Firedrake Files No.6 - Brecon Mountain Railway No.2
No.2 looks big for an engine running on the two foot Last summer I visited Wales with a Great Little Trains discount ticket and the first railway on which I travelled was the 1'11 ¾ " gauge Brecon Mountain Railway. I'd never heard of the Brecon Mountain Railway until I'd bought my ticket. What with the rebuilding of the Lynton and Barnstaple and the recent re-opening of the Welsh Highland Railway, it seems "new" Great Little Trains are popping up everywhere. Look on a touring map of the UK and you see a preserved railway on virtually every page. It's too new to be featured in my little book on The Great Little Trains of Wales and because it runs on a standard gauge trackbed it feels bigger than other narrow gauge lines. The size of their No.2 allows quite large trains to be hauled, which is what today's passenger numbers require. A balloon stack would take you back to the Wild West but the lush Welsh landscape mean sparks don...