Name

Tal-Y-Bont

Owner

Barry Tresadern

Gauge

0-16.5

Theme

A fictitious Welsh narrow gauge railway.

Layout Guide

Tal-y-Bont is a quiet hamlet on the west bank of the river Conwy in North Wales. Conwy Bay being to the north and Betws-y-Coed to the south. The narrow gauge railway was built in 1896 to connect the gold mine at Tal-y-Bont, and the woollen mill at Trefriw to the market town of Llanrwst.

External Web Site

Exhibition Dates


2003	Bushey MRS Exhibition 25/10/2003

	Norbury MRC 01/11/2003

2004	Lee-on-Solent 22/02/2004

	Stowmarket MRC 27/04/2004

	Burton-on-Trent 2004 08/06/2004

	Epping Railway Circle 13/11/2004

	Ipswich Model Railway Exhibition 20/11/2004

2007	Rail Club de Meaux 20th Anniversary Exhibition 12/01/2007

	Ilford & West Essex MRC 06/10/2007

2008	Castle Point Transport Museum 20/04/2008

2009	Thundersley 16/05/2009

	Shoeburyness MRS 27th Festival of Model Railways 21/11/2009

2011	March & District MRC 19/03/2011

	Tendring hundred model railway club 09/04/2011

Magazine Features

Model railway Enthusiast. August 1998 Narrow Lines August/September 1998

Awards

Best steam era. Layland 1997 The committee award and best in show. The 7mm Narrow gauge association May 1999 Best in show Amberley 2001

Size

12' X 6' Free stnding.

Availability

Now