The Railways of North Wales - Changing Trains


25 years of evolution


By Dave Sallery


This website is an attempt to record some of the many changes to the railways of North Wales approximately between the years 1982 and 2007.  If you have any comments or can add further details then please contact me.  

There are many more photos to view on my Flickr site:  Class 37's, Class 47's , Class 60's and the modern railway.





Contents of this website:
Page 1      Associated Octel and the Amlwch line
Page 2      Sulphur traffic and Roadstone
Page 3      Petroleum coke traffic to Holyhead
Page 4      Class 37's, passenger, 1993-2001 - page 1
Page 5      Class 37's, passenger, 1993-2001 - page 2
Page 6      Class 37's, passenger, 1993-2001 - page 3
Page 7      Class 40's
Page 8      The Cambrian Coast line
Page 9      Freightliner trains to Holyhead
Page 10    Point of Ayr Colliery
Page 11    Class 25's
Page 12    Railfreight Coal Day - 1991
Page 13    Crewe Works test trains - page 1
Page 14    Crewe Works test trains - page 2
Page 15    D.M.U's in focus - page 1
Page 16    D.M.U's in focus - page 2
Page 17    Class 45 - the Peaks
Page 18    Farewell to the H.S.T's
Page 19    Miscellaneous photos
Page 20    Class 47's on passenger - page 1
Page 21    Class 47's on passenger - page 2
Page 22    Class 47's on passenger - page 3
Page 23    Class 47's on passenger - page 4
Page 24    Class 47's on passenger - page 5
Page 25    Class 47's on passenger - page 6
Page 26    Class 33 - 1985 to 1986
Page 27    Freight variety - page 1
Page 28    Freight variety - page 2
Page 29    Freight variety - page 3
Page 30    Mail by Rail
Page 31    Flask trains
Page 32    Shunters - 08's and Mostyn Docks
Page 33    Miscellaneous
Page 34    Class 20 passenger workings
Page 35    Miscellaneous
Page 36    Class 31 passenger workings, page 1
Page 37    Class 31 passenger workings, page 2
Page 38    Class 31 passenger workings, page 3
Page 39    Class 37 hauled ballast trains, page 1
Page 40    Class 37 hauled ballast trains, page 2
Page 41    Class 37 hauled ballast trains, page 3
Page 42    Class 37 hauled ballast trains, page 4

 Links to some other sites



Follow this link to My Homepage
Please take the time to view my other railway websites:

Wrexham to Bidston - The Borderlands Line

The Conwy Valley Line - Y Lein Dyffryn Conwy
Trains in the Mersey Docks

The narrow gauge railways of Yugoslavia

The Cambrian Rail Cruise

Woodhams, Barry steam scrapyard

British Railways steam in the 1960's


The information (not photographs) held within this website may be reproduced without permission if the website is credited with providing this information.  All of the photographs held on this website remain the property of the owners and must NOT be reproduced without prior permission.
To Page 1 - Associated Octel and the Amlwch line