Talyllyn Railway

186512 kmTywyn to Nant Gwernol

CountryUK (Wales)

Year Opened1865

Length12 km

RouteTywyn to Nant Gwernol

About Talyllyn Railway

The first preserved railway in the world, saved by volunteers in 1951. A 686 mm gauge quarry line in mid Wales that never closed. The Rev W Awdry volunteered here and modeled the Skarloey Railway on it in his railway series books. Still run largely by volunteer crews.

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