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Bala Lake Railway / Rheilffordd Llyn Tegid @bala-lake-railway.co.uk · 24/07/2025

We're looking back to when 'Jack Lane' visited us for our Gala ten years ago back in 2015 for this #throwbackthursday image 🚂🚂🚂

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Bala Lake Railway / Rheilffordd Llyn Tegid @bala-lake-railway.co.uk · 17/07/2025

We've gone back just over thirty years to February 1995 this week for our #ThrowbackThursday image. Here's unnamed (at the time) diesel locomotive 'Bob Davies' being unloaded after arrival at LLanuwchllyn.

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Bala Lake Railway / Rheilffordd Llyn Tegid @bala-lake-railway.co.uk · 03/07/2025

Ten years ago 'Winifred' ran for one season in her original Penrhyn Quarry paintwork. Here she is seen at our Bala terminus as some point during 2015. #tbt #ThrowbackThursday

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Bala Lake Railway / Rheilffordd Llyn Tegid @bala-lake-railway.co.uk · 24/06/2025

Did you know that we welcome dogs for a ride along with their owners at the Bala Lake Railway 🐶🐶🐶 It costs a pound for each dog (except assistance dogs which travel for free)

A recent dog visitor looking forward to a ride behind 'Alice'

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Bala Lake Railway / Rheilffordd Llyn Tegid @bala-lake-railway.co.uk · 19/06/2025

We're back in 2017 for #ThrowBackThursday this week. Here's a picture of visiting locomotive 'Fernilee' alongside resident 'Holy War'. 'Fernilee' now lives at Bressingham Steam & Gardens in Norfolk.

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Bala Lake Railway / Rheilffordd Llyn Tegid @bala-lake-railway.co.uk · 05/06/2025

We're back in May 2017 for #ThrowbackThursday this week. Here's a picture of 'Maid Marian' on a visit to the Bressingham Steam Museum in Norfolk celebrating 50 years since she entered preservation. Bressingham was the first place that she operated after leaving the Dinorwic Quarry.

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Bala Lake Railway / Rheilffordd Llyn Tegid @bala-lake-railway.co.uk · 29/05/2025

‪It’s Thursday again and here’s another picture from the Bala Lake Railway photo archive showing Kerr Stuart Wren class locomotive No. 3114 which resided at the railway back in the 1980’s. She now lives at the Vale of Rheidol Railway in Aberystwyth. #ThrowbackThursday

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Bala Lake Railway / Rheilffordd Llyn Tegid @bala-lake-railway.co.uk · 22/05/2025

We're still back in the 1970's for #ThrowbackThursday this week with a very early view of a short train, running on a very short railway at the time, in Llanuwchllyn station. Our trains are currently running on most days. Do come along for a ride if you can.

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Bala Lake Railway / Rheilffordd Llyn Tegid @bala-lake-railway.co.uk · 15/05/2025

It's #ThrowbackThursday again and here's a picture of our station at Llanuwchllyn as it was before we started laying track to open the Bala Lake Railway over 50 years ago. Our trains are currently running on most days. Do come along for a ride if you can.

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Bala Lake Railway / Rheilffordd Llyn Tegid @bala-lake-railway.co.uk · 08/05/2025

It's #ThrowbackThursday again and here's a picture of 'Maid Marian' fifteen years ago back in 2010 at our main Llanuwchllyn station. Our trains are currently running on most days. Do come along for a ride if you can. 🚂🚂🚂

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Bala Lake Railway / Rheilffordd Llyn Tegid @bala-lake-railway.co.uk · 01/05/2025

Looking for a fun day out over the upcoming Bank Holiday weekend? We’ve got lots of trains running and would love to see anyone who is in the area for a ride with us alongside Llyn Tegid/Bala Lake.

A sunny day at Bala station with 'Alice' about to run round her train

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Bala Lake Railway / Rheilffordd Llyn Tegid @bala-lake-railway.co.uk · 01/05/2025

It's #ThrowbackThursday again and here's a picture of 'Winifred' alongside 'Britomart' at the @festrail.bsky.social taken soon after she returned from the US and before she was restored and returned to service. Our trains are currently running on most days. Do come along for a ride if you can. 🚂🚂🚂

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Bala Lake Railway / Rheilffordd Llyn Tegid @bala-lake-railway.co.uk · 24/04/2025

It's another #ThrowbackThursday and here's a picture of Quarry Hunslet 'King of the Scarlets' who was on static display at one of our gala weekends a few years ago 🚂🚂🚂

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Bala Lake Railway / Rheilffordd Llyn Tegid @bala-lake-railway.co.uk · 17/04/2025

It's #ThrowbackThursday again with a picture of 'Maid Marian' taken ten years ago this week. Our trains are now running most days during April, May and June. Do come along for a ride if you can. 🚂🚂🚂

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Bala Lake Railway / Rheilffordd Llyn Tegid @bala-lake-railway.co.uk · 07/04/2025

Our trains are now running every Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday plus some additional dates around Bank Holidays during April, May and June 🚂🚂🚂 Check our timetable at bala-lake-railway.co.uk/timetable/ to ensure that trains are running when you are planning to come for a ride.

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Bala Lake Railway / Rheilffordd Llyn Tegid @bala-lake-railway.co.uk · 04/04/2025

Here are some great shots taken yesterday on the last day that 'George B' was in service up until his/her upcoming ten year overhaul is completed...

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Bala Lake Railway / Rheilffordd Llyn Tegid @bala-lake-railway.co.uk · 02/04/2025

Here’s a photo of ‘George B’ at our Llanuwchllyn station yesterday. It looks like it’s going to be another sunny day on the Bala Lake Railway today as well. Do come along for a ride with us and enjoy a trip alongside the largest natural lake in Wales. bala-lake-railway.co.uk

Locomotive 'George B' sitting in the sun with a blue sky behind him/her

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Bala Lake Railway / Rheilffordd Llyn Tegid @bala-lake-railway.co.uk · 27/03/2025

It's the last #ThrowbackThursday before we open for our main season. Here's a picture of 'Alice' being rescued from the Dinorwic Quarry at Llanberis back in 1969 along with a recent one. Our trains will be running most days during April, May and June. Do come along for a ride if you can.

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Bala Lake Railway / Rheilffordd Llyn Tegid @bala-lake-railway.co.uk · 20/03/2025

It's that time of the week again Here's another picture from our photo archive showing 'Meirionnydd' our first ever locomotive hauling a passenger train back in the 1970's 'Meirionnydd' was built by Severn-Lamb Ltd. and is still in use today mainly hauling works trains #ThrowbackThursday #tbt

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Bala Lake Railway / Rheilffordd Llyn Tegid @bala-lake-railway.co.uk · 13/03/2025

The first ever visiting locomotive to the BLR was 'Peter Pan' who ran double-headed with 'Holy War' over the Mayday Bank Holiday weekend back in 1979. We think this photo was taken on the Friday before the weekend when he/she had a test run. #ThrowbackThursday #tbt

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Bala Lake Railway / Rheilffordd Llyn Tegid @bala-lake-railway.co.uk · 06/03/2025

We're back in 2003 again this week for our #ThrowbackThursday Here's a picture of 'Maid Marian' and visiting Quarry Hunslet 'Irish Mail' running round their train at our Bala terminus.

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Bala Lake Railway / Rheilffordd Llyn Tegid @bala-lake-railway.co.uk · 02/03/2025

Here's a photo of one of our St. David's Day trains leaving our Bala station yesterday afternoon. Our next trains will be running in April when our main season commences.

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Bala Lake Railway / Rheilffordd Llyn Tegid @bala-lake-railway.co.uk · 27/02/2025

For #ThrowbackThursday this week we’re going back over forty years to the summer of 1984 with a photo of both Kerr Stuart Wren class locomotive No. 3114 and quarry Hunslet ‘Maid Marian’. ‘Maid Marian’ is still on our line whilst the Wren now lives at the Vale of Rheidol Railway in Aberystwyth.

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Bala Lake Railway / Rheilffordd Llyn Tegid @bala-lake-railway.co.uk · 23/02/2025

Quarry Hunslet 'Holy War' has had her fire lit this morning preparing for the days work ahead. Here's a view inside her cab for you.

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Bala Lake Railway / Rheilffordd Llyn Tegid @bala-lake-railway.co.uk · 20/02/2025

It's #ThrowbackThursday again and here is a picture of 'Helen Kathryn' in the workshop at Llanuwchllyn back in the 1970's. Since leaving Bala she has resided at the Llanberis Lake Railway, the South Tynedale Railway, Threlkeld Quarry & Mining Museum and is now at the Lancashire Mining Museum.

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Bala Lake Railway / Rheilffordd Llyn Tegid @bala-lake-railway.co.uk · 16/02/2025

Here's a picture of 'Holy War' being prepared for the day ahead at our Llanuwchllyn station this morning 🚂🚂🚂

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Bala Lake Railway / Rheilffordd Llyn Tegid @bala-lake-railway.co.uk · 13/02/2025

This weeks #ThrowbackThursday features the return of ‘Alice’ to the Bala Lake Railway way back in the 1970’s. Here’s a photo of her frames and saddle tank being shunted by a tractor at Llanuwchllyn. How times have changed!

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Bala Lake Railway / Rheilffordd Llyn Tegid @bala-lake-railway.co.uk · 07/02/2025

It isn’t long until we will be running trains again Do join us over February half-term for a ride alongside LlynTegid/Bala Lake The full timetable and online booking are available now on our website at bala-lake-railway.co.uk

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Bala Lake Railway / Rheilffordd Llyn Tegid @bala-lake-railway.co.uk · 07/02/2025

Byddwn yn ail ddechrau ein teithiau yn fuan. Ymunwch â ni dros wyliau hanner tymor mis Chwefror am daith ar hyd LlynTegid. I wirio ein hamserlen ac i archebu tocynnau ar-lein, ewch i bala-lake-railway.co.uk/cy/

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Bala Lake Railway / Rheilffordd Llyn Tegid @bala-lake-railway.co.uk · 06/02/2025

It's that time of the week to look back into our archive again. Did you know that 'Maid Marian' was painted black over the winter of 1995/96 and ran in that livery for two seasons. #ThrowbackThursday

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Bala Lake Railway / Rheilffordd Llyn Tegid @bala-lake-railway.co.uk · 30/01/2025

It’s Thursday again and here’s a picture of ‘Holy War’ looking rather grey back in 1988. ‘Holy War’ was the last steam locomotive to work in a Welsh slate quarry finishing at Dinorwic in November 1967. #ThrowbackThursday

Locomotive Holy War in grey undercoat paint hauling a train back in 1988

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Bala Lake Railway / Rheilffordd Llyn Tegid @bala-lake-railway.co.uk · 23/01/2025

It’s already Thursday again and here’s another picture from the Bala Lake Railway photo archive showing Kerr Stuart Wren class locomotive No. 3114 which resided at the railway back in the 1980’s. She now lives at the Vale of Rheidol Railway in Aberystwyth. #ThrowbackThursday

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Bala Lake Railway / Rheilffordd Llyn Tegid @bala-lake-railway.co.uk · 19/01/2025

Are you planning on visiting us in 2025? If so, tickets for the early part of our season are now available online. bala-lake-railway.co.uk

A train running alongside Llyn Tegid/Bala Lake on a sunny day last year

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Bala Lake Railway / Rheilffordd Llyn Tegid @bala-lake-railway.co.uk · 16/01/2025

Time for another throwback today... Here's 'Diana', who lived with us for a couple of years, back in 2016 at our annual Steam Gala... #ThrowbackThursday #tbt

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Bala Lake Railway / Rheilffordd Llyn Tegid @bala-lake-railway.co.uk · 09/01/2025

It’s Throwback Thursday again and here’s a picture of ‘Maid Marian’ being serviced at Llanuwchllyn from 2003 when she was celebrating being 100 years old. #throwbackthursday #tbt

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Bala Lake Railway / Rheilffordd Llyn Tegid @bala-lake-railway.co.uk · 02/01/2025

It’s the first Throwback Thursday of 2025 and here’s a picture of ‘Palmerston’ from the Ffestiniog Railway running round her/his train at Bala back in 2018. @festrail.bsky.social #throwbackthursday #tbt

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Bala Lake Railway / Rheilffordd Llyn Tegid @bala-lake-railway.co.uk · 26/12/2024

It's a Throwback Thursday on Boxing Day this year... Here's a picture from our 1999 Steam Gala with seven locomotives lined up outside our sheds at Llanuwchllyn... #throwbackthursday #tbt

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Bala Lake Railway / Rheilffordd Llyn Tegid @bala-lake-railway.co.uk · 20/12/2024

Wishing all our friends and customers a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from the staff and volunteers at the Bala Lake Railway. If you are planning to visit us in 2025 do check that we are running trains when you are planning to visit on our website at bala-lake-railway.co.uk/timetable/

Locomotive 'Holy War' with a Santa face and tinsel on her. Hauling a Santa Special train this year.

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Bala Lake Railway / Rheilffordd Llyn Tegid @bala-lake-railway.co.uk · 20/12/2024

Dymunwn Nadolig Llawen iawn a Blwyddyn Newydd Dda i’n holl ffrindiau a chwsmeriaid oddiwrth staff a gwirfoddolwyr Rheilffordd Llyn Tegid. Os ydych yn bwriadu ymweld â ni yn 2025 gwnewch yn siŵr bod ein trenau yn rhedeg ar y diwrnod gan fynd i’n gwefan yn: bala-lake-railway.co.uk/cy/amserlen/

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Bala Lake Railway / Rheilffordd Llyn Tegid @bala-lake-railway.co.uk · 19/12/2024

It's Throwback Thursday again and here's a photo of 'Winifred' on a visit to the short-lived Penrhyn Quarry Railway preservation project at Coed-y-Parc near Bethesda back in 2016. #tbt #ThrowbackThursday

Winifred on a visit to the Penrhyn Quarry Railway

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Bala Lake Railway / Rheilffordd Llyn Tegid @bala-lake-railway.co.uk · 16/12/2024

Here are a couple of photos of some garden railway models based on the Bala Lake Railway. The model of 'Alice' is a live steam locomotive which regularly runs in the owners garden. Find out more about this popular hobby at 16mm.org.uk

16mm scale live steam model of our locomotive 'Alice'

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Bala Lake Railway / Rheilffordd Llyn Tegid @bala-lake-railway.co.uk · 14/12/2024

Here's a shot taken from our station webcam just a few minutes ago showing a Santa Special train arriving into Llanuwchllyn station. Today is the last day that we will be operating trains this year. We'll be back open again over the February half-term holiday next year.

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Bala Lake Railway / Rheilffordd Llyn Tegid @bala-lake-railway.co.uk · 12/12/2024

It's Throwback Thursday and we're back in 1987 again. Here's 'Maid Marian' arriving into our main station at Llanuwchllyn. #tbt #ThrowbackThursday

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Bala Lake Railway / Rheilffordd Llyn Tegid @bala-lake-railway.co.uk · 10/12/2024

With many people affected by the weather last Saturday and disappointed that they couldn’t get to meet Santa, we have added an extra day this Saturday 14th December. We do have some spare seats available. Details and booking are available on our website at bala-lake-railway.co.uk/santa-specia...

A photo of a Santa Special train in the snow

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Bala Lake Railway / Rheilffordd Llyn Tegid @bala-lake-railway.co.uk · 09/12/2024

We’ve just published our 2025 timetable along with the list of planned special events on our website. Check them out by following these links: bala-lake-railway.co.uk/timetable/ bala-lake-railway.co.uk/events/

Photo of a train running alongside Llyn Tegid/Bala Lake

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Bala Lake Railway / Rheilffordd Llyn Tegid @bala-lake-railway.co.uk · 08/12/2024

Service update – We will be running all of our Santa Special trains today (Sunday 8th December). We look forward to welcoming everyone who has booked and can make it safely to the railway.

A Santa Special train in Llanuwchllyn station

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Bala Lake Railway / Rheilffordd Llyn Tegid @bala-lake-railway.co.uk · 07/12/2024

Despite the challenging weather today it has been lovely to see so many people come and visit Santa. Thank you to all our staff and volunteers who have worked so hard to help make people's Christmas. All of our 'Santa Special' trains should be running as planned tomorrow.

Locomotive 'Alice' arriving at Santa's Grotto

Families waiting to enter the grotto ready to meet Santa.

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Bala Lake Railway / Rheilffordd Llyn Tegid @bala-lake-railway.co.uk · 07/12/2024

Thank you for your patience. We have been grappling with some difficult issues this morning. We are set to run trains this afternoon from 1:30pm. If you do not feel safe getting to Llanuwchllyn, we will be offering refunds. We look forward to seeing those who are able to make it.

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Bala Lake Railway / Rheilffordd Llyn Tegid @bala-lake-railway.co.uk · 06/12/2024

In light of updated reports regarding Storm Darragh we have made the tough decision to cancel trains tomorrow (Saturday 7th) up to and including the 12:30 departure. We will be reviewing the position regarding later trains in the morning and will provide a further update no later than 11:00am.

Map of Wales showing weather warnings for Saturday

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Bala Lake Railway / Rheilffordd Llyn Tegid @bala-lake-railway.co.uk · 05/12/2024

It's Throwback Thursday again. Here's a picture taken at our Bala terminus station back in 1987 with locomotive 'Maid Marian' about to depart back to Llanuwchllyn.

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