PHOTO VALE OF RHEIDOL RAILWAY NO.9 'PRINCE OF WALES' (3) IN ITS BLACK CAMBRIAN RAILWAYS LIVERY. IN AUGUST FOR FREIGHT AND ON 22 DECEMBER FOR PASSENGERS. THE ORIGINAL PURPOSE WAS TO PROVIDE CARRIAGE FOR LEAD MINED IN CWM RHEIDOL BUT EVEN BEFORE OPENING THERE WAS AN EYE ON THE GROWING TOURIST INDUSTRY.
