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This work was done at the railway's own works at Pendre and was completed in 1991. [4] The newly built 0-4-2 T locomotive was named Tom Rolt after the author L. T. C. Rolt who inspired the Talyllyn's preservation. As of 2025, Tom Rolt is running in the standard Talyllyn Railway livery of deep bronze green lined with black borders and yellow lining.
A locomotive Tom Rolt on the Talyllyn Railway, the world's first preserved railway, was named in his memory in 1991. Plaque at Bridge 164 on the Oxford Canal, Banbury. Rolt observed the changes in society resulting from the industrial-scientific revolution.
Video showing all steam and diesel locomotives departing Tywyn Wharf. This is a list of past and present rolling stock used on the Talyllyn Railway (Welsh: Rheilffordd Talyllyn), a 2 ft 3 in (686 mm) narrow gauge preserved railway line running for 7.25 miles (11.67 km) [1] from Tywyn on the Mid-Wales coast to Nant Gwernol near the village of Abergynolwyn.
In the book Railway Adventure Tom Rolt recalled that he had hoped the film might be produced on the Talyllyn, [117] but it was eventually filmed on the recently closed Camerton branch of the Bristol and North Somerset Railway branch line along the Cam Brook valley in Somerset. [118]
A number of railway enthusiasts from Birmingham (known as the "Birmingham Railway Mafia"), formed a group in an attempt to save the railway. On 11 October 1950, Whitehouse's friend Tom Rolt called a meeting at the Imperial Hotel, Birmingham which led to the formation of the Talyllyn Railway Preservation Society (TRPS), the world's first railway ...
Pages in category "Talyllyn Railway locomotives" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. ... Talyllyn (locomotive) Tom Rolt (locomotive)
A map of the Talyllyn Railway. This is a list of the stations and halts on the Talyllyn Railway (Welsh: Rheilffordd Talyllyn), a 2 ft 3 in (686 mm) narrow gauge preserved railway line running for 7.25 miles (11.67 km) [1] from Tywyn on the Mid-Wales coast to Nant Gwernol near the village of Abergynolwyn.
The Narrow Gauge Railway Museum collection began in the 1950s when the Talyllyn Railway Preservation Society (TRPS) was the first voluntary society in the world to take over and run a public passenger carrying railway. Narrow-gauge railways were becoming redundant and their equipment scrapped.