The Port Talbot Railway & Docks Company Volume 1
1853-1906
Robin G. Simmonds
264 pages. 275x215mm. Printed on gloss art paper, casebound with dust jacket.
ISBN13 : 9781899889662
£25.00
Contents
Volume 1
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1 Tramroad and Railway Developments in the Avon, Llynvi and Garw Valleys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Tramroads in the Lower Avon Valley - Tramroads in the Upper Avon Valley
The Llynvi and Garw Valleys - Ogmore Valley Railways - Coastwise - Gauge Conversion
2 The Port Talbot Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
3 Formation of the Port Talbot Railway & Docks Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
4 Construction of the 1894 Railway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
5 Expanding the Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
The Ogmore Valleys Extension Railway - South Wales Mineral Junction Railway
6 The Port Talbot Railway, 1897 to 1907 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Duffryn Junction to Pontyrhyll - The Ogmore Valleys Extension Railway
The South Wales Mineral Railway Junction Railway - Blaengarw and the 1899 Act
The Neath, Pontardawe & Brynaman Railway - 1907 Act
7 The South Wales Mineral Railway Company, 1853 to 1907 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
8 Running Powers of the Great Western Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
The Port Talbot Railway - South Wales Mineral Railway
9 Locomotives and Rolling Stock of the Port Talbot Railway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Locomotives - Passenger Carriages - Steam Rail Motor - Wagon Stock
10 Locomotives and Rolling Stock of the South Wales Mineral Railway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Locomotives - Passenger Carriages - Wagon Stock