During our camping weekend in Tywyn, we visited the Narrow Gauge Railway Museum at Tywyn Wharf station. I love all things to do with steam trains, so I enjoyed looking at all the displays and playing with the wooden railway in the play area.

We also took a trip on the steam engine, I love steam trains and the driver invited me onto the engine and the guard let me wave the green flag.

I learnt that railways have three different coloured flags and they all mean something different. The guard waves the appropriate flag to send information to the driver.

• green flag = it is safe for the train to move
• red flag = the train must stop
• yellow flag = the train should proceed with caution

The guard waves the green flag to tell the driver that the train is ready to leave the station.