What was the real reason that the Talyllyn purchased carriage No. 4 Lulu?
Loco No. 3 to be First Carbon Neutral Engine
The Talyllyn will use the return of Loco No. 3 Sir Haydn to embrace a truly revolutionary new fuel source...
Back to the 1970s Part II: To Nant Gwernol!
In part two of his memoirs, Mark Winstanley describes the year that the Talyllyn undertook to go to Nant Gwernol. Again.
Back To the 1970s - Memories of a Different Time
Memories of the Talyllyn's busiest ever day...
Right Away! Driver Experience on the Talyllyn
For enthusiasts there is something elemental about steam that draws the imagination. At its height the position of Driver was held with great esteem, considered one of the most skilled of professions, and a job dreamt of by children. The days of steam may be gone but the enthusiasm remains, as do opportunities to take the regulator for yourself...
The Talyllyn Trails
One of the many pleasures a ride on the Talyllyn brings is the beautiful scenery the line travels through. Whenever you have scenery such as this, a wealth of footpaths are never far away – in fact there are at least a couple of stretches along the route of the line where a footpath is literally feet away from Talyllyn tracks...
The Talyllyn in Old Newspapers
Contemporary newspaper reports are a valuable source for historians, but until recently research has been time-consuming and expensive, with the need to travel to often distant libraries and work manually through vast bound volumes. Advances in scanning technology have allowed both the British Library and the National Library of Wales to make online searches possible for an increasing catalogue of old newspapers...