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The workshops at Puffing Billy have carried out all kinds of jobs over the years, on a variety of scales, but ‘Tywyn’ probably rates as one of the smallest locomotives.

With a theme based loosely on locomotives of the Talyllyn Railway in North Wales, ‘Tywyn’ belonged to the late Norm Wadeson, Norm had been a life long supporter of Puffing Billy, getting involved in the early days when the railway was being reopened, as well as serving time both on the Puffing Billy Preservation Society executive committee, and the Emerald Tourist Railway Board.

A tribute for a man to which Puffing Billy and its supporters owe so much.

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