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A recent gift (December 2021) from a valued colleague, to mark my pending retirement and my move to Telford, was 'Railways of Telford' by David Clarke
‘The Railways of Telford’ by David Clarke The landscape of my life is changing! Until the end of 2021, my life essentially focussed on the City of Manchester. The first 5 years of my li…
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This is my review of the book which, as you will read, should become a primer for me for exploring Telford and Wrekin and the wider area of East Shropshire!
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.
The featured image shows a 1950 service to Much Wenlock and Craven Arms entering Horsehay and Dawley Railway Station. Details of the photograph are given towards the end of this article. “The…
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“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.”
Thomas fans would have loved those little tank engines.
Yes!
My earlier 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. ....
The featured image shows large Prairie Class 2-6-2T No. 4178 on the final passenger service along the W&SJR on 21st June 1962 heading North across Holly Road into Doseley Halt. This picture was…
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This post completes the review of the Wellington & Severn Junction Railway route. .....
The featured image, from 1957, was shared by Metsa Vaim EdOrg on the Telford Memories Facebook Group on 8th November 2020 with the following comments: “Coalbrookdale in 1957 with the 12.48pm …
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The LNWR Coalport Branch
After the construction of the Wellington and Severn Junction Railway (W&SJR) and it being included in the GWR network, the LNWR found it necessary to take an interest in the Shropshire Canal as an alternative means of accessing the area.
The industrial areas immediately North of the River Severn were served by a whole series of tramroads which linked to the River Severn or to the Shropshire Canal and eventually to the W&SJR. Increasing problems with the Shropshire Canal led the LNWR to conclude that it needed to replace it, and the Coalport Branch was the result.
This is the first of a series of articles about the line:
Wikipedia provides this schematic map of the Coalport Branch which highlights the key stations and sidings. [3] History The history of the Coalport Branch begins with competition between rival rail…
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The LNWR Coalport Branch again. ...
Just after publishing the first article about the branch, I received an email from David Clarke offering some photos from his collection This prompted another look for photos on my part.
This addendum to the first article is prompted by David's email and includes a few other items as well. ...
Very soon after publishing the first article about the Coalport Branch, [7] I was contacted by David Clarke with an offer of relevant photographs from his collection. David Clarke is the author of …
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The LNWR Coalport Branch - Part 2
This second length of the Branch runs from what was Malins Lee Station (although the area is now known as Malinslee) to Madeley Market Station. ....
Wikipedia provides this schematic map of the Coalport Branch which highlights the key stations and sidings. [17] History The history of the Coalport Branch begins with competition between rival rai…
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The LNWR Coalport Branch - Part 3
The final length of the Branch running from Madeley Market Station to Coalport East Station
Wikipedia provides this schematic map of the Coalport Branch which highlights the key stations and sidings. [17] History The history of the Coalport Branch begins with competition between rival rai…
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The Coalport Branch again. .....
Immediately after publishing an article about the most southerly length of the Coalport branch, I was contacted by Ian Turpin who had constructed a model of Coalport East Station. This addendum is written with his kind permission using photos of his model. ....
Immediately after publishing the article about the most southerly length of the Branch (Part 3), I was contacted by Ian Turpin who built a model of Coalport East Railway Station some years ago. He …
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Buildwas to Much Wenlock. ....
This article follows on from three other articles which covered the Wellington to Severn Junction Railway and which reached as far along the line as Buildwas.
The Lilleshall Company's Railways again. ...
This next article covers the length of the Lilleshall Company railway network from their Grange Colliery to the Hollingswood Sidings which connected to the GWR main line between Shrewsbury and Wolverhampton. ...
The dotted lines on this sketch map are private railways. The Lilleshall Company’s main line runs from Granville and Grange Collieries in the top-right of the sketch map via Old Lodge Ironwor…
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