The Reverend Wilbert Awdry based his stories on experiences as a volunteer at Talyllyn Railway ... In the book it was Peter Sam but in reality it was Awdry himself, they say.

The Talyllyn Railway was opened in 1865 and ran from ... Until 2000 the loco was running in red livery as “Peter Sam”, a character from the Railway Series books by the Rev Wilbert Awdry ...

Locomotive No 4 on the Talyllyn Railway was a model for 'Peter Sam' in the 'Thomas the Tank Engine' series It's a "microcosm of a horrendous year" which has seen some railways make people ...

Tywyn's Talyllyn railway, however, operates a train without the official blessing of the Britt Allcroft company, which owns the rights to Thomas. The railway said the Peter Sam was christened by ...

Locomotive Edward Thomas in steam on Talyllyn Railway this summer. The Corris Railway’s Gala Weekend, originally planned for May, will take place on September 4 and 5. The gala weekend will see ...

John Snell was a heritage railway enthusiast who left BR to run small gauge steam lines such as the Talyllyn and RH&DR John Snell back on the footplate at the Talyllyn after 60 years in 2011 ...

The Reverend Wilbert Awdry based his stories on experiences as a volunteer at Talyllyn Railway ... In the book it was Peter Sam but in reality it was Awdry himself, they say.

Wales' little trains are famous as it boasts some of the world's oldest narrowest gauge railways A Welsh railway immortalised by Thomas The Tank Engine's creator "would get more generous Covid ...