Glyn Valley Tramway

&nbsp The Glyn Valley Tramway was a 2'4.25" Tramway running from Chirk to Glyn Ceiriog in the Ceiriog Valley in Denbighshire, Wales, for 8 1/4 miles, 6.5 miles of which was worked by passenger trains, the remainder of which was to the granite quarries at the end of the Valley.

Locomotives
Beyer, Peacock and c.o. built two tram locomotives in 1873. These were named Sir Theodore and Dennis, and were complimented in 1892 by a third, Glyn. After the first World War, a Baldwin locomotive was re-gauged from it's original 1' 11.5" gauge. All were scrapped in 1936.

Preservation
There are two groups trying to preserve the line, the Glyn Valley Tramway Group, trying to preserve an authentic line using the original gauge (2ft 4 1/4 inch), and the larger Glyn Valley Tramway Trust, an offshoot of the Group, aiming for a 2ft 6inch gauge tourist line- this has been given the go-ahead. Two of the carriage bodies have survived and now run on the Talyllyn Railway, where they have been re-gauged. There is a third preservation organisation, the Glyn Valley Tramway Society, who aim to construct new carriages to run at first on the Talyllyn and Corris Railways, then re-gauge them to the original gauge, and construct a new-build Tram locomotive, which they plan to name Chirk. The Society seems to be more in tune with the Group than the Trust, but yet has it's own aims.