Snowdon Mountain Railway, 2011

25 photos of Britain's only rack railway, which climbs over 3000 feet to the summit of the highest mountain in England and Wales.

Driving axle from Snowdon Mountain Rly No 6 Padarn, Llanberis, Mon 21 August 2011. The 800mm gauge railway uses the Abt rack system. Carriages as well as locos are fitted with cogwheels. Following a disastrous opening day in 1896 when a loco became disengaged from the rack and careered over a precipice, guard rails as seen here were installed either side of the rack to engage with grippers mounted beneath locos and carriages.

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Driving axle from Snowdon Mountain Rly No 6 Padarn, Llanberis, Mon 21 August 2011. The 800mm gauge railway uses the Abt rack system. Carriages as well as locos are fitted with cogwheels. Following a disastrous opening day in 1896 when a loco became disengaged from the rack and careered over a precipice, guard rails as seen here were installed either side of the rack to engage with grippers mounted beneath locos and carriages.

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