Train for a Dame - Welsh icon Shirley Bassey hits new heights on Snowdon

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Dame Shirley Bassey visited Llanberis to have a Snowdon Mountain Railway Carriage named after her.

It's to recognise her 65-year career as an international ambassador for Wales

She's also revieved a UNESCO Artist for Peace Award, a Welsh Legend Award and the Légion d'Honneur with the highlight in 2000 when the singer was made a Dame by the Queen for services to the performing arts.

Dame Shirley is the fourth person to have a carriage dedicated in her honour after Sir David Brailsford CBE, Sir Bryn Terfel CBE and Katherine Jenkins OBE.

Dame Shirley Bassey is the fourth person to have a carriage named after them. Credit: PA