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Snowdon Mountain Railway Swiss Locomotive & Manufacturing Co. of Winterhur Steam Locomotive No. 4 “Snowdon” (manufactured in 1896) with coach no. 2 (manufactured in 1895) starts her climb to Clogwyn Station from Llanberis Station with a full load of enthusiastic passengers on May 26, 2007. Photo by Joseph Wong

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A diesel loco on the Snowdon Mountain Railway waits to descend from Summit Station. Chris McKenna 13/06/2004

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A diesel loco on the Snowdon Mountain Railway descends from Summit Station towards Llanberis. Chris McKenna 13/06/2004

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A diesel loco on the Snowdon Mountain Railway waits at passing loop. Chris McKenna 13/06/2004

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The sign at Halfway Station, 500m above sea level on the side of Mount Snowdon. Chris McKenna 13/06/2004

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Llanberis Station (Gorsaf Llanberis in Welsh) at the foot of the Snowdon Mountain Railway. Chris McKenna 13/06/2004

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A diesel locomotive with a carriage at Llanberis Station at the foot of the Snowdon Mountain Railway, the only public rack and pinnion railway in Great Britain. The locomotives are not coupled to the carriages, but push them up the mountain and act as a brake on the way down. For this reason, there is no level section of track anywhere on the line. Chris McKenna 13/06/2004

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A general view of the line runnign along the ridge. This picture gives an example of the gradients necessitating the rack and pinion system. Chris McKenna 13/06/2004

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Steam locomotive 'Snowdon' on the Snowdon Mountain Railway. Chris McKenna 13/06/2004

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Steam locomotive 'Snowdon' on the Snowdon Mountain Railway shortly after arrival at the summit station. Chris McKenna 13/06/2004

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Summit station on the Snowdon Mountain Railway. Diesel locomotive #12 George departs for the downhill journey to Llanberis on the far track. Closer to the camera diesel locomotive #10 Yeti is only recently arrived. Chris McKenna 13/06/2004

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Summit Station (Gorsaf Y Copa in Welsh) on the Snowdon Mountain Railway - 1065 metres above sea level. Chris McKenna 13/06/2004

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Summit Station (Gorsaf Y Copa in Welsh) on the Snowdon Mountain Railway - 1065 metres above sea level. The offset double-toothed rack that enables the trains to negotiate the steep gradients on the line - the average is almost 1 in 8 and the maximum is 1 in 5.5 The locomotive is #11 'Yeti' a diesel locomotive built by Hunslet in Leeds in 1986. Chris McKenna 13/06/2004

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Snowdon Mountain Railway Hunslet Diesel No. 10 “Yeti” backs down into Llanberis Station with a full load of passengers after a trip to Clogwyn on May 26, 2007. Photo by Joseph Wong