Our Projects:
We highlight below projects we are now undertaking and have completed in the past. Click or tap on an underlined title link for more details about particular projects.
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 point levers, mechanisms and locks.
Platform Edging at Glyn Ceiriog - replacing the existing sandstone slabs with larger thick cast blocks for improved look, durability and safety.
GVT Coal Wharf Display Track - laying 200ft of 2ft gauge track to store and display a selection of quarry-type wagons.
GVT Coal Wharf Workshop - refurbishing our workshop and storage facilities and developing Ceiriog Valley industrial heritage displays.
Visitor Entrance Door - replacing the time-expired existing entrance door with a new hardwood version and threshold weather seal.
The Baldwin - constructing a full-size static representation of the ex-WDLR 4-6-0T Baldwin Locomotive acquired by the GVT in 1921.
Heritage Museum at Glyn Ceiriog - expanding our collection of records and artefacts, and refreshing the displays inside the Engine Shed.
Ceiriog Valley Industries - identifying, recording and collecting artefacts and records from historical local industries served or supported by the Glyn Valley Tramway.
GVT Rolling Stock - construction of further replica GVT rolling stock for display and demonstration.
Previous Projects
Exhibition Stand - creating new display panels to promote the Museum, membership and the work of the Heritage Trust at narrow gauge railway shows.
Entrance Sign - installing a new information sign at the main entrance to the Museum car park and pedestrian accessway.
Main Entrance Gates - replacing the time-expired posts, refurbishing the wrought iron double hurdle gate and fitting a new single hurdle gate to match.
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.