Grange-over-Sands circa 1960s. A Fowler 4f brings a stopping service to Barrow while a Jinty receives a proper scrubdown in the sidings. #trainz #railways

160 YEARS ON

Today in 1865 the Talyllyn Railway received its Act of Parliament and officially opened!

And now, many years later, day 1 of our Anything Goes Gala has come to an end with a stunning quadruple header - with more to come tomorrow!!

Passing over Salthouse Road

Island Road Station

Cradle Bridge

Departing from Barrow Central

A 4F bringing a worker's commuter train to Island Road Station through Barrow-in-Furness. These were unadvertised services from Millom and Grange-over-Sands that terminated at Island Road station, serving the Vickers ship building yards.

Happy Birthday Thomas the Tank Engine!

Today is 80 years since the Reverend W. Awdry’s first Railway Series book.

A keen railway enthusiast, Awdry first visited the Talyllyn Railway in 1952. His experiences as a volunteer inspired the creation of the Skarloey Railway.

📸 TR&NS

An Ivatt 2MT rounds the windswept Cumbrian coast with the 09.55 Barrow-in-Furness to Carnforth. #trainz #railways

That's high praise indeed, and all of it still true 160 years later. Thank you to all those who've been taking care of her & the line, or it would have been lost to time. Mad respect to you!

The old and the (relatively) new meet at Grange-over-Sands
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Trackwork more or less finished, scenery not so much - Plumpton Junction for the Lake Side branch #trainz

Made the switch to TANE, only about 10 years too late haha

2MT with a Down stopper at Silverdale #trainz

Nice screenshot, where are those models from?

Just south of Dalton Junction on the Furness Line. #trainz

Happy birthday!

Industrial zone in Carnforth

Some more progress on Carnforth today. #trainz

And yes this is in TS12... for now haha

Carnforth WCML Junction (Towards London)

Carnforth Station Junction (Lines towards Barrow (left) and Wennington (right)

Carnforth Furness & Midland Junction (Lines towards Wennington (straight) & WCML (right))

Alright, first post on here! This is the progress (so far) on Carnforth in my "Cumbrian Railways" project. I'll try to post updates when I have some. #trainz