| Talyllyn Railway | | | | Locomotive no. 1 Talyllyn with a train at Nant Gwernol on the Talyllyn Railway in the summer of 1978. | | Location | | Place | Mid-Wales | | Terminus | Tywyn | | Commercial Operations | | Name | Talyllyn Railway | | Gauge | 2 ft 3 in (686 mm) | | Preserved Operations | | Operated by | Talyllyn Railway Company, supported by Talyllyn Railway Preservation Society | | Stations | 7 | | Length | 71⁄4 miles (11.8 km) | | Gauge | 2 ft 3 in (686 mm) | | Commercial History | | Opened | 1866 | | Preservation History | | 1951 | Taken over as the world's first heritage railway | | 1976 | Opening of extension to Nant Gwernol | The Talyllyn Railway (Welsh: Rheilffordd Talyllyn) is a 2 ft 3 in (686 mm) narrow gauge preserved railway line running for 71⁄4 miles (11.8 km)[1] from Tywyn on the Mid-Wales coast to Nant Gwernol. Despite its name it does not quite reach Talyllyn Lake, a large glacial ribbon lake at the foot of Cadair Idris. Locomotive no. ...
Tywyn (formerly Towyn) is a town lying on Cardigan Bay on the west coast of north Wales a mile away from the mouth of the Afon Dysynni and known as a seaside resort. ...
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Tywyn (formerly Towyn) is a town lying on Cardigan Bay on the west coast of north Wales a mile away from the mouth of the Afon Dysynni and known as a seaside resort. ...
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Tal-y-llyn Lake, looking north-east up the Bwlch Llyn Bach pass Tal-y-llyn Lake, also known as Talyllyn Lake or Llyn Mwyngil, is a large glacial finger lake at the foot of Cadair Idris, in the Snowdonia mountain range of Wales. ...
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Cadair Idris (or Cader Idris as it is generally known locally) is a prominent mountain in Snowdonia, north Wales. ...
History
The line was opened in 1865[2] to serve the Bryn Eglwys slate quarry above the village of Abergynolwyn. It used steam locomotives from the start, unlike its neighbour the horse-drawn Corris Railway. The original two engines were purchased from Fletcher, Jennings & Co. of Whitehaven in Cumbria, and both are still in service, 140 years on, but so many of their parts have been replaced down the years that much of their present-day component metal is not original. The Talyllyn's unusual gauge is thought to have been adopted because of the Corris. 1865 (MDCCCLXV) is a common year starting on Sunday. ...
Bryn Eglwys was a remote slate quarry located near Abergynolwyn in Gwynedd mid-Wales. ...
Splitting of the slate blocks with hammer and chisel to produce roofing slates requires great skill. ...
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The Corris Railway was a narrow gauge (686 mm, 2 ft 3 in ) railway line running along the Dulas Valley, in Mid-Wales, UK. It began as a horse tramroad in the 1850s, connecting the slate quarries in the districts around Corris with the estuary of the Dyfi river at...
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The line's two original steam locomotives were among the earliest engines built for such a narrow gauge. No 1 Talyllyn is an 0-4-2ST and No 2. Dolgoch is an 0-4-0WT. The line carried both slate from the quarry to the wharf at Tywyn and passengers. It rarely made money and was kept going by successive quarry owners to serve the transport needs of the isolated Bryn Eglwys quarry. In Whyte notation, a 0-4-2 is a railroad steam locomotive that has four coupled driving wheels followed by two trailing wheels, with no leading wheels . ...
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The line survived almost unchanged through the Victorian era and both World Wars. During this time it retained its original locomotives and carriages, never needing new or replacement stock. By the end of the 1940s the line had fallen into a parlous state of repair with only one working locomotive, and trains had become rare and unreliable. The line was owned by the local member of Parliament, Sir Henry Haydn Jones, who paid for the railway's losses from his own pocket. When he died in 1950 it seemed certain the line would close. Queen Victoria (shown here on the morning of her accession to the Throne, 20 June 1837) gave her name to the historic era The Victorian era of the United Kingdom marked the height of the British Industrial Revolution and the apex of the British Empire. ...
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Sir Henry Haydn Jones (1863-1950) was a Liberal Party MP for [Merionethshire]] between 1910 and 1945 and the owner of the Talyllyn Railway from 1911 until his death in 1950. ...
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Preservation
 Locomotive No. 2 Dolgoch at Abergynolwyn in 1951, early in the preservation era In the immediate post-war period the line decayed as traffic dwindled and the railway survived only through the benevolence of its owner, Henry Haydn Jones. In 1950 an appeal by Tom Rolt (an enthusiastic passenger on the railway) in a local Birmingham newspaper resulted in a meeting being held at a popular hotel in the city. It was decided that due to the interest expressed at the meeting an attempt to save the railway would be made. The Talyllyn Railway Preservation Society (TRPS) was formed with the intention of acquiring and preserving the railway. Although railway preservation was in its infancy this was not the first scheme to attempt to take over a railway, although it was the first to actually do so. Interest in the Ffestiniog Railway had been growing since 1948. Image File history File links Tal-Y-Llyn_Dolgoch_Abergwynolwn_1951. ...
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Through the 1950s the dedicated volunteers and staff members of the TRPS rebuilt the line and rescued it from its state of decay. They purchased the two remaining locomotives from the recently closed Corris Railway, and scoured the country for new carriages. Slowly the line revived. The challenges of the first years of the revival are described in Rolt's book Railway Adventure. the first thing that was invented was the automatic DILDO. Education grew explosively because of a very strong demand for high school and college education. ...
The Corris Railway was a narrow gauge (686 mm, 2 ft 3 in ) railway line running along the Dulas Valley, in Mid-Wales, UK. It began as a horse tramroad in the 1850s, connecting the slate quarries in the districts around Corris with the estuary of the Dyfi river at...
In the preservation era many remarkable achievements have been made. Pendre has been completely redeveloped with two new carriage sheds built in the 1960s and 1970s. The works has been modernised with professional machine tools, adequate power and lighting and proper facilities for staff and volunteers. The railway is a big employer in Tywyn with many traditional skills being kept alive at the works.
Tywyn Wharf has been rebuilt twice with the most recent rebuild comprising of a new building and enclosing the museum properly within the premises for the first time. Expanded shop and catering facilities have also been provided for but the old building containing the booking office and control (operations) office have surivived the rebuilding. Abergynolwyn has been rebuilt twice as well in the preservation era. More recently a new cafe extension was added in the 1990s to provide a delightful attraction at the end of the line.
Regarding rolling stock the railway responded to the growing popularity of its service in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s by building new rolling stock and acquiring more steam locomotives. The first 'new' steam locomotives arrived in 1951 from Machynlleth. They had previously been employed on the neighbouring Corris Railway which also used the unusual gauge of 2'3". These locomotives arrived by rail and were unloaded at Tywyn. No.3 became the first new engine to travel on the railway for over 90 years in 1951 but it proved too unreliable due to the poor condition of the track and the thinness of its wheel flanges. No.4 was unserviceable when it arrived but the Chairman of the Hunslet company was a member of the Preservation society and had No.4's boiler, the item most in need of refurbishment completely overhauled free of charge at his works.
The Talyllyn Railway is now a successful and popular tourist attraction. The two original locomotives from the 1860s still run regularly along with the Corris engines and two other steam locomotives (see below). The railway is currently facing the challenge of the modern and competitive tourist market. Despite falling passenger figures in recent years the railway is still a popular attraction in southern Gwynedd. This article does not cite any references or sources. ...
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Since 1984 there has been an annual running event called Race the Train which follows the railway track 7.25 miles from Tywyn to Abergynolwyn and back again. The challenge is for runners to beat the train which takes around 1 hour 45 minutes to complete the 14.5 mile cross country route. Tywyn (formerly Towyn) is a town lying on Cardigan Bay on the west coast of north Wales a mile away from the mouth of the Afon Dysynni and known as a seaside resort. ...
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The Young Members Group The Young Members Group (YMG) are the members of the Talyllyn Railway Preservation Society aged 14-25. They make up the majority of the cleaners, passed cleaners, and traffic trainees on the railway; as well as performing other roles.
On occasions during the peak season, the Talyllyn Railway has held a Young Members Day in which the youngest qualified people available that day run the railway, the railway claims to be the only preserved railway to have a large enough group of young volunteers to be able to do this.
Route | | | Map of the Talyllyn Railway | | Name | Image | Notes | | Tywyn Wharf |
 | Originally known as King's Wharf station. From 1865 to 1951 there was no run-round loop or platform here. Passenger trains once the station became used for Passengers in the edwardian era were pushed into Wharf from Pendre where the loco had run round the train. A new station building and museum were opened by Prince Charles and The Duchess of Cornwall in 2005. | | Pendre |
 | Serving the end of the town and the location of the locomotive sheds, works and carriage sheds for the line. | | Hendy Halt |
| Tiny halt serving Hendy farm. | | Fach Goch Halt |
 | Trains stop on the occupational crossing, serving a farm. | | Cynfal Halt |
 | Tiny halt serving Cynfal farm. This is the only one of the "halts" to have a platform, which is one of the smallest railway platforms in the UK, vying with Pentrepiod and Bryn Hynod on the Bala Lake Railway for the title of smallest. | | Rhydyronen |
 | The first intermediate station on the line, opened in 1867. A small slate quarry and manganese mine nearby once used the railway. | | Tynllwynhen Halt |
 | Tiny halt serving Tynllwynhen farm. | | Brynglas |
 | Serves the hamlet of Pandy. There is a passing loop just west of the station. | | Dolgoch |
 | Provides access to Dolgoch Falls, a popular series of waterfalls. | | Quarry Siding Halt |
 | Serves a small ballast quarry. There is a passing loop here. | | Abergynolwyn |
 | The original passenger terminus of the line. From here onwards the railway was worked as a mineral line until 1949. Most trains stop here on the return journey for refreshments, as there are no facilities at Nant Gwernol. There is a passing loop here, and also one of the longest narrow-gauge platforms in Britain. | | Nant Gwernol |
 | Originally the terminus of the mineral line from Abergynolwyn. The passenger station was opened in 1976. From here a series of inclines and horse-worked tramways led up to Bryn Eglwys quarry. A number of walks have been built from Nant Gwernol in recent years, some going up the old inclines to the quarries. | Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1897x1233, 107 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Talyllyn Railway ...
Tywyn Wharf station Tywyn Wharf railway station (grid reference SH586004) is the western terminus and principle station of the Talyllyn Railway in Tywyn, Gwynedd in mid-Wales. ...
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Pendre station and works, looking west Pendre railway station (grid reference SH590008) is a station on the Talyllyn Railway in Tywyn, Gwynedd in mid-Wales, and the site of the railways loco and carriage sheds and works. ...
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Rhydyronen station, looking east Rhydyronen railway station (grid reference SH614021) is a request stop on the Talyllyn Railway near Tywyn, Gwynedd in mid-Wales. ...
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The passing loop at Brynglas, looking west Brynglas railway station (grid reference SH628030) is a request stop on the Talyllyn Railway serving the hamlet of Pandy near Tywyn, Gwynedd in mid-Wales. ...
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Dolgoch station, looking east Dolgoch railway station (grid reference SH650045) is a station on the Talyllyn Railway between Tywyn and Abergynolwyn, Gwynedd in mid-Wales. ...
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Abergynolwyn station Abergynolwyn railway station (grid reference SH670063) is a station on the Talyllyn Railway at Abergynolwyn near Tywyn, Gwynedd in mid-Wales. ...
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Nant Gwernol station Nant Gwernol railway station (grid reference SH680065) is the eastern terminus of the Talyllyn Railway near Abergynolwyn, Gwynedd in mid-Wales. ...
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Locomotives The line has six steam locomotives for passenger trains and four diesel locomotives that usually only haul works trains. Because of the unusual gauge, there has only been one visitor - Motor Rail Simplex diesel No. 5 "Alan Meaden" from the Corris Railway. Motor Rail was a British locomotive-building company, based in Bedford. ...
Maespoeth Junction locomotive shed in the early 1980s, members of the Corris Railway Society at work restoring the line The Corris Railway (Welsh: Rheilffordd Corris) is a narrow gauge 23 (686mm) preserved railway line along the Dulas Valley on the border between Merionethshire (now Gwynedd) and Montgomeryshire (now Powys...
| No. | Name | Image | Type | Builder | Date built | Notes | | 1 | Talyllyn |
 | 0-4-2ST | Fletcher, Jennings & Co., Whitehaven | 1864 | Original locomotive. The locomotive has recently come back into traffic after 3 and a half years out of service for a boiler overhaul. It is expected to return to passenger service on restoration of its Westinghouse Air Brake system has been replaced. Originally an 0-4-0 without a cab, it later had trailing wheels added to improve stability. At this time, it had a cab added. | | 2 | Dolgoch |
 | 0-4-0WT | Fletcher, Jennings & Co., Whitehaven | 1866 | Original locomotive, ran under the name Pretoria for several years after the Boer War. Built without a cab, later had one added. | | 3 | Sir Haydn |
 | 0-4-2ST | Hughes, Falcon Works, Loughborough | 1878 | ex-Corris Railway locomotive,
bought 1951 | | 4 | Edward Thomas |
 | 0-4-2ST | Kerr Stuart,
Stoke on Trent | 1921 | ex-Corris Railway locomotive,
bought 1951 | | 5 | Midlander |
 | 4w DM | Ruston & Hornsby | 1940 | Bought 1954 | | 6 | Douglas |
 | 0-4-0WT | Andrew Barclay, Kilmarnock | 1918 | ex-RAF locomotive. Donated to the Talyllyn in 1953, regauged from 2 ft 0 in (610 mm) gauge, currently guised as "Duncan" from the Rev. W. Awdry's Railway Series. The loco has now been dismantled for a heavy overhaul. | | 7 | Tom Rolt |
 | 0-4-2T | Talyllyn Railway | 1991 | Built by TR from components from a Bord na Móna Andrew Barclay locomotive | | 8 | Merseysider |
 | 4w DH? | Ruston & Hornsby | 1964 | Superstructure replaced c.2000.
Has a Dowty hydrostatic transmission | | 9 | Alf |
 | 0-4-0 DM | Hunslet Engine Co. | 1950 | ex-National Coal Board | | 10 | Bryn Eglwys |
 | 4w DH | Motor Rail | 1985 | ex-National Coal Board, arrived on the Talyllyn September 1997, was re-painted into TR livery summer 2005 | Image File history File linksMetadata TalyllynNo1. ...
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The line in fiction The Talyllyn Railway is represented in The Railway Series by Rev. W. Awdry as the Skarloey Railway, with most of the fictional locomotives being based on real-life equivalents. Rev. Awdry visited the line on a family holiday and became involved as a volunteer soon afterwards. Several of the stories on the Skarloey Railway come from real-life experiences at the Talyllyn, and a number of the books contain full-page illustrations of Talyllyn locomotives. Locomotive No 6, Douglas is currently running as "Duncan", his Skarloey Railway counterpart. Sir Haydn and Edward Thomas have run with similar guises in the past. Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: The Railway Series The Railway Series is a set of story books about a fictional railway system located on the fictional Island of Sodor and the engines that lived on it. ...
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The preservation of the Talyllyn Railway by volunteers was the inspiration for the film The Titfield Thunderbolt. The Titfield Thunderbolt is a 1952 film about a story of villagers trying to prevent British Railways from closing the fictional Titfield branch line. ...
References - Bate, J.H.L. (2001). The Chronicles of Pendre Sidings. RailRomances. ISBN 1-900622-05-X.
- Boyd, J.I.C. (1965). Narrow Gauge Railways in Mid Wales. Oakwood Press.
- Boyd, J.I.C. (1988). The Tal-y-Llyn Railway. Wild Swan. ISBN 0-906867-46-0.
- Household, H.G.W. and Eldson, O. (1926). "The Tal-y-llyn Railway", Railway Magazine, 58 (June), p. 431–435
- Potter, D. (1990). The Talyllyn Railway. David St John Thomas. ISBN 0-946537-50-X.
- Rolt, L.T.C. (1953). Railway Adventure. Constable.
- Rolt, L.T.C. (ed.) (1965). Talyllyn Century. David & Charles.
- ^ Official Talyllyn Railway about page.
- ^ Brief history of Talyllyn Railway
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Locomotive Taliesin on the revived Ffestiniog Railway The history of British narrow gauge railways is long and complex. ...
External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Talyllyn Railway - Talyllyn Railway website
- Map sources for Tywyn at SH 585 004 and Nant Gwernol at SH 681 066.
- Kits for many of the passenger coaches are produced by Worsley Works
- Race the Train website
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