News from the Bala Lake Railway
The Bala Lake Railway is pleased to announce the arrival on the 17th July 2021 of Bagnall 0-4-0 ST locomotive ‘Dorothy’ as the latest addition to the fleet based at Llanuwchllyn. Dorothy was built by W.G. Bagnall of Stafford in 1899, works number 1568, the last of three similar steam…
2022 will be the 50th anniversary of the Bala Lake Railway. There must have been plenty of pictures taken throughout the years. We have recently created a space where pictures and scanned articles of interest can be stored securely for future access. Have you got any pictures of the Bala…
It is wholly applicable in this 100th edition of the BLR News in this format that we highlight excellence, ingenuity and success, thus the content will concentrate on these specific topics. Bala Re-Railed, the event to introduce the residents of Bala to steam railway activity for the first time since…
As everyone who knows the railway will agree, one of the delights of life at the BLR is sitting on the benches outside the station café at the end of a warm sunny day with a cup of well-earned tea, watching a puttering tractor in the field or the sheep…
The A494 is closed between Dolgellau and Llanuwchllyn due to a serious road traffic accident. Local diversions via Brithdir are in place or via A470 to Trawsfynydd and A4212 to Bala. Please allow extra time and check local traffic reports if you are visiting us from the west today.
With the Bala Lake Railway re-opening on the 1st May, activity has been predictably frenetic so that our first visitors of the year can be accommodated in total safety as per Government dictums. The café and shop are ready for business, with perspex shielding in place so that visitors can…
Spring is upon us at last, the season which raises the spirits with lengthening daylight and warmth after a winter of restrictions and frustrations. The great satirical song-writer, Tom Lehrer, wrote joyfully (sic) of its positivity, as well as detailing some questionable practices in which one might choose to indulge…
With the packed winter programme of loco and rolling stock refurbishment running along smoothly as we will see later, there is only one story to lead with this month, a huge success for the Trust, and ‘huge’ hardly does it justice. The Bala Lake Railway Trust has had the most…
We are on our way!! It has always been said that good things always come out of bad. When we first embarked on building of the extension to Bala Lake Railway, we knew how important it was for the railway, the local economy of Bala and the surrounding area. But…
“It’s a pity there’s nothing happening on your railway”. This unimaginative comment from an acquaintance prompted the response that one should always keep in mind the old military axiom; ‘assumption is the mother of all foul-ups’. In point of fact, there is a lot happening on the BLR in spite…
