Built to carry minerals from mines in the Rheidol valley, the 2ft gauge
Vale of Rheidol Railway found its niche carrying tourists to the tourist
attraction at Devil's Bridge, 12 miles inland from the Cardigan coast
resort of Aberystwyth. Taken over by the Cambrian Railways and then the
Great Western Railway, it became the last steam railway operated by
British Rail. In 1989 it became the first part of the national network
to be privatized.
Now under the control of a charitable trust it is undergoing a revival
that will see it become one of the leading tourist attractions in
Mid-Wales.