Featured Article Quiz #131
Talyllyn Railway
#1 What is the Talyllyn Railway’s track gauge described as being in the text?
An unusual narrow gauge shared by only three other public railways in the UK
The standard gauge used by most railways in the UK
A metre gauge shared by more than ten public railways in the UK
#2 In what year did the Talyllyn Railway become a volunteer-run heritage railway (the first in the world to be preserved in that way)?
1951
1865
2005
#3 According to the text, which event happened in December 1866?
The line opened to passengers as Britain’s first purpose-built steam narrow-gauge public railway
The railway was extended to the new station at Nant Gwernol
Tywyn Wharf station was greatly rebuilt to include a larger museum facility