Talyllyn Railway

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Talyllyn Railway is a historic narrow-gauge heritage railway in Wales, renowned as the world’s first preserved railway to be operated primarily by volunteers.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf heritage railway ⓘ
narrow-gauge railway ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
builtForOwner Sir Haydn Jones ⓘ
country Wales ⓘ
featuredIn BBC television series "Railway Roundabout" ⓘ
followsValleyOf Afon Fathew ⓘ
founder James Swinton Spooner ⓘ
gauge 2 ft 3 in ⓘ
686 mm ⓘ
hasLocomotive Dolgoch ⓘ
Douglas ⓘ
Edward Thomas ⓘ
Sir Haydn ⓘ
Talyllyn ⓘ
Tom Rolt ⓘ
hasMuseumAt Tywyn Wharf railway station ⓘ
hasPassingLoopAt Abergynolwyn ⓘ
Brynglas ⓘ
Dolgoch ⓘ
Pendre ⓘ
hasStation Abergynolwyn railway station ⓘ
Dolgoch railway station ⓘ
Nant Gwernol railway station ⓘ
Pendre railway station ⓘ
Tywyn Wharf railway station ⓘ
heritageRollingStock historic slate wagons ⓘ
heritageStatus preserved railway ⓘ
inspired The Railway Series by Rev. W. Awdry ⓘ
inspiredFictionalRailway Skarloey Railway ⓘ
length approximately 7.25 miles ⓘ
locatedIn Gwynedd ⓘ
Mid Wales ⓘ
Tywyn ⓘ
nearbySea Cardigan Bay ⓘ
notableClaim first preserved railway in the world to be operated primarily by volunteers ⓘ
opened 1865 ⓘ
openingPurpose to carry slate from Bryn Eglwys quarry to Tywyn ⓘ
operatedBy Talyllyn Railway self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Talyllyn Railway Company
originalTerminus Abergynolwyn railway station ⓘ
originalUse slate railway ⓘ
preservationOperationsBegan 1951 ⓘ
preservationSocietyFormed 1950 ⓘ
primaryTraction steam locomotives ⓘ
primaryTraffic tourist passengers ⓘ
region Snowdonia ⓘ
surface form: Snowdonia area
supportingOrganization Talyllyn Railway self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Talyllyn Railway Preservation Society
terminus Nant Gwernol railway station ⓘ
Tywyn Wharf railway station ⓘ
trackConfiguration single track ⓘ

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Merionethshire → hasRailway → Talyllyn Railway ⓘ
Talyllyn Railway → operatedBy → Talyllyn Railway self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Talyllyn Railway Company
Talyllyn Railway → supportingOrganization → Talyllyn Railway self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Talyllyn Railway Preservation Society
Tywyn → isNear → Talyllyn Railway ⓘ
Tywyn → isTerminusOf → Talyllyn Railway ⓘ
Tywyn → isServedBy → Talyllyn Railway ⓘ
Tywyn → hasAttraction → Talyllyn Railway ⓘ
Meirionnydd → tourismAttractions → Talyllyn Railway ⓘ
Sir Haydn Jones → employer → Talyllyn Railway ⓘ
Sir Haydn Jones → owned → Talyllyn Railway ⓘ
Sir Haydn Jones → workLocation → Talyllyn Railway ⓘ
Sir Haydn Jones → hasPart → Talyllyn Railway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Talyllyn Railway estate
Talyllyn → operator → Talyllyn Railway ⓘ
Talyllyn → railwayLine → Talyllyn Railway ⓘ
Talyllyn → originalOwner → Talyllyn Railway ⓘ
Talyllyn → associatedWith → Talyllyn Railway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Talyllyn Railway Preservation Society
Sir Haydn → railway → Talyllyn Railway ⓘ
Sir Haydn → laterOwner → Talyllyn Railway ⓘ
Sir Haydn → operator → Talyllyn Railway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Talyllyn Railway Company
Sir Haydn → usedOn → Talyllyn Railway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Talyllyn Railway heritage trains
Sir Haydn → heritageRailway → Talyllyn Railway ⓘ
Edward Thomas → operator → Talyllyn Railway ⓘ
Edward Thomas → location → Talyllyn Railway ⓘ
Edward Thomas → historicLine → Talyllyn Railway ⓘ
Edward Thomas → heritageRailway → Talyllyn Railway ⓘ
Tom Rolt → operatesOnLine → Talyllyn Railway ⓘ
Tom Rolt → locatedIn → Talyllyn Railway ⓘ
Tom Rolt → operator → Talyllyn Railway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Talyllyn Railway Company
Tom Rolt → hasLocation → Talyllyn Railway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Talyllyn Railway, Tywyn, Wales
Douglas → operatesOn → Talyllyn Railway ⓘ
Douglas → historicLine → Talyllyn Railway ⓘ
Douglas → hasOperator → Talyllyn Railway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Talyllyn Railway Company
Skarloey Railway → basedOn → Talyllyn Railway ⓘ
Skarloey Railway → hasRealWorldCounterpart → Talyllyn Railway ⓘ
Pendre → line → Talyllyn Railway ⓘ
Pendre → originalOperator → Talyllyn Railway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Talyllyn Railway Company
Pendre → currentOperator → Talyllyn Railway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Talyllyn Railway Company
Pendre railway station → locatedOnLine → Talyllyn Railway ⓘ
Pendre railway station → ownedBy → Talyllyn Railway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Talyllyn Railway Company
Pendre railway station → operatedBy → Talyllyn Railway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Talyllyn Railway Company
Pendre railway station → serves → Talyllyn Railway ⓘ
Pendre railway station → partOf → Talyllyn Railway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Talyllyn Railway heritage railway
Dolgoch railway station → locatedOnLine → Talyllyn Railway ⓘ
Dolgoch railway station → openedAsPartOf → Talyllyn Railway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Talyllyn Railway original route
Tywyn Wharf railway station → servedBy → Talyllyn Railway ⓘ
Tywyn Wharf railway station → originalOperator → Talyllyn Railway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Talyllyn Railway Company
Tywyn Wharf railway station → adjacentTo → Talyllyn Railway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Talyllyn Railway Narrow Gauge Railway Museum
Tywyn Wharf railway station → ownedBy → Talyllyn Railway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Talyllyn Railway Company