The booking deadline for our second Photo CharTR, "Wagons on the P/Way," is fast approaching! You've only got until the 12th March, and we only need 4 more bookings to ensure this event goes ahead!
Book now 👉 www.talyllyn.co.uk/events/photo...
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'Edward Thomas' and a Tasker B2 Traction Engine at Wharf last night!
Rev. W. Awdry’s Little Engines Weekend
Sir Handel, Rusty & Fred, will be back in Tywyn on the 18th & 19th July 2026.
This event will be smaller in scale, but promises to engage fans young and old with activities to enjoy – and of course, plenty of trains to catch!
More information coming soon!
Have you heard about our new build loco project yet?! The GVT Trust was kindly donated the frames and several other parts by the Castro family. GVT No.5 will be named Christopher in honor of Cristopher Castro, her builder. We hope that with your help, we can have her in steam in the next few years!
LAST CHANCE: We still need bookings to ensure this Photo CharTR goes ahead!
A Day in the Midlands sees No.5 'Midlander' on a photo charter for the first time, recreating 1960's Market Day Trains and Extension Tipper runs!
Info and Tickets 👉 talyllyn.co.uk/events/photo...
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left we need to make it a reality alongside showcasing the current site plans in a digestible and clear manner.
Disclaimer: No locomotive liveries discussed in this video.
Join Liz & Ian and go back to the very start of the 'Preserving Our Past, Building Our Future' redevelopment project.
This 25 minute video aims to reintroduce the project and clarify exactly what is included within it, how much it will cost, how much money we have and how much
What IS the "major redevelopment project" exactly? How is the Lottery grant money going to be spent? Will No.6 come back in pink?
If you've had one or more of these questions, then this video is the one for you.
Please join us at 6pm GMT:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lwQ...
Please, if you love railways and all things narrow gauge, give the GVT Trust a share and a follow if you can! We need all the help we can get if we're going to re-open the line soon. It won't be long now till the 1st train movement since 1935!
Hi everyone! We're here to share all the exciting things happening soon at the Glyn Valley Tramway. The line is closer than ever to coming back, and 'Track laying' has been pencilled in on our calendars! If you want to help us out, you can join the trust as a member with the link in our bio.
You’ve only got 11 days left to spend a Day in the Midlands on our first 75th anniversary photo charTR!
Tickets are EXTREMELY limited, so book by the 28th February to avoid disappointment!
Info and Tickets 👉 www.talyllyn.co.uk/events/photo...
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Please please do book these if you can, particularly this first one!
6th September, Vintage Van-Guard: Flash-back to the 1940's with 'Dolgoch' again and relive a slice of niche Talyllyn History, when passenger trains ran without a Guard's Van!
Information & Tickets 👉 www.talyllyn.co.uk/events/photo...
Tickets for all charters are EXTREMELY LIMITED!
31st May, Running Well!: Our most reliable No.9 'Alf' brings us up to the present day with a special mixed permanent way train!
Information & Tickets 👉 www.talyllyn.co.uk/events/photo...
12th April, Wagons on the P/Way: No.2 'Dolgoch' will be taking us back to the 1950's with loaded wagons and re-enactors dressed in period Territorial Army uniforms, remembering the days when our trackwork wasn't quite so good!
Information & Tickets👉 www.talyllyn.co.uk/events/photo...
14th March, A Day in the Midlands: No.5 'Midlander' appears on a photo charter for the first time, recreating 1960's Market Day Trains and Extension Tipper runs!
Book before 28th February to ensure this Photo CharTR goes ahead!👉 www.talyllyn.co.uk/events/photo...
NEW FOR 2026 - ANNIVERSARY PHOTO CHARTERS
To celebrate 75 Years of the World's First Preserved Railway, we are hosting four special Photo Charters themed around some of the unusual parts of the Talyllyn's long history.
Each charter promises plenty of chances for unique photo opportunities!
Context: this speech is from SIR THOMAS MORE, a history written, as near as scholars can tell, in the early 1600s by 6 or 7 people including Dekker, Heywood, Chettle, Shakespeare, and Munday.
It was never performed, because Jacobean England was a police state and it was banned by the censor.
You can watch the announcement trailer now, and at 7pm GMT there will be a livestream going more in-depth about the game over on Dovetail Games' YouTube channel:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0nN...
favourite character or enter Story Mode and re-live some classic and brand new stories first-hand.
explorable map, for the first time EVER you can step onto a geographically accurate Island of Sodor within Thomas & Friends™: Wonders of Sodor!
Take the controls of 5 different engines and explore freely, go into Timetable Mode and live out a day in the life of your...
at Tywyn Wharf, and was 3D scanned for preservation a few years ago - so when we found out about this exciting project we were more than happy to help.
The 3D Scan was provided to the team over at Dovetail Games and they have worked their magic to transform it into a fully...
to his notes & design, this was so he could accurately plot where his stories took place and where any new railway lines could naturally fit into the existing topography.
This original 3D map now proudly lives within the Awdry Study display in the Narrow Gauge Railway Museum...
Thomas & Friends™: Wonders of Sodor - Coming Soon!
A brand new game from Dovetail Games, the developers of Train Sim World, has just been announced - and we've helped out!
The Reverend Wilbert Awdry had a 3D Relief Map of the Island of Sodor made in 1950...
On a bit of a Wellsworth & Suddery No.4 candidates hunt at the moment. By chance does anyone know of a Fletcher Jennings / Lowca Engine Works Class J being built?
An example is described in the advertisement but the 0-6-0ST remains a void in my build list for the firm.
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The Railway, Café & Shop are now CLOSED to give our staff and volunteers a well needed break after the busy festive period.
The Café & Shop at Tywyn Wharf will re-open on the 16th January as normal.
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The PM and Foreign Secretary should be condemning this illegal strike and breach of international human rights law.
After years of arming a genocide and worshipping the “special relationship”, Trump now believes he can act with impunity.
