Roger Farnworth Railways

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RE: The Saundersfoot Railway, Pembrokeshire
This is the first of two articles about the Saundersfoot Railway and it focusses on the line running North out of Saundersfoot via Wiseman's Bridge to Stepaside....

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2022/09/2...se...first-part

This is the fourth article about Pembrokeshire's Railways. The first focussed on the pre-railway age, the second focussed on the mainline railways of the county. The third article focussed on the industrial railways in the vicinity of Milford Haven. ....

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RE: The Saundersfoot Railway again....
This next post is a follow-up to the first and covers the other main line of the Saundersfoot Railway which ran between the Harbour and Thomas Chapel and Reynalton. ...

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2022/09/28/rai...cond-part/

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RE: The Railways of West Wales - Pembrokeshire
Pembrokeshire again. ... The Porthgain Clifftop Tramway ...

I have heard from a few people that I have not covered the Clifftop Tramway at Porthgain, Pembrokeshire. Here is a short article about the line. ...

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2022/10/29/por...p-tramway/

Much of this article is summarised from a book by R.C. Jermy - "The Railways of Porthgain and Abereiddi."

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RE: The Penrhyn Quarry Railway
This is the first article in a short series on the tramroad and later railway that served the Penrhyn Quarries, bringing slate down to Porth Penrhyn...

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2022/12/29/the...ay-part-1/

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 RE: Early Tramroads in East Shropshire (Telford) again - Part 10
Part 10 - An overview of the East Shropshire Area's Tramroad Network

I have been asked to give a talk at one of the meetings of the Friends of the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust about the tramroads/tramways in East Shropshire. I have begun preparation and drafted some notes which may be of interest to others.

R.F. Savage and L.D.W. Smith wrote a thesis entitled, The Waggon-ways and Plate-ways of East Shropshire in 1965. Their work was well- timed as it recorded circumstances existing in the years before the development company began major work to rehabilitate the area and many industrial features were lost.

I have begun the process of walking all of the old tramroad routes identified by Savage and Smith.

The link gives some idea of the work that Savage and Smith undertook and a link to the detailed notes which give an overview of the tramroads/tramways of the area.

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2023/01/2...of...ad-network

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RE: The Penrhyn Quarry Railway again. .....
My second article about the Penrhyn Quarry Railway covers the line built for steam locos. This article considers the line from Porth Penrhyn to Felin-Fawr and the entrance to the Quarry. I have not covered the preservation activities which for a time were active at Felin-Fawr. A further article will deal with the quarry's internal railways. ....

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2023/01/30/the...way-part-2

[rogerfarnworth]

RE: Early Tramroads in East Shropshire - Part 8
A further instalment of the series on the early tramroads in the East Shropshire area. It covers the tramroads which preceded the LNWR Coalport branch and the GWR Stirchley branch. ...

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2023/02/01/anc...r-branches

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RE: Railways Around Bridgnorth
I have spent some time at the beginning of 2023 finding out as much as I can about the railways which served collieries either side of the River Severn south of Bridgnorth and which were served by the Severn Valley Railway.

Years before the Severn Valley Railway was constructed tramroads brought coal and othe mine arisings down the the river for distribution around the country. The Tramroad served wharves on the river and Severn Trows took the load downstream.

This first article is about the Billingsley Plateway. .....

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2023/02/11/rai...rth-part-1

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RE: Railways Around Bridgnorth
South of Bridgnorth in the valley of the River Severn were a series of collieries and associated sidings:

Alveley Sidings and Alveley Colliery with a private railway/aerial ropeway;
Highley Station;
Highley Colliery & Sidings;
The Billingsley Railway & Collery; and
Kinlet Colliery and Sidings.

These locations were all within the Wyre Forest Coalfield. All were connected to the GWR Severn Valley Railway (SVR). This next article looks at each of these locations in turn:

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2023/02/13/rai...rth-part-2

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RE: Early Tramroads in East Shropshire (Telford) again - Part 9
One very early Tramroad was set up to transport products of the Lilleshall Company from their heart lands around Oakengates and further North down to Sutton Wharf on the River Severn.

The tramroad was active by 1799 and closed by 1815. Closure resulted from an agreement with the Shropshire Canal to transport Lilleshall goods to the River Severn at a reduced rate.

The main run of this Tramroad is covered in the article below. ...

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2023/02/25/ear...early-inte