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.

1 Rebuilding
2 Locomotives
3 See also
4 External links

[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 13th July 2005.

[edit] Locomotives

Name	Gauge	Builder	Type	Date	Works number	Notes
	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.
Cambrai	1 m (3 ft 3³⁄₈ in)		0-6-0T			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 10³⁄₄ in (578 mm)	De Winton	0-4-0VB	1877		ex-Penrhyn Quarry locomotive.
Jubilee 1897	1 ft 11¹⁄₂ 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 Sold to the Penrhyn Quarry in 1928; withdrawn 1955.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 11¹⁄₂ in (597 mm)	Kerr Stuart	0-4-0WT	1907	720	Built for the Dundee gasworks railway.

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Museums and art galleries in Wales

National Museum Wales: National Museum Cardiff • National History Museum • Big Pit • National Woollen Museum • Roman Legionary Museum • Welsh Slate Museum • National Waterfront Museum

Other museums: Bersham Ironworks • Brecknock Museum • Carmarthenshire County Museum • Cefn Coed Colliery Museum • Celtica • Ceredigion Museum • Chepstow Museum • Dylan Thomas Boathouse • Dylan Thomas Centre • Glynn Vivian Art Gallery • Kidwelly Industrial Museum • Llancaiach Fawr • Llandrindod Wells Museum • Llanidloes Museum • MOMA, Wales • Narrow Gauge Railway Museum • Newport Museum • Newtown Textile Museum • Parc Howard Museum • Pembrokeshire Motor Museum • Pendine Museum of Speed • Plantasia • Powysland Museum • Roman Legionary Museum • South Wales Miners Museum • Swansea Museum • Welch Regiment Museum