Mixed traffic gala heralds start of the new Cynheidre season

THE Llanelli & Mynydd Mawr Railway will start the new season with a mixed traffic gala day at Cynheidre on Saturday, March 26.

All available locomotives and DMUs will feature in service, including Sentinel 0-4-0DM Shunter No. 10222, English Electric Class 600 0-6-0 Shunter No. NS690, Class 142 Pacer No. 142006 and Class 143 Pacer No. 143607.

The railway is uniquely home to both types of Pacer which until recently operated the majority of services for Transport for Wales in the South Wales valleys.

Unit No. 142006 is the only survivor of the earlier series of units and will be in service on the day, together with the laterbuilt No. 143607. The units will share services with the two operational diesel locomotives currently on site.

A complete Class 47 cab belonging to No. 47738, brought to the railway by Richard Benyon, of The Cab Yard, a collection of 35 locomotive and DMU cabs currently based at a private site in Bridgend, will also be available for inspection.

LMMR On August 28, 2021, the Llanelli & Mynydd Mawr Railway held what has been described as possibly the most successful open day in its history; a Pacer gala, with all three units now based on the line in service. The day saw an impromptu flypast by the Red Arrows.