Latest News
Half-Term Holiday
12th to 17th February, 2012
Visiting engine - Captain Hook - will be in service for part of the week.
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| IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT..... A robbery took place on the Wednesday night June 15th 2011 at Conwy Valley Railway Museum Betws y Coed. The robbers smashed an outer door to gain entry into the premises. They then sprayed the CCTV cameras with paint to hide their identities. The list of items taken, value approximately £30,000, is below. It includes some locomotives which are rare or limited edition. The larger scales were taken without boxes If you are offered any of the items please contact
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Classic Car Rally Meet-Up
Our car park was taken over on Wednesday, 6th July, 2011 with a Classic Car Rally meet-up. Members came from all over North Wales and our own Len had great fun judging the best car. The winner was a red Clan Crusader Clover.
Visiting Loco - Gunnison
On Wednesday, 1st June, 2011, we were pleased to welcome Gunnison (a visiting loco). At the end of the day Gunnison and our own Denver loco (Old Rube) coupled up and did two circuits, double-headed, hauling 13 coaches.
Rare Customer at Conwy Valley Railway Museum!
We are always pleased to see new customers in the shop at Conwy Valley Railway Museum. At the beginning of January we were particularly pleased to wecome Robin who enjoyed looking at the trains for sale and talking to customers!
Winter Wonderland at Conwy Valley Railway Museum!
The following photos were taken on 22 December, 2010 - following 12 inches of snow in the past week. A snow plough was made to fit on the front on one of the engines (below right) to help clear the track - although it proved not to be very practical for passenger trains due to the amount of ice under the snow.
New Attractions - Fairground Organ and Showman's Engine
As part of our continuing development programme on the site at Conway Valley Railway Museum we have now revamped our Fairground Organ and Showman's Engine as an added attraction for visitors (November 2010).
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Royal Mail launch set of Railway Stamps at Conwy Valley Railway Museum!
Royal Mail launched a new set of Railway Stamps at Conwy Valley Railway Museum on Thursday, 19th August, 2010. The stamps will show main-line steam engines. A member of the Criccieth Philatelic Society brought along his grand-children for the photo call and Colin Cartwright (owner) was photographed with Douglas, together with an enlargement of one of the stamps.
Model Village
We now have a Model Village which can be seen near the castle when going on the train ride.
Photos of Previous Events
Photos of previous events can be viewed by clicking on the following links:
Leyland Model Engineers visit - July 2010
Spring Bank Holiday 2010 - further visiting Denver loco and news of visit from Michael Portillo and the BBC!
