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WELSH RAILWAYS ARCHIVE Index to Volume 5 Issues and page numbers

No 1 May 2010 pp1-24 No 2 November 2010 pp 25-48 No 3 May 2011 pp 49-72 No 4 November 2011 pp 73-96 No 5 May 2012 pp 97-120 No 6 November 2012 pp 120-144 No 7 May 2013 pp 145-168 No 8 November 2013 pp 169-192 No 9 May 2014 pp 193-216 No 10 November 2014 pp 217-240 Supplement April 2015 pp1-32

Suffix D = detailed drawing(s) Suffix M = track diagram(s) or detailed map(s) Suffix P = photograph(s) Tail Traffic is the Letters section Page numbers in the Supplement are prefixed S

AUTHOR INDEX A Anderson, N: Tail Traffic: Newbridge-on-Wye, 144

B Backhouse, R: Tail Traffic: Life at Dolwen, 120 Basten, C: Rhiwbina Halt, 5P Bowen, R: The Y9 wee puggies. The LNER reaches West , 43P

C Cannop Price, M: Caerbryn to Crosshands. The upper end of the Mountain branch, 219MP Day return to Morriston, 152P Dewi’s remarkable railcar, 202P Fatal accident at Burry Port (1892), 46 Some late Gladstonian journeys, 171P Some vanished Welsh passenger services, 154 The Y9 wee puggies. The LNER reaches West Wales, 43P Caston, R: A case of mistaken identities – the 1866 accident at Pant, 13MP, 48 B&M 2-4-0T no 21, 34DP Courtybella – a mystery solved? 31P ‘Familiarity breeds contempt’ or Tragedy at Torpantau, 136P Tail Traffic: Bury engine, 24 Tail Traffic: Leanings, 120 Tail Traffic: Photograph of B&M no 24, 216 Tail Traffic: Railway accident at Maes-y-Cwmmer, 240 Tail Traffic: Talybont-on-Usk, 120 Chapman, C: Free rides to Ferndale, 16P Coggan, I: Accidents at , 74 Suburban rail passenger traffic in : 1924-1964, 78

Coulthurst, R: ‘A dreadful accident’ on the Vale of Railway, 1866, 70M Crump, R: TVR A class short of puff? 45P

D David, J: Cylla branch, 87M Railway 1872 and 1877 locomotive coal wagons, 132DP standard wagons, 95 Rhymney Railway workmen’s trains, 225 Rhymney ruminations, 165P, Tail Traffic, 216 Shaded or not? 189P Tail Traffic: A Scotsman in Neath? 143 Tail Traffic: RR covered goods wagons, 96 Tail Traffic: Workmen’s trains in the , 168P Three Rhymney Railway goods vehicles, 90D Workmen’s trains on the Rhymney Railway, 113P Davies, G: ‘Sir John Wyndham Beynon’ jumps the rails at Tredegar, 36MP Dore-Dennis, J: GWR enterprise. Improving facilities at , 194 Electrification of railways. Prospect of development in South Wales, 210

E Edwards, J: Tail Traffic: The Y9 wee puggies, 72 Ellis, D: Records of steam in the Eastern Valley, 32MP Ellis, R Ab: Tail Traffic: Research integrity, 72 Evans, R: Coals to . . . by the scenic route! 66

F Ford, A: A signal box mystery at Courtybella Jct, Newport, 15M

H Hambly, M: Clywedog revisited, 131M Tail Traffic: Newbridge-on-Wye, 144 Headon, A: Cylla branch, 115M Tail Traffic: Engine shed at Pant, 48 Hodge, J: Canton a century ago, 106P Newport 100 years ago, 215P The GWR and Taff Vale engines, 17P, 48 The GWR and the Rhymney engines. Part 1 – The saddle tank classes, 38P The GWR and the Rhymney engines. Part 2 – The side tank classes, 51P The GWR and the & Merthyr engines, 80P

J Jarvis, J: South Wales Mineral miscellany, 154M The Saturdays only passenger train service between Tonmawr and Port Talbot Central, 143P The South Wales Mineral Railway and the great rejoicing in hoinour of its commencement, 151M The South Wales Mineral Railway and the Gyfylchi tunnel collision, 186M Johnson, P: Tail Traffic: Scafell, 143

L Lawton, P: Taking the train, 175P The arrival of the railways in Corwen 1864-5, 123MP Lewis, B: Early Railway junctions at Neath, 86MP Lewis, J: Tail Traffic: Newbridge-on-Wye, 144 Rebuilding Black Bridge, near Pontdolgoch, 130MP Lewis, I: Cataloguing the Swindon drawings, 99DP

M Mann, J: Tail Traffic:Gilbertson’s private siding, 192 The Rassa Tramway, 44P Marks, M & F: A steep learning curve, 116 Martin-Mason, R: Rhiwbina Halt and Railway track S bend, 5P Maund, R: A race to the Gwaun Cae Gurwen coalfield – a postscript, 42M Maund, R: Coals to London – by the scenic route! 96 Research integrity, 47 Tail Traffic: A dreadful accident, 96 Tail Ttraffic: Aberystw(i/y)th, 96 Tail Traffic: Rail v road, 96 Tail Traffic: Scafell, 143 Tail Traffic: South Wales Mineral Railway, 144 Tail Traffic: Working the , 168 The tribulations of the Ellesmere Loop, Wrexham & Ellesmere Railway, 176M Through carriage workings on the , 208P McCarthy, T: David Bowen, B&MR driver – his log summer 1916, 195MP David Bowen, B&MR driver – his log summer 1916 – conclusion, 228MP Musings on Rhymney Railway locomotives, 78 Plus ça change . . . 47 Port Talbot Railway no 1, 115P The Inspectors called at Bargoed station (Rhymney Railway), 138MP McCloy, R: Suburban rail passenger traffic in South Wales: 1924-1964. Part 1 – to WWII, 56MP Suburban rail passenger traffic in South Wales: 1924-1964. Part 2 – from WWII, 75MP Miles, J: Vale private sidings, 166M, Tail Traffic, 192 Tail Traffic: Wenvoe station, 240 Miller, A: Foreword, 2, 26, 50, 74, 98, 122, 146, 170, 194, 218 Wenvoe station house, 218P Miller, B: The Barry bit: Through workings in high summer, 26 Moores, D: Railway track S bend, 5P Mundy, D: Rhymney Railway locomotive no 14, model, 95P

N Neale, S: The railway accident at Maes-y-Cwmmer, B&M,, 10th June 1869, 206MP

P Parsons, S: Railway running powers in West Wales, 147MP The opening of the Pencader mixed gauge section, 1st January 1866, 62MP Phillips, A V: Penywern to Pontsarn. The story of the Morlais tunnel, 158MP Poole, B: Life at Dolwen, 88MP The Clywedog Dam III. The final instalment, 191P The dam builders, 102P The railway ladies of the upper Severn Valley, 1940-1945, 162P Price, R: Tail Traffic: GWR and Taff Vale engines, 48 Prosser, B: Tail Traffic: Port Talbot Railway offices, 168P

R Reynolds, P: List of memorials, 98 Parson’s Folly: a few questions and a few suggestions, 9MP Tail Traffic: Rhymney Ironworks explosion, 5P Tail Traffic: Talybont-on-Usk, 120 The Vale of Neath & Cefn Mawr Junction Railway, 27MP

S Simmonds, R: South Wales Mineral Railway stock, 187P Tail Traffic: The ‘Safety’ movement, 24 Smith, D A: Dylan Morlais Thomas (1914-1953), 226 Stagg, R: Tail Traffic: Water column flues and terminals, 120 Stephens, M: Recovering 6676, 65P The road to Morriston, 184P Studley, D: Ehedydd, 185P Modellers’ page: G KN workmen’s carriages, 142P Rhymney Railway wagon no 452, 201DP

T Taylor, R: Ex-Rhymney engines at work, 120 Thomas, K: Sale of Tareni Colliery, 1928, 68MP Tomkiss, D: Outward bound, 211P Tail Traffic: B&M train staff, 216P Tail Traffic: R&SB safety lamp, 216P Tail Traffic: Wenvoe station, 192 Trains to Tremains (supplement), S1-S32

W Wassell, N: Tail Traffic: Dolwen and Scafell, 120 Watkins, A: ‘Stafford blues’ – growing up alongside a GWR canal, 6P Tail Traffic: Newbridge-on-Wye, 143 Tales of Old Radnor, 234MP Watkins, T: B&M 2-4-0T no 21, 34DP Newbridge-on-Wye, 110MP Obituary: Peter Korrison 1934-2012, 119P Talybont station (Brecon & Merthyr Railway), 85P Weatherill, B: B^MR no 24, 192P Worth, M S: By batteries to ? 3MP

SUBJECT INDEX A A case of mistaken identities – the 1866 accident at Pant, R Caston, 12MP, 48 ‘A dreadful accident’, , 1866, R Coulthurst, 70M, 96 A local eisteddfod in 1903 (Barry)? A Miller, 146 A race to the Gwaun Cae Gurwen coalfield – a postscript, R Maund, 42M, 72P A Scotsman in Neath? 143 A signal box mystery at Courtybella Jct, Newport, A Ford, 15M, 31P A steep learning curve . . . and a lesson in supervising contractors, M & F Marks, 116 Aberdare tramway system, 56 Accidents: Aberdare, Vale of Neath section, GWR, 1866, 70M, 96 Accidents at Fochriw, I Coggan, 74 Derailed locomotive at Ogmore Vale, 65 Fatal accident at Burry Port, 1892, 46 ‘Familiarity breeds contempt’ or tragedy at Torpantau, 136MP Gyfylchi tunnel collision, SWMR, 186MP Hawarden, bridge collapse near, 171 Maes-y-Cymmer, B&M, 10th June 1869, 206MP, 240 Margam Moors, 3 December 1941, S21 Pant, 1866, 12MP, 48 Recovering 6676, 65P Rhymney Ironworks explosion of loco no 9, 24 Runaway train from Coedygric to Newport, 8 Shocking accident at Vochriw, 1872, 74 Sir John Wyndham Beynon jumps the rails at Aberdare, 36MP Wagon containing acid on fire, 1951, 74 Alexandra Docks & Railway, see Railway companies , see Railway companies

B Barry bit, 2, 26, 30, 98, 122, 146, 240P Barry Railway, see Railway companies Barry Railway water tank for Coity (), 94P Blaen Pelena Peat Co, 29 Breakdown train, Ebbw Junction, 65 Brecon & Merthyr Railway, see Railway companies Brickwork and tile works at Emlyn Colliery, 223 Bridges and viaducts: Bargoed road and foot bridges, 138P Black Bridge, Pontdolgoch, B Lewis, 130MP Cambrian Railways timber overbridge near Pentrefelin, 204D Dee Bridge, Corwen, 126P Fforchdwm, 11P Howarden swing bridge, 171 viaduct, 200P Neath, , 86MP Pont Abergwenffrwd, Tonmawr, 135P Rassa Tramway, 44P Signal for swing bridge, , 114D Viaducts and junction at Neath, GWR an VoNR, 86P Walnut Tree (model), 72P British Railways, see Railway companies Buildings and structures, see individual railway companies Bury engine, 24 Burry Port & Gwendraeth Valley Railway, see Railway companies By batteries to Aberthaw? M S Worth, 3MP

C Caerbryn to Crosshands: the upper end of the Mountain Branch, M Cannop Price, 219MP Calves, transfer from rail to road, Newbridge-on-Wye, 112P, 143 Cambrian Railways, see Railway companies Canals: Brecon & Abergavenny Canal, 5P Canton a century ago, J Hodge, 106P Cardiff Railway, see Railway companies Cardiff tramway and trolleybus systems, 56 Carriage builders and suppliers, see Locomotive, carriage and wagon builders and suppliers Cataloguing the Swindon drawings, I Lewis, 99DP & Cardigan Railway, see Railway companies Carmarthenshire Railway, see Railway companies Central Wales & Carmarthen Junction Railway, see Railway companies Chemin de Fer du Sud, see Locomotives Cheshire Lines Committee, see Railway companies Cinematographic film, first in Wales, of a railway, 175 Circuitous routing of coal traffic from Tonmawr to Somers Town, 66, 96 Clydach, Pontardawe & Cwmgorse Railway, see Railway companies Clydach Valley Railway, see Railway companies Clywedog dam, railways used in construction of, 102P, 131, 191P Clywedog revisited, M Hambly, 131M, 191P Coal companies, collieries and pits: Amalgamated Anthracite, 224 Bargoed Colliery, 196 Blaenhirwaun Colliery, 219M Blaenmawr Colliery Co, 66, 96 Blaentwrch Colliery Co, 29 Blaenyvwm level, 29P Britannia Colliery, 199P Caerbryn & Empire Collieries Ltd, 222 Caerbryn Anthracite Colliery Co Ltd, 224 Caerbryn Colliery, 220MP California Colliery, 219MP Cefn-brithdir Colliery, 236P Cefn Mawr drift, 30 Clyne Steam Colliery Co, 29 Darran Colliery, 236P Dr Norton’s Colliery, 219M Steel, Iron & Coal Co, 193P5 Elliot Pit, 197P Emlyn Colliery, 219MP Ferndale Colliery, 16 Garth Tonmawr Colliery, 27 Gilfach Colliery, 219M Glanlash pit, 223 Coal Co, 151, 154 Gors-goch Colliery, 219M Great Mountain Colliery, 222 Gwaun Cae Gurwen Colliery, private siding, 166 Messrs Gueret, private siding, Cwm Clydach, 166 Colliery, 87, 115M Marine Colliery, Cwm, 73P Marine Colliery, Ebbw Vale, 193P McLaren 2 Colliery, 200 Neath & Merthyr Steam Colliery Co, 29 Locomotive (Black Hawthorn) Topsy, 29 Neath & Penella Colliery Co, 27 Neath Merthyr Colliery Co, 30 New Crosshands Colliery, 219MP New Gored Merthyr Colliery /ltd, 30 New Tredegar Colliery, 200 Norton & Sons, 220 Old Crosshands Colliery, 219M , 87, 115M Penalltau Colliery, 87 Penrhiwfelin Levels, 87, 115M Powell Dyffryn Steam Coal Co, 199P Rock Castle Colliery, 219M Locomotive Dolly, Hunslet 552 of 1892, 223P South & Cefn Mawr Colliery Co, 27 South Wales Primrose Coal Co, 68P Tareni Colliery: Primrose wagon empty to, 68P Sale of in 1928, 68P The French Anthracite Co, 222 Tredegar Iron & Coal Co, 36MP Locomotive Sir John Wyndham Beynon, 36MP Ynyspenllwch colliery, private siding, 166 Coals to London . . . by the scenic route! R Evans, 66, 96 Cohen Bros, 153P, 202 Contractors: Dickson, McKenzie & Co, 151 Reed & Mallik, 102MP, 131, 191P John Waddell & Sons, 222 Corwen & Bala Railway, see Railway companies Court cases: A(N&SW)D&RC v TVR, 108MP Courtybella, a mystery solved? R Caston, 31P & Aberthaw Railway, see Railway companies Cwbs, Iron Co and GKN (model), 142P works, workmen’s train at, 113P, 168P Cylla branch, J David, 87M, A Headon, 115M

D David Bowen, B&MR driver – his log summer 1916, T McCarthy, 195MP, 217P, 228MP Day return to Morriston, M Cannop Price, 152P Denbigh, Ruthin & Corwen Railway, see Railway companies Dewi’s remarkable railcar, M Cannop Price, 202P Diesel multiple units: unit 153362 formerly named Dylan Thomas 1914-1953, 227 Dolwen docks, 120 DRAWINGS Cambrian Railways: Distant and shunt arms, 190D Timber overbridge near Pentrefelin, 204D Cardiff Railway: Loading gauge, 137D : Aberfan station, 179DMP Cataloguing of, 99DP Chemin du Fer du Nord locomotives 2.643-2.660, 100D Neath & Brecon Railway: Home signal, Ynisdawley loop, 214D Port Talbot Railway: Steam rail motor no 1, 100 Private owner: Goods rolling stock: Old Radnor Co no 233, 239D Old Radnor Lime, Roadstone & General Trading Co no 112, 232D Old Radnor Trading Co no 253, 239D & Merthyr Joint Line: Aberfan station, 179DMP & Railway: Goods rolling stock: Covered goods wagon, 60D Locomotives: Radial axlebox for locomotives nos 20 and 22, 101 Rhymney Railway: Buildings: Aberfan station, 179DMP Goods rolling stock: 10 ton box wagon with side doors, 92D 1872 and 1877 locomotive coal wagons, 132DP Bolster/roll wagon no 452, 201D Cattle wagon, 90D Locomotive department standard 15 ton coal wagon, 91D Signal: Distant arm, 190D : Signal gantry, , 156D Dylan Morlais Thomas, D ASmith, 226

E Early Vale of Neath junctions at Neath, B Lewis, 86MP Ebbw Junction breakdown train, 65 Educational standards of TVR recruits, 47 Egel Valley Railway, see Railway companies Ehedydd, D Studley, 185P Eisteddfod in Barry in 1903? 146 Electrification of railways. Prospect of development in South Wales, J Dore-Dennis, 210 Ellesmere Loop, Wrexham & Ellesmere Railway, 176M Enlargement of Cadoxton railway station, 98

F ‘Familiarity breeds contempt’ or tragedy at Torpantau, R Caston, 136MP Fatal accident at Burry Port, 1892, 46 Foreword, A T Miller, 2, 26, 50, 74, 98, 122, 146, 170, 194, 218 Free rides to Ferndale, C Chapman, 16P

G Gladstone, late railway journeys, 171P GOODS ROLLING STOCK At Neath GWR carriage and wagon works, 143 Barry Railway: Goods brake van no 67 as BR no W35983, 240P Brecon & Merthyr Railway: Open wagon no 41, 85P British Railways: Goods brake van no W35983, ex Barry Railway no 67, 240P Burry Port & Gwendraeth Valley Railway: Goods brake van no 9, 169P Cambrian Railways: Open wagon no 41, 85P Great Western Railway: Built for the Rhymney Railway, 93 Private owner: Breconshire Coal & Lime Co wagon nos 1 and 36 (models), 110P Breconshire Coal & Lime Co wagon no 414 and others, 111P Copper Pit no 44, 223P Emlyn Anthracite no 992, 223P W Evans, Whitney-on-Wye no 2, 240P Glyncorrwg Colliery Co no 842, 187P J A Jebb wagon no 1 (model), 111P New Cwmgorse wagons, 222P Old Radnor Lime, Roadstone & General Trading Co no 112, 232D Old Radnor Co no 109, 239P Old Radnor Co no 159, 239P Old Radnor Co no 233, 239D Old Radnor Trading Co no 253, 239D Primrose, Pontardawe, no 489, 68P Pwllheli Granite Co no 60, 111P Radnorshire Coal, Lime & C Co Ld no 207, 240P Radnorshire Coal, Lime & General Supply Co, 110P Rhondda & Swansea Bay Railway: Covered goods wagon, 60D Rhymney Railway: 10 ton box wagon with side doors, 92D 10 ton box wagon with long drop sides, 92 1872 and 1877 locomotive coal wagons, 132DP Bolster/roll wagon no 452, 201D Box wagon no 947 (model), 165P Cattle wagon, 90D Covered goods wagons, 96 Locomotive department standard 15 ton coal wagon, 91D, 189P Open wagons built by the GW for the RR, 93 Shaded or not? 189P Standard goods wagons, 95 V16 vans built by the GW for the RR, 93 Goods wagon builders and suppliers, see Locomotive, carriage and wagon builders and suppliers , see Railway companies Great Western Railway, see Railway companies GWR enterprise, improving facilities at Cardiff, 194

H History, see individual railway companies

I Invensys Rail, see McKenzie & Holland Iron works, see Steel and iron works

J Jellicoe specials, 213

K Kington & Eardisley Railway, see Railway companies

L Legal cases, A(N&SW)D&RC v TVR, 108MP Leominster & Kington Railway, see Railway companies Life at Dolwen, B Poole, 88MP Lime companies and kilns: Fields Mercantile Co Ltd, 237P Nash Rocks, 237 Old Radnor Lime, Roadstone & General Trading Co, 234MP Radnorshire Coal, Lime, & General Trading Co, 234M Tilcon, 234 List of memorials, P Reynolds, 98 Llanelly & Mynydd Mawr Railway, see Railway companies & Dock Co, see Railway companies , tramway system, 56 Llangollen & Corwen Railway, see Railway companies Locomotive, carriage and wagon builders and suppliers: Swansea Wagon Co, 60D Locomotive sheds and depots: Brecon, B&MR, 25P Fleur-de-Lys, B&MR, 195M, 231M Pant, B&MR, 12M LOCOMOTIVES Barry Railway: 0-6-0T no 53 as 0-4-2T, 170P Brecon & Merthyr Railway: 0-6-0 no 8 Elephant, 206 0-6-0 Antelope, 206 0-6-0ST no 5 as GWR no 2181, 81P 0-6-0ST no 6 as GWR no 2182, 229P 0-6-0ST no 7, 136 0-6-0ST no 8, 136P 0-6-0ST no 17, 58P, 80P 0-6-0ST no 18, 80P 0-6-0ST no 22, 196, 230 0-6-0ST no 24, 192P, 216, 232P 0-6-0ST no 27, 14, 196, 230 0-6-0ST no 28, Rumney, 14P 0-6-0ST no 30 Allt, 195, 230 0-6-0ST no 31 Tor, 198, 230P, 232P 0-6-0ST no 33, 196, 230 0-6-0ST no 34, 228P 0-6-2ST no 19, 136 0-6-2ST no 20 as GWR no 1677, 82P 0-6-2T no 36 as GWR no 11, 83P 0-6-2T no 45 as GWR no 1372, 84P 2-4-0T no 6, 198 2-4-0T no 9, 34D 2-4-0T no 10, 34D 2-4-0T no 11, 34D, 136, as GWR no 1460, 82P 2-4-0T no 12, 25P, 34D 2-4-0T no 21, 34DP 2-4-0T no 25, 34D In GWR days and later, 80 British Railways: 0-6-0 no 2235, 217P 0-6-0 no 2286, 213P 0-6-2T no 36, formerly Rhymney Railway no 40, 52P 0-6-2T no 78, formerly Rhymney Railway no 35, 51P 0-6-2T no 83, formerly Rhymney Railway no 6, 55P 0-6-2T no 373, formerly TVR A class no 139, 22P 0-6-2T no 6614, 199P 0-6-2T no 6676, 65P 2-6-2T no 5516 in 1955, 145P 4-6-0 no 5038 Manorbier Castle, 32P 8750 class 0-6-0PT, 199P Class 37 no 37229, 152P English Electric class 3, 199P Y9 class 0-4-0ST no 68094, 43P Cambrian Railways: 0-6-0 no 19 Hercules, involved in 1866 Pant accident, 12MP, 48 0-6-0 no 39, 14P Cardiff Railway: 0-6-2T no 35 as BR no 155, 120 Chemin de Fer du Sud: 4-4-2 nos 2.643-2.660, 100D Clywedog dam construction : Fowler 0-4-0 diesel, 103P, 104P Thomas Hill( ?), 191 Sentinel Dorman (possibly Hibberd Planet) 0-4-0 diesel, 102P, 105P, 131, 191P Dowlais Iron Co: 0-6-0ST Ehedydd (model), 185 Great Western Railway: 0-6-0 no 1001, formerly TVR K class no 359, 17P 0-6-0 no 2235 in BR days, 217P 0-6-0 Standard goods no 1195, 215P 0-6-0PT no 3656, S10 0-6-0PT no 7775, S20P 0-6-0ST no 622, formerly Rhymney Railway no 52, 40P 0-6-0ST no 659, formerly Rhymney Railway no 33, 38P 0-6-0ST no 2181, formerly B&MR no 5, 81P 0-6-0ST no 2182, formerly B&MR no 6, 229P 0-6-2ST no 86, formerly Rhymney Railway no 9, 39P 0-6-2ST no 122, formerly GWR no 85, 40P 0-6-2ST no 138, formerly Rhymney Railway no 95, 39P 0-6-2ST no 1677, formerly B&MR no 20, 82P 0-6-2T no 11, formerly B&MR no 36, 83P 0-6-2T no 36, formerly Rhymney Railway no 40, in 1957, 52P 0-6-2T no 52, formerly Rhymney Railway no 10, 54P 0-6-2T no 78, formerly Rhymney Railway no 35, in 1952, 51P 0-6-2T no 83, formerly Rhymney Railway no 6, in 1950, 55P 0-6-2T no 286, formerly TVR O4 class no 39, 21P 0-6-2T no 324, formerly TVR O4 class no 119, 20P 0-6-2T no 410 formerly TVR O3 class no 18, 20P 0-6-2T no 499, formerly TVR N class no 186, 18P 0-6-2T no 503, formerly TVR M class no 16, 18P 0-6-2T no 1372, formerly B&MR no 45, 84P 0-6-2T no 6676 in 1957, 65P 2-4-0T no 1460, formerly B&MR no 11, 82P 2-4-2T no 1324, formerly Rhymney Railway no 65, 41P 2-6-0 no 2654, 107P 2-6-2T nos 3101, 3102, 3104, S15, S18P, S21 2-6-2T no 5516 in 1955, 145P 4-4-0 no 3140 Sydney, 106P 4-4-0 no 3817 County of , 107P 4-4-2T no 1304, formerly TVR C class no 175, 22 4-6-0 no 4001 Dog Star, 107P 4-6-0 no 5038 Manorbier Castle in BR days, 32P Allocated to Canton in 1912, 106P Allocated to Newport in 1912, 215P Allocations in 1923, 48, 215P Former RR no 35 (GWR no 78) in BR days, 49P Former Taff Vale Railway locomotives, 17P, 58 On loan from the LNER, second world war, 43P, 72P Volante, 70, 96 Working over the B&MR, 233 Industrial, see Private owner Llanelly Railway & Dock Co: 0-6-0 Princess Royal, 220 London & North Eastern Railway: Y9 class 0-4-0ST no 10090, 72P Y9 class 0-4-0ST no 10092 as BR 68094, 43P London & North Western Railway: Crewe works shunter no 3104, 96P Coal tank as LMS no 27585, 1P London, Midland & Scottish Railway: Ex LNWR coal tank 27585, 1P Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway: 2-4-0 no 89, 172P : 0-4-0ST no 1090 as LNER no 10090, 72P 0-4-0ST no 1092 as BR no 68094 (ex LNER 10092), 43P Port Talbot Railway: 0-6-0ST no 1, 115P Steam rail motor no 1, 101D Private owner/industrial: Elliott’s Metal Co: Marah, 46 Emlyn Anthracite Colliery Co: Andrew Barclay no 665 of 1890, 224 Avonside nos 1507 (1906), 1543 (1908), 1893 (1921) and 1922 (1923), 224 Fox Walker 173 of 1873, 224 Hunslet 16 of 1867, 224 Fowler 0-4-0 diesel, 103P, 104P Thomas Hill( ?), 191 Neath & Merthyr Steam Colliery Co: Topsy (Black Hawthorn), 29 Rhymney Ironworks: No 9, explosion, 24 Rock Castle Colliery: Dolly, Hunslet 552 of 1892, 223P Sentinel Dorman (possibly Hibberd Planet) 0-4-0 diesel, 102P, 105P, Tredegar Iron & Coal Co: Menelaus, 37P, 573P Sir John Wyndham Beynon, 36MP Rhondda & Swansea Bay Railway: Radial axlebox for locomotives nos 20 and 22, 101D Rhymney Railway: 0-4-2T no 121, 53P 0-6-0 no 6 (model), 118P 0-6-0ST no 14 (model), 95P 0-6-0ST no 25, 138P 0-6-0ST no 33 as GWR no 659, 38P 0-6-0ST no 53, 141P 0-6-0T no 112, 53P 0-6-2ST no 9, 168P, as GWR no 86, 39P 0-6-2ST no 52, 113P 0-6-2ST no 52 as GWR no 622, 40P 0-6-2ST no 85 as GWR no 122, 40P 0-6-2ST no 95 as GWR no 138, 39P 0-6-2T no 6 as BR no 83, 55P 0-6-2T no 10 as GWR no 52, 54P 0-6-2T no 35 as BR 78, 49P 0-6-2T no 40 as BR no 36, 52P 0-6-2T no 106, 51P 2-4-2T no 65 as GWR no 1324, 41P A and A1 class 0-6-2Ts 14 (as BR 56) and 23 (as BR 63) on the Cardiff Railway line in BR days, 120 Ex-Rhymney engines at work, 120 In GWR days and later, 38P, 51P, 79 Model of 0-6-0 no 6, 118P P class 0-6-2Ts on the Cardiff Railway line in BR days, 120 R class 0-6-2Ts 44 (as BR 40) and 62 (as BR 44) on the Cardiff Railway line in BR days, 120 S1 class 0-6-0T on the Cardiff Railway line in BR days, 120 South Wales Mineral Railway: 0-6-0ST ex GWR, 187P Taff Vale Railway: 0-6-0 no 359 (K class) as GWR no 1001, 17P 0-6-0ST no 280 (V class), 23P 0-6-2T no 16 (M1 class) as GWR no 503, 18P 0-6-2T no 18 (O3 class) as GWR no 410, 20P 0-6-2T no 39 (O4 class) as GWR no 286, 21P 0-6-2T no 90, 45P 0-6-2T no 119 (O4 class) as GWR no 324, 20P 0-6-2T no 139 (A class) as BR no 373, 22P 0-6-2T no 165, 45P 0-6-2T no 186 (N class) as GWR no 499, 18P 0-6-2T no 196 (U1 class), 19P 4-4-2T no 175 (C class) as GWR no 1304, 22P A class 0-6-2Ts on the Cardiff Railway line in BR days, 120 A class out of puff? 45P In GWR days and later, 17P, 48 Vale of Neath Railway: 0-6-0ST no 24, 70 London & North Eastern Railway, see Railway companies London & North Western Railway, see Railway companies London, Midland & Scottish Railway, see Railway companies

M Manchester & Milford Railway, see Railway companies Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway, see Railway companies McKenzie & Holland: Home signal, Ynisdawley loop, 214D Loading gauge, Cardiff Railway, 137D Signal for swing bridge, Cardiff Railway, 114D Signal arms for Cambrian and Rhymney Railways, 190D Signal gantry, Pontypridd, 156D Signals for Colbren Junction, Cilfrew and Aberbran, N&BR, 117D Memorials to railway related individuals, 24P, 98, 120P, 128 , tramway system, 56M MFD rerailing equipment, 65 , see Railway companies Railway, see Railway companies Modellers’ page, 118P, 142P Models: Breconshire Coal & Lime Co wagon nos 1 and 36, 110P Cardiff Railway ex Hull & Barnsley Railway carriages nos 6 and 7, 118P Dowlais Iron Co 0-6-0ST Ehedydd, 185P Dowlais Iron Co workmen’s carriage, 142P Guest, Keen & Nettlefolds workmen’s carriage, 142P J A Jebb wagon no 1, 111P Rhymney Railway 0-6-0 no 6, 118P Rhymney Railway 0-6-0ST no 14, 95P Rhymney Railway 1872 and 1877 locomotive coal wagons, 132DP Rhymney Railway bolster/roll wagon no 452, 201D Rhymney Railway box wagon no 947, 165P Rhymney Railway ex- carriage no 022, 118P Rhymney Railway first carriages, 165P, 216 Walnut Tree viaduct, 72P Monmouthshire Railway & Canal Co, see Railway companies Mumbles Railway, see Railway companies Musings on Rhymney Railway locomotives, T McCarthy, 78

N Neath & Brecon Railway, see Railway companies Neath tramway system, 56 New Radnor Extension Railway, see Railway companies Newport 100 years ago, J Hodge, 215P Newport tramway system, 56 North British Railway, see Locomotives Notices and posters: Brecon & Merthyr Railway: Cheap return tickets to , 1890, 57 British Railways: Tremains East signal box brought back into use, S26 Cambrian Railways: Great acceleration between Leeds, Sheffield etc and and the Cambrian Coast, 178P Important acceleration to the Wells of Mid Wales, the Cambrian Coast, 1893, 209P Denbigh, Ruthin & Corwen Railway: Cutting the first sod notice, 124P Poster, 129P Fields Mercantile Co Ltd, 237P Great Western Railway: Tremains platforms brought into use, S3 London & North Western Railway: Sunday school excursion, 1910 (in Welsh), 127P Old Radnor Lime, Roadstone & General Trading Co, 236P South Wales and Vale of Neath Railways: London excursion, 1854, 155P

O Obituaries: Peter Korrison (author T Watkins), 119P Old Radnor Lime, Roadstone & General Trading Co, 234MP Omnibus routes (Western Welsh Omnibus Co Ltd), 59M Opening of the Pencader mixed gauge section, 1st January 1866, S Parsons, 62MP Outward bound, D Tomkiss, 211P

P Parson’s Folly: a few questions and a few suggestions, P Reynolds, 9MP PASSENGER ROLLING STOCK Barry Railway: Motor cars, withdrawal of, from Pontypridd-Cardiff and Barry-Cardiff sections, 122 British Railways: South Wales (Blue) Pullman, 153P, 184 Cambrian Railways: Tricomposite no 274, 210 Cardiff Railway: Ex Hull & Barnsley Railway carriages nos 6 and 7 (models), 118P Private owner: Dowlais Iron Co workmen’s carriage (model), 142P Guest, Keen & Nettlefolds workmen’s carriage (model), 142P Unknown workmen’s trains, 113P, 168P Rhymney Railway: Ex-Metropolitan Railway carriage no 022 (model), 118P First carriages (models), 165P, 216 Taff Vale Railway: Proposed battery railcar, 3MP Used for special trains to Barry, July 1903, 146 Passenger services Barry Railway: Passenger train alterations June 1905, 122 Special train Barry Pier to , connecting with Ilfracombe boat, 122 Through special services in 1903-05, 26 Vale of line, motor cars on, 122 British Railways: Records of steam in the Eastern Valleys, 32P Suburban rail passenger traffic in South Wales: 1924-1964. Part 1 – to WWII, 56MP, 96 Suburban rail passenger traffic in South Wales: 1924-1964. Part 2 – from WWII, 75MP Suburban rail passenger traffic in South Wales: 1924-1964. Notes and comments, 78 Cambrian Railways: Over the Ellesmere loop, 176M Through carriage workings, 208P Carmarthen & Cardigan Railway: Opening the Pencader mixed gauge section, 62MP Cheshire Lines Committee: Through services between Manchester (Central) and Aberystwyth, and Manchester (Central) and Barmouth, 176 Denbigh, Ruthin & Corwen Railway: Excursions, 123 Great Central Railway: Passenger services between Leicester and Sheffield and Aberystwyth, 177 Great Western Railway: Passenger numbers at Dowlais (B&M line), Fochriw, Merthyr Tydfil, Quaker’s Yard and Troedyrhiw, 57 In South Wales, 1924-1964, 56MP, 75MP, 78, 96 Neath & Brecon Railway: Some vanished passenger services, 154 Port Talbot Railway: Saturday only passenger train service between Tonmawr and Port Talbot Central, 134P Rhymney Railway: Penrhiwfelin branch, 87, 115M Workmen’s trains, 113P, 168P, 225 South Wales Mineral Railway: Saturday only passenger services between Tonmawr and Port Talbot, 134P Services between Cymmer and Glyncorrwg, 144 Some vanished passenger services, 154 Workmen’s services between Cymmer and North Rhondda Halt/Platform, 144 Taff Vale Railway: Free rides to Ferndale, 16P Wrexham & Ellesmere Railway: Over the Ellesmere loop, 176M Pembroke & Tenby Railway, see Railway companies Penywern to Pontsarn, the story of the Morlais tunnel, A V Phillips, 158MP Personalities: Acton Smee Ayrton, MP, 2 Alexander, passenger, accident, Aberdare, 1866, 70 N B Allen, passenger, accident, Aberdare, 1866, 70 Anthony Appleton, driver, Corwen, 128 Armstrong, engineer C&CR and GWR division, 149 Edward Bage, TVR resident engineer, 116 James Barnes, signalman, SWMR, 188 William Bawden, driver, GWR, 70 Ammon Beasley, TVR general manager, 47 Joan Beddoes, GWR employee, 1940-1945, 162 George Bedford, colliery developer, 27 J J Best, Rhymney Railway engineman, 79 W H Blackall, FWR divisional engineer, 194 T W P Blomefield, Board of Trade, 140 Olwen Bound (married name Williams), GWR/BR employee, 1940-1956, 162P (Thomas) Cliff Bowen, booking clerk, Fleur-de-Lys, 228 David Bowen, B&MR driver, 195MP, 228P Owen Bowen. Carmarthen & Cardigan Railway, 148 John Boycott, stoker, GWR, Corwen, 128 W J Brown, GWR employee, Aberdare station, 70 Frederick Broughton, expert witness, C&C v CW&CJR court case, 148 I K (re TVR), 116 Jean Brunt, GWR employee, 1940-1945, 164P Ben Buckton, stationmaster, Corwen, 127 George Bush, TVR engineer, 116 John Butler, passenger, Gyfylchi tunnel collision, SWMR, 187 John Canty, Rhymney Railway locomotive superintendent, 78 Clarke, stationmaster, Junction, 162 John Clarke, signalman, Corwen, 128 A J Collin, engineer, Cambrian Railways, 177 Corfield, GWR signalman, 163 Gweneira Corfield, GWR employee, 1940-1945, 162 William Counsell, railway engine driver, 228 Meurig Cox, guard, Corwen, 128 Crane, B&MR traffic superintendent, 206 Francis Croft, guard, GWR, Corwen, 128 Mary Ellen Cross, barmaid, refreshment rooms, Corwen, 128 Mr Davies, GWR guard, 162 Mrs Davies, passenger, accident, Aberdare, 1866, 70 D Davies, fireman, B&MR, 195, 228 David Davies, passenger, Gyfylchi tunnel collision, SWMR, 187 George Davies, engine cleaner, Corwen, 128 Hugh Davies, foreman, platelayers, Corwen, 128 Lewis Davies, housebuilder, Penygroes, 224 Martha Davies, guard’s wife, Corwen, 128 Megan Davies, GWR employee, 1940-1945, 162 Owen Davies, colleague odf Dewi Owen, 203 Samuel Davies, driver, Corwen, 128 Thomas Davies, carriage number taker, Corwen, 128 David Davis, colliery owner, 16 C S Denniss, general manager, Cambrian Railways, 176 John Dickson, railway contractor, 27 W B Dobell, colliery proprietor, 222 Peter Donaldson, traffic superintendent, Vale of Neath section, GWR, 70 Lt Col Druitt, Board of Trade, 136, 140, 188 Benjamin Dudley, guard, Corwen, 128 David Edwards, engine cleaner, GWR, Corwen, 128 Joseph Egerton, goods clerk, Corwen, 128 Mrs Evans, the curate’s wife, GWR employee, 1940-1945, 162 Elsie Evans, GWR employee, 1940-1945, 164P Gwilym Evans, GWR employee, 163 W Evans, coal merchant, Whitney-on-Wye, 236 Fairlamb, engineer’s department, Rhymney Railway, 138 George Fisher, TVR engineer, 16, 116 Fowler, magistrate, regular passenger, Vale of Neath section, GWR, 70 J and W George, drivers (?), B&MR, 199, 229 John George, chief inspector, GWR, 163 William Ewart Gladstone, 171P Richard Glascodine, Llanelly Railway, 148 Wilfred Glasscodine, stationmaster, Welshpool, 162 Grant, assistant goods manager, Carmarthen & Cardigan Railway, 148 Freda Griffin, GWR employee, 1940-1945, 162 Harry Griffiths, booking clerk, GWR, Corwen, 128 Rev J Griffiths, rector of Neath (at SWMR inauguration), 151 Tom Griffiths, Rhymney Railway engine driver, 79 John Gwilt, GWR employee, Buttington Junction, 162 Hall, Baglan House (at SWMR inauguration), 151 Major G L Hall, Board of Trade, 134 Lewis Hamer, GWR employee, 163 Mary Harris, GWR employee, 1940-1945, 164 Harrison, stationmaster, Dolwen, 164 James Hayward, platelayer, Corwen, 128 Alfred George Hearne, engine cleaner, Corwen, 128 Mrs Henry, GWR bridge department employee, 1940-1945, 162 Henwood, GWR guard, 70 Flo Hibbott (married name Pirschle), GWR employee, 1940-1945, 162P Edward Highton, TVR general superintendent, 116 F Hopwood, Board of Trade, 138 Martha Howard, engine driver’s wife, Corwen, 128 Howe, Receiver, Carmarthen & Cardigan Railway, 148 David Hughes, fireman, Corwen, 128 John Hughes, driver, SWMR, 186 Rowland Hughes, driver, SWMR, 186 W H Hutchins, passenger, accident, Aberdare, 1866, 70 Maj-Gen C S Hutchinson, Board of Trade, 138 Richard Jenkins, Rhymney Railway locomotive superintendent, 78 Glyn Jerman, informant on Dolwen station, 89 Jones, passenger, accident, Aberdare, 1866, 70 Arthur Jones, GWR employee, 164 Beti Jones, GWR employee, 1940-1945, 162 Betty Jones, GWR employee, 1940-1945, 162 Freda Jones (married name Sanders), GWR employee, 1940-1945, 162P Ron Jones, GWR employee, 163 Samuel Jones, engineer (at SWMR inauguration), 151 Simon Jones, engine cleaner, Corwen, 128 Evan Jones, doctor, Aberdare, 70 Robert Jones, railway breaksman, Corwen, 128 Thomas Jones, engine cleaner, Corwen, 128 W Jones, passenger, accident, Aberdare, 1866, 70 William Jones, platelayer, Corwen, 128 William Jones, railway porter, Corwen, 128 Jowett, inspector, SWMR, 188 John Kendall, Rhymney Railway locomotive superintendent, 206 Arthur Killick, railway employee, Corwen, 128P Knox, Dickson, McKenzie & Co, contractor, 151 Mrs Lewis, GWR bridge department employee, 1940-1945, 162 Hugh Lewis, resident, Scafell, 143 Littler QC, counsel in C&CR v CW&CJR case, 148 James Livesey, foreman locomotive department, GWR, Corwen, 128 E H Lloyd, district engineer, GWR, 149 Edward Lowther, general manager, Port Talbot Railway, 134 Cornelius Lundie, Rhymney Railway general manager, 78 James Mansergh, contractor’s agent, 149 Frank Mathews, GWR employee, 163 Eileen Matthews, GWR employee, 1940-1945, 164P G C McDonald, engineer, Cambrian Railways, 177 Gwilym Morgan, Rhymney Railway engine driver, 79 J D Morgan, manager, Emlyn Colliery, 224 Jemima Morgan, passenger, Tonmawr, 135 John Morgan, signalman, SWMR, 187 John Howard Norton, colliery proprietor, 220 George Overton, 120 Dewi Owen, owner of Dewi’s railcar, Cardigan branch, 202P Owen Owen, driver, GWR, Corwen, 128 Lewis Owens, lamp cleaner, GWR, Corwen, 128 Vivien Owen, GWR employee, 1940-1945, 164 William Page, TVR engineering staff, 116 James Palin, guard, GWR, Corwen, 128 John Parry, platelayer, Corwen, 128 Thomas Parry, inspector of guards, Corwen, 128 Parsons, promoter and secretary, SWMR, 151 Sir Frederick Peel, chairman, Railway Commission, 150 Thomas Penry, colliery proprietor, 221 John Perrett, cashier, Glyncorrwg Coal Co, 188 Phillips, LNWR, late Llanelly Railway, 148 Thomas Phillips, guard, SWMR, 187 Pollard, B&MR fitter, 206 Archie Polsom, GWR engineman, 229 W Polsom, fireman, B&MR, 197, 228 Samuel Poutney Smith, architect, 124 James Powell, fireman, Corwen, 128 Samuel Morgan Price, stationmaster, Tanybont-on-Usk, 120P Thomas Randles, foreman railway porter, Corwen, 128 Thomas Raymond, fireman, SWMR, 187 William Rees, fireman, SWMR, 187 Col Rich, Board of Trade, 149 Charles Roberts, engine driver, Corwen 128 Edmond Roberts, driver, B&MR, 12 Edward Roberts, stoker, GWR, Corwen, 128 Griffith Roberts, porter, Corwen, 128 Isaac Roberts, fireman, Corwen, 128 John Roberts, railway porter, Corwen, 128 Owen Roberts, number taker, Corwen, 128 Robert Roberts, weighing machine clerk, Corwen, 128 Henry Robertson, railway engineer, 124P Margaret Rogers, daughter of Dolwen crossing keeper, 88 Robert Rogers, fireman, Corwen, 128 John Rymer, driver, Rhymney Ironworks, 24 John Salisbury, pilotman, Corwen, 128 Saunders, doctor, Aberdare, 70 William Sayce, colliery proprietor, 220 Thomas Scull, stoker, B&MR, 14 John Simpson, B&MR locomotive department manager, 206, 240 Anthony C Smith, manager, Neath & Penella Colliery Co, 28 Gerry Smith, Ebbw Junction mechanical foreman, 65 Isaac Smith, colliery developer, 27 Roger T Smith, GWR electrical engineer, 194 W Robinson Smith, solicitor, 30 George Stephensm traffic & telegraph clerk, SWMR, 188 Enid Stephenson, GWR employee, 1940-1945, 162 Stewart, helped at accident, Aberdare, 1866, 70 Arthur Thomas, GWR guard and traffic inspector, uncle of Dylan Thomas, 226 Dylan Morlais Thomas, 226 Evan Thomas (Thomas the Guard), grandfather of Dylan Thomas, 226 Ewart Thomas, GWR employee, 163 Harry Thomas, Rhymney Railway engine driver, 79 J E Thomas, colliery proprietor, 223 John Thomas, pilotman, GWR, Corwen, 128 Thomas Stock Thomas, B&MR driver, 206 William Thomas, engine cleaner, Corwen, 128 Thorogood, traffic manager, Aberdare Iron Co, 70 Col C J Tottenham, railway company chairman,124P Mrs Turner, GWR bridge department employee, 1940-1945, 162 Will Tyler, general manager, Carmarthen & Cardigan Railway, 148 O Veltom, traffic manager, , 213 Charles Viollis, under manager, Emlyn Colliery, 224 J E Wales, HM Inspector of Mines, 70 Thomas Warburton, driver, Corwen, 128 Sir Edward Watkin, 171 Matthew Watkins, Rhymney Railway engineman, 79 R Watkins, GWR signalman, 162 Shires Will, counsel in C&CR v CW&CJR case, 149 Williams, doctor, Aberdare, 70 Williams inspector of permanent way, GWR, 70 David Williams, platelayer, Corwen, 128 George Williams, GWR guard, inspector and chief shipping inspector, Dylan Thomas’s grandfather, 226 Hugh Williams, platelayer, Corwen, 128 John Williams, B&M guard, 74 John Williams, man, Vale of Neath Railway, 70 Joshua Williams, superintendent for South Wales, GWR, 70 Sid Williams, Sentinel lorry driver, Dolwen, 89 William Williams, colliery proprietor, 221 William Williams, fireman, Corwen, 128 Samuel Williamson, Cambrian Railways general manager, 143, 178 J G Willis, Board of Trade, 140 Robert White, fireman, Rhymney Ironworks, 24P William Woodhall, wagon examiner, GWR, Corwen, 128 Long Wrey, colliery proprietor, 220 Frederick Wright, guard, Corwen, 128 Ly-Col Yorke, Board of Trade, 140 Alexander Young, company secretary, Carmarthen & Cardigan Railway, 148 Pits, see Coal companies, collieries and pits Place names, spelling, 47, 72, 96 Places (other than stations, signal boxes, loco sheds, viaducts, bridges, docks): , 18P Aberdovey harbour, 212P Abergwili Junction, 147M, 168 Beaufort, Rassa Tramway, 44P Blaenycwm, 29P Cadoxton, 50 Caerbryn, 219MP Cefn Mawr, 27P12P Cefn Morfydd (Parson’s Folly), 10P Cherry Orchard sidings, 49P Cohen’s scrapyard, Morriston, 152P, 184, 202 Cwm Clydach, private siding, 166 Cwm Crawnon, canal wharf and warehouse, 7P Colbren Junction, N&BR, signals for, 117D84, 202 Crosshands, 219MP Fforchdwm, 11P, 27 Gadlys Crossing, 70M, 96 Gorslas, 219MP Gwaun Cae Gurwen, private siding, 166 Houghton’s incline, 29P Interchange sidings, Pontypridd, & Newport Railway, 108M Interchange sidings, A(N&SW)D&RC, Newport, 108M Llangygydr, Brecon & Abergavenny Canal, 7P Morlais tunnel, 158MP Morriston East, 152P Ogmore Vale, 65 Panteg & Griffithstown, 32P Penarth Curve sidings, 50 sidings, 50 Penrhiwfelyn Goods, 87, 115M Pontdolgoch, 130MP Rhydycar Junction, 58P Rogerstone, 50 Tonmawr Uchaf, 27 Junction, 50 Tremains, S1-S32 Troedyrhiw, 22P Ynys-y-geinon sidings, 69P Plateways, see Tramways and plateways Plus ça change . . . T McCarthy, 47 Pontypridd, Caerphilly & Newport Railway, see Railway companies Pontypridd, tramway system, 56 Port Talbot Railway, see Railway companies Posters, see Notices and posters Private owner locomotives, see Locomotives Private owner wagons, see Goods rolling stock Private sidings, Swansea Vale section, Midland Railway, 166, 192

Q Quakers Yard & Merthyr Joint Line, see Railway companies Quarries: Cylla (Cwm Cylla) Quarry, 87, 115M Penrhiwfelin Quarry Co, 87, 115M

R RAILWAY COMPANIES Alexandra (Newport & South Wales) Docks & Railway Co: History: Proposed electrification, 210 Operation: TVR working traffic on the A(N&SW)D&RC for free, 108MP Avon Valley Railway, 27 Barry Railway: Buildings and structures: Llanbradach viaduct, 200P Walnut Tree viaduct (model), 72P Water tank, Coity, Bridgend, 94P Goods rolling stock: Goods brake van no 67 as BR no W35983, 240P Locomotives: 0-6-0T no 53 as 0-4-2T, 170P Operation: Coal for shipment from the Rhondda, 50 GWR engines working to Barry, 50 Special working in July 1903, 146 Passenger rolling stock: Motor cars, withdrawal of, from Pontypridd-Cardiff and Barry-Cardiff sections, 122 Passenger services: Passenger train alterations June 1905, 122 Special train Barry Pier to Porth, connecting with Ilfracombe boat, 122 Through special services in 1903-05, 26 , motor cars on, 122 Places: Cadoxton, 50 Penarth Curve sidings, 50 Pengam sidings, 50 Rogerstone, 50 Trehafod junction, 50 Stations: Cadoxton station, enlargement of, 1890, 98 St-y-Nyll, 122 Tonteg platform, ending of motor car service, 122 Wenvoe, 216, 218P, 240 Brecon & Merthyr Railway: Accidents: ‘Familiarity breeds contempt’ or tragedy at Torpantau, 136MP Maes-y-Cymmer, 10th June 1869, 206MP, 240 Pant, 1866, 12M Shocking accident at Vochriw, 74 Buildings and structures: Locomotive shed at Brecon, 25P Locomotive shed at Fleur-de-Lys, 195M, 231M Locomotive shed at Pant, 12M Water column flues and thermals, 4/120 Goods rolling stock: Open wagon no 41, 85P Locomotives: 0-6-0 no 8 Elephant, 206 0-6-0 Antelope, 206 0-6-0ST no 5 as GWR no 2181, 81P 0-6-0ST no 6 as GWR no 2182, 229P 0-6-0ST no 7, 136 0-6-0ST no 8, 136P 0-6-0ST no 17, 58P, 80P 0-6-0ST no 18, 80P 0-6-0ST no 22, 196, 230 0-6-0ST no 24, 192P, 216, 232P 0-6-0ST no 27, 14, 196, 230 0-6-0ST no 28, Rumney, 14P 0-6-0ST no 30 Allt, 195, 230 0-6-0ST no 31 Tor, 198, 230P, 232P 0-6-0ST no 33, 196, 230 0-6-0ST no 34, 228P 0-6-2ST no 19, 136 0-6-2ST no 20 as GWR no 1677, 82P 0-6-2T no 36 as GWR no 11, 83P 0-6-2T no 45 as GWR no 1372, 84P 2-4-0T no 6, 198 2-4-0T no 9, 34D 2-4-0T no 10, 34D 2-4-0T no 11, 34D, 136, as GWR no 1460, 82P 2-4-0T no 12, 25P, 34D 2-4-0T no 21, 34DP 2-4-0T no 25, 34D In GWR days and later, 80 Notices and posters: Cheap return tickets to Penarth, 1890, 57 Operation: GWR locomotives working over, 233 Jellicoe specials, 213 Passenger services, 57 Places: New Tredegar, 199P Rhydycar Junction, 58P White Rose, 196 Signalling: Train staff, 216P Signal boxes: Maesycymmer, 207P Stations: Fleur-de-Lys, 195, 217P, 231M Maesycymmer, 207P Pengam (Mon), 229 Talybont-on-Usk, 85P, 120P British Railways: Accidents: Recovering 6676, 65P Wagon containing acid on fire at Fochriw, 74 Goods rolling stock: Goods brake van no W35983, ex Barry Railway no 67, 240P History: Cardigan branch, dismantling, 202P Locomotives: 0-6-0 no 2235, 217P 0-6-0 no 2286, 213P 0-6-2T no 36, formerly Rhymney Railway no 40, 52P 0-6-2T no 78, formerly Rhymney Railway no 35, 51P 0-6-2T no 83, formerly Rhymney Railway no 6, 55P 0-6-2T no 373, formerly TVR A class no 139, 22P 0-6-2T no 6614, 199P 0-6-2T no 6676, 65P 2-6-2T no 5516 in 1955, 145P 4-6-0 no 5038 Manorbier Castle, 32P 8750 class 0-6-0PT, 199P Class 37 no 37229, 152P English Electric class 3, 199P Ex-NBR Y9 0-4-0ST 68094, 43P, 72P Notices and posters: Tremains East signal box brought back into use, S26 Operation: Between Moat Lane and , 131 Log of David Bowen, driver, 1916, 195MP, 228P Passenger rolling stock: South Wales (Blue) Pullmans, 153P, 184 Passenger services: Records of steam in the Eastern Valleys, 32P Suburban rail passenger traffic in South Wales: 1924-1964. Part 1 – to WWII, 56MP, 96 Suburban rail passenger traffic in South Wales: 1924-1964. Part 2 – from WWII, 75MP Suburban rail passenger traffic in South Wales: 1924-1964. Notes and comments, 78 To and from Tremains Platform, S5-20 Workmen’s services between Cymmer and North Rhondda Halt/Platform, 144 Places: Aberdovey harbour, 212P Brackla Hill sidings, S3, S21, S22 Panteg & Griffithstown, 32P Cherry Orchard sidings, 49P Ogmore Vale, 65 Signalling: Gantry at Pontypridd in 1955, 145P Signal boxes: Vrackla South Ground Frame, S22 Courtybella Junction, 15M, 31P Newbridge-on-Wye, 97P Tremains East, S26 Waterloo Junction, 31 Stations: Aberdovey, 211P Dolwen, 88MP, 120 Newbridge-on-Wye, 97P Pengam (Mon), 229 Penhelig Halt, 211P Pontrhydyrun Halt, 33P Pontypridd in 1955, 145P Tremains Platform, S5, S22 Wenvoe, 216, 218P, 240 Burry Port & Gwendraeth Valley Railway: Goods brake van no 9, 169P Cambrian Railways: Buildings and structures: Black Bridge, Pontdolgoch, rebuilding, 130MP Timber overbridge near Pentrefelin, 204D Drawings: Distant and shunt arms, 190D Timber overbridge near Pentrefelin, 204D Goods rolling stock: Open wagon no 41, 85P History: Ellesmere Loop, 176M Locomotives: 0-6-0 no 19 Hercules, involved in 1866 Pant accident, 12MP, 48 0-6-0 no 39, 14P Notices and posters: Great acceleration between Leeds, Sheffield etc and Aberystwyth and the Cambrian Coast, 209P Passenger rolling stock: Tricomposite no 274, 210 Passenger services: Through carriage workings, 208P Through services between Leicester and Aberystwyth, 177 Through services between Manchester (Central) and Aberystwyth and Seacombe and Aberystwyth, 177, 208 Through services between Manchester (Central) and Barmouth, 177 Through services between Sheffield and Aberystwyth, 178 Places: Aberdovey harbour, 212P Signalling: Signal boxes: Newbridge-on-Wye, 97P, 111P Wrexham & Ellesmere North Junction, 176 Wrexham & Ellesmere South Junction, 176 Signals: distant and shunt arms, 190D Stations: Aberdovey, 211P Dolwen, 88MP, 120 Newbridge-on-Wye, 97P, 110P, 143 Penhelig Halt, 211P Scafell (Ysgafell), 88, 120, 121P, 143 Cardiff Railway: Buildings and structures: Loading gauge, 137D Drawings: Loading gauge, 137D History: Proposed electrification, 210 Locomotives: 0-6-0T no 35 as BR no 155, 120 Passenger rolling stock: Ex Hull & Barnsley Railway carriages nos 6 and 7 (models), 118P Signalling: Signal for swing bridge, 114D Stations: Rhiwbina Halt, 5P Carmarthen & Cardigan Railway: History: Opening of mixed gauge section to narrow gauge traffic, 62MP Legal cases C&CR v The Central Wales & Carmarthen Junction Railway, 1874, 147MP, 168 Stations: Abergwyli Junction, 147, 168 Carmarthen, 147M Pencader, 62MP Carmarthenshire Railway: History, 219MP Central Wales & Carmarthen Junction Railway: CW&CJR v The Carmarthen & Cardigan Railway, 147MP, 168 Chemin du Fer du Sud: Locomotives: 4-4-2 nos 2.643-2.660, 100D Cheshire Lines Committee: Passenger services: Through services between Manchester (Central) and Aberystwyth, 176 Through services between Manchester (Central) and Barmouth, 177 Clydach, Pontardawe & Cwmgorse Railway, 42M, 72 Clydach Valley Railway, 42M Clywedog dam construction: Locomotives: Fowler 0-4-0 diesel, 103P, 104P Thomas Hill( ?), 191 Sentinel Dorman (possibly Hibberd Planet) 0-4-0 diesel, 102P, 105P, 131, 191P Corwen & Bala Railway: Impact on Corwen, 123MP Cowbridge & Aberthaw Railway: proposed battery railcar, 3MP Denbigh, Ruthin & Corwen Railway: Bridges and viaducts: River Dee bridge, Corwen, 126P History: Cutting the first sod, 124P Impact on Corwen, 123MP Passenger services: Excursions, 123 Stations: Corwen, 125P Egel Valley Railway, 42M Great Central Railway: Passenger services: through services between Leicester and Aberystwyth, 177 Through services between Sheffield and Aberystwyth, 178 Stations: Hawarden, 171P Great Western Railway: Accidents: Collision between passenger and goods trains, Aberdare, Vale of Neath section, 1866, 56/70M Margam Moors, 3 December 1941, S21 Runaway locomotive from Coedygric to Newport, 8 Buildings and structures: bridge weight limit sign, 6P Cardiff station, improving facilities at, 194 Canals: Brecon & Abergavenny Canal, 5MP Cwm Crawnon wharf, 7P Inspector’s barge, 8P Llangynydr, loading timber, 7P Coal traffic: By circuitous route, 66, 96 Drawings: Aberfan station, 179DMP Cataloguing of, 99 Chemin de Fer du Nord locomotives 2.643-2.660, 100D Radial axlebox for ex R&SBR locomotives 20 and 22, 101D Steam rail motor no 1 ex Port Talbot Railway, 101D Employees: At Corwen in 1871, 128 At Corwen in 1919, 128P Lady employees in the upper Severn Valley, 1940-1945, 162P Goods rolling stock: At Neath GWR carriage and wagon works, 143 Open wagons built by the GWR for the RR, 93 V16 vans built by the GWR for the RR, 93 History: Impact of railway on Corwen, 123MP Mountain Branch and LMMR section, 219MP Proposed electrification, 210 Proposed railways north of Swansea, 42M, 72 Viaduct and junctions at Neath, 86MP Locomotives: 0-6-0 no 1001, formerly TVR K class no 359 , 17P 0-6-0 no 2235 in BR livery, 217P 0-6-0 standard goods no 1195, 215P 0-6-0PT no 3656, S10 0-6-0PT no 7775, S20P 0-6-0ST no 622, formerly Rhymney Railway no 52, 40P 0-6-0ST no 659, formerly Rhymney Railway no 33, 38P 0-6-0ST no 2181, formerly B&MR no 5, 81P 0-6-0ST no 2182, formerly B&MR no 6, 229P 0-6-2ST no 86, formerly Rhymney Railway no 9, 39P 0-6-2ST no 122, formerly GWR no 85, 40P 0-6-2ST no 138, formerly Rhymney Railway no 95, 39P 0-6-2ST no 1677, formerly B&MR no 20, 82P 0-6-2T no 11, formerly B&MR no 36, 83P 0-6-2T no 36, formerly Rhymney Railway no 40, in 1957, 52P 0-6-2T no 52, formerly Rhymney Railway no 10, 54P 0-6-2T no 78, formerly Rhymney Railway no 35, in 1952, 51P 0-6-2T no 83, formerly Rhymney Railway no 6, in 1950, 55P 0-6-2T no 286, formerly TVR O4 class no 39, 21P 0-6-2T no 324, formerly TVR O4 class no 119, 20P 0-6-2T no 410 formerly TVR O3 class no 18, 20P 0-6-2T no 499, formerly TVR N class no 186, 18P 0-6-2T no 503, formerly TVR M class no 16, 18P 0-6-2T no 1372, formerly B&MR no 45, 84P 0-6-2T no 6676 in 1957, 65P 2-4-0T no 1460, formerly B&MR no 11, 82P 2-4-2T no 1324, formerly Rhymney Railway no 65, 41P 2-6-0 no 2654, 107P 2-6-2T nos 3101, 3102, 3104, S15, S18P, S21 2-6-2T no 5516 in 1955, 145P 4-4-0 no 3140 Sydney, 106P 4-4-0 no 3817 County of Monmouth, 107P 4-4-2T no 1304, formerly TVR C class no 175, 22P 4-6-0 no 4001 Dog Star, 107P 4-6-0 no 5038 Manorbier Castle in BR days, 32P Allocated to Canton in 1912, 102P Allocated to Newport in 1912, 215P Allocations in 1923, 48 Former Rhymney Railway locomotives, 38P, 51P Former Taff Vale Railway locomotives, 17P, 48 On loan from the LNER, second world war, 43P, 72P Volante, 70, 96 Working over the B&MR, 233 Notices and posters: Tremains platforms brought into use, S3 Operation: GWR engines working to Barry, 50 Jellicoe specials, 213 ‘Safety First’, 194 Shortage of engines in 1919, 50 Working the Taff Bargoed, 168 Passenger services: Between Cymmer and Glyncorrwg, 144 Suburban rail passenger traffic in South Wales: 1924-1964. Part 1 – to WWII, 56MP, 96 Suburban rail passenger traffic in South Wales: 1924-1964. Part 2 – from WWII, 75MP Suburban rail passenger traffic in South Wales: 1924-1964. Notes and comments, 78 The Saturday only passenger train service between Tonmawr and Port Talbot Central, J Jarvis, 134P To and from Tremains Platform, S4-20P Workmen’s services between Cymmer and North Rhondda Halt/Platform, 144 Places: Aberdovey harbour, 212P Brackla Hill sidings, S3, S21, S22 Cherry Orchard sidings, 49P Panteg & Griffithstown in 1962, 32P Penarth Curve sidings, 50 Pengam sidings, 50 Rogerstone, 50 Tremains, S1-S32 Signalling Signal boxes: Courtybella Junction, Newport, 15M, 31P Newbridge-on-Wye, 97P, 111P Signals: Gantry at Pontypridd in 1955, 145P Stations: Aberdovey, 211P Aberfan, 179DMP Abergwynfi, 154 Blaencorrwg & North Rhondda Platform, 144 Cardiff General, 194 Corwen: in 1871, 128, in 1919, 128P Cymmer General, 154 Dolwen, 88MP, 120 Llangollen, 175P Neath Abbey, 216 Newbridge-on-Wye, 97P Newport High Street, 230P Pencader, 62MP Pengam (Mon), 229 Penhelig Halt, 211P Pontrhydyrun Halt in 1962, 33P Pontypridd in 1955, 145P , 17P Rhiwbina Halt, 5P Tremains Platform, S5P, S16M, S18-20P Wenvoe, 216, 218P, 240 Ystradgynlais, 154 Kington & Eardisley Railway: History, 234MP Stations: Dolyhir, 234MP Leominster & Kington Railway: History, 234MP Llanelly & Mynydd Mawr Railway: History, 219MP Llanelly Railway & Dock Co: History: Mountain branch, 219MP Legal cases: CW&CJR v Carmarthen & Cardigan Railway, 147/mp, 168 Locomotives: 0-6-0 Princess Royal, 220 Llangollen & Corwen Railway: Impact on Corwen, 123MP London & North Eastern Railway: Locomotives: ex-NBR Y9 0-4-0ST, 43P, 72P London & North Western Railway: Employees in 1871, 128, in 1919, 128P Impact of railway on Corwen, 123MP Locomotives: Crewe works shunter no 3014, 96P 0-6-2T Coal Tank as LMS no 27585, 1P Notices and posters: Sunday School excursion, 1910 (in Welsh), 127P Places: Morlais tunnel, 158MP Stations: Broughton (Hall), 174 Holywell Town, 1P London, Midland & Scottish Railway: Locomotives: Ex LNWR coal tank 27575, 1P Places: Ynys-y-Geinon sidings, 69P Stations: Holywell Town, 1P Manchester & Milford Railway: Opening between Pencader and Lampeter, 1st January 1866, 62MP Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway: Chester Golf Club station, 172 Hawarden swing bridge, opening, 171 Hawarden station, 171P Locomotives: 2-4-0 no 89, 172P Stations: Chester Golf Club Halt, 172 Through services between Seacombe and Aberystwyth, 177 Midland Railway: Private sidings on the Swansea Vale section, 166M, 192 Ynys-y-Geinon sidings, 69P Ystradgynlais, 154 Mid Wales Railway: Newbridge-on-Wye, 97P, 110P, 143 Monmouthshire Railway & Canal Co: Runaway train from Coedygric to Newport, 8 Mumbles Railway, 74MP Neath & Brecon Railway: Drawings: Home signal, Ynisdawley loop, 214D Passenger services: Some vanished passenger services, 154 Signalling: Home signal, Ynisdawley loop, 214D Signals for Colbren Junction, Cilfrew and Aberbran, 117D Stations: Abercrave, 154 New Radnor Extension Railway: History, 234MP North British Railway: Locomotives: 0-4-0STno 1090 as LNER no 10090, 72P 0-4-0ST no 1092 as BR no 68094 (ex LNER no10092), 43P Pembroke & Tenby Railway: History, 147 Pontypridd, Caerphilly & Newport Railway: Goods traffic worked by the Taff Vale Railway, 108M Port Talbot Railway: Buildings and structures: offices, 168P Drawings: Steam rail motor no 1, 100D Locomotives: 0-6-0ST no 1, 115P Steam rail motor no 1, 100D Passenger services: Saturday only passenger train service between Tonmawr and Port Talbot Central, 134P Stations: Port Talbot Central, 154 Steam rail motor no 1, 100D Private owner/industrial: Breconshire Coal & Lime Co wagon nos 1 and 36 (models), 110P Breconshire Coal & Lime Co wagon no 414 and others, 111P Copper Pit wagon no 44, 223P Dowlais Iron Co: 0-6-0ST Ehedydd (model), 185 Workmen’s carriage (model), 142P Elliott’s Metal Co: Marah, 46 Emlyn Anthracite Colliery Co: Andrew Barclay no 665 of 1890, 224 Avonside nos 1507 (1906), 1543 (1908), 1893 (1921) and 1922 (1923), 224 Fox Walker 173 of 1873, 224 Hunslet 16 of 1867, 224 No wagon no 992, 223P W Evans, Whitney-on-Wye wagon no 2, 240P Fowler 0-4-0 diesel, 103P, 104P Glyncorrwg Colliery Co wagon no 842, 187P Guest, Keen & Nettlefolds workmen’s carriage (model), 142P Thomas Hill( ?), 191 J A Jebb wagon no 1 (model), 111P Neath & Merthyr Steam Colliery Co: Topsy (Black Hawthorn), 29 New Cwmgorse wagons, 222P Old Radnor Lime, Roadstone & General Trading Co wagon no 112, 232D Old Radnor Co wagon no 109, 239P Old Radnor Co wagon no 159, 239P Old Radnor Co wagon no 233, 239D Old Radnor Trading Co wagon no 253, 239D Primrose, Pontardawe, wagon no 489, 68P Pwllheli Granite Co wagon no 60, 111P Radnorshire Coal, Lime & C Co Ld wagon no 207, 240P Radnorshire Coal, Lime & General Supply Co, 110P Rhymney Ironworks: locomotive no 9, explosion, 24 Rock Castle Colliery: Dolly, Hunslet 552 of 1892, 223P Sentinel Dorman (possibly Hibberd Planet) 0-4-0 diesel, 102P, 105P, Tredegar Iron & Coal Co: Menelaus, 37P, 573P Sir John Wyndham Beynon, 36MP Unknown workmen’s trains, 113P, 168P Quakers Yard & Merthyr Joint Line: Aberfan station, 179DMP Rhondda & Swansea Bay Railway: Drawings: covered goods wagon, 60D Radial axlebox for locomotives 20 and 22, 101D Goods rolling stock: Covered goods wagon, 60D Locomotives: Radial axlebox for locomotives nos 20 and 22, 101D Safety handlamp, 216P Stations: Cymmer Afan, 154 Rhymney Railway: Buildings and structures: Aberfan station, 179DMP Bargoed, stone road bridge, 141P Bargoed wooden footbridge, 138P Bargoed wrought iron footbridge, 140P Drawings: 10 ton box wagon with side doors, 92D 10 ton box wagon with long drop sides, 92 1872 and 1877 locomotive coal wagons, 132D Aberfan station, 179DMP Bolster/roll wagon no 452, 201D Cattle wagon, 90D Distant arm, 190D Locomotive department standard 15 ton coal wagon, 91D Goods rolling stock: 10 ton box wagon with side doors, 92D 10 ton box wagon with long drop sides, 92 1872 and 1877 locomotive coal wagons, 132DP Bolster/roll wagon no 452, 201D Box wagon no 947 (model), 165P Cattle wagon, 90D Covered goods wagons, 96 Locomotive department standard 15 ton coal wagon, 91D, 187P Open wagons built by the GW for the RR, 93 Shaded or not? 189P Standard goods wagons, 95 V16 van built by the GW for the RR, 93 History: Cylla branch, 87, 115M Proposed electrification, 210 Locomotives: 0-4-2T no 121, 53P 0-6-0 no 6 (model), 118P 0-6-0ST no 14 (model), 95P 0-6-0ST no 25, 138P 0-6-0ST no 33 as GWR no 659, 38P 0-6-0ST No 53, 141P 0-6-0T no 112, 53P 0-6-2ST no 9, 168P, as GWR no 86, 39P 0-6-2ST no 52, 113P 0-6-2ST no 52 as GWR no 622, 40P 0-6-2ST no 85 as GWR no 122, 40P 0-6-2ST no 95 as GWR no 138, 39P 0-6-2T no 6 as BR no 83, 55P 0-6-2T no 10 as GWR no 52, 54P 0-6-2T no 35 as BR no 78, 51P 0-6-2T no 40 as BR no 36, 52P 0-6-2T no 106, 51P 2-4-2T no 65 as GWR no 1324, 41P A and A1 class 0-6-2Ts 14 (as BR no 56) and 23 (as BR no 63) on the Cardiff Railway line, 120 Ex-Rhymney engines at work, 120 In GWR days and later, 38P, 51P, 79 Model of 0-6-0 no 6, 118P Model of 0-6-0ST no 14, 95P P class 0-6-2Ts on the Cardiff Railway line in BR days, 120 R class 0-6-2Ts 44 (as BR 40) and 62 (as BR 44) on the Cardiff Railway line in BR days, 120 S1 class 0-6-0T on the Cardiff Railway line in BR days, 120 Operation: working the Taff Bargoed, 168 Passenger rolling stock: Ex-Metropolitan Railway carriage no 022 (model), 118P First carriages (models), 165P, 216 Passenger services: At Merthyr Tydfil, 57 At Quakers Yard, 57 Penrhiwfelin branch, 87, 115M Workmen’s trains, 113P, 168P, 225 Places: Cherry Orchard sidings, 49P Penrhiwfelin goods, 87, 115M Signalling: New works at Bargoed, 1900, 138MP Signals: Distant arms, 190D Stations: Aberfan, 179DMP Bargoed, new works at, 1900, 138MP Penrhiwfelin Halt, 87, 115M Workmen’s trains, 113P, 168P South Wales Mineral Junction Railway: Commencement celebrations, 151M South Wales Mineral Railway: Accidents: Gyfylchi tunnel collision, 186MP Bridges: Pont Abergwenffwrd, Tonmawr, 135P History: Inauguration, 151M Opening, 154M Locomotives: 0-6-0ST ex GWR, 187P Notices and posters: London excursion, 1854 Passenger services: Between Cymmer and Glyncorrwg, 144 Some vanished passenger services, 154 Workmen’s services, 144 Stations: Cwmafon (Maesmelyn), Cwmmer Corrwg, Efail Fach, Glyncorrwg, South Pit Halt and Tonmawr, 154 : Notices and posters: London excursion, 1854, 155P Operation: North Rhondda Glyncorrwg branch, 144 Swansea Vale Railway: private sidings, 166M, 192 Taff Bargoed Joint Railway: working, 168 Taff Vale Railway: Drawings: Signal gantry, Pontypridd, 156D Employment practices: Difficulty in recruiting in Penarth and Merthyr, 47 History: A steep learning curve . . . and a lesson in supervising contractors, 116 Proposed electrification, 210 Locomotives: 0-6-0 no 359 (K class) as GWR no 1001, 17P 0-6-0ST no 280 (V class), 23P 0-6-2T no 16 (M1 class) as GWR no 503, 18P 0-6-2T no 18 (O3 class) as GWR no 410, 20P 0-6-2T no 39 (O4 class) as GWR no 286, 21P 0-6-2T no 90, 45P 0-6-2T no 119 (O4 class) as GWR no 324, 20P 0-6-2T no 139 (A class) as BR no 373, 22P 0-6-2T no 165, 45P 0-6-2T no 186 (N class) as GWR no 499, 18P 0-6-2T no 196 (U1 class), 19P 4-4-2T no 175 (C class) as GWR no 1304, 22P A class 0-6-2Ts on the Cardiff Railway line in BR days, 120 A class out of puff? 45P In GWR days and later, 17P, 48 Operation: By batteries to Aberthaw? 3MP Coal for shipment from the Rhondda, 50 Free travel on the Ferndale branch, 16P Working traffic on the A(N&SW)D&RC for free, 108MP Passenger rolling stock: Proposed battery railcar, 3MP Used for special trains to Barry, July 1903, 146 Places: Trehafod junction, 50 Signalling: signal gantry, Pontypridd, 156D Stations: Ferndale, 16P Pontypridd in 1955, 145P Radyr, 17P Steam motor car no 1, 4P , 212 Vale of Llangollen Railway: Impact of opening on Corwen, 123MP Vale of Neath Railway: Accidents: Gadlys Crossing accident, 70M Bridges at Neath, 86MP History: early junctions at Neath, 86MP Locomotives: 0-6-0ST no 24, 70 Notices and posters: London excursion, 1854, 155P Vale of Neath & Cefn Mawr Junction Railway: History, 27MP Wrexham & Ellesmere Railway: History: Ellesmere Loop, history of, 176M Signal boxes: Wrexham & Ellesmere North Junction, 176 Wrexham & Ellesmere South Junction, 176 Wrexham, Mold & Connah’s Quay Railway: History: bridge collapse near Hawarden, 171 Stations: Hawarden, 171P Railway running powers in west Wales, S Parsons, 147MP, 168 Rebuilding Black Bridge, Pontdolgoch, B Lewis, 130MP Records of steam in the Eastern Valley, D Ellis, 32MP Recovering 6696, M Stephens, 65P Reed & Mallik, contractor for Clywedog dam, 102, 131 Research integrity, R Maund, 47, 72, 96 Rhondda & Swansea Bay Railway, see Railway companies Rhymney Railway, see Railway companies Rhymney Railway 1872 and 1877 locomotive coal wagons, J David, 132DP Rhymney Railway standard wagons, J David, 95 Rhymney Railway wagon no 452, D Studley, 201DP Rhymney Railway workmen’s trains, J David, 225 Rhymney ruminations, J David, 165P, 216 Richards, W, & Sons, water tank for Barry Railway, Coity, Bridgend, 94P Royal Ordnance Factory railway, Tremains, S21

S Safety handlamp, R&SBR, 216P Sale of Tareni Colliery, 1928, K Thomas, 68MP Scrapyards: Cohen’s, Morriston, 153P, 184, 202 Wards, , 184 Shaded or not? J David, 189P Short distance clauses, 108M Signalling B&MR train staff, 216P New work at Bargoed, 1900, 138MP Signal boxes: Courtybella Junction, Newport, 15M, 31P Maes-y-Cymmer, 207P Newbridge-on-Wye, 97P, 111P Tremains East, S26 Waterloo Junction, 31 Wrexham & Ellesmere North Junction, 176 Wrexham & Ellesmere South Junction, 176 Signals: Cambrian Railways: Distant and shunt arms, 190D Cardiff Railway: Signal for swing bridge, 114D Neath & Brecon Railway: home signal, Ynisdawley Loop, 214D Signals for Colbren Junction, Cilfrew and Aberbran, 117D Rhymney Railway distant arms, 190D Taff Vale Railway: Gantry at Pontypridd, 145D Sir John Wyndham Beynon jumps the rails at Tredegar, G Davies, 36MP Some late Gladstonian journeys, M Cannop Price, 171P Some vanished passenger services (N&BR and SWMR), 154 South Wales& Monmouthshire Industrial Estates Co, S22 South Wales Mineral Junction Railway, see Railway companies South Wales Mineral Railway, see Railway companies South Wales Mineral Railway miscellany, J Jarvis, M Cannop Price, 154M Spreading its wings to Rogerstone and the Rhondda collieries, 50 ‘Stafford blues’ – growing up alongside a GWR canal, A Watkins, 6P Stations: Abercrave, closure, 154 Aberdovey, 211P Aberfan, 179DMP Abergwili Junction, 147, 168 Abergwynfi, 154 Bargoed, 138MP Blaencorrwg & North Rhondda Platform, 144 Broughton (Hall), LNWR, 174 Cadoxton, enlargement of, 1890, 98 Cardiff General, 194 Carmarthen (C&C), 147M, 147 Chester Golf Club, 172 Corwen, 123MP, employees in 1871, 128, employees in 1919, 128P Cwmafon (Maesmelyn), 154 Cymmer Afan, 154 Cymmer (Cymmer Corrwg), 144, 154 Cymmer General, 154 Dolwen, 88MP, 120 Dolyhir, 234MP Efail Fach, 154 Ferndale, 16P Fleur-de-Lys, 195, 217P, 231M Glyncorrwg, 144, 154 Hawarden, 171P Holywell Town, 1P Llangollen, 175P Maesmelyn (Cwmavon), 154 Maesycymmer, B&MR, 207P Neath Abbey, 216 Newbridge-on-Wye, 97P, 110MP, 143 Newport High Street, 230P North Rhondda Platform (later Halt), 144 Pencader, 62MP Pengam (Mon), 229 Penhelig Halt, 211P Penrhiwfelin Halt, 87, 115M Pontrhydyrun Halt, 33P Pontypridd In 1955, 145P Signal gantry, 156D Port Talbot Central, 154 Radyr, 17P Rhiwbina Halt, 5P Scafell, 88, 120, 121P, 143 South Pit Halt, 144 St-y-Nyll, 122 Talybont-on-Usk, 85P, 120P Tonmawr, 154 Tonteg Platform, 122 Tremains Platform, S5P, S18-20P Wenvoe, 216, 218P, 240 Ysgafell, see Scafell Ystradgynlais, closure, 154 Steam motor cars/rail motors: Port Talbot Railway No 1, 101D Taff Vale Railway No 1, 4P Steel and iron works: Cyfarthfa works, workmen’s train at, 113P, 168P Dowlais Iron Co, 0-6-0ST Ehedydd (model), 185P Rhymney Ironworks: locomotive no 9, explosion, 24 Structures, see Buildings and structures Suburban rail passenger traffic in South Wales: 1924-1964. Part 1 – to WWII, R McCloy, 56MP, 96 Suburban rail passenger traffic in South Wales: 1924-1964. Part 2 fromto WWII, R McCloy, 75MP Suburban rail passenger traffic in South Wales: 1924-1964. Notes and comment, I Coggan, 78 Swansea Vale private sidings, J Miles, 166M, 192 Swansea Vale Railway, see Railway companies Swing bridge, signal for Cardiff Railway, 114D

T Taff Bargoed Joint Railway, see Railway companies Taff Vale Railway, see Railway companies Tail traffic: A dreadful accident, R Maund, 96 A race to the Gwaun Cae Gurwen coalfield, 72 A Scotsman in Neath? J David, 143 Aberytsw(i/y)th, R Maund, 96 Coals to London – by the scenic route! R Maund, 96 B&M train staff, 216P Bury engine, R Caston, 24 Dolwen and Scafell, N Wassall, 120, 120 Engine shed at Pant, A Headon, 48 Ex-Rhymney engines at work, C Taylor, 120 Gilbertson’s private siding, J Mann, 192 GWR and Taff Vale engines, R Price, 48 Leanings, R Caston, 120 Newbridge-on-Wye, A Watkins, 143, J Lewis, 144, N Anderson, 144, M Hambly, 144 Photograph of B&M no 24, R Caston, 216 Port Talbot Railway offices, B Prosser, 168P Rail v road, R Maund, 96 R&SB safety lamp, 216P Railway accidfent at Maes-y-Cymmer, R Caston, 240 Railways at Carmarthen, 168 Research integrity, Rhys ab Ellis, 72 Rhymney Ironworks explosion, P Reynolds, 24P Rhymney ruminations, J David, 216 RR covered goods wagons, J David, 96 Scafell, P Johnson, 143, R Maund, 143 South Wales Mineral Railway, R Maund, 144 Swansea Vale private sidings, J Miles, 192 Talybont-on-Usk, R Caston, 120, P Reynolds, 120P The ‘Safety’ movement, R Simmonds, 24 The Y9 wee puggies, J Edwards, 72P Water column flues and thermals, R Stagg, 4/120 Wenvoe station, D Tomkiss, 216, 217P, J Miles, 240 Working the Taff Bargoed, R Maund, 168 Workmen’s trains in the Rhymney valley, J David, 168P Taking the train, P Lawton, 175P Tales of Old Radnor, T Watkins, 234MP Talybont station, T Watkins, 85P, 120P Talyllyn Railway, see Railway companies The arrival of the railways in Corwen 1864=5, P Lawton, 123MP The Barry bit, 2, 26, 50, 98, 122, 146, 240P The Clywedog dam – III. The final instalment, 171P The dam builders, B Poole, 102P The GWR and the Brecon & Merthyr engines, J Hodge, 80P The GWR and the Rhymney engines. Part 1 – The saddle tank classes, J Hodge, 38P The GWR and the Rhymney engines. Part 2 – The side tank classes, J Hodge, 51P, 120 The GWR and the Taff Vale engines, J Hodge, 17P, 48 The inspectors called at Bargoed station (Rhymney Railway), T McCarthy, 138MP The railway accident at Maes-y-Cymmer, B&M, 10th June 1869, S Neale, 206MP, 240 The railway ladies of the upper Severn Valley, 1940-1945, B Poole, 162P The Rassa Tramway, 5P, J Mann and P Reynolds, 44P The road to Morriston, 184 The runaway train from Coedygric to Newport, 8 The ‘Safety’ movement, 24, 194 The Saturday only passenger train service between Tonmawr and Port Talbot Central, J Jarvis, 134P The South Wales Mineral Railway and the great rejoicing in honour of its commencement, 151M The South Wales Mineral Railway and the Gyfylchi tunnel collision, J Jarvis, 186MP The tribulations of the Ellesmere Loop, Wrexham & Ellesmere Railway, R Maund, 176M The Vale of Neath & Cefn Mawr Junction Railway, P Reynolds, 27MP The Y9 wee puggies, R Bowen, 43P, 72P Three Rhymney Railway goods vehicles, J David, 90D Through carriage workings of the Cambrian Railways, R Maund, 208P Through workings in high summer (Barry Railway), 26 Timber traffic at Newbridge-on-Wye, 111P Tinplate works, Gilbertsons, Pontardawe, private siding, 167, 192 Train staff, B&MR, 216P Trains to Tremains, D Tomkiss, S1-S32 Tram systems: Electric tramways in South Wales, 56M Horse tramways in South Wales, 56M Merthyr Electric Traction & Lighting Co Ltd, 58M Steam tramways in South Wales, 56M Swansea & Mumbles, 76P Tramways and plateways: Cwmavon Tramroad, 9MP Houghton’s Railway, 9MP, 28MP Oakwood Railway, 9MP Parson’s Railway, 9MP Rassa Tramway, 44P, Railway track S bend, 5P, 44P Rumney Tramroad, Bury locomotive on, 24 Travelling without a ticket (dog), 2 Tremains Royal Ordnance factory, S1-S32 Trolleybus systems in South Wales, 56M TVR A class out of puff? R Crump, 45P

V Vale of Llangollen Railway, see Railway companies Vale of Neath Railway, see Railway companies Vale of Neath & Cefn Mawr Junction Railway, see Railway companies Viaducts, see Bridges and viaducts Vochriw, see Fochriw

W Wagon builders and suppliers, see Locomotive, carriage and wagon builders and suppliers Water column flues and thermals, 4/120 Water tank, Coity, Bridgend, Barry Railway, 94P Western Welsh Omnibus Co Ltd routes, 59M Working for free: Not any more, 108M Working the Taff Bargoed, 168 Workmen’s trains in the Rhymney valley, 168P Workmen’s trains on the Rhymney Railway, J David, 113P, 168P Wrexham & Ellesmere Railway, see Railway companies Wrexham, Mold & Connah’s Quay Railway, see Railway companies