The development of the railway network in Britain:

The development of the railway network in Britain:

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...

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Last Passenger Train

Last Passenger Train

This is the story behind the photograph below which was taken over 55 years ago. Last passenger train at Cwmgwrach railway station June 1964. Periodically I look on eBay to see if I can find any old photographs or postcards from the village to add to my fathers...

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Railway and War memories from WW2

Railway and War memories from WW2

Not an actual picture of the event I found the following story while searching the internet for stories on the railway, it is from a series of stories of stories collected by a South Gloucester History project team. As it involved a Royden Williams who lived in the...

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