A post card from the Talyllyn Railway

We are here today at the terminus of the line at Nant Gwenol near Abergynolwyn, Wales. We have climbed a somewhat narrow torturous path to get here, albeit in a most beautiful wooded valley awash with a wonderful river full of waterfalls. In the last few moments the heavens have opened up and now we have heavy rain showers as we see the train arrive and then depart.

This is another narrow 2ft 3”gauge Welsh railway line running 7.25 (12km) miles from the seaside resort of Tywyn through the picturesque Fathew Valley to this point. The round trip takes 2.5 hours.

The railway was original built to furnish the nearby slate quarries around 1840-1864 but in 1866 it also took passengers and freight. It has six steam locomotives and four diesels. We see here ‘Douglas’, built in 1918. From 1921 until 1945 it worked at the RAF railway at Calshot Spit, Southampton.

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More info: www.talyllyn.co.uk