The Talyllyn Railway, the first preserved railway in the World, runs from Tywyn to Nant Gwernol, Gwynedd, Wales, UK

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The Talyllyn Railway is the first preserved railway in the World, known affectionately as ‘The Railway with a Heart of Gold’. It was over 150 years ago, in 1865, that the line opened and in 1951 the Preservation Society was born to take over the Railway after the death of the owner Sir Haydn Jones. The heritage steam engines transport passengers from Tywyn, the coastal town on the edge of the Snowdonia National Park, to Nant Gwernol buried deep in the mountains above Abergynolwyn.

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Location: Gwynedd, Wales, UK
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