The Talyllyn Railway welcomed two Bishops taking part in a Driver Experience Day. First the Church of England Bishop of Sodor and Man, the Rt.
During the evening he had the chance to ride on the footplate of the line’s locomotive No.1 Talyllyn, and was invited to come back to participate in one of the line’s driver experience packages.
They were participating in one of the line’s day long driver experience trains, which involves a private train which departs from Tywyn Pendre at 9am in the morning for a first trip up and down the line, when Bishop Paterson was driving.