WHR Ltd
WHR Ltd is the main holding company for the operations at Gelert's Farm Works
After the closure and lifting of the track in 1941, the Welsh Highland was dormant for some time. There were some attempts at a revival, but nothing of note until the early 1960's
A dedicated group of enthusiasts, in 1961, formed the Welsh Highland Railway Society. During the '70s, land was been purchased on the old slate exchange sidings at Beddgelert Sidings, in Porthmadog, and the rebirth of the Welsh Highland Railway started. Track was laid and rolling stock acquired, culminating in new passenger services starting from 1980, and the return to service in 1987 of the famous narrow gauge locomotive Russell. The WHR Ltd is the successor to this operation.
Many difficulties stood in the way of rebuilding the line through the mountains of Snowdonia, but at last, in 1997, work started on the Welsh Highland Railway Project. Caernarfon, by 2003, was linked through Dinas (formerly Dinas Junction) and Waunfawr to Rhyd Ddu (a distance of 12 miles), thus restoring the former N.W.N.G.Rly section.
The following 5 years saw the project completed by the rebuilding of the former P.B.& S.S.Rly, connecting Rhyd Ddu through the picturesque National Park town of Beddgelert to link up with the head of steel extending northward.
