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The Llanfyllin Branch - Part 2

In the first article in this short series, we finished the first part of our journey from Oswestry along the Llanfyllin Branch just after passing through Carreghofa Halt with its adjacent combined canal aqueduct and road bridge. Just beyond the bridge we noted the Nantmawr Branch heading away to the North while trains for Llanfyllin ran round a short chord to meet what was the original alignment of the Llanfyllin Branch.

After leaving the 26-chain chord trains headed due West for Llansantffraid across “a tract of pleasant agricultural countryside.” [3: p635] Within a short distance the Grove Viaduct was reached. It was a 90-yard long viaduct which sat about 7.7 miles from Oswestry.

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2025/03/12/the...nch-part-2

Wikipedia tells us that “The Caledonian Railway (CR) was one of the two biggest of the five major Scottish railway companies prior to the 1923 Grouping. It was formed in 1845 with the objective of forming a link between English railways and Glasgow. It progressively extended its network and reached Edinburgh and Aberdeen, with a dense network of branch lines in the area surrounding Glasgow. It was absorbed into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in 1923. Many of its principal routes are still used, and the original main line between Carlisle and Glasgow is in use as part of the West Coast Main Line railway (with a modified entry into Glasgow itself).”

The linked article looks at the development of the Caledonian Railway. ...

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2025/03/20/the...n-railway/

Other articles which focus on different parts of the Caledonian Railway include:

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/12/22/the...n-railway/

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/07/16/the...motor-car/

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2019/01/01/the...ne-part-1/

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2019/01/02/the...ne-part-2/

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2019/01/05/the...ne-part-3/