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The Coalport Branch once more .... Another addendum which focusses on the first, the northern, section of the Branch. ..... http://rogerfarnworth.com/2023/04/08/the-railways-of-telford-the-coalport-branch-part-1b-an-addendum-oakengates/

Yes, Happy Hippo, I believe you are right.

The LNWR Coalport Branch - Part 3 The final length of the Branch running from Madeley Market Station to Coalport East Station http://rogerfarnworth.com/2023/04/03/the-railways-of-telford-the-coalport-branch-of-the-lnwr-part-3-madeley-market-station-to-coalport-east-station/

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. .... http://rogerfarnworth.com/2023/03/14/the-railways-of-telford-the-coalport-branch-of-the-lnwr-part-2-malins-lee-station-to-madeley-market-station/

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. ... http://rogerfarnworth.com/2023/03/24/the-railways-of-telford-the-coalport-branch-part-1a/ Thank you too, to franciswilliamwebb for your response above.

The LNWR Coalport Branch - Part 1 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: http://rogerfarnworth.com/2023/03/14/the-railways-of-telford-the-coalport-branch-of-the-lnwr-part-1-hadley-to-malins-lee-station/

Since publishing a series of articles about the Micklehurst Loop, I have, over the past couple of years, kept my eye open for interesting shots of the line. This is a selection of these that I have permission to share .... A big thank you to copyright holders/photographers. Their details appear with each image. These photographs can be found on this link: http://rogerfarnworth.com/2023/03/01/the-micklehurst-loop-once-more-2

The Peak Forest Tramway - Part 1. .... Before we moved to Telford at the end of 2021, we walked part of the length of the Peak Forest Tramway. We had been intending to walk the full length before moving. It did not quite work out, but might do one day! This is the first instalment of a look at the line. ..... http://rogerfarnworth.com/2023/03/05/the-peak-forest-tramway-part-1

One very early Tramroad was set up to transport products of the Lilleshall Company from their heart lands around Oakengates and further North down to Sutton Wharf on the River Severn. The tramroad was active by 1799 and closed by 1815. Closure resulted from an agreement with the Shropshire Canal to transport Lilleshall goods to the River Severn at a reduced rate. The main run of this Tramroad is covered in the article below. ... http://rogerfarnworth.com/2023/02/25/early-tramroads-near-telford-part-9-the-lilleshall-company-tramroad-running-from-sutton-wharf-through-the-area-east-of-malinslee-through-hollinswood-and-oakengates-and-the-companys-early-inte

Railways Around Bridgnorth again. ..... South of Bridgnorth in the valley of the River Severn were a series of collieries and associated sidings: Alveley Sidings and Alveley Colliery with a private railway/aerial ropeway; Highley Station; Highley Colliery & Sidings; The Billingsley Railway & Collery; and Kinlet Colliery and Sidings. These locations were all within the Wyre Forest Coalfield. All were connected to the GWR Severn Valley Railway (SVR). This next article looks at each of these locations in turn: http://rogerfarnworth.com/2023/02/13/railways-around-bridgenorth-part-2

Thank you! I have changed what I can! The link to the article, once set up, cannot be changed on Wordpress. I have just tried! I appreciate you taking the trouble to correct me. It is right elsewhere in the article!

I have spent some time at the beginning of 2023 finding out as much as I can about the railways which served collieries either side of the River Severn and which were served by the Severn Valley Railway. Years before the Severn Valley Railway was constructed tramroads brought coal and othe mine arisings down the the river for distribution around the country. The Tramroad served wharves on the river and Severn Trows took the load downstream. This first article is about the Billingsley Plateway. ..... http://rogerfarnworth.com/2023/02/11/railways-around-bridgenorth-part-1

I have spent some time at the beginning of 2023 finding out as much as I can about the railways which served collieries either side of the River Severn and which were served by the Severn Valley Railway. Years before the Severn Valley Railway was constructed tramroads brought coal and othe mine arisings down the the river for distribution around the country. The Tramroad served wharves on the river and Severn Trows took the load downstream. This first article is about the Billingsley Plateway. ..... http://rogerfarnworth.com/2023/02/11/railways-around-bridgenorth-part-1

A further instalment of the series on the early tramroads in the East Shropshire area. It covers the tramroads which preceded the LNWR Coalport branch and the GWR Stirchley branch. ... http://rogerfarnworth.com/2023/02/01/ancient-tramroads-near-telford-part-8-malinslee-part-4-the-east-side-of-malinslee-in-the-vicinity-of-the-later-coalport-lnwr-and-stirchley-gwr-branches

My second article about the Penrhyn Quarry Railway covers the line built for steam locos. This article considers the line from Porth Penrhyn to Felin-Fawr and the entrance to the Quarry. I have not covered the preservation activities which for a time were active at Felin-Fawr. A further article will deal with the quarry's internal railways. .... http://rogerfarnworth.com/2023/01/30/the-penrhyn-quarry-railway-part-2

Part 10 - An overview of the East Shropshire Area's Tramroad Network I have been asked to give a talk at one of the meetings of the Friends of the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust about the tramroads/tramways in East Shropshire. I have begun preparation and drafted some notes which may be of interest to others. R.F. Savage and L.D.W. Smith wrote a thesis entitled, The Waggon-ways and Plate-ways of East Shropshire in 1965. Their work was well- timed as it recorded circumstances existing in the years before the development company began major work to rehabilitate the area and many industrial features were lost. I have begun the process of walking all of the old tramroad routes identified by Savage and Smith. The link gives some idea of the work that Savage and Smith undertook and a link to the detailed notes which give an overview of the tramroads/tramways of the area. http://rogerfarnworth.com/2023/01/22/ancient-tramroads-near-telford-part-10-an-overview-of-the-east-shropshire-areas-tramroad-network

This is the first article in a short series on the tramroad and later railway that served the Penrhyn Quarries, bring slate down to Porth Penrhyn... http://rogerfarnworth.com/2022/12/29/the-penrhyn-railway-part-1/

Pembrokeshire again. ... The Porthgain Clifftop Tramway ... I have heard from a few people that I have not covered the Clifftop Tramway at Porthgain, Pembrokeshire. Here is a short article about the line. ... http://rogerfarnworth.com/2022/10/29/porthgain-clifftop-tramway/ Much of this article is summarised from a book by R.C. Jermy - "The Railways of Porthgain and Abereiddi."

Pembrokeshire again. ... The Porthgain Clifftop Tramway ... I have heard from a few people that I have not covered the Clifftop Tramway at Porthgain, Pembrokeshire. Here is a short article about the line. ... http://rogerfarnworth.com/2022/10/29/porthgain-clifftop-tramway/ Much of this article is summarised from a book by R.C. Jermy - "The Railways of Porthgain and Abereiddi."

This next post is a follow-up to the first and covers the other main line of the Saundersfoot Railway which ran between the Harbour and Thomas Chapel and Reynalton. ... https://rogerfarnworth.com/2022/09/28/railways-in-west-wales-part-1c-pembrokeshire-industrial-railways-section-b-the-saundersfoot-railway-second-part/

Thanks for clarifying. Not at all sure how that happened as the link was cut-and-pasted. I will keep an eye out for it in the future. Once again. Thank you.

Thanks for sorting this out ... If anyone is still struggling then this should work! .... https://rogerfarnworth.com/2022/09/26/railways-in-west-wales-part-1c-pembrokeshire-industrial-railways-section-b-the-saundersfoot-railway-first-part/ It seems that sometimes the link comes across without the final '/'! I am not sure why. Thank you for your patience.

Thanks Mike. The next couple of posts in this series focus on the Saundersfoot Railway and can be found on this thread: https://www.rmweb.co.uk/topic/174473-the-saundersfoot-railway

This is the first of two articles about the Saundersfoot Railway. http://rogerfarnworth.com/2022/09/26/railways-in-west-wales-part-1c-pembrokeshire-industrial-railways-section-b-the-saundersfoot-railway-first-part This is the fourth article about Pembrokeshire's Railways. The first focussed on the pre-railway age, the second focussed on the mainline railways of the county. The third article focussed on the industrial railways in the vicinity of Milford Haven. .... This article looks specifically at the Saundersfoot Railway in Pembrokeshire.