It was the world's first passenger-carrying narrow gauge railway, provided the inspiration for Thomas the Tank Engine and, this weekend, the Talyllyn Railway celebrates its 150th birthday. Built to ...

Celebrations marking 100 years since the birth of the creator of the Thomas the Tank Engine books are being held at the Welsh station which inspired him. The Reverend Wilbert Awdry based his stories ...

An enthusiast who volunteered for 50 years on the railway which inspired the Thomas the Tank Engine stories has had his ashes carried by steam train to a final resting place. John Slater, who died ...

Two famous actors and a wedding party, assisted by nearly a dozen locomotives in steam, helped the world’s first passenger-carrying narrow gauge railway to celebrate its 150th anniversary at the ...

A SPECIAL train ran on a historic railway yesterday to celebrate 60 years of preservation. The Talyllyn Railway recreated the running of the last train of the pre-preservation era from Tywyn to ...

Mr Hope was well known in wider railway circles as the editor of the Railway Gazette for many years and made frequent television appearances to comment on railway matters. He joined Talyllyn Railway ...

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The scenic, heritage railway, the inspiration for Thomas the Tank Engine, which has been running for 155 years, celebrated the 70th anniversary of the formation of Talyllyn Railway Preservation ...