Talyllyn Railway No. Dolgoch Returns from Llangollen Railway SSS3 Gala

No. 2 Dolgoch has returned to the Talyllyn Railway after its week visit to the Llangollen Railway for there Steam Steal and Stars 3 Gala where it was running on a dual gauge track at Carrog station. The locomotive has now re-commenced its duties on the Talyllyn Railway.

 

No. 3 Sir Hayden Heads for the Corris Railway

With its last train hauled on the Talyllyn Railway No. 3 Sir Hayden has now left the railway and has been transported to the Corris Railway to work out the remainder of its boiler ticket before going on display at the Corris Railway while it awaits funds for its overhual to return it to steam on the Talyllyn Railway.

 

Talyllyn Railway No. Dolgoch Head off to Llangollen for a Week

Talyllyn Railway No. 2 Dolgoch has left the railway for a visit to the Llangollen Railway for the Steam Steel and Stars 3 Gala event this week. The locomotive left the Railway on a low loader on Friday morning....

W&LLR 2012 Season Gets Under Way!!!

The Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway 2012 running season started yesterday on the 31st March and steam once again returned to Welshpool Raven Square and the sound of a Great Western Whistle echoing across Welshpool was a pure delight to the ears to me and of course any enthusiast. The Earl was in steam and was running the trains between Llanfair and Welshpool during the day. The pictures to the left show the Earl running round its train at Welshpool and then a picture showing the fireman receiving a green flag from the guard for the 17:05 departure from Welshpool. Pictures were taken with my NEW Digital Camera which seems to deliver better quality pictures!!!

 

Welshpool Raven Square Museum

The Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway now has a small museum at Welshpool Raven Square station and it was started in August 2011 and was open during the lines 2011 Annual Steam Gala weekend last year. It has been placed in the new Loco Shed at Welshpool which has recently been completed. The museum now contains two steam locomotives which have worked on the Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway in the past and have now been taken out of storage and placed in the NEW museum at Welshpool where they can be seen by the visitors and enthusiasts. If your visiting the railway this Easter why not take a walk around and look around the locomotives and for the Enthusiasts there's the chance to take pictures of the locomotives...

 

No. 6 Takes a Step Closer to Completion

The major overhaul of No. 6 Douglas on the Talyllyn Railway took a step closer on Monday 13th February with the lifting on the boiler onto the frames at Pendre works but there is still a lot of work to be done before the locomotive can enter service on the Talyllyn Railway.

 

No. 3 Sir Hayden to visit Corris Railway

Talyllyn Railway No. 3 Sir Hayden will be making a visit to the Corris Railway after Easter to to feature in the Corris Steam Gala on the 5th & 7th May when along with the Corris Railway Tattoo locomotive will run two train services and also double headers. The locomotive will remain on the Corris Railway until 17th May when its boiler ticket expires at which time it will be put on static display at Maespoeth for the rest of the summer where it will help raise interest for the Corris Railway's New Falcon steam locomotive. No. 3 Sir Hayden will also be in steam on the 12th & 13th of May subject to availability to enable people to ride behind the locomotive before it goes out of service on the 17th May. The locomotive will be steaming along the line it used to work on at Corris before been purchased by the Talyllyn Railway in 1951 where it has worked most of the time since purchase and was also named Sir Hayden on the Talyllyn Railway as it was just numbered No3 on the Corris Railway. For More Details of the visit to the Corris Railway please visit the Official Corris Railway website by Clicking the Link                      www.corris.co.uk

 

W&LLR Replica Passenger Train 2012

The Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway Replica Passenger Train featuring one of the Original locomotives and replica Pickering carriages will take a bigger roll in the 2012 timetable. The Replica Passenger train will operate for four weekends during the 2012 season and will also offer passengers a return from either Llanfair or Welshpool and this is what was not possible in previous years on this special service train. For Details please visit the Official Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway website..

 

New Display Boards at Welshpool Main Line Station

There has been a new Display board fitted on Welshpool Main Line Station which replaces the information box next to the waiting shelter which was broken and did not work properly. The display boards are looking great and will keep waiting passenger informed on train times, calling points and any delays to the train they are waiting for.

 

Archive 2011 News Items

 

Talyllyn Railway Receives IMechE Engineering Heritage Award

The Talyllyn Railway has received an IMechE Engineering Heritage award this weekend and joins the ranks of Britain's Engineering Greats like the Vulcan Bomber and Bletchley Park Bombe Code-Breaking Machine. The Talyllyn Railway received the award this weekend and the Award was unveiled on a plaque at Tywyn Wharf Station.

 

Corris No. 7 Arrives at the Talyllyn Railway

Corris Railway No. 7 has arrived safely on the Talyllyn Railway for its October visit to the railway where it will feature during a special Corris Railway Gala weekend on the TR this month. For More Details please visit the Official Talyllyn Railway website by following the links to the left on the navigation menu....

 

Visiting Steam Locomotive to the Talyllyn Railway this October

The Talyllyn Railway will be having a visiting locomotive from the Corris Railway this October in the for of Corris Railway No. 7 and this will be the first time ever that a Locomotive has visited the Talyllyn Railway due to there track gauge. The Railway will be holding a Special Corris Railway Gala during October where the visiting locomotive will haul a Corris Railway train featuring the TR Corris Coach and Break Van and also will double head some passenger trains.

Joan Under Test on the Welshpool and Llanfair

After a major overhual which was carried out in the workshops at Llanfair on the Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway the long awaited return on No. 12 Joan is coming close as the locomotive has been under test on the line with a passenger set and has been to Welshpool and back. The locomotive is going to be the STAR attraction at the Annual Steam Gala on the 2nd, 3rd & 4th September along with the Earl and Countess.

TR No.2 Dolgoch Returns to Service

Talyllyn Railway No. 2 Dolgoch returned to passenger service on the line yesterday working the days services with No. 1 Talyllyn with No. 2 working the 10:30 and 13:20 departures from Tywyn Wharf before been relived by No. 4 Edward Thomas on the 16:10 service train from Tywyn Wharf. The locomotive is due to run up until Saturday if avaliable.

Old W&LLR Railway Bridge Restoration Complete

The Canal Bridge in Welshpool which once carried Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway trains over the Canal into the cattle Market in the early days of the railway has been restored during the development of the Welshpool Cattle Market site in Welshpool. The bridge had a walkway of railway sleepers before restoration and now the bridge has a tarmac walkway and now allows access for customers to Tesco Supermarket which is now on the Cattle Market site.

W&LLR No. 12 Joan Steams at Llanfair after 5 Year Overhual

After a five year overhual by volunteers at the Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway and spending twenty years out of steam on static display No. 12 Joan moved under its own power on the afternoon of Sunday 3rd July marking a major milestone in the locomotives restoration. The locomotive last steamed in 1991 where a boiler problem forced it to retire from service on the line. It has spent 20 years on static display at Llanfair station but was displayed at Welshpool stations during Thomas the Tank Engine weekends where it wore a blue livery. The locomotive was the mainstay of the Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway fleet up till it was withdrawn in 1991 and it is a much loved locomotive on the line by volunteers and everyone at the railway is looking forward to the locomotive return to service with passenger trains. The five year overhual at the Llanfair workshops has seen the locomotive receive a new boiler as the old boiler was beyond repair. It is hoped that the locomotive will return to service high summer before being the STAR!! attraction at this years Annual Steam Gala 2nd - 4th September 2011 where the distinctive whistle will echo off the Welsh hills between Welshpool and Llanfair...

2011 Cambrian Steam Cancelled Due to Cambrian Coast Line Modernisation Work

Enthusiast waiting to enjoy the sights and sounds of steam on the Cambrian Coast Line will unfortunately have to wait until 2012 as West Coast Railway have announced that due to modernisation work currently being carried out on the line will not be completed in time for the 2011 The Cambrian steam trips. The Cambrian will return to the line in 2012 and will be operating as normal on the Cambrian Coast Line with the Sights and Sounds of Steam echoing of the Welsh hills.

TR No. 2 Dolgoch Returns to Steam

Talyllyn Railway No. 2 Dolgoch returns to steam after overhual in time for Railway Celebrations with the locomotive having been tested on the line on the 9th May before hauling a Steam Railway Donors train on the 13th May. The locomotive was Officially returned to steam on the 14th May where it was unveiled at Wharf station before double heading trains during the day between Wharf and Nant Gwernol.

Important News from the Webmaster

PLEASE NOTE: There will be no updates to the website during May this year due to my holiday to the South of France between 22nd May and the 29th May 2011, The Special Pages and Photo Galleries page has been updated and will show new dates for certain pages which were due to be released during May 2011. Normal service will resume from the 1st June 2011...... The webmaster would like to apologise in advance for any inconvenience caused

Talyllyn Railway No. 2 Dolgoch NEW Boiler Steams at SVR Boiler Works

The NEW boiler for Talyllyn Railway No. 2 Dolgoch has steamed at the Severn Valley Railway Boiler Shop and has been tested, The boiler is now awaiting transport to the Talyllyn Railway workshops to be re-united with the frames ready for the locomotive to celebrate the railways 60th Anniversary this year.

Talyllyn Railway No. 3 Sir Hayden Off to 16mm Narrow Gauge Show on 2nd April

Arrangements have been made for Talyllyn Railway No. 3 Sir Hayden to visit the 16mm Narrow Gauge Show at Stoneleigh Park Coventry. The theme of the show is to be the 60th Anniversary of the Talyllyn Railway and locomotive No. 3 will be on display in the main hall at the show.

Joan Steam's at Llanfair

After a lot of hard work from the volunteers on the Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway since June 2005 when No. 12 Joan went into the workshops for the start of a major overhual which would see the return of a much missed steam locomotive return to steam after a number of years on Display at Llanfair. The work has included major work on the Frames and motion with a new boiler and new tanks for the locomotive. Joan was re-united with her wheels on the 15th February 2010 and returned to the rails at Llanfair which made the frames easy to move around the yard at Llanfair. Joan's New Boiler arrived at Llanfair on the 14th May 2010 and was lifted into the frames on the same day and then followed a lot of work by the volunteers to fit all the fittings which allowed Joan's boiler to be steamed at Llanfair.

December Snow Causes Problems and Cancelations

December 2010 saw major disruption across the whole of the United Kingdom with some area having heavy snow fall and even drifting snow which caused problems on the roads and at the airports as well. The Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway did manage to operate there Santa Steam Specials during December in the snow and this made for some good pictures of The Countess in the snow and pictures of this can be found at www.wllr.org.co.uk  and follow the links to the pictures. The Talyllyn Railway was hit hard with the snow during December 2010 with both the Spirit of Christmas and the Boxing Day Service been Cancelled due to the snow fall but volunteers worked hard to clear the line for the 27th December when train service on the line resumed. The Santa Specials that did run over December were top and tailed by Sir Hayden and Talyllyn.