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Vale Of Rheidol Railway by Hugh Ballantyne Soft Cover
The Vale Of Rheidol Railway by Hugh Ballantyne
A past and present companion
Railway HEritage from the Nostalgia collection
Soft Cover
80 pages
Copyright 2003
CONTENTS
Introduction7
List of stored locomotives8
Aberystwyth passenger termini9
Inside the GWR station15
The original locomotive shed18
The standard-gauge shed21
A journey up the valley27
The Davies & Metcalfe tanks54
Bagnall 2-4-0T No 3 Rheidol58
The Swindon-built tanks59
Non-steam motive power67
Visiting locomotives70
Rolling-stock74
Index80
INTRODUCTION
The origins of this railway were no less chequered in its gestation period than many other lines whose promoters' aspirations often ran ahead of reality or commercial prudence.
Visitors to the beautiful area of the Rheidol Valley would be surprised to learn that in the latter part of the 19th century the population was nearly four times that of today, due to much lead-mining activity and timber estates coupled with foundries at Aberystwyth, which required transport to and from the mines. At that time Aberystwyth did not foresee a big future for tourists, although the railway was expected to help its development. Not surprisingly, due to the terrain the promoters decided on a 2-foot gauge railway (in fact built to lft 11iin), using the precedent of the Festiniog Railway. Following a Board of Trade enquiry held in Aberystwyth to resolve differences of opinion mainly regarding the harbour branch, the railway obtained its statutory powers in August 1897 by the Vale of Rheidol (Light) Railway Act 1897. Even so, there was difficulty for the promoters in raising the capital, and various amendments to the statutory provisions were required.
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