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More photos showing "Llanmynach & Tawel-Llety
Railway".
Photographs by David Burleigh |
(99Kb) 'Douglas’ arriving at Llanmynach with an afternoon down
passenger train; the over-bridge carries the coast road. |
(90Kb) A general view of Rhyyfedd Coed, taken over 20 years ago before the fence was built, with ‘Russell’ wandering about in the midst of some shunting. |
(90Kb) ‘Lew’ with a down goods passes ‘Russell’ with the mid-morning passenger service at Rhyffedd Coed.
[In my opinion black and white photos of models often
tend to look more realistic than colour. I think the B&W
photos here prove the point. JJ] |
(90Kb) ‘Russell’ arriving at Mynydd-yn-Bwlch with an up passenger train for Tawel-Llety. |
(91Kb) ‘Eirw’ runs around her train at Mynydd-yn-Bwlch. |
(83Kb) Ex-Sierra Leone 2-6-2T ‘Owen’ blasts up the gradient along the mountain ledge under Cefn Glas with an excursion train. |
(55Kb) A plan of the railway, now
slightly out of date since the Railway's acquisition of
part of the road to use as its forecourt and the
building of the chapel.
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(84Kb) Dr. Stephen Sullivan’s ‘Edward Thomas’ crosses the Sychnant ravine viaduct whilst on a visit to the Railway. |
(62Kb) Llanmynach shed at night, with ‘Eirw’ and ‘Russell’ in residence. |
(59Kb) ‘Eirw’ simmers quietly, having arrived at Llanmynach with the last down goods on a late Autumn evening. |
(69Kb) ‘Dolgoch’ drifts gently down the Sychnant Valley on a Summer afternoon with a mixed train. Of all the photos of the L&TR, this really captures the atmosphere I wanted to portray. Compare with page 130 in the Wild Swan/Boyd book of the Talyllyn. |
(55Kb) ‘Cackler’ waits with a
train of empty slate wagons in the yard ay Llanmynach
for a clear road up the valley towards Mynydd-yn-Bwlch
and the mines at Michel Gores.
(picture added 4/3/05) |
(63Kb) On a summer Saturday, 'Talyllyn'
pauses with her train of Talyllyn coaching stock at Rhyffedd
Coed to await the arrival of the down morning goods.
(picture added 4/2/05) |
(61Kb) A brief hiatus in morning
shunting operations at Llanmynach as 'Argyll' waits by
the chapel for a down train.
(picture added 27/07/05) |
(63Kb) Lunch time at Llanmynach
finds 'Lew' and 'Owain Glyndwr' sitting on the stops
while their crews grab a mug of tea and a sandwich in
the station cafe.
(picture added 27/07/05) |
(49Kb) With the regulator
closed, 'Lew' rumbles across Sychnant Ravine with a
short pick up goods from Tawel-Llety.
(picture added 27/07/05) |
(53Kb) 'Owen' runs into
Rhyffedd Coed station with a down passenger train from
Mynydd-yn-Bwich, crossing 'Owain Glyndwr' with the
up morning goods.
(picture added 27/07/05) |
(60Kb) Thumping hard up the
gradient towards Cefn Glas, 'Russell' hauls the
afternoon train bound for Tawel-Llety.
(picture added 27/07/05) |
(54Kb) Old No 7, the oldest loco
in regular service works hard to lift her train of 18
ballast skips through Tyddyn-Glas cutting on her way to
a
bit of re-sleepering work at Moel Ffynnon.
(picture added 27/07/05) |
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