Welcome to the website of the award winning Llanuwchllyn Heritage Centre, based at the Bala Lake Railway. On this website you will find details of the historic stock in our display area at the far end of the carriage shed and elsewhere on the station site. Our stock is mostly owned by private individuals and is lovingly restored by our dedicated volunteers and staff. If you visit us and can't find a specific item, please don't hesitate to ask. This is a working railway and stock is frequently moved around the station site for operational reasons.
The display area has been made possible thanks to generous grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
An apology: We do not currently have a Welsh language version of this site, primarily due to a lack of Welsh speaking volunteers with the necessary time to perform the work. If you would like to help correct this omission, please get in touch.
On this website we use the spelling "Waggon" not "Wagon". The double "g" version is the historically correct spelling for our stock, while the single g is the modern term. We have decided (just to be different) to adopt the historical spelling for our heritage site.
On Saturday 17th July, Dan Laidlaw manhandled Francis Stapleton’s restored Dinorwig rubbish waggon (complete with double flanged wheels) on to the main line for a short test run with George B. The wagon performed well, but unsurprisingly was kept well clear of the point work during the test.
Our new arrival, ex Llechwedd Quarry Bagnall Dorothy no. 1568 of 1899 has been partly assembled and moved into the museum for display until work on her return to steam begins once Holy War and Alice have been completed.
On 9th May 2021 our Dinorwig wagons went out for a test run after a week long axle box overhaul had been undertaken in order to get them back into working order for use at galas and photo charters.
On 9th February 2020 the Heritage Railways Association held its annual awards dinner in Birmingham. This is heritage railways night of the Oscars. Out of the 160 heritage railways in the UK the Bala Lake Railway won the award for being the most outstanding visitor attraction with the opening of…