Date: 19/06/2011

Police are investigating the theft of 'irreplaceable' model railway locomotives valued at £30,000 in a raid on a transport museum. [From Richard Buckby]

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Police are investigating the theft of "irreplaceable" model railway locomotives valued at £30,000 in a raid on a transport museum at Betws-y-Coed.

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The 1620 service from Llandudno, formed by Arriva Trains Wales unit 150264, drops a large contingent of passengers at Betws-y-Coed on the Conwy Valley line on 12 June 2009. The train will continue from here as the 1701 to Blaenau Ffestiniog. On the right is part of the Conwy Valley Railway Museum, built on the site of the old goods yard. [The name Betws-y-Coed, which translates as Prayer house in the wood, has been spelled with one T since June 1953]
Location: Betws-y-Coed
Company: Bettws-y-Coed Branch (London and North Western Railway)
12/06/2009 David Pesterfield

A rainy day at Betws-y-Coed in July 1991 as a dmu departs from the solitary remaining platform bound for Llandudno. To the right is the Railway Museum.
Location: Betws-y-Coed
Company: Bettws-y-Coed Branch (London and North Western Railway)
/07/1981 Colin Miller