Our Digitally Remastered Series are bigger, better and in stunning HD for the very first time! These are the original programmes which have been put through the upscale and remastering treatment with improvements to audio, colour balance, contrast and most of all - picture quality. Some of the trains featured here were never filmed in HD or in broadcast quality. Now, for the first time - you can enjoy just that!
From Welshpool to Llanfair Caereinion.
The Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway was built as a 2' 6" gauge country railway to connect the farming community in the Banwy Valley with the market town of Welshpool. It carried livestock, freight and passengers until eventual closure in 1956.
Through the hard work of enthusiasts the railway was saved in the early 60s, the line being reopened throughout, using much of the original equipment.
Today the railway is a major tourist attraction in mid Wales bringing thousands of visitors to the area.
We look at the route, the locomotives and carriages and special events over a period of two years and follow the restoration of 'Joan' a Kerr Stuart 0-6-2 tank locomotive rescued from Antigua.
Produced by - Belhurst Productions
Running time - 80 minutes
Blu-ray and DVD
Originally released - 2011
Re-released - October 2024
