THE Welsh Highland Railway (WHR), Britain’s longest heritage railway, celebrated its incorporation as the Welsh Highland Railway (Light Railway) Company (WHLR) in 2022. The railway has had a chequered history characterised by stewardship under the auspices of a significant number of individuals, many of whom for extensive periods of time were supervised by the High Court of Justice. The WHR between Porthmadog and Dinas opened on June 1, 1923, and was immediately embroiled in financial crisis, circumstances that were to become a hallmark of the early
