buxton, Director of the Festiniog Railway Company said: "we're delighted to welcome the WHR Ltd gang for a further stretch of tracklaying. It's a positive move for both sides, and one which brings the completion of the Welsh Highland a step closer."

James Hewett, Chairman of the Welsh Highland Railway Limited, said: "our volunteers have plenty of experience laying track to a high standard, and have already contributed to the WHR project by building the section from Pen-y-Mount to Traeth Mawr Loop. We look forward to continuing good relations between our two organisations."