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The Talyllyn Railway, where The Rev W Awdry volunteered, is one of Wales' "iconic" narrow gauge heritage lines that have been "battered" by Covid-19. Passenger numbers and revenue has been hit and ...
Tywyn's Talyllyn Railway's Locomotive No 1 Talyllyn has been extensively repaired at Ffestiniog Railway's Boston Lodge Works ahead of the anniversary. The railway was built originally to transfer ...
Jake, Ross and Joe Waddington, who were 16 last week, of Tywyn, are training to become guards on Talyllyn Railway. They have volunteered at the Gwynedd railway for two years and it was sorted for ...
The Covid-19 pandemic has meant that Talyllyn Railway at Tywyn, Mid Wales, has been unable to run trains since March 20. General manager Stuart Williams is hoping to be able to run the first train ...
Douglas, or loco No 6, has hauled passenger services on the Talyllyn Railway since and has also portrayed a popular children’s character. But the loco started life working at the then Admiralty ...
Eastenders star Timothy West and his wife, Fawlty Towers actress Prunella Scales, were at the Talyllyn Railway to assist school children bury a time capsule at Abergynolwyn. The capsule was filled ...
Talyllyn Railway’s locomotive will be travelling to three special events during its centenary year including the RAF Cosford Air Show. It will be a static exhibit at the show on June 10.The RAF ...
Talyllyn line, which goes from seaside town ... score of 86% and just missing out on the fifth spot to German's Brocken Railway, which scored higher on 'the onboard facilities' and 'food & drink ...
The steam railway, which has a 16-mile (25km) line in Worcestershire and Shropshire, celebrates its 40th birthday this year. It has secured a deal of about £100,000 to build a locomotive boiler from ...
John Snell was a heritage railway enthusiast who left BR to run small gauge steam lines such as the Talyllyn and RH&DR John Snell back on the footplate at the Talyllyn after 60 years in 2011 ...
A Welsh railway immortalised by Thomas The Tank Engine's creator "would get more generous Covid financial help if it was in England", its boss has said. The Talyllyn Railway, where The Rev W Awdry ...