For anyon who's interested in the historical perspective there's an excellent publication by the "Scenes From The Past 9: Railways of North Wales" published by Foxline.
The Llangollen Line Ruabon to Barmouthby W.G. Rear & N. Jones
ISBN 1-870119-10-X
Please pardon my enthusiasm, but as a youngster I attended Ysgol Dinas Bran in Llangollen during the 60's and daily witnessed the crass act of vandalism as the tracks were lifted. (nuff said
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