a train approaching summit station
the snowdon mountain railway (smr) (welsh: rheilffordd yr wyddfa) narrow gauge rack , pinion mountain railway travels 4.75 miles (7.6 km) llanberis summit of snowdon. public rack , pinion railway in united kingdom, , after more 100 years of operation remains popular tourist attraction, carrying more 130,000 passengers annually. single carriage trains pushed mountain either steam locomotives or diesel locomotives. has used diesel railcars multiple units. railway constructed between december 1894, when first sod cut enid assheton-smith (after whom locomotive no.2 named), , february 1896, @ total cost of £63,800 (equivalent £6,775,000 of 2016).
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