Editing Talyllyn Railway (section)

===Special events===
The railway operates a programme of special events throughout the year. These have include in the past the Anything-Goes Gala, Have-A-Go Gala, Tom Rolt Steam and Vintage Rally and Victorian Week. Occasional events are based on locomotives masquerading as their fictional counterparts from the [[#In popular culture|Skarloey Railway]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.talyllyn.co.uk/events/peter-sams-65th-birthday|title=Peter Sam's 65th birthday|access-date=17 August 2020|publisher=Talyllyn Railway|archive-date=19 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819231101/https://www.talyllyn.co.uk/events/peter-sams-65th-birthday|url-status=dead}}</ref> Since 1984 there has been an annual running event called [[Race the Train]], which follows the railway track {{convert|7|mi|km}} from Tywyn to Abergynolwyn and back again.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.racethetrain.com/|title=Race the Train website|access-date=6 April 2008|publisher=Tywyn Rotary Club|archive-date=4 April 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080404144404/http://www.racethetrain.com/|url-status=live}}</ref> The challenge is for runners to complete the {{convert|14|mile|km|adj=on}} cross country route faster than the train, which takes around 1&nbsp;hour 47&nbsp;minutes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.racethetrain.com/course-rotary-challenge|title=Course - Rotary Challenge|publisher=Tywyn Rotary Club|access-date=7 February 2022|archive-date=7 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207071637/https://www.racethetrain.com/course-rotary-challenge|url-status=live}}</ref>