Driver's Eye View (Wales) - Talyllyn Railway - Part 1 - Tywyn to Nant Gwernol

The Talyllyn Railway (Welsh: Rheilffordd Talyllyn) at a little over 7 miles long is a 2 ft 3 in gauge preserved railway located in Mid Wales running between the coastal town of Tywyn and Nant Gwernol near the village of Abergynolwyn. The line was opened in 1865 to transport slate from the quarries at Bryn Eglwys to Tywyn where transhipment wharfs alongside the standard gauge Cambrian Coast Railway allowed slate to be transported throughout the UK.
The Talyllyn was the first narrow gauge railway in Britain to be authorised by an Act of Parliament to carry passengers using steam haulage. The railway defied the odds, although suffering from a lack of investment it managed to remained open and in 1951 became the first railway in the world to be preserved as a heritage railway run by volunteers.

The railway operates as a tourist attraction and to cater for the increase in passenger numbers it has expanded its fleet of locomotives and coaching stock through the acquisition of rolling stock from closed lines such as the nearby Corris Railway as well as expanding its engineering capability to enable it to maintain its existing fleet as well as building new locomotives and carriages. Another milestone was reached in 1976 with the opening of an extension along the former mineral line between Abergynolwyn and Nant Gwernol. A major rebuilding and extension of Tywyn Wharf station in 2005 included the expansion of the Narrow Gauge Railway Museum as well as improvements to passenger facilities. In 2021 as part of the “Slate landscape of north-west Wales” the railway was designated a World Heritage Site.
The Rev. W. Awdry's series of children's railway books about the fictional “Skarloey Railway” were based on the Talyllyn Railway and preservation of the line also inspired the Ealing Comedy film “The Titfield Thunderbolt”.
This video was filmed during the “Awdry Extravaganza 3” event, hence the faces and temporarily renamed locomotives. Events such as this one, not only provide an excuse to celebrate the much loved Rev Awdry children's railway books, it also raises the profile of the railway as well as bringing in much needed funds required to guarantee the lines future.

Track gauge - 2 ft 3 in (686 mm)

For more information about the railway, please click on this link - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talylly...

To book your own Talyllyn adventure, please click on this link - https://www.talyllyn.co.uk/

Tywyn Wharf - 00:20, Pendre - 06:36, Hendy -10:16, Fach Goch farm - request stop - 14:39, Cynfal farm - request stop - 16:51, Rhydyronen - 19:22, Tynllwyn-hen farm - request stop - 22:24, Brynglas - 26:05, Dolgoch Viaduct - 34:16, Dolgoch falls - 35:13, Dolgoch station - 35:59, Quarry Siding - 40:03, Abergynolwyn - 47:53, Nant Gwernol - 54:53,