MWT Cymru
  • Home
    • About Us
      • Our Members
      • Visit Wales Listings
  • Membership
    • Mid Wales
      • Mid Wales Accommodation
      • Mid Wales Attraction, Activity & Event Membership
      • Mid Wales Restaurant & Retail
    • North Wales
    • South Wales
      • South Wales Accommodation
      • South Wales Attraction & Activity Membership
      • South Wales Restaurant & Retail
    • Community Tourism Groups
    • National & Commercial
    • Supplier Membership
    • Membership Fees
    • FAQ's
    • Testimonials
  • Marketing
    • Destination Marketing
      • Visit Mid Wales
      • Show Me Wales
      • Visitor Websites
        • Visitor App
  • Resource Hub
    • 1. MEMBERS AREA
      • Information & Support
        • Coronavirus Guidelines
        • GDPR
        • MPLC Licence
        • Setting up Google My Business
        • Booking keeping & Payroll
        • Business Review
        • Website Widgets
      • Press & PR Support
        • Mid Wales Media Hub
      • Member to Member
        • Menu Request
        • Brochure Request
        • Attractions & Activities Pass
        • FREE Browsers / Maps
      • Suppliers
        • Business Insurance
        • Specialist Training Courses
        • Brochure Distribution
        • Card Processing
        • Design & Print
        • Guestlink Discounts
        • Website Build
        • Photography Package
        • Aerial Photo & Video
    • Coronavirus Advice
    • Marketing
      • Bedroom Browser Advertising
      • Groups and Venues
      • Image Gallery
    • Trade Events
    • Latest News
    • Current Projects
    • Suppliers
  • Contact
Join Now



Latest News

MWT Members can access additional E-news content in the Members' Area, including Coronavirus E-news Updates
Members' Area

Railway raises £95,000 in three months for loco overhaul

24/9/2020

0 Comments

 
Picture
The Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway (W&LLR) has raised £95,000 in just three months to complete the mandatory 10-year overhaul of its original locomotive ‘The Earl.’
 
Overhaul of the locomotive, which was built in 1902, was started in June 2019 at the Vale of Rheidol Railway, Aberystwyth thanks to a large legacy of unassigned funding.
W&LLR’s own workshops are focused on the restoration of locomotive no 699.01 ‘Sir Drefaldwyn’, which has not steamed since the end of the 20th century.
 
However, the Covid-19 pandemic and resultant closure of the W&LLR over the first four months of the 2020 season put significant pressure on the railway’s finances. This raised the prospect of having to ask the Vale of Rheidol to suspend the overhaul, which was half complete at the time the pandemic closed the workshops in March.
 
By June, W&LLR’s ‘Tracks to Recovery’ appeal had raised more than £55,000 in less than three months to help meet the line’s fixed costs during closure This success encouraged the railway to repurpose the appeal to ‘Keep The Earl on Track’ with a minimum £30,000 target to complete the loco’s rolling chassis.
 
However, in three months, members and supporters have raised the entire £95,000, enabling management to authorise the overhaul to proceed to completion when the Rheidol workshop in Aberystwyth reopens, expected to be in November.
 
“We are absolutely delighted with the success of the appeal and very grateful to all those who made contributions,” said W&LLR spokesman Andrew Charman. “Having ‘The Earl’ back in time for the majority of the 2021 season is essential to our plans, particularly as sister locomotive ‘The Countess’ reaches its 10-year overhaul point early next year
 
“Our friends at the Vale of Rheidol completing ‘The Earl’ will allow our own mechanical engineering department to concentrate on completing the restoration of ‘Sir Drefaldwyn’, the work on which has suffered from many delays, not least due to Covid-19.
 
“With ‘The Earl’, ‘Sir Drefaldwyn’ and our visiting Austrian engine ‘Zillertal’ on the roster in 2021, we should be able to offer visitors three contrasting but equally interesting types of motive power on their trains.”   
 
Picture caption: ‘The Earl’ should return to Llanfair Caereinion next spring thanks to the appeal success. 
Photo: Kevin Heywood, W&LLR

0 Comments

Your comment will be posted after it is approved.


Leave a Reply.

    Archives

    April 2021 March 2021 February 2021 January 2021 December 2020 November 2020 October 2020 September 2020 August 2020 July 2020 June 2020 April 2020 March 2020 November 2019 September 2019 August 2019 July 2019 May 2019 April 2019 March 2019 February 2019 October 2018 September 2018 August 2018 July 2018 June 2018 May 2018 April 2018 March 2018 January 2018 November 2017 July 2017 June 2017 May 2017 April 2017

    Categories

    All Coronavirus (COVID 19) Coronavirus (COVID-19) Events Industry News/Changes Marketing Member 2 Member MWT Meeting MWT Members MWT Membership Benefit MWT Project MWT Representation MWT Suppliers #RealCeredigion #RealMidWales Scam Warning Visit Britain Visit Wales Wales Tourism Alliance

    RSS Feed

Find out More
Join Now
Call Now
MWT Cymru
The Station
Machynlleth
​SY20 8TG

Tel: 01654 702653
​Email: info@mwtcymru.co.uk


Company Number: 2612356





​

Cookie Policy | Privacy Policy | Membership Terms & Conditions
Press enquiries: press@mwtcymru.co.uk 
>> See our Media & Press page here

​MWT Membership Helpline 01654 702653

Opening Hours:

Monday - Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 4.30pm

Closed Saturday, Sunday & Bank Holidays


Industry: @mwtcymru.co.uk | 
www.facebook.com/mwtcymru
​
Visitor: @visitmidwales | 
@showmewales 
| 
​
www.facebook.com/visitmidwales
​www.instagram.com/visitmidwales

Picture
MWT Cymru works closely with Visit Wales, the tourism team of Welsh Government.

​>> Get the most out of your listing on visitwales.com


Picture
MWT Cymru are proud members of the Wales Tourism Alliance.

           >> Find out more about The WTA 

MWT Cymru
The Station | Machynlleth | Powys
01654 702653
Privacy Policy | Contact Us
©MWTCymru 2016 all rights reserved 
Company Registration Number: 2612356
 VAT Registration Number: 549824502
  • Home
    • About Us
      • Our Members
      • Visit Wales Listings
  • Membership
    • Mid Wales
      • Mid Wales Accommodation
      • Mid Wales Attraction, Activity & Event Membership
      • Mid Wales Restaurant & Retail
    • North Wales
    • South Wales
      • South Wales Accommodation
      • South Wales Attraction & Activity Membership
      • South Wales Restaurant & Retail
    • Community Tourism Groups
    • National & Commercial
    • Supplier Membership
    • Membership Fees
    • FAQ's
    • Testimonials
  • Marketing
    • Destination Marketing
      • Visit Mid Wales
      • Show Me Wales
      • Visitor Websites
        • Visitor App
  • Resource Hub
    • 1. MEMBERS AREA
      • Information & Support
        • Coronavirus Guidelines
        • GDPR
        • MPLC Licence
        • Setting up Google My Business
        • Booking keeping & Payroll
        • Business Review
        • Website Widgets
      • Press & PR Support
        • Mid Wales Media Hub
      • Member to Member
        • Menu Request
        • Brochure Request
        • Attractions & Activities Pass
        • FREE Browsers / Maps
      • Suppliers
        • Business Insurance
        • Specialist Training Courses
        • Brochure Distribution
        • Card Processing
        • Design & Print
        • Guestlink Discounts
        • Website Build
        • Photography Package
        • Aerial Photo & Video
    • Coronavirus Advice
    • Marketing
      • Bedroom Browser Advertising
      • Groups and Venues
      • Image Gallery
    • Trade Events
    • Latest News
    • Current Projects
    • Suppliers
  • Contact
Members Area