Snowdon Mountain Railway

Route Name = Snowdon Mountain Railway



Route Author = Doug Kightley (with additional minor work by Justin Waite and Jon Bilton)

Route Location = Narrow gauge rack and pinion mountain railway located in Snowdonia National Park, UK

Route Mileage = 4.7 miles

Route Era = Current

Route Source = from UKTS downloading at UKTrainSim.

Additional files required to be installed = Z-Tracks, MSTS BIN and Snowdon Mountain Railway Route Patch.

Route Description =
An MSTS route available to download as noted above.

An activity and relevant stock is available from the UKTS library.

“This route is a near-to-life interpretation of the Snowdon Mountain Railway, and is dedicated to all of the volunteers of all ages who selflessly give up many hours of their time to help out in many ways with the maintenance and running of the railway so that thousands of visitors can enjoy. (Extract from SMR Readme)”

“The Snowdon Mountain Railway (SMR) is a narrow gauge rack and pinion mountain railway in Gwynedd, north-west Wales. It is a tourist railway that travels for 4.7 miles (7.6 km) from Llanberis to the summit of Snowdon, the highest peak in England and Wales.

The SMR is the only public rack and pinion railway in the United Kingdom, and after more than 100 years of operation it remains a popular tourist attraction. The line is owned and operated by Heritage Great Britain plc, operators of several other tourist attractions in the United Kingdom.

The railway is operated in some of the harshest weather conditions in Britain, with services curtailed from reaching the summit in bad weather and remaining closed during the winter from November to mid-March. Single carriage trains are pushed up the mountain by either steam locomotives or diesel locomotives. It has also previously used diesel railcars as multiple units. (Extract from Wikipedia)”