page_title: Tom Rolt (locomotive)
section_title: Talyllyn Railway
hierarchical_section_title: Tom Rolt (locomotive) / History / Talyllyn Railway
caption_attribution_description: English: 'Tom Rolt', at Nant Gwernol
context_page_description: Tom Rolt is a narrow gauge steam locomotive constructed by the Talyllyn Railway, using parts from an Andrew Barclay locomotive built in 1949 for Bord na Móna.
context_section_description: As passenger numbers continued to grow during the late 1960s the Talyllyn Railway Preservation Society realised that further motive power was needed, especially as the rebuilt No. 1, Talyllyn was not performing well. However, as the 2 ft 3 in (686 mm) gauge of the Talyllyn Railway was so unusual they could not buy an engine with the correct gauge, so would either have to buy and re-gauge an engine or else make a new engine. In 1969 the Talyllyn Railway purchased an 0-4-0 well tank engine from Bord na Móna, unofficially named Irish Pete, in order to create the new locomotive they needed.
  The new engine was built in 1991 at Pendre works on the Talyllyn Railway. The frames, boiler, driving wheels, cylinders and other parts of the 0-4-0 WT engine from Bord na Móna were used. The new engine became an 0-4-2 T and was named Tom Rolt after the author L. T. C. Rolt who inspired the Talyllyn's preservation.
  Tom Rolt is running in the standard Talyllyn Railway livery of deep bronze green lined with black borders and yellow lining.
caption: Tom Rolt at Nant Gwernol
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