Welsh Highland Railway Society Mail Order


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Books

The following is a selection of books on sale by mail order :

 
The WHR Caernarfon to Porthmadog - A Phoenix Rising, by John Stretton.
The "past and Present companion" devoted to the WHR, including a sections by Dave Kent, chairman of the WHRS, John Keylock and Dave Allan ('64 Co), Colin Hill (K1) and the late Handel Kardas.
To order, either : print, fill in and post the order form or send an email to listing what you want and your deleivery address.
 
Portrait of the Welsh Highland Railway, by Peter Johnson.
Covers the Nantlle and Croesor Tramways, and the NWNG and PB&SS Railways, then the WHR from 1921-44 and the WHR revival 1961-the millennium.
To order, either : print, fill in and post the order form or send an email to listing what you want and your deleivery address.
 
Branch Lines around Portmadoc 1923-46, by Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith.
A pictorial journey starting at Dinas Junction, down the WHR to Portmadoc, and then up the FR to Blaenau Ffestiniog. Excellent maps, diagrams and additional material from Adrian Gray and Michael Seymour.
To order, either : print, fill in and post the order form or send an email to listing what you want and your deleivery address.
 
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Branch Lines around Porthmadog 1954-94, by Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith.
The WHR '64 Co operations at Gelerts Farm is very briefly discussed, before the rest of the book concentrates on a pictorial journey up the Festiniog Railway in this period.
To order, either : print, fill in and post the order form or send an email to listing what you want and your deleivery address.
 
The Talyllyn Railway, Past and Present special, by David Mitchell & Terry Eyres.
A nostalgic trip along the world's first preserved railway with over 190 black and white photographs.
To order, either : print, fill in and post the order form or send an email to listing what you want and your deleivery address.
 
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Videos

The following is a selection of videos on sale by mail order :

For the Love of Steam, by Beca Films for S4C.
A documentary charting the first stage of re-installing the WHR. With footage of Beyer Garratts in South Africa and Glanypwll (Gala May 97) and building and opening the first section of the WHR from Caernarfon to Dinas.
To order, either : print, fill in and post the order form or send an email to listing what you want and your deleivery address.
 
Return to Dinas, by Jon Marsh.
A video covering the preparations for opening the new WHR from Caernarfon to Dinas. Includes scenes before any work started, preparing the trackbed, the infrastructure and locomotives, and the first trains.
To order, either : print, fill in and post the order form or send an email to listing what you want and your deleivery address.
 
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WHR Society

The following is a selection of Society paraphernalia on sale by mail order :

WHR Society Sweatshirts.
Available in navy, maroon, or bottle green, and in sizes small, medium, or large. Each sweatshirt has the large (10cm/4inch) logo (red dragon in wheel) of the WHRS (as shown left) with "Llwyddiant Trwy Benderfyniad" (Success Through Determination) plus "Cymdeithas Rheilffordd Eryri" (WHRS) underneath.
To order, either : print, fill in and post the order form or send an email to listing what you want and your deleivery address
 
Snowdon Ranger Magazine.
Back numbers of the WHR Society magazine, The Snowdon Ranger are available. Numbers 1-7 are out of print, but a high quality colour photocopy is available. All other TSRs are original issues. See the WHRS website for details of the contents of specific issues.
To order, either : print, fill in and post the order form or send an email to listing what you want and your deleivery address
 
WHR Maps CD.
A CD-ROM containing the proposed gradient profiles and both 'standard' size WW1 maps (as shown on this website) and much larger size WW1 maps (4 times the area). These allow quick navigation to the area of interest, and then VERY detailed views. They are in a "navigable" format using Microsoft Internet Explorer as a browser (not Netscape Navigator), with directional arrows to move between maps. Recommend 15" monitor with at least 800x600 graphics resolution and a modern CD-ROM drive (less than 5 years old).
To order, either : print, fill in and post the order form or send an email to listing what you want and your deleivery address.
 
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