Locomotive power for this journey was to be provided by Edward Thomas, who was written into the Railway Series of books as Peter Sam. 
<p>Such was the influence of the Rev W Audrey on my childhood, that if you'd asked me to draw a Talyllyn Railway train without having seen one for years, this is pretty much what I would have drawn.
</p><p>Except with a face.
</p>
And probably in red.
Bods
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