Seibiant Hill Railway

If you fancy visiting (loco or no loco) the Seibiant Hill Railway, then it's mostly likely that you'll be very well welcome, but first of all could you please e-mail William High on: williamchigh@gmail.com

The first loco to visit the Seibiant Hill Railway was an Accucraft 'Mortimer' owned by Terry Newhouse, this has developed in to a regualr visitor, due to a common interest in the nearby (10meters) Ffestiniog Railway.


'Mortimer' at Cutting Cul


A video of one of 'Mortimer's' previous visits

Mortimer's stablemates a Regner 'LumberJack' and a Roundhouse 'Sammie' have also visited all though I have no photographic record. The locos owners have proved integral to the construction of the SHR, (especially the Seibiant Isaf section) and I would like to take this opputunity to thank them for all the help they've given me.

Tom Rolt

'Tom Rolt' is one out of a batch of 10 locos built for IMP models. Quite clearly a model of the Tal-Y-Llyn locomotive 'Tom Rolt', & is owned by Harry Saville. The loco is a delight to steam, and as with 'Mortimer', I'm sure it will visit again.


'Tom Rolt' with a train of Tal-Y-Llyn style stock on the Penrhyndeudraeth to Seibiant Isaf section


The rising sun (outside light) shines on the the valve gear of 'Tom Rolt', I took me about 20 attempts to get this shot

Regner Lumber Jack
The Pen-Morfa Quarry Light Railway owned Regner Lumber Jack is the second of this popular type to grace the rails of the Seibiant Hill Railway. Having failed to operate at the 2007 Bonfire Night Gala it returned for the summer of 2008 to help resident Accucraft 'Isabelle' in operating the summer steam service, having operated well for the first two weeks it became largely redundant thereafter due to the appauling weather which resulted in an almost non-exsistent service.

Accuraft Baldwin

The Baldwin visited as part of the 2008 Autumn Gala, as it was restricted to the 'Seibiant Isaf' section due to its long wheelbase the loco didn't see much use, but did look very authentic with fireworks surrounding it and remeniscent of the WHR when it ran with visiting ANLR coaching stock.

The Glandstone and Buffet carrs

Back to the Trenches

A Roundhouse Millie class called 'Gwydion' has visited the railway twice, the first time acompanied by an I.P Engineering Punch class 'Hazel' and the second by an Accucraft Baguley, it ran with a selection of the visiting railway's exquisite coaches see the ones hauled by the Baldwin above.

'Alicia' an 0-6-0 Roundhouse Lady Anne class visited us for the 2008 Autumn gala along with it's stablemate an I.P Engineering Jack class 'Brecon'.

'Alicia' on an early evening mixed train