Roger Farnworth Railways

[rogerfarnworth]

RE: Early Tramroads in East Shropshire - Part 3
A recent local walk took in possible and probable Tramroad routes and a remaining length of the Ketley Canal. .....

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2022/06/04/ket...nal-part-1

[rogerfarnworth]

RE: Early Tramroads in East Shropshire - Part 4
Just a short distance from our home, no more than 200 metres, is the site of what was Little Eyton Colliery. The colliery was served by a tramway/tramroad which was used to carry coal/ironstone to the Coalport Branch of the Shropshire Canal and later to the LNWR's Coalport Branch which followed the route of the erstwhile canal.

The linked article below follows the route of the tramway down into what is now Telford Town Park.

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2022/06/15/anc...lee-part-1

The featured image shows typical trams and pit head gear at Blists Hill Victorian Museum.

[rogerfarnworth]

RE: Early Tramroads in East Shropshire - Part 5
Sitting alone and seemingly unconnected to the wider network of tramways in the Telford Area is Newdale Bridge. A structure built in the 18th century to carry a tramway over a stream in Ketley Dingle. ...

Built circa 1759, Newdale Bridge is actually a last remaining remnant of a significant tramway network in the Ketley/Lawley area. ...

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2022/06/17/anc...ale-bridge

[rogerfarnworth]

RE: Early Tramroads in East Shropshire - Part 6
A second installment of the review of old tramways in the area in and around what is now Telford Town Park. This article covers the tramway which ran North from the site of Dawley & Stirchley Railway Station on the LNWR Coalport Branch through the site of Jerry Furnace(s) and Stirchley Ironworks to the site of Old Park Ironworks with its myriad of tramway lines in the mid- to late-19th century. ... These tramways were known locally as 'Jerry Rails' and a new estates in Hinkshay bears that name.

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2022/06/24/anc...erry-rails

[rogerfarnworth]

Re: The Forest of Dean again. ....
I continue to find tramways and railways in the Forest of Dean of great interest. For this next post we return to Mr Brain's Tramway which primarily served Trafalgar Colliery in the Forest.

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2022/06/26/bra...st-of-dean

Further research has resulted in a bit more information about the locomotives that worked on the Tramway. ....

[rogerfarnworth]

RE: The Railways of Telford again. ...
The Wellington & Severn Junction Railway (W&SJR) - Part 1


This is the first post about the different railway routes in Telford. The W&SJR ran through Lawley and Dawley which are within a mile or so of our home in Malinslee, Telford.

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2022/07/07/the...-horsehay/

“The Wellington and Severn Junction Railway … was built between 1857 [and] 1861 and formed part of the Wellington to Craven Arms Railway. For much of its working life, it was operated by the Great Western Railway and subsequently the Western Region of British Railways.”

[rogerfarnworth]

RE: The Railways of Telford again. ...
The Wellington & Severn Junction Railway again. ...

The last post on this thread looked at the length of the W&SJR from Wellington Station to Horsehay & Dawley Station. This next post covers the length from Horsehay & Dawley Station to Lightmoor Station. ....

http://rogerfarnworth.com/?p=34673

[rogerfarnworth]

RE: The Railways of Telford again. ...
The Wellington & Severn Junction Railway again. ...

This post completes the review of the Wellington & Severn Junction Railway route. .....

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2022/07/18/the...-buildwas/

[rogerfarnworth]

RE: The Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway
The abandoned length through the town ...

Those involved with the creation of the preservation line always intended to include the part of the line which ran through the centre of Welshpool. Sadly that was not to be. The local authorities were concerned about the effect of the railway traffic on road traffic in and around the town. Pretty much all that remains of that length of the line are photographs, short bits of film and memories. Road improvements and building clearance have changed parts of the old town.

Elements of the original route are difficult to identify. This is compounded by OS Mapping. The 1949 6" Ordnance Survey, which should have provided a definitive map of the town centre, seems to have used the route of an old tramroad to define the route of the line rather than undertake a local survey of the line. It also seems to have left the Seven Stars pub in place when it was actually demolished to make room for the railway. The result of these things being a rather unrealistic mapped route of the line through parts of the town.

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2022/07/24/the...t-railway/

For some time I'd thought about looking at the lost length of the line. I was reminded of this when my wife decided that it would be good for us to visit the preservation line. After that journey, my interest was rekindled. The linked article above is the result. ....

Quote: The Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway (W&LLR) is a 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) narrow gauge heritage railway in Powys, Wales. The line is about 8.5 miles (13.7 km) long and runs eastwards from the village of Llanfair Caereinion via Castle Caereinion to the town of Welshpool. The headquarters of the line are at Llanfair Caereinion.

[rogerfarnworth]

RE: Early Tramroads in East Shropshire (Telford) again - Part 7
A third installment of the review of old tramways in the area in and around what is now Telford Town Park. The linked article covers the tramroads in the immediate area with the exception of those in the vicinity of the old Coalport Branch (LNWR) and the Stirchley Branch (GWR). ....

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2022/06/26/anc...ee-part-3/

Quote: The map below traced by Savage & Smith in The Waggon-ways and Plateways of East Shropshire, shows how extensive the network of tramroads in the area was. [1: p164] Even so, the plan is not exhaustive. We have already encountered the tramroad which served Little Eyton Colliery. This appeared in the first part of this series centred on Malinslee for which the link is provided above.

It ran along the lane shown to the North of Langleyfield Colliery on the plan below. The sl*g heap from Little Eyton Colliery is shown on the sketch plan.

It is important to understand that the tramroads shown on the plan below did not necessarily all exist at the same time. Savage & Smith illustrated their routes with different symbols ......