Thursday, January 08, 2015

150 years old!


The original two engines on the Talyllyn line in Gwynedd are now a striking "Indian Red", as they were in 1865 and 1866.

The special anniversary year is being marked with a series of events throughout 2015.

Photographic archives helped reproduce the original livery for the locomotives, No.1 Talyllyn and No.2 Dolgoch, before the results were unveiled online

The railway, running from the coast at Tywyn to Abergynolwyn and Nant Gwernol inland, was built to carry slate.

It was saved by volunteers in 1951, making it what they say is the world's first  first railway saved from a private ownership and run by volunteers."

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-30719626

These aren't the only survivors from the 1860's:


LAPPA VALLEY RAILWAY St Newlyn East, Cornwall found on https://www.facebook.com/HeritageRailway?fref=nf



http://www.cornwallscottages.co.uk/cottages/railway-cottage-launceston-79522.htm#page=page-1

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