If people are interested in this system then the only book avaiablke is "The Railways and Locomotives of the Lilleshall Company, by Bob Yates. Irwell Press 2008.
After the closure of the steelworks most of the site was cleared but in the 1960,s as a student I worked at what was left, a block making plant, using power station ash.
The first photo shows the ex GWR Pannier tank bought by the company.
After the NCB took over the collieries owned by the Company Granville Colliery supplied coal to Buildwas Powere station and the coal trains were worked by a range of locos down the 1.5 miles to Donnington station. Granville Colliery had a decent sized shed and in later years used Austerity 0-6-0tanks but in Lilleshall Company days the bigger engines were the ex TVR and Barry railway engines.
I used to live not far from the interchage sidings at Donnington and have had an interest in both Granville and the Lilleshall company for 50 years but it seems not many people bothered to photograph the internal system so photos are thin on the ground. It would be interesting if any "new" photos appear prompted by this thread.
david
Hello, Not sure if you will interested my father worked at the Granville Collery on the railways f throughout the steam eara and all the way until the Collery closed, he is away at the moment but I know he has a large collection of photos, for the Collery railways would be happy to share if you would like
The Lilleshall Company a little known industrial railway
in UK Standard Gauge Industrial Modelling
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