Description

he former Wrexham Mold & Connah’s Quay Railway plus Chester & the Welsh Borders.
Contents Include:

THE WREXHAM MOLD & CONNAH’S QUAY RAILWAY.
A tour of this fascinating and rarely photographed railway from Wrexham to Brymbo and to the River Dee. Former Great Western, LMS and Standard Classes are shown on freight on the steep grades to the steelworks at Brymbo and to the coast along Hawarden Bank.

THE MAIN LINE TO CHESTER.
Steam on the former LNWR line through Queensferry to Chester with Black 5s, 8Fs, 9Fs, ‘Jubilees’, ‘Crabs’, ‘Jinties’ and Fowler 0-6-0s.

THE GREAT WESTERN AT CHESTER.
Detailed exploration of this important junction with traffic for the GWR route to Shrewsbury, and the LMS route to North Wales. Includes Halls, Counties, Manors, Castles and Kings.

THE FINAL YEARS OF STEAM.
Including the very last working by an 9F to Summers Steelworks.

THE MAIN LINE TO WREXHAM.
Action on Gresford Bank on the route from Wrexham to Chester.

60 mins approx