Talyllyn Railway Recollections Part 3

by Nigel Adams and Bob Cambridge

The Talyllyn Railway is a remarkable survivor from a long past industrial age. It was built and opened in 1865 to carry slate from the Bryn Eglwys Slate Quarry in the hills above Abergynolwyn village to Tywyn (then Towyn) from where it was shipped all around the world.

The first passenger train ran in 1866 and the line runs from Tywyn (on the coast of Cardigan Bay) inland for 71/4 miles to Nant Gwernol. The slate traffic ceased in 1946 after...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1857946146
• ISBN13: 9781857946147
• Release Date: October 2024
• Publisher: Mortons Media
• Length: 80 Pages