Our Projects:
We highlight below significant projects we are now undertaking, propose in the future and have completed in the past. Click or tap on an underlined title link for more details about a particular project.
If you would like to help fund our current projects, visit our Donation page for information on how you can donate.
Current Projects
Station Track at Glyn Ceiriog - completing the installation of 2ft 4½in gauge trackwork connecting the station platform and siding to the engine shed.
Main Entrance Gates - replacing the time-expired wooden sleeper posts, refurbishing the wrought iron double hurdle gate and obtaining a new single hurdle gate to match.
The Baldwin - constructing a full-size static representation of the ex-WDLR 4-6-0T Baldwin Locomotive acquired by the Glyn Valley Tramway in 1921.
GVT Coal Wharf at Glyn Ceiriog - refurbishing our workshop and storage facilities and developing Ceiriog Valley industrial heritage displays.
Heritage Museum at Glyn Ceiriog - expanding our collection of records and artefacts, and refreshing the displays inside the Old Tramway Engine Shed.
Ceiriog Valley Industries - identifying, recording and collecting artefacts and records from historical local industries served or supported by the Glyn Valley Tramway.
Exhibition Stand - promoting the Museum, membership and the work of the Heritage Trust at narrow gauge railway-related shows across the country.
Future Proposals
GVT Rolling Stock - construction of further replica GVT rolling stock for display and demonstration.
Glyn Valley Tramway Trail - promoting the GVT route through the Ceiriog Valley with signs and information panels for walkers and explorers.
Past Projects
GVT Draught Horse - creating a life-size representation of the Tramway's original motive power.
GVT Yard Crane - restoring and re-siting an original 2 ton GVT crane dating back to the horse-drawn era.
Ruston & Hornsby - acquiring and re-commissioning a small Diesel Locomotive for moving stock around the Museum site.
GVT Beyer Peacock - creating a full-size representation of the rear profile view of the locomotives supplied by the firm to the GVT.
Dolywern Waiting Room - cutting back and clearing vegetation from the former GVT lineside building.
Heritage Museum - creating a museum in the old tramway engine shed at Glyn Ceiriog.
GVT Slate Wagon - constructing a replica slate wagon of the type used to transport the output from the Cambrian & Wynne quarries.
GVT Engine Shed - restoring the old tramway engine shed at Glyn Ceiriog in preparation for its future use as a heritage museum.
GVT Station Yard - site clearing, levelling and landscaping and recreating a section of the platform at Glyn Ceiriog with picket fencing and running-in board.
Pontfadog Waiting Room - restoring and furnishing the former GVT lineside building.
Glyn Valley Tramway at Chirk
The similarly named but separate charity organisation, Glyn Valley Tramway Trust, are in the process of:
rebuilding the former Glyn Valley Tramway's Chirk station platform and waiting room, and
creating a new narrow gauge railway in the style of the former Glyn Valley Tramway, which will make use of the former GVT trackbed from Chirk Station to Pontfaen, a distance of about 1 mile.