A Passenger train, circa 1963, pulling out of the station on it way up the Rhigos Bank. Introduction: Up until 1851 when the Vale of Neath Railway line was built, the main way of transporting goods from the top end of the valley to the ports at Briton Ferry and...

Introduction: The following article forms part of a trilogy of articles the will look at the history of the Vale of Neath Railway.  This first article will specificably look at the development and the major technical innovations of the time that were instrumental...