Date: 05/11/2012

Snowdon Mountain Railway is due to start taking delivery of new carriages for the first time since the current ones were introduced in the 1920s. The first arrives on Monday and three others will take their place before the railway - which takes passengers to the Snowdon summit - reopens in the spring.

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New carriages for Snowdon railway

Snowdon Mountain Railway starts taking delivery of new carriages for the first time since the current ones were introduced in the 1920s.

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Train arriving at the Llanberis terminus of the Snowdon Mountain Railway on 19 July 2007.
Location: Llanberis
Company: Snowdon Mountain Tramway and Hotels
19/07/2007 Bill Roberton

No 3 and No 6 photographed on 19 July 2007 at the Snowdon Mountain Railway's locomotive shed at Llanberis.
Location: Llanberis
Company: Snowdon Mountain Tramway and Hotels
19/07/2007 Bill Roberton