The Conwy Valley Railway Museum () is located at Betws-y-Coed railway station, Betws-y-Coed, North Wales, on the site of the old railway goods yard.

Museum

The museum was founded starting with a former standard gauge railway carriage which today acts as a licensed buffet and restaurant car. The current museum was built later, and contains various railway artefacts.

Conwy Valley Railway Museum

Miniature railway

Other attractions include a gauge miniature steam railway which runs for on the site. The railway is a single track running around the perimeter of the site. It is curved round 180 degrees at the South of the site with a balloon loop at each end which are superimposed at the North of the site. Use of several spring points allow trains to complete a circuit without manual adjustment of any points. Passing loops allow more than one train to use the circuit simultaneously.

Conwy Valley Railway Museum

Tramway

There is also a one-third full-size (1:3) electric tramcar which runs for a on the site, on track of gauge. This is one of only two electric tramways in Wales (the other being a short gauge electric tramway in Heath Park, Cardiff, owned by Cardiff Model Engineering Society).

Conwy Valley Railway Museum

See also

British narrow gauge railways

Conwy Valley Line

List of British railway museums

Miniature Railways

References

Conwy Valley Railway Museum website

Betws-y-Coed

Museums in Conwy County Borough

Railway museums in Wales

7¼ in gauge railways in Wales

15 in gauge railways in Wales

1970s establishments in Wales