Welcome to the Narrow Gauge Railway Museum. Please see the News section for the latest museum happenings.
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Left Photo: June 2 2013. Gareth Jones attaches the TR Coronation Special headboard (part of the museum's collection) to locomotive no. 4.
Right Photo: June 1 1953, Gareth Jones, then aged 14, attaches the same the same (and then new) headboard to locomotive no. 4 at the rehearsal for the Coronation Special, which ran the next day. The actual special train also carried bunting as the 2013 re-creatiion.
The museum is located at the Wharf Station of the Talyllyn Railway, in Tywyn, Gwynedd, Wales, United Kingdom.
Admission to the museum is free of charge. Donation boxes are available should you wish to show your appreciation.
For instructions on how to get here please see the map on the Talyllyn Railway web site.
Opening times for 2013 will be according to the service operating on the Talyllyn Railway (see chart below)
Orange Days: 11.00 a.m. to 3.00 p.m.
Brown and Blue Days: 10.00 a.m. to 4.45 p.m. (also on 17th August)
Pink Days: 10.00 a.m. to 5.15 p.m.
Visits for groups or for individual research purposes when the museum is closed can usually be accommodated by advance arrangement (minimum 48 hours notice). Please contact us via the Talyllyn Railway, telephone 01654 710472.
