On a bit of a Wellsworth & Suddery No.4 candidates hunt at the moment. By chance does anyone know of a Fletcher Jennings / Lowca Engine Works Class J being built? An example is described in the advertisement but the 0-6-0ST remains a void in my build list for the firm. @oakhillrailway.bsky.social

The Railway, Café & Shop are now CLOSED to give our staff and volunteers a well needed break after the busy festive period. The Café & Shop at Tywyn Wharf will re-open on the 16th January as normal. 📸 Nathan Spence

As a Ukrainian, if you ever cared about Russia's fascist illegal, illegitimate and unjust invasion of Ukraine, you should absolutely care about US's fascist illegal, illegitimate and unjust invasion of Venezuela. My solidarity and best wishes to all Venezuelans.

🚨 Thread collecting actionable steps to help civilians in Venezuela, Venezuelan refugees fleeing to neighboring countries, and Venezuelan immigrants in the US. 🚨 ✅️ Please post ideas / links, especially to local frontline groups. ❌️ Please avoid non-actions, and be cautious regarding sanctions. 👇

check out this thread if you would like to help out the people in venezuela. now is not the time to look down on the ways you are powerless, but rather do everything that you are able to right now. we all have a responsibility

The PM and Foreign Secretary should be condemning this illegal strike and breach of international human rights law. After years of arming a genocide and worshipping the “special relationship”, Trump now believes he can act with impunity.

Fuck US imperialism, and fuck US imperialists. It’s a death cult with money as its god and its white supremacist to the core.

Steam in the Snow... Tomorrow is our last running day until February Half-Term, so make sure you come and get your Talyllyn Steam Fix while you can! Our Café & Shop will be closed between the 4th & 15th January to give our staff a well needed break after the busy festive period. 🎥 Em Thorpe

-Railway, marking our place in history as the World's First Preserved Railway! We've got some exciting things in store... #OurRailwayAdventure

Blwyddyn newydd dda & happy new year! Thank you for all your support in 2025, it has meant the world to us - and we cannot wait to share an amazing and very special 2026 with you all. As many will know, this year marks 75 years since volunteer operations begun on the Talyllyn-

Happy new year!

And with that, the last train of 2025 is back at the sheds... Before the new year, we thought we’d look back on some of the moments that made our 2025 so special: The Year Now Departing - premiering on our YouTube Channel at 7pm! youtu.be/ngCund6gYvY 📸Nathan Spence

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The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality. And trans lives are grounded in reality. We see y'all. No matter what. www.popsci.com/science/tran...

If you're not trans, I don't think I can fully explain how important this is. It's so powerful that one of the most circulated science media publications in the world has come out and said "trans children are real and providing transition care improves their lives." That's groundbreaking.

Back here for a few weeks!

Hey everyone, here's a real simple way to disable "Super Resolution" on your channels: • YouTube Studio • Settings • Channel • Advanced settings • Uncheck "Let YouTube enhance visual quality" • Uncheck "Let YouTube enhance audio quality"

Do this but also don't forget to deselect the allow third party to train AI on your videos too. I believe that was automatically put on when I first saw it a while back.

Today is a very special day - @HistoricEngland launched a Blue Plaque to honour the Rev. Wilbert Awdry at his house on Rodborough Avenue - the creator of Thomas the Tank Engine. We bought his original Ffarquhar Branch back to Stroud for the first time in 30 years to celebrate!

We're also excited to reveal Saturday will see the return of Overnight Steam for the first time in 11 years, with trains running through the night & into Sunday morning! Further details will be announced soon, get these dates in your diary - you're not going to want to miss this

To celebrate, a special Anniversary Gala will be held on the 15th, 16th & 17th May 2026, featuring some of the TR's "Best Hits" from across all 75 years of volunteer operation - including celebrating 50 years since the line was extended to Nant Gwernol!

75 Years Ago TODAY the Talyllyn Railway Preservation Society was formed. Following this, on the 14th May 1951 the TRPS ran their first train kick starting the global railway preservation movement as the World’s First Preserved Railway.

“It's like I'm living in two worlds. There's a world where Palestinians are getting killed, and there is you behind the screen, trying to figure out a way to report on it without getting shadowbanned and with actually reaching people.” Plestia Alaqad in @teenvogue.com

Autism does not need to be cured Ableism does The end

@jrcs98.bsky.social Happy birthday mate!

Engine Stories: Dolgoch Learn all about our very own 'Old Lady' this weekend on the Talyllyn Railway YouTube Channel! Before then, you can find all other episodes in this playlist: youtube.com/playlist?lis... #RailwayAdventure

In case you missed it, here's our appearance on BBC Breakfast yesterday morning - ft. @terrier55stepney.bsky.social & @explcookie.bsky.social! A huge thank you to the BBC and Jayne McCubbin for making such a lovely piece that really captures the Heart of Gold. www.youtube.com/watch?v=txkZ...

At the time of writing our piece will be airing at around 07:20am and again at 09:24am!

Tune in to BBC Breakfast tomorrow morning to see the TR on TV! Jayne McCubbin visited us to ask the question "Why do so many people love Railways?" as part of the ongoing #Railway200 celebrations - and a whole host of Talyllyn volunteers were on hand to give their take.

Elon Musk lies, whether he's trying to get a storm sewer contract in Houston or start a race riot in the UK. It's just what he does.

this is sickening. fuck these fucking fuckers!

It's time to say it again. It's always time to say it. It's always true. Freedom is the right of all sentient beings.

Hi all. I've decided to return to a seasonal approach for #STMY, as the mini-series format was not working for me. Full details and a casting call for the upcoming episodes are here: youtu.be/69vnjZJ4VFQ. #ttte

EVOLUTION III! As the orderbooks come to a close on Evolution II next month, we are launching the third batch, with 11 new liveries, plus 3 exclusives. All of the main range can be ordered directly from us or from any of our Official Retailers: buff.ly/uzs9prO

BDS victory! The Scottish Parliament becomes the first in the world to endorse BDS against genocidal Israel. BDS calls for escalated civil society pressure on all states to impose legal and targeted sanctions against apartheid Israel similar to those that helped abolish apartheid in South Africa.

We need to start speaking up- no- YELLING to support and defend trans people. If you're in the USA, call your legislators. Literally email and call your representatives. Cis people have the loudest voices right now and those voices MUST be used to protect trans people.

Whelp. Should have known this was coming. There's no true thought I could say on the matter without being arrested in seconds. So I only ask this: Everyone stay safe out there.

Time to cough up, jokers. We killed NFTs and we’ll do it again.

Becky, I got you Stick! Check out the long-requested showcase of how poling cars works in Century of Steam! Afterward our lead 3D artist Dan walks us through the history and evolution of the Nevada California Oregon tenwheelers, and we answer some of your questions! www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-L_...

If you're not already doing this, start paying attention to who in politics thinks that AI is a good idea. Which politicians, which unions, which big companies. These are the people who think unemployment, mass surveillance, pollution and genocide are pretty neat - no matter what else they say

This had passed me by but a new book on the R&CR titled 'Four Foot Gauge : The Story of the Redruth & Chasewater Railway' came out last year. Looks like it has some quality photos of the Neilson box tanks as well as other well presented pieces on its history. www.ebay.co.uk/itm/22677476...

Rapido designer, Jamie, has had a crack at weathering one of our Y7s and we think he’s done a fantastic job. He’s made a few tweaks to personalise it, such as changing the chimney and whistle. We would love to see your personalised Rapido Models too. Post a picture of your work in the comments.

Oh my God. Anas had one of the biggest platforms among journalists in Gaza. He was just killed in a targeted strike on the Al Jazeera tent. Comes after Israel targeted and murdered hundreds of other journalists. This is intentional and purposeful to erase news coming out of Gaza. No doubt.

Our Tracksiders are about to begin their 24 hour slide, raising money for our 75 Appeal! You can watch them over the next 24 hours on the LIVESTREAM! Watch on our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/live/h2W6uo2...

Today is the 50th anniversary of the experimental APT-E setting a new British Railway speed record. This futuristic train achieved 152.3MPH between Swindon and Reading, which stands as the fastest non-electrified speed run to this day! We would love to see some pictures of it on your layout!

At another thing #AnUnlikelyFandom

"Darbee, 'ere we come!"

This weekend is The Greatest Gathering, an event celebrating 200 years of the railways. We hope everyone who attends enjoys the festivities. As we couldn’t make it, we thought we would put together our own shed bash and include as many of the most famous locomotives we have made as RTR models.