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	Taff Vale Railway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Taff Vale Railway (TVR) is a railway in Glamorgan, South Wales, and is one of the oldest in Wales.
		The TVR entered the Rhondda with a 4 mile 38 chain (7.20 km) route from Pontypridd to Dinas, and the 3 mile 29 chain (5.41 km) Llancaiach branch was opened from Stormstown Junction (north of Pontypridd) to Llancaiach colliery.
		In 1901 the Taff Vale Railway Company successfully sued the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, a trades union, for damages due to losses accrued during a strike by their members (who were seeking to compel the company to recognise the union).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Taff_Vale_Railway (1081 words)

	Great Western Railway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Great Western Railway originated from the desire of Bristol merchants to maintain the position of their port as the second port in the country and the chief one for American trade.
		Meanwhile, further developments were made in the GWR's heartland: the South Devon Railway (which for a time experimented with the “atmospheric” system of propulsion) was opened in 1849, extending the broad gauge to Plymouth, and the Cornwall Railway took it over the Royal Albert Bridge and into Cornwall, reaching Penzance by 1867.
		The South Wales Railway, terminating at Neyland, opened in 1850 and was connected to the GWR via Brunel's ungainly Wye bridge in 1852.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Great_Western_Railway (1440 words)

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		Amalgamated with the Swansea Vale and Neath and Brecon Junction Rly 1869 Newport, Abergavenny and 1846 1854 Formed by the amalgamation of the Hereford Rly, the Llanfihangel Rly and the Hereford Railway Grosmont Rly.
		Absorbed by the Great Western Railway 1922 Tredegar and Newport Tramroad 1802 1805 Mineral railway Vale of Glamorgan Rly 1889 1897 Passed to the Great Western Railway 1922 Vale of Neath Railway 1846 1851 Amalgamated with Swansea and Neath Railway 1863 Vale of Towy Railway 1854 1858 Leased to the Llanelly Railway 1858.
		Leased to the Knighton, Central Wales Extension Rly and the Llanelly Railway jointly in 1868.
	www.angelfire.com /ga/BobSanders/railways.html (373 words)

	Taff Vale Rly (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The TVR was the largest of the Welsh coal railways with over a hundred route miles of track and the line featured extensive use of quadruple track.
		The TVR was one of the companies that relied on the cast wagon number plate rather than painting numbers on the sides of goods stock but after 1903 they added cast number plates to the ends of wagons and vans.
		The Taff Vale Railway three plank wagon shown in Sketch X is a slice cut from a ventilated van body, shortened and fitted to a planked floor of 1mm scribed card mounted on a shortened Peco ten foot wheelbase chassis.
	myweb.tiscali.co.uk /gansg/00-app2/gwr/tvr.htm (953 words)

	Station Information - Taff Vale Railway
		On 21st June, 1836, Royal Assent was given to a Parliamentary bill allowing for the creation of the Taff Vale Railway Company by the ironworks owners of Merthyr.
		The mainline of the TVR, from Merthyr to Cardiff docks, was 24 miles long.
		In 1901 the Taff Vale Railway Company successfully sued the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, a trades union, for damages due to losses accrued during a strike by their members.
	www.stationinformation.com /encyclopedia/t/ta/taff_vale_railway.html (422 words)

	Railways (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		By 1862 the Taff Vale Railway extended to Treherbert in the Rhondda Fawr and Ferndale in the Rhondda Fach.
		In 1846 the Taff Vale Railway and the Marquis of Bute entered into a contract for the protection of their several interests, but in the course of time, this began to exercise a very harmful influence upon the economic development of the Valleys.
		For example, the announcement of the Barry Dock and Railway Bill in 1882 caused the Taff Vale Railway Co. to lower their charges from 0.875 d to 0.77d a ton per mile and to be further reduced in 1889 to 0.74d a ton per mile.
	www.therhondda.co.uk /transport/railways.html (1322 words)

	Cardiff Railway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The railway was only 11 miles in length, a fact which belied its importance, since it provided both the Taff Vale Railway and the Rhymney Railway, inter alia, with access.
		On August 6 1897 the Bute Docks Company became the Cardiff Railway, and the line between Heath Junction and Treforest was opened.
		The Cardiff Railway remained independent until the Grouping of 1923, when it became a constituent part of the Great Western Railway.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cardiff_Railway (125 words)

	LLANDAFF - LoveToKnow Article on LLANDAFF (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		, a city of Glamorganshire, Wales, on the Taff Vale railway, 149 m.
		It is nobly situated on the heights which slope towards the southern bank of the Taff.
		Formerly the see of Llandaff was looked upon as the oldest in the kingdom; but its origin is obscure, although the first two bishops, St Dubricius and St Teilo, certainly flourished during the latter half of the 6th century.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /L/LL/LLANDAFF.htm (454 words)

	The Taff Vale Railway by D.S.M.Barrie
		Taff’s Well suffered several changes of name, becoming Walnut Tree junction after the opening of the Rhymney Railway connection in 18,58, and Walnut Tree Bridge-the official name of the junction 9chains south of the station-on 1 June 1886; the original name was finally restored on 1 April 1900.
		East Dock was brought into use in 1855-1859, but the Taff Vale, who already had great difficulty in disposing of their export coal traffic owing to the lack of facilities, were denied access to the new dock except on payment of substantial tolls to the Rhymney Company.
		That the Taff Vale did not regard this line so much as a competitor, but rather as a source of income, is shown by the fact that from the opening in 1884 until 1 May 1906 the Taff Vale provided engine-power for the mineral and empty wagon trains over the P.C.andN.
	www.trackbed.com /companies/t/tvr/dsmbarrie/tvr_dsmbarrie.htm (11047 words)

	Taff Vale Railway No 28 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Taff Vale Railway No 28 was built in 1897 at the TVR's West Yard Works in Cardiff, and is the only surviving Welsh-built standard gauge locomotive (The other surviving TVR loco no 85 was was built for the TVR).
		At this point, the TVR locomotives were in a poor state of maintenence and the GWR began to scrap them.
		It was steamed briefly in 1983 and 1985, but by the early 1990's it required a full boiler overhaul and in 1996, the locomotive was transferred to the DFR for restoration, who decided to get No 28 back up to operational status, rather than just give it a cosmetic overhaul for static display.
	www.forestofdeanrailways.info /tvr28.htm (280 words)

	Great Western Railway -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		By the (The decade from 1860 to 1869) 1860s the gauge war was lost; with the merger of the standard-gauge West Midlands Railway into the GWR in 1861 mixed gauge came to (additional info and facts about Paddington) Paddington, and by 1869 there was no broad-gauge track north of Oxford.
		The South Wales Railway, terminating at (additional info and facts about Neyland) Neyland, opened in 1850 and was connected to the GWR via Brunel's ungainly Wye bridge in 1852.
		The details of all railways within the new Great Western Railway are given in the (additional info and facts about List of constituents of the Great Western Railway) List of constituents of the Great Western Railway.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/g/gr/great_western_railway.htm (1425 words)

	NRM loco TVR28 at the Dean Forest Railway
		TVR 28 was built by the Taff Vale Railway Company in May 1897 at West Yard Works, Cardiff.
		TVR 28 was first donated to the British Railways Board (WR) by the NCB, then moved to Caerphilly Works.
		The TVR 28 restoration team sincerly thanks everyone who has purchased prize draw tickets and donated monies in aid of the fund-raising appeal and invite you to Norchard to see where the money is spent.
	www.deanforestrailway.co.uk /loco_tvr28.html (778 words)

	POOLE, MATTHEW - LoveToKnow Article on POOLE, MATTHEW (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Pontypridd was an insignificant village till the opening of the Taff Vale railway into the town in 1840, and it owed its progress chiefly to the development of the coal areas of the Rhondda Valley, for which district it serves as the market town and chief business centre.
		Similarly the name is given to a form of trade combination, especially in railway or shipping companies, by which the receipts or profit are divided on a certain agreed-upon basis, for the purpose o: avoiding competition (see TRUSTS).
		POOLE, MATTHEW (1624-1679), English Nonconformis theologian, was born at York, educated at Emmanuel College ambridge, and from 1649 till the passing of the Act of Uniformity (1662) held the rectory of St Michael le Querne, London, ubsequent troubles led to his withdrawal to Holland, and he died at Amsterdam in 1679.
	44.1911encyclopedia.org /P/PO/POOLE_MATTHEW.htm (773 words)

	Taff Vale Case Additional Papers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		This guide describes a small group of Taff Vale case papers found at Unity House in the Spring of 1980 before this was vacated for redevelopment.
		Taff Vale Railway Company and other companies : documents (or copies) issued by, in connection with the dispute, including circular sent to those applying for work during the dispute /12; Barry Railway Company notice to quit garden /16.
		That the case "was the first and last major trial of strength which occurred during the period in which the Taff Vale decision was of practical significance" (Neville, op.cit., p.145) accounts for the existence of a printed transcript of King's Bench proceedings Jan-Feb 1904 with the Taff Vale case papers (MSS.127/AS/TV/5/4).
	www2.warwick.ac.uk /services/library/mrc/holdings/resources/taff (491 words)

	Taff Vale Railway - UK selected websites (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Railway had the necessary permission and land to...
		Railway Company sued the Railwaymen's Union for fantastic damages because of the action of Union men in a trade dispute.
		Railway Police are recorded in the 1919 Police Almanac.
	www.all4one.com /taff-vale-railway.htm (141 words)

	Signal Boxes of the Taff Vale Railway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Taff Vale was the only independent company in the Welsh Valleys that showed any signs of affluence, completing its signalling by 1881 and continuing to expand with the provision of comprehensive layouts worked from large signal boxes.
		This smaller cabin is of all timber construction, which was not common on the Taff Vale.
		The Taff Vale Railway became part of the Great Western in 1923.
	www.signalbox.org /gallery/tv.htm (176 words)

	RHODODENDRON - LoveToKnow Article on RHODODENDRON (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Though the urban district measures 23,884 acres, the area built upon is generally a narrow strip on either side of each river except at Treorky and Ton, where the valley of the Rhondda Fawr opens out a little.
		The Taff Vale railway runs up each of the two valleys from a junction at Porth (16 m.
		The Rhondda and Swansea Bay railway (authorized in 1882, opened in 1890, and now worked by the Great Western) connects the upper end of the main valley, where it has a station, Blaen-rhondda, with Port Talbot, Neath and Swansea (31 m.
	89.1911encyclopedia.org /R/RH/RHODODENDRON.htm (2651 words)

	LLANTRISANT - LoveToKnow Article on LLANTRISANT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		, a small town and a contributory parliamentary borough of Glamorganshire, Wales, picturesquely situated with a southern aspect, commanding a fine view of the vale of Glamorgan, in a pass on the mountain range which separates that vale from the valley of the Taff.
		A branch of the Taff Vale railway running from Pontypridd to Cowbridge and Aberthaw has a station, Cross Inn, 3/4 m.
		The castle, which according to G. Clark was second only to Cardiff in military importance, dates from the reign of Henry III.
	www.87.1911encyclopedia.org /L/LL/LLANTRISANT.htm (368 words)

	Taff Vale Railway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The mainline of the TVR, from Merthyr to Cardiff docks, was 24 miles long.However, no fewer than 23 branch lines took the full length of track to 124 miles and 42 chains.
		In 1901 the Taff Vale Railway Company successfully sued the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, a trades union, for damages due to lossesaccrued during a strike by their members.
		The TVR became a part of Great Western Railway in1927, and part of British Rail following the nationalisation of the UK railways in 1948.
	www.therfcc.org /taff-vale-railway-117393.html (402 words)

	Railway Heritage: The TAFF VALE Railway Vol 3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Following the sucess of the author's two volume set on The Rhymney Railway, the natural follow on was to explore the history of the Taff Vale Railway.
		The Taff Vale railway was absorbed by the Great Western Railway as far back as 1922 despite this the impact that the oldest and most extensive of all the South Wales colliery railways.
		It was constructed in several stages the first section from Merthyr to Cardiff was authorised in 1836 and the embryo Taff Vale company approached the now famous Isambard Kingdom Brunel to be the engineer responsible for construction.
	www.nostalgiacollection.com /pages/Book%20Pages/Railway%20Heritage/2493taff3.html (209 words)

	Tom Hurry Riches (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The TVR cars were designed to cope with heavy gradients and the locomotive portion was designed to be simple to detach from the body and to be able to raise steam rapidly.
		The TVR car was steam-heated, had oil-gas lighting and an electric bell for communication with the conductor-driver.
		He was Locomotive Superindent of the Taff Vale Railway.
	www.steamindex.com /people/riches.htm (585 words)

	GWR Modelling: The Taff Vale Railway
		The TVR connected the harbours at Cardiff to the Taff Vale mines and the ironworks at Merthyr Tydfil, competing fiercely with its neighbours the Rhymney Railway and Barry Railway.
		It played an important part in the railway history of Wales and was the oldest and largest of the companies absorbed into the GWR at the grouping.
		For modellers, the TVR does have some trade support - it isn't much, but certainly enough for a layout and better than what you get for most other Welsh companies.
	www.gwr.org.uk /notaff.html (325 words)

	Vale of Glamorgan Railway
		Known then as Butetown Historic Railway Society, the aim was to restore the derelict Taff Vale Railway station and establish a steam hauled passenger service from Bute Road to the city centre.
		Vale Of Glamorgan Railway Company had moved all its rolling stock and equipment to Barry Island where a large new purpose built shed and maintenance base was occupied.
		At the same time the station building at Barry Island constructed by the Barry Railway in 1896 were completely renovated for the Vale Of Glamorgan Railway Company's use.
	www.trackbed.com /vogr/company_vogr.htm (652 words)

	Rhymney Railway branch in the valleys of South Wales (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Taff Vale accusations that Rhymney Railway traffic received preferential treatment at Bute Docks were countered by a Rhymney Railway challenge to the surcharge which the Taff Vale placed on trains using the shared track.
		The station is part of the interchange which links the surrounding area to the railway from the bus station.
		The directors of the Rhymney Railway, however, had no such qualms, and allowed the inn to be built in its relatively restricted position.
	members.aol.com /walesRails/r.htm (1278 words)

	Taff Vale Railway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		By the Dowlais Railway Act of 28 July 1849, the Iron Company were granted 5 years in which to complete the line, being required to provide a passenger station near the lower entrance gates of the Dowlais Iron Works, and not more than 100 yards from the main Merthyr-Abergavenny road.
		By its Act of 17 June 1878, the Company was authorised to lease its 1½miles of finished track to the Taff Vale and abandon the remainder; finally on 26 August 1889 the T.V.R. absorbed the independent company.
		Two other short mineral lines in the Rhondda are those from Aerw Branch junction near Trehafod to various colliery sidings (73chains of T.V.R. line, opened 1854), and from Pwllyrhebog Branch junction up the famous incline to Pwllyrhebog (1863) and thence to Clydach Vale Colliery (1889), the total length being 2miles 5chains.
	www.hows.org.uk /personal/rail/incline/taff.htm (315 words)

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