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« Reply #15 on: April 17, 2019, 19:14:47 »
Reopening to the summit on Easter Monday.  From the North Wales Pioneer

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Vince Hughes, Snowdon Mountain Railway’s Commercial Manager, said: “There’s always a sense of real excitement as we reopen, Hafod Eryri, the summit building, for the summer season on Snowdon, but this 10th anniversary year feels even more special.

It shows how long the Coffee Shop has been around ... the first post in this thread talks about the opening of the summit building as "last year"!

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Daily steam and diesel services to the top of Wales’ highest mountain are scheduled to resume from Monday, April 22nd, weather permitting. The first train will be hauled by a steam engine and will depart from Llanberis at 9.30am.

A suspect it will be pushed from behind, rather than hauled, but never mind ...
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« Reply #16 on: January 03, 2020, 22:08:20 »
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SMR recently announced its ambitious plan to replace its existing diesel locomotives with new hybrid diesel rolling stock, with each hybrid engine including an 8-tonne battery pack and a diesel generator to recharge batteries in service.

Further fixed battery chargers for overnight charging of the units are also planned.

Plans are yet to be finalised, but SMR plan to operate at Llanberis entirely on battery power, operate the generator charging on the uphill journey, turn off the generator on the downhill journey and use the regenerative braking to recharge the battery packs
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« Reply #17 on: August 27, 2020, 05:46:25 »
Quote from: grahame on January 03, 2020, 22:08:20
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SMR recently announced its ambitious plan to replace its existing diesel locomotives with new hybrid diesel rolling stock, with each hybrid engine including an 8-tonne battery pack and a diesel generator to recharge batteries in service.

Further fixed battery chargers for overnight charging of the units are also planned.

Plans are yet to be finalised, but SMR plan to operate at Llanberis entirely on battery power, operate the generator charging on the uphill journey, turn off the generator on the downhill journey and use the regenerative braking to recharge the battery packs

Snowdon Mountain Railway operating to Clogwyn (3/4 of the way up, station without facilities, 30 minute layover) this year. 

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We've been busy commissioning our new #hybrid locomotives since they arrived a few weeks ago. Here's No.14 Glaslyn complete with new 12-seater passenger pod.

The @ClaytonEquipltd loco uses both battery and the latest low emission Diesel engine going up, then electric regeneration braking going down with the engine switched off
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