In the book it was Peter Sam but in reality it was Awdry himself, they say. ... Talyllyn Railway line runs for seven and a quarter miles (11.8 km), on a gauge of 2ft 3ins, ...

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

The Talyllyn Railway, where The Rev W Awdry volunteered, ... Locomotive No 4 on the Talyllyn Railway was a model for 'Peter Sam' in the 'Thomas the Tank Engine' series.

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 ...

Permission to provide volunteer accommodation associated with the "first preserved heritage railway in the world" is being sought from Gwynedd planners. Cyngor Gwynedd will consider a proposal to ...

After being stored in the yard at Machynlleth Station alongside the other extant Corris engine, Hughes 0-4-2ST number 3 of 1878, it was purchased and moved to Talyllyn Railway in 1951.