Narrow Gauge Railway Museum
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The Narrow Gauge Railway Museum is a purpose-built museum dedicated to narrow gauge railways situated at the Tywyn Wharf station of the Talyllyn Railway in Tywyn, Gwynedd, Wales.
The museum has a collection of artifacts from over 80 British narrow gauge railways. This includes 7 locomotives, and artifacts including tickets and signalling gear.
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[edit] Rebuilding
The museum closed temporarily in 2004 and then re-opened in a new building, officially opened by H.R.H the Prince of Wales on 13 July 2005.
[edit] Locomotives
| Name | Gauge | Builder | Type | Date | Works number | Notes |
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| 2 ft (610 mm) | Baguley | 4wPM | 774 | Undergoing restoration at the Amerton Railway | ||
| Dot | 18 in (457 mm) | Beyer Peacock | 0-4-0WT | 1887 | 2817 | Built for the internal Gorton Works railway of Beyer Peacock. Donated to the museum in 1961. |
| Rough Pup | 2 ft (610 mm) | Hunslet | 0-4-0ST | 1891 | 541 | Built for the Dinorwic Quarry railway. Preserved in original condition. |
| No. 5 Cambrai |
1,000 mm (3 ft 3⅜ in) | Corpet-Louvet | 0-6-0T | 1888 | 493 | Acquired from the Eastwell and Waltham Ironstone Quarry railway |
| No. 13[1] | 1 ft 10 in (559 mm) | William Spence Ltd. | 0-4-0T | 1895 | One of a fleet of overtype locomotives built for the Guinness St. James's Gate Brewery in Dublin | |
| Nutty | 2 ft 11 in (889 mm) | Sentinel | 4wGT | 1929 | 7701 | Rare geared locomotive built for the London Brick Company's Peterborough works. |
| 2 ft (610 mm) | Motor Rail | 4wDM | 1943 | 8826 | ex-Ministry of Defence locomotive | |
| George Henry | 1 ft 10¾ in (578 mm) | De Winton | 0-4-0VB | 1877 | ex-Penrhyn Quarry locomotive. | |
| Jubilee 1897 | 1 ft 11½ in (597 mm) | Manning Wardle | 0-4-0ST | 1897 | 1382 | Built for the Cilgwyn Quarry in the Nantlle Valley. Sold to the Penrhyn Quarry in 1928; withdrawn 1955. Donated to the museum in 1963 |
| 1 ft 11½ in (597 mm) | Kerr Stuart | 0-4-0WT | 1907 | 720 | Built for the Dundee gasworks railway. |
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Ellison, Paul (December 1968). "Guinness Brewery Railway". The Industrial Railway Record 22: pp.337-347.
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