Conwy Valley Railway Museum
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{{Infobox museum
| name = Conwy Valley Railway Museum
| image = Image:Conwy-valley-railway-museum.jpg
| caption = The miniature steam railway
| native_name =
| native_name_lang = wel/cym
| map_type = Wales Conwy
| map_caption = Location within Conwy County Borough
| map_alt =
| map_size = 200
| coordinates = {{coord|53.092903|-3.800207|display=inline}}
| established = 1970s
| dissolved =
| location = Betws-y-Coed, Conwy County Borough, Wales
| type = Railway museum
| founder = Alan Pratt
| collection =
| owner = Colin Cartwright
| website = {{URL|http://www.conwyrailwaymuseum.co.uk/|Conwy Valley Railway Museum}}
}}
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{{Conwy Valley Miniature Railway}}
The Conwy Valley Railway Museum ({{langx|cy|Amgueddfa Rheilffordd Dyffryn Conwy}}) is located at Betws-y-Coed railway station, Betws-y-Coed, North Wales, on the site of the old railway goods yard.
Museum
The museum was founded starting with a former standard gauge railway carriage which today acts as a licensed buffet and restaurant car. The current museum was built later, and contains various railway artefacts.
Miniature railway
Other attractions include a {{RailGauge|7.25in}} gauge miniature steam railway which runs for {{convert|1|mi|km|1|adj=on}} on the site. The railway is a single track running around the perimeter of the site. It is curved round 180 degrees at the South of the site with a balloon loop at each end which are superimposed at the North of the site. Use of several spring points allow trains to complete a circuit without manual adjustment of any points. Passing loops allow more than one train to use the circuit simultaneously.
Tramway
There is also a one-third full-size (1:3) electric tramcar which runs for a {{convert|0.5|mi|m|0|adj=on}} on the site, on track of {{Track gauge|15in}} gauge. This is one of only two electric tramways in Wales (the other being a short {{TrackGauge|18in}} gauge electric tramway in Heath Park, Cardiff, owned by Cardiff Model Engineering Society).{{cite web|url=http://www.cardiffmes.com/home.html|title=Cardiff Model Engineering Society|website=www.cardiffmes.com|access-date=7 January 2019}}Railway Track Diagrams volumes 3 & 4, published by Quail Track Diagrams
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
- [http://www.conwyrailwaymuseum.co.uk/ Conwy Valley Railway Museum website]
{{Heritage railways in Wales}}
{{Museums and art galleries in Wales}}
{{15 inch gauge railways}}
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Category:Museums in Conwy County Borough
Category:Railway museums in Wales
Category:7¼ in gauge railways in Wales