{"id":3746,"date":"2023-07-01T15:40:03","date_gmt":"2023-07-01T15:40:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/?p=3746"},"modified":"2023-07-11T20:50:32","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T20:50:32","slug":"brecon-mountain-railway-wales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/?p=3746","title":{"rendered":"Brecon Mountain Railway, Wales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/BMR_1591.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/BMR_1591.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3813\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/BMR_1591.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/BMR_1591-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/BMR_1591-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a> The <strong>Brecon Mountain Railway<\/strong> follows the trackbed of the former Merthyr and Brecon railway, which closed in 1964, and runs from Pant to Tarpaantau. The railway is narrow (2 foot) gauge, unlike the original, and is hauled by two Baldwin steam engines manufactured in Philadelphia and formerly used in South Africa and Brazil respectively.<br \/>\nThe track runs alongside the Taf Fechan reservoir, with large changes of elevation visible alongside the train. The total run is about 5 miles each way, passing some impressive scenery.<br \/>\nMy trip was enlivened by some sheep wandering about on the track.<br \/>\nAt Pant, visitors will find the usual facilities, and can look into the engineering workshop containing machine tools and any work in progress.<br \/>\nThe train carriages have hard seats but are enclosed.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3814\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3814\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/BMR_1586.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/BMR_1586-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3814\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3814\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Workshop at Pant<\/figcaption><\/figure> <figure id=\"attachment_3820\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3820\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/BMR_1588.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/BMR_1588-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3820\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3820\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Engine tender<\/figcaption><\/figure> <figure id=\"attachment_3815\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3815\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/BMR_1589.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/BMR_1589-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3815\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3815\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Carriages<\/figcaption><\/figure> <figure id=\"attachment_3816\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3816\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/BMR_1590.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/BMR_1590-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3816\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3816\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Locomotive no.2<\/figcaption><\/figure> <figure id=\"attachment_3819\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3819\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/BMR_1592.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/BMR_1592-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3819\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3819\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Engine cab<\/figcaption><\/figure> <figure id=\"attachment_3817\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3817\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/BMR_1594.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/BMR_1594-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3817\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3817\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Reservoir<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Brecon Mountain Railway follows the trackbed of the former Merthyr and Brecon railway, which closed in 1964, and runs from Pant to Tarpaantau. The railway is narrow (2 foot) gauge, unlike the original, and is hauled by two Baldwin steam engines manufactured in Philadelphia and formerly used in South Africa and Brazil respectively. The &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/?p=3746\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Brecon Mountain Railway, Wales&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17,15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3746"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3746"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3746\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3821,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3746\/revisions\/3821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}