rogerfarnworth Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 The Railway Magazine, March 1951, carried a short note about the Penydarren Tramway as well as an article about Richard Trevithick and his locomotive which first ran on the Tramway in February 1804. The first steam locomotive on rails ..... This post pulls together information from a number of different websites about the Penydarren Tramway. The next post will follow the length of the line as best as is possible .... http://rogerfarnworth.com/2019/02/02/the-penydarren-tramroad-south-wales-part-1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerfarnworth Posted February 6, 2019 Author Share Posted February 6, 2019 I promised a survey of the line between Abercynon and Merthyr Tydfil. This next post follows the Penydarren Tramroad along its full length. http://rogerfarnworth.com/2019/02/06/the-penydarren-tramroad-south-wales-part-2 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
APOLLO Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 Interesting in that my great grandfather lived in Pentrebach. He was a mining engineer from Wigan. I know very little other than this. Brit15 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
88D Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 A website called ‘Old Merthyr’ has quite a few pictures of the line, including the recent find of a dram in the Pentrebach tunnel. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerfarnworth Posted February 12, 2019 Author Share Posted February 12, 2019 (edited) I have just begun reading a book by John Minnis - 'Britain's Lost Railways' - and found this picture which he says is the only one known to be in existence of the Mertyr/Penydarren Tramroad in use. Edited February 12, 2019 by rogerfarnworth 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killian keane Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 (edited) There was a great article I read from the 1880s by an elderly man who in his youth in the 1830s travelled behind an 0-6-0 called Perseverance on the Merthyr Tydfil tramroad, he said when the loco was short on steam they would wait a while to build it up again, uncouple the loco from the train and couple on again with a long chain, they would then back down again and then charge forward at full power to try and jerk the train forward, I have a photo somewhere of one of the plateway locos that lasted until about 1912 in a decrepit, incomplete condition having acquired a saddle tank at some stage in its career, but unmistakable as a primitive locomotive, possibly started its life as 'Yn Barod Etto' (Edit after I found the photo) Edited March 24, 2019 by Killian keane 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Hughes Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 'Yn Barod Etto' (the orthography's not the same as in modern Welsh) means 'ready again'. Strange! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerfarnworth Posted March 26, 2019 Author Share Posted March 26, 2019 That is a really interesting photo! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerfarnworth Posted November 13, 2019 Author Share Posted November 13, 2019 This next post relates in passing to the Penydarren Tramroad. It focuses primarily on the Plymouth Ironworks an Collieries which grew as a result of the existence of the Tramroad and the later railways in the Taff Valley. ... http://rogerfarnworth.com/2019/11/13/the-plymouth-or-south-duffryn-colliery-in-the-taff-valley Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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