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	Railway Collectors' Journal reporting Railwayana Auctions
		Note: Thrapston was served by both the Midland Railway (Midland Road station, closed June 1959) and the London North Western Railway (Bridge Street station, closed May 1964), the latter being between Wellingborough and Oundle.
		This must be the very first issue because the company was formed in this very year by amalgamation of the Oswestry and Newtown Railway, the Llanidloes and Newtown Railway, the Newtown and Machynlleth Railway and the Oswestry Ellesmere and Whitchurch Railway.
		Bought in Bristol in the 1960's so presumed Clifton Extension Railway, however, this style was used on the Severn and Wye and also the Halesowen Railway.
	www.prorail.co.uk /auctions/gwra/gwra1103R.htm

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		This was one on many of the class built at Brighton, spending its early years at Plaistow and Tilbury before moving to Oswestry in 1962 and finally to Machynlleth.
		A scene dominated by the railway viaduct and road bridge across the River Tees.
		417* A SR TARGET “SHALFORD”, an ex SECR station between Guildford and Dorking on the cross country route to Ashford.
	www.kraauctions.com /catalogues/april_03/april_03_301-550.htm

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		The D and E1 Classes had the same boiler type and fittings which indicates that the handle is not from the A1x Class No 2 previously on the IOW.
		This was one on many of the class built at Brighton, spending its early years at Plaistow and Tilbury before moving to Oswestry in 1962 and finally to Machynlleth.
		A scene dominated by the railway viaduct and road bridge across the River Tees.
	www.kraauctions.com /catalogues/april_03/april_03_301-550.htm

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		This was one on many of the class built at Brighton, spending its early years at Plaistow and Tilbury before moving to Oswestry in 1962 and finally to Machynlleth.
		A scene dominated by the railway viaduct and road bridge across the River Tees.
		417* A SR TARGET “SHALFORD”, an ex SECR station between Guildford and Dorking on the cross country route to Ashford.
	www.kraauctions.com /catalogues/april_03/april_03_301-550.htm

	Off to Butlins Pwllheli (1957)
		We arrived at Wharf station at 5.27pm, and walked around Towyn for a while, since our return up the coast, on the 5.40pm from Machynlleth, was not due away until 6.15pm.
		Collett 0-6-0 no 2295 was on the 6 coach, 12.00pm from Dovey Junction, which took us to Barmouth, where we arrived 19 mins late.
		The main railway interest for Roger and myself was on Thusday 29th August, when we took a trip down the coast on the Pwllheli portion of the "Cambrian Coast Express", Dukedog no 9021 with 5 coaches, as far as Towyn.
	www.trainspottingtales.org.uk /1957butlins.htm (688 words)

	Sample text for Library of Congress control number 2004044661
		The railway track was underwater both north and east of the city, and trains for Edinburgh, Newcastle and Aberdeen were terminating there, disgorging their tired and confused passengers into the mêlée.
		I found the coach almost by accident on the station forecourt, already besieged by bedraggled travellers, most of whom wanted it to be going somewhere other than Scarborough.
		No one knew where I could catch a bus to Scarborough (the railway line was under a metre and a half of water at Malton).
	www.loc.gov /catdir/samples/hol051/2004044661.html (7589 words)

	HMRS - Selection of BR(S) & BR(W) Station Views - Steam Era
		Machynlleth station buildings Dn platform 1962 view from bridge Platform trolleys, milk churn and milk in crates on platform.
		Axminster, looking W from W end of station, route of Lyme brch rt.
		Deepdene station, lookng E from Dn platfm, main building centre
	www.hmrs.org.uk /photocat/brstatsw.htm (7589 words)

	HMRS - Selection of BR(S) & BR(W) Station Views - Steam Era
		Machynlleth station buildings Dn platform 1962 view from bridge Platform trolleys, milk churn and milk in crates on platform.
		Talerddig station, Dn plat wi sig box in distance 1962 from train Small platform hut as shelter, three sets of oil lamps.
		Axminster, looking W from W end of station, route of Lyme brch rt.
	www.hmrs.org.uk /photocat/brstatsw.htm (7589 words)

	Machen Chatham 887
		Machynlleth Maesgwyn St Doll ST Penrhalt Street 892
		Postage is a one off payment and is per order not per Print.
		Caeurau Rd Neath Rd and Talbot St. J389
	www.wales-pictures.com /g-m/M.htm (7589 words)

	CPAT SMR PRINTOUT
		Llanbrynmair lies on the Newtown to Machynlleth railway line which was constructed following the Act of 1857, and became part of the Cambrian Railway network in 1864; the Londonderry's of Machynlleth were closely involved and the contactors were David Davies and Thomas Savin.
		Llanbrynmair station is an example of a rural station on this line, dated 1864, and therefore contemporary with the formation of the Cambrian Railway.
		Listed for its special interest as a well preserved rural station dating from the early years of the Cambrian Railway.
	www.cpat.org.uk /ycom/llanbryn/42066.htm (355 words)

	Machynlleth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Machynlleth main-line station was built by the Newtown and Machynlleth Railway, and continues to provide a link to Aberystwyth and the Cambrian Coast to the west and Newtown and Shrewsbury to the east.
		Machynlleth is a town in the traditional county of Montgomeryshire, north Powys in Wales.
		Since the 1970s Machynlleth has attracted a growing population of English Bohemians and is today considered by many to be the 'Alternative' Capital of Wales.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Machynlleth (299 words)

	Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway on AboutBritain.com
		Welshpool Raven Square station is at the west end of the town (follow the brown signs or A458 Machynlleth / Dolgellau).
		The railway now has a replica of one of the original timber bodied balcony end coaches (the originals were lost when they were broken up after the cessation of passenger services in 1931) which was built for it by the Ffestiniog Railway at its Boston Lodge Works.
		Llanfair Caereinion station is at the east end of the town.
	www.aboutbritain.com /WelshpoolandLlanfairRailway.htm (626 words)

	Virtual Narrow Gauge Model Railway Exhibition
		It represents the principal station of the Corris Railway as it was circa 1890.
		The station is unique in narrow gauge railways in having an overall roof and the Site itself presents a compact self contained vista almost without equal on the narrow gauge railways of the UK.
		The railway itself ran from Machynlleth in Mid-Wales up the Dulas Valley to Corris where the line split with a horse worked branch running up the slate quarries of Upper Corris.
	www.ngrail.co.uk /3_corris.htm (269 words)

	Centre for Alternative Technology
		Approaching the Centre from the nearby town of Machynlleth you are rewarded by a superb view of the cliff railway blended into its setting, with its distinctive 'upper station' peering out over the beautiful wooded valley like the prow of a great ship.
		When people need to go up or down on the railway a computer controlled system allows water to flow through a pipe into the tank in the top carriage until it is heavy enough to pull the other one up.
		In the winter, when the railway is not running, or when there is plenty of water, it goes down a pipe and runs another (4 kilowatt) turbine below the car park, a further 45 metres below.
	www.cat.org.uk /information/railway.tmpl?frames=[frames]&subdir=visitus (269 words)

	Corris Railway
		Corris Railway Museum, Station Yard, Corris, MACHYNLLETH, Powys, United Kingdom.
		The Corris Society was formed in 1966 and reached its first landmark in 1970 when the Corris Railway Museum was opened in the former railway stable.
		Built, like many of the narrow-gauge railways in North Wales, to serve the slate industry, the Corris Railway is unusual in that it is of the comparatively rare 2ft 3in gauge (see also the Talyllyn Railway).
	members.aol.com /WalesRails/cr.htm (269 words)

	Corris Railway's locomotive nos 3 and 4 behind Machynlleth station, 1948 :: Gathering the Jewels
		Corris Railway's locomotive nos 3 and 4 behind Machynlleth station, 1948
		Corris Railway's locomotive nos 3 and 4 behind Machynlleth station, 1948 :: Gathering the Jewels
		This item comes from: Corris Railway Museum (Item reference: Casgliad Cymdeithas Reilffordd Corris Railway Society Collection).
	www.gtj.org.uk /en/item1/3172 (210 words)

	Visit Fairbourne & Barmouth Steam Railway with the Wales Flexi Pass
		Porthmadog railway station is one km from the attraction and served by trains on the Cambrian Coast Line between Machynlleth and Pwllheli.
		The two mile narrow gauge steam railway connecting Fairbourne with Penrhyn Point and a ferry across the Mawddach Estuary to Barmouth.
		The nearest bus stop is adjacent to Fairbourne Station and served by Arriva Cymru service 28 running between Dolgellau and Towyn.
	www.walesflexipass.co.uk /eng/attractions/transport/fairbourne.php (129 words)

	Visit Vale of Rheidol Railway with the Wales Flexi Pass
		The Steam Railway is adjacent to the mainline station.
		The nearest railway station is Aberystwyth on the Cambrian Main Line.
		An 11 and a half mile narrow gage steam railway affording superb views of the Rheidol Valley on it’s 600 ft climb from Aberystwyth to Devil’s Bridge which is within walking distance of the famous Mynach Falls, Jacob’s Ladder and Devil’s Punchbowl.
	www.walesflexipass.co.uk /eng/attractions/transport/vale.php (147 words)

	GENUKI: Machynlleth, Montgomeryshire - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868
		It is a station on the Newtown and Machynlleth and Aberystwith and Welsh Coast railway.
		The road from Machynlleth to Llanidloes passes through the township, and a short distance to the right of it, not far from Glaslyn, are some lead mines, which have been only partially worked, though the ore is said to contain some silver.
		"MACHYNLLETH, (or Makunthleth), a parish, and market town in the hundred of the same name county Montgomery, 11 miles S.E. of Dolgelly, and 31 W. of Montgomery.
	www.genuki.org.uk /big/wal/MGY/Machynlleth/Gaz1868.html (2348 words)

	Alun Richards - Writer, Lecturer and Author
		The backing Earl of Vane (Later Marquess of Londonderry) gave to the Newtown and Machynlleth Railway line was undoubtedly partly to further his slate interests in the Dulas valley.
		This was a diversion to make room for the Main line station.railway was built.
		Page 157 Beddgelert and Portmadoc Light Railway 1901 was a scheme backed by the Northern Counties Electric Traction Co, predecessors to the NW P and E T Co. for an electric railway.
	www.dalydesign.co.uk /richards-slate/rsweb/slate-railways.html (910 words)

	Bridgnorth Cliff Railway - Result for Bridgnorth Cliff Railway - Meaning of Bridgnorth Cliff Railway - Definition of Bridgnorth Cliff Railway - Dictionary of Meaning - www.mauspfeil.net
		It is one of the steepest railways in the country, and at least one source (the information panel outside the top station) claims it is both the steepest and shortest.
		The only other inland funicular railway is the modern cliff railway at the Centre for Alternative Technology near Machynlleth, Wales [http://www.cat.org.uk/information/railway.tmpl?frames=[frames]&subdir=visitus] which uses water power.
		The '''Bridgnorth Cliff Railway''' or '''Castle Hill Railway''' is a funicular cliff railway in Bridgnorth, Shropshire, England.
	www.mauspfeil.net /Bridgnorth_Cliff_Railway.html (910 words)

	Welshpool & Llanfair Railway, Attraction, Llanfair Caereinion, Powys - Shropshire Tourism
		Welshpool Raven Square station is at the west end of the town (Follow the brown signs or A458 Machynlleth / Dolgellau).
		In 1963 a group of railway enthusiasts re-opened the line and started searching for new rolling stock, which fortunately leaves this line open for visitors to come and enjoy.
		Your journey on the eight mile long Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway begins on the edge of the historic market town of Welshpool.
	www.shropshiretourism.info /attractiondetail.cfm?EstID=731 (429 words)

	Central Trains
		Trains from Birmingham run through to Aberystwyth; passengers for stations to Pwllheli change at Machynlleth, but in the return direction, one train per weekday runs direct from Pwllheli to Shrewsbury.
		Follow the sound of train whistles and the smell of steam, and you are at the Welshpool and Llanfair Caereinon Railway.
		The terminus station is adjacent to the Arriva Trains Wales station at Aberystwyth.
	members.aol.com /walesRails/ct.htm (3065 words)

	Cambrian Railways Trust
		In July 1864 the Oswestry and Newtown and the Oswestry,Ellesmere and Whitchurch Railways amalgamated with the Newtown and Machynlleth, and the Llanidloes and Newtown Railways to form the Cambrian Railways (Joined in 1865 by the Aberystwyth and Welsh Coast Railway)
		The first railway to reach Oswestry, in 1848, was a branch off the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway, which ran to Oswestry from a junction located at Gobowen.
		From the outset, the Cambrian Railways operated this line, which meant that, once built, this Railway linked the Cambrian system at Oswestry and the ex Potteries Railway at Blodwell via a direct route through Llynclys and Porthywaen junctions.
	www.cambrianrailwaystrust.com /html/history.html (615 words)

	Barmouth-wales
		One side of the bridge carries the railway line between Pwllheli in the north and Machynlleth to the south whilst the other forms a promenade from which magnificent views are obtained.
		This seven mile walk - all on level ground - commences across the Barmouth bridge to Morfa Mawddach station and then follows the former railway track all the way along the river bank to Penmaenpool.
		This walk, which ends at the RSPB Bird Observation Post (the old railway signal box) at Penmaenpool, is of particular interest to anyone wanting to see the wide variety of bird life including waders and water fowl and other wild life on the edge of the Afon Mawddach.
	www.barmouth-wales.co.uk /walking.html (925 words)

	Bala Lake Railway 3
		After nationalisation in 1948, most of the railway's traffic was diverted to the former Cambrian Railways line between Welshpool and Machynlleth.
		The canopy supports were built for the Cambrian Railways station at Pwllheli, but were taken down when the station was moved in 1907.
		The railway between Bala and Dolgellau was built by the Bala and Dolgelley Railway Company (which used the English spelling for the latter place), and opened in 1868.
	www.bala-lake-railway.co.uk /page4.html (340 words)

	The Cambrian Coast Railway Line - AberInfo
		Also worth a few minutes is an estuary path which clambers along the rocky banks of the Dovey (Dyfi) River from the small gardens by Penhelig station.
		The sand dunes by Aberdovey station and the large sandy beach have superb views across the estuary to Ynyslas and are great on a sunny day.
		Machynlleth is a typical small Welsh market town that provides somewhat of a contrast to Aberystwyth.
	aberystwyth.org.uk /reg01.html (340 words)

	Route guide
		The first station after Machynlleth still open for business is Caersws, after 23 miles with no station.
		Conwy Castle, with its attendant bridges and town walls, is clearly seen as is the embankment carrying the former main road and railway.
		Near the summit the train passes through a shelter built to protect the line from rock falls: before this was built, locomotives fell from the cliff on two occasions.
	www.penmorfa.com /Cambrian/route.htm (340 words)

	Pwllheli railway station - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Pwllheli railway station is a railway station serving the small town of Pwllheli on the Lleyn Peninsula in Gwynedd, Wales.
		Train times and station information for Pwllheli railway station from National Rail
		It is the terminus of the Cambrian Coast Railway.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pwllheli_railway_station (136 words)

	Self-catering accommodation near Corris Railway Museum - Central Wales
		Station Yard, Corris, Machynlleth, Powys SY20 9SH - Wales, UK The narrow gauge Corris Railway set in Mid-Wales re-commenced passenger services on June 3rd 2002 after a break of 72 years.
		Self-catering accommodation near Corris Railway Museum - Central Wales
		UK Attraction -> Central Wales -> Corris -> Nearby Self-catering
	www.ukattraction.com /central-wales/self-catering/corris-railway-museum.htm (166 words)

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