WELSH RAILWAYS ARCHIVE Index to Volume 2

Issues and page numbers

No 1 May 1995 pp1-24 No 2 November 1995 pp 25-48 No 3 May 1996 pp 49-72 No 4 November 1996 pp 73-96 No 5 May 1997 pp 97-120 No 6 November 1997 pp 121-144 No 7 May 1998 pp 145-168 No 8 November 1998 pp 169-204 No 9 May 1999 pp 205-228 No 10 November 1999 pp 228-252

Suffix D = detailed drawing(s) Suffix L = Letter to the Editor Suffix M = track diagram(s) or detailed map(s) Suffix P = photograph(s)

AUTHOR INDEX Tail Traffic is the Letters section A Austin, M: Tail Traffic: vans, 204

B Bell, S: Tales from Doldowlod, 43 Tail Traffic: Doldowlod traffic, 72 Bodlander, A: Summers ore, 27MP The last train from Brymbo, 147MP Burrell, J: Brynmenyn: a forgotten South junction, 106P Tail Traffic: Abercamlais, 143 Tail Traffic: Brecon to Ynisygeinon, 252 Tail Traffic: Brymbo, 204 Tail Traffic: MT&A thoughts, 143, 204 Tail Traffic: Vale services, 48 Tail Traffic: Trefeinon station, 168 Tail Traffic: Whitney on Wye toll bridge, 252 Wrexham branches, 228

C Carr, C: Remininscences of the MT&A, 99MP Caston, R: A close shave at Bassaleg, 236MP Clearing the bottleneck: the Severn Tunnel Junction to Newport quadrupling, 10P, 95L Wharf, 107MP Newport (Dock Street) – a short-lived Great Western engine shed, 68MP Rhymney engineman, 246L Tail Traffic: Contentious dates, 95 Tail Traffic: The Builth milk mystery, 23 Chapman, C: Tail Traffic: PC&N train, 120 Tales of refurbishment or the PC&N train, 16P Christensen, M: St Mellons Depot, 212MP Tail Traffic: Concrete slab pointwork, 252 Coakham, D: AD&R No 7 , 142D Tail Traffic: Adams Yard, 96 Cole, F: Recollections of Tredegar, 216P Connop Price, M: Crumblin’ Crumlin? 129 Tail Traffic: Barlow and , 144 Tail Traffic: Burry Port & North Western Junction Railway, 120 Cooke, A: Ebbw Junction postscript, 117M Tail Traffic: A mystery viaduct (Inysonws/Ynusonws), 72, 118L Tail Traffic: main line, 119 Wind Street station, Swansea, 196M

D Daly, S: Across Wales by royal train, 18MP Sparks in Snowdonia, 163M Special train service for the Welsh National Eisteddfod, Rhos, Denbigh, August 1945, 131 The Burry Port & North Western Junction Railway, 88M Darbyshire, L: Tail Traffic: Rhymney Railway vans, 204 David: J: A Rhymney Railway brake van, 22P Hurry Riches’ standard goods vans and open wagons, 156DP Tail Traffic: Personalised axleboxes, 24P Tail Traffic: Whitney on Wye toll bridge, 252 Davies, B: Tail Traffic: Treorchy – Upper Bute St, 23 Davies, G: MT&A postscript, 167 Tail Traffic: LNWR van at Tredegar, 252P Davies, G J: History of Penllwyn Tramroad, 114P Denman, M: Ferryside – a seaside station, 186P Donovan, C: The Barry bit, 24, 48, 67 Dore-Dennis, J: From our correspondent, 195, 246, 251 Taff Vale miscellany, 219 Tail Traffic: The last of Barlow rail, 119 Tail Traffic: The mystery viaduct, 118 The Barry bit, 228 The Taff Vale’s stooge, 198MP

E Evans, E: Tail Traffic: Across Wales by royal train, 47 Evans, H: The reaches Haverfordwest, 161 Evans, R: Tail Traffic: More on Barlow, 96P

F Francis, L: Ferryside – a seaside station, 186P

G Gilson, P: By LNWR to Pembroke Dock, 164MP Goodwin, D: Rooms at Mostyn, 90DMP The first through train from Chester to Buckley, 35MP Gwilliam, C: Tail Traffic: Main line quadrupling, 46P

H Hagarty, D: Barlow rail . . . contemporary letters, 79 Hale, M: A hundred years at Cefn Junction, 177MP Barlow rail on the South Wales Railway, 60D Goings-on at Gobowen, 42P Midland miscellany 1: the Midland reaches South Wales, 3MP Private platforms on the & Brecon Railway, 116P Tail Traffic: Port Talbot Railway, 23 The early years of the Swansea Vale Railway, 123MP The rise and fall of Ebbw Junction, 80MP, Erratum 118 Hodge, J: Turn and turn about, 247P Holland, B: Tail Traffic: Horton Lime Works wagon, 23 Tail Traffic: Lincoln Wagon Co, 120 Tail Traffic: Rhymney Railway van, 24P Houchin-Hughes, M: Tail Traffic: Cover picture – Barry docks, 204 Hunt, B: Porthkerry Viaduct, 86P Hutchinson, D: Hawk’s Dell revisited, 32D

K Karn, C R: Rhymney engineman, 246L Kay, C: Rooms at Mostyn, 90DMP

L Lloyd, M: Tail Traffic: Raglan Colliery, 143 Lovell, P: Tail Traffic: Cattle troughs, 48

M McCarthy, T: Rhymney engineman, 182MP, 207P Tail Traffic: Bygone days in the Rhymney valley, 71 Mear, J: Tail Traffic: The mystery viaduct, 95 Metcalf, R: Berw Viaduct, 104MP Chepstow Wagon Works, 66 Tail Traffic: Rhymney Railway goods brake vans, 72 Miles, J: Brecon to Ynisygeinon, 171MP, 220DP Bygone days in the Rhymney valley, 7P Tail Traffic: Swansea Vale working, 72 The Midland in south Wales: Locomotive allocations to 1948. Part 1, 56P; Part 2, 75P Ystradgynlais and Yniscedwyn Colliery sidings, 112MP Miller, A T: Editorial, 2, 26, 50, 74, 98, 122, 146, 170, 206, 230 Tail Traffic: Last days of BR&GVR, 95P Tail Traffic: Lincoln-built PO wagons, 96P Morgan, H: Tail Traffic: AD&R no 7, 168 Tail Traffic: Hawk’s Dell revisited, 72P Tail Traffic: Lincoln Wagon Company, 119 Tail Traffic: R&SB locomotives, 119 Tail Traffic: Rhymney brake vans, 48, Erratum 72 Tail Traffic: The last of Barlow – please! 119 Tail Traffic: The rise and fall of Ebbw Junction, 118 Through carriage workings of the , 231MP Morris, J: Tail Traffic: Rumney River Bridge Jct, 143

N Norris, J: Report of the Royal Commission on Coal, 1871, 94 Nummelin, A: Tail Traffic: Rhymney brake vans, 48

P Pope, R and J: Rock Wood, 248DM Powell, T: Taff Vale miscellany, 219 The Taff Vale at docks. The early years, 134MP, Erratum 168 Coal shipping at Cardiff – a postscript, 180D Prydderch, P: The Rhosllanerchrugog branch of the , 130MP

R Reynolds, P: A return ticket to Wind Street station, 211P Riley, R: Rhymney engineman, 246L Tail Traffic: Tirphil accident, 252 Rowson, S: The Taff Vale at , 161L

S Simmonds, R: Aberavon to Maesteg, 8MP Comings and goings at Tonmawr, 238MP Smith, D: The Monmouthshire Railway’s Western Valleys line, 189MP Smith, M: Dastardly deeds . . . and dire discipline, 110 From the Rhondda to , 38MP Smith, W: Cefntilla halt, 129P Midland miscellany 2: Landslip at Ystalyfera, 5MP Rhondda & Swansea Bay locomotives: The Superintendent’s problems, 51P Smith, W H: Trefeinon station and the Hamer family, 138MP

T Thompson, M: Tail Traffic: Bygone days in the Rhymney valley, 47 Tomkiss, D: Tail Traffic: Cover picture – Barry docks, 204 Totman, P: Tail Traffic: Coal boxes, 204

V Vincent, S: Bygone days in the Rhymney valley, 7P

W Warren, N: Tail Traffic: Chepstow Wagon Works, 47P Tail Traffic: South Wales Express, 23 Watkins, W: Brecon to Ynisygeinon, 171MP, 220DP

SUBJECT INDEX A A close shave at Bassaleg, R Caston, 236MP A hundred years at Cefn Junction, M Hale, 177MP A mystery viaduct? A Cooke, 72L, J Mear, 95L, A Cooke, J Dore-Dennison, 118L A return ticket to Wind-street station, P Reynolds, 211P A Rhymney brake van, J David, 22P Aberavon to Maesteg, R Simmonds, 8MP Accidents Aberavon Junction, 9 Bassaleg, 236MP Gobowen, 42 Pontypridd, 16 Tirphil washout, 209P, 252L Ystalyfera, 5 Across Wales by royal train, S Daly, 18MP, E Evans, 47L Adams Yard, D Coackham, 96L AD&R No 7 Pontypridd, D Coakham, 142D, H Morgan, 168L

B Barlow and Brunel, 144L Barlow rail – contemporary letters, D Hagarty, 79, J Dore-Dennis, I Griffiths, H Morgan, 119L Barlow rail on the South Wales Railway, M Hale, 60D, J Dore-Dennis, I Griffiths, H Morgan, 119L Barry bit, 24P, 48P, 67, 116, 142, 168, 228, 246 Berw Viaduct, R Metcalf, 104MP Boundary posts, Barry Railway, 48P Brecon to Ynisygeinon, J Miles and T Watkins, 171MP, 220DP Brickworks Caello brickworks, 154 Dinas Silica Brick Co, 174 Jenkins Gurnos Brick Works, 3M Lime & Limestone Co, 175 Penwyllt Silica Brick Co, 175 Penwyllt Silica Brickworks, 174 Rees & Sons Gurnos Brick Works, 3M Varteg Brick Works, 173 Brynmenyn, a forgotten South Wales junction, J Burrell, 106MP Buildings and structures Berw Viaduct,104MP Drinking troughs, Vale of Railway, 24P, 48L Cardiff, Penarth & Barry Junction Railway proposed station at Biglis, 202D Coal drops, 134MP, 161L, Erratum 168, 180D, 204L Coal shipping at Cardiff – diagrammatic side elevations of the East Branch tips, 181D Colbren Junction station building, NBR, 226D Old lamp shed, Mostyn, 91D Oswestry no 2 wagon shop, 205P Pencaedrain viaduct, 72L, 95L, 118L Water mill at Rock Wood, 251D Weighing bridge office, Mostyn, 93 Wind Street station, 211P Builth milk mystery, 23L Burry Port & North Western Junction Railway, S Daly, 88M Bute East dock, 97P Bute Works Supply Co, 163 By LNWR to Pembroke Dock, P Gilson, 164M Bygone days in the Rhymney Valley, J Miles and S Vincent, 7P, M Thompson, 47L, T McCarthy, 71L

C Canals John Smith’s Canal, 123 Shropshire Union Canal, 130 Swansea Canal, 4, 123 Canton ease. Engines at rest at Cardiff Canton, 203P Cattle drinking troughs (built by railway co), C Donovan, 24P, P Lovell, 48L Cefntilla Halt, W Smith, 129P Chepstow Wagon Works, N Warren, 47P, R Metcalf, 66D Clearing the bottleneck, R Caston, 10MP, C Gwilliam, 46L Close shave at Bassaleg, R Caston, 236MP Coal boxes, 204L Coal companies and collieries Abercrave, 174 Abergorchy, 23L Albion Colliery, Cilfynydd, 1P Blaencwm Colliery, 3M Broughton & Plas Power Colliery, 149 Bryndu Colliery, 178 Brynmally Colliery, 148 Burnyeat Brown & Co, 23L Cambrian Mercantile Colliery, 173 Cefn Colliery, 178 Cefn Slip Colliery, 177P Cwmtawe Colliery, 174 Davey & Pegg, 127 Ffosddu Colliery 174 Gatewen Colliery, 148 Glynllech Colliery, 174 Graigola Collieries, 124 Gwaunyclawdd Colliery, 174 Hedley’s Coal Co, 143L Hoxham, Hopkin & Morgan, 23L George Insole & Son, 23L, 136 International Colliery, Abercrave, 174 Legacy Colliery, 130 Neath Abbey Coal Co, 125 Offa’s Dyke Colliery, 150 Parc Slip colliery, 179 Powell & Son, 136 Pwllbach Colliery, 3M Raglan Colliery, 107, 143L South Wales Coalite Co, 143 Southsea Colliery, Broughton (see also Broughton and Plas Power Colliery), 148 Swansea Copper Works and Collieries, 126 Tirbach Colliery, 3M Tredegar Co, 7P, 71L Tylacoch Colliery, 136 Tynpant Colliery, 174 Usborne, Benson & Co, 123 Varteg Colliery, 173 Vron Colliery, 148 Wern Tarw Colliery, 143L Westminster Colliery, 148 Ynysci Colliery, 173 Coal drops, 134MP, 161L, Erratum 168, 180D, 204L Coal, Royal Commission on, 1871, 94 Coal shipping at Cardiff – a postscript, T Powell, 180D Coal trade rates, 251 Coal traffic, 8, 134, 161L, Erratum 168, 180D, 204L Coke ovens, Broughton Solvay, 149M Comings and goings at Tonmawr, R Simmonds, 238MP Contentious dates, 95L, 119L, 143L Contractors John Dickson, 171 Easton, Gibb & Son, 236 H Elliott & Co, 80 E C Jordan & Son, 80 Kennard Bros, 129 William McKenzie, 90 Pethick Bros, 24 Pethick & Sons, 86 Topham, Jones & Railton, 239 Copper smelting, 123 Crumblin’ Crumlin? M Connop Price, 129

D Dastardly deeds . . . and dire discipline, M Smith, 110 Diesel multiple units 3-car Derby unit, 210 Swindon Cross Country, 188P Docks Barry Docks, 67, 142, 145P, 204L Cardiff Docks, 94, 134MP, 161L, Erratum 168, 180D, 204L Llanelli Docks, 94 , 94 , 94 Doldowlod traffic, 43, 72L Drawings AD&R 0-6-2ST no 7, Pontypridd, 142 Barlow rail cross-sections, 63 Barlow rail on the South Wales Railway, 61 Cardiff, Penarth & Barry Junction Railway proposed station at Biglis, 202 Coal shipping at Cardiff – diagrammatic side elevations of the East Branch tips, 181 Colbren Junction station building, NBR, 226 Cross-section of valley at Rock Wood, Cambrian Railways, 249 Old lamp shed, Mostyn, 91 Rhymney Railway 9ft 9 in wheelbase 10T covered goods van, 156, 158 Transfer of coal boxes from broad to narrow gauge wagons, 204 Water mill at Rock Wood, Cambrian railways, 251 Weighing maching office, Mostyn, 93

E East Glamorgan train service, 246 Editorials, A T Miller, 2, 26, 50, 74, 98, 122, 146, 170, 206, 230 Early days of the Swansea Vale Railway, M Hale, 123MP

F Ferryside: a seaside station, M Denman and L Francis, 186P First through train from Chester to Buckley, D Goodwin, 35MP Fish traffic at Barry, 142 Flour traffic, 246 Fly shunting, 42 From our own correspondent, J Dore-Dennis, 195, 246, 251 From the Rhondda to Swansea Bay, M Smith, 39MP

G Gloucester Carriage & Wagon Co, 16 Gloucester Wharf, R Caston, 107MP Goat at Bwlch, 225P Goings on at Gobowen, M Hale, 42P Goods rolling stock Barry Railway 4-plank open no 186, diagram 36, 145P Vans for flour traffic, 246 1-plank open no 1771, 97P 6-plank opens nos 380, 2020(?), 2091, 97P Private owners, see Private owner wagons Rhymney Railway Brake vans nos 18, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 and 30, 22P, 48L, 72L Brake van no 34, 236P Standard designs with 9 ft 9 in wheelbase, 156DP, 204L Van body at Fairbourne, 24P Van no 189, 43, 72L Van no 84 as GWR no 47736, 160P Swansea Vale Railway 6T covered goods wagon no 75, 126P 7T side door open wagon no 165, 125P 7T three plank open wagon no 118, 127P , 119L Unidentified open wagon, 181P Goods traffic at Doldowlod, 43 Goods traffic at Whitney on Wye, 252L Governor and Company of Copper Miners in England, 123

H Hawks Dell revisited, D Hutchinson, 32D, H Morgan, 72LP History of Penllwyn Tramroad, G J Davies, 114P Horse tied to the railway, 228 Hundred years at Cefn Junction, M Hale, 177MP Hurry Riches’ standard goods vans and open wagons, J David, 157DP, M Austin, 204L, L Darbyshire, 204L

I Inysonws viaduct (correct spelling Ynysonws), Tony Cooke, 72L, J Mear, 95L, Tony Cooke, J Dore-Dennis, 118L Iron companies Cefn Cribwr ironworks, 179 Cefn Cwse ironworks, 177 Grangetown Iron Works, 198 Maesteg ironworks, 177 Pyle & Blaina ironworks, 178 Ystalyfera Iron Co, 128P, 171

L Lamp shed, Mostyn, 90DMP Landslip at Ystalyfera, Bill Smith, 5MP Last days of BP&GVR, 95L Last train from Brymbo, A Bodlander, 147MP, J Burrell, 204L, 228L Locomotive department, Rhondda & Swansea Bay Railway, 51 Locomotive depots Barry Railway, 168 Cardiff Canton, 203P Coity Junction, BR, 168 Danygraig, 49P, 52P Ebbw Junction, 73P, 80MP, 117M, 118, Erratum 118 Gurnos, 3M, 4P Newport Bolt Street, 68 Newport (Dock Street), 68MP Newport Pill, 25P, 72L Oswestry, 162P Rhymney, 182MP Tredegar, 216P, 252LP Locomotives Alexandra (Newport & South Wales) Dock & Railway Co 0-6-2ST no 7, 142D, 168L 0-6-0ST no 19 as GWR no 680, 162P 0-6-0ST no 21 as GWR no 670, 25P 0-6-4T no 24, 236P Barry Railway B1 class 0-6-2T no 41 as BR no 238, 203P British Railways 2-6-0 no 46509, 42P 2-6-4T no 41201, 217P DE 0-6-0 no 08 993, 95P 2-10-0 no 92047, 27P Cambrian Railways 0-4-4T no 5, 234P 2-4-0 no 54, 234P 2-4-0T no 59 as GWR no 1197, 162P 4-4-0 no 17, 232P 4-4-0 no 64, 235P 4-4-0 no 70, 232P 0-6-0 no 91, 235P Great Western Railway 0-6-0 no 2216, 187P 0-6-0PT unknown number, 150P 0-6-0PT no 4683, 148P 0-6-0PT no 5734, 245P 0-6-0PT no 7722, 34 0-6-0ST no 670, 25P 0-6-0ST no 1501, 208 0-6-2T no 5610, 183P 0-6-2T no 6608, 208P 0-6-2T no 6683, 154P 2-6-2T no 4152, 209P 2-6-2T no 5128, 208P 2-8-0 unknown number, 153P 2-8-0 no 3817, 150P Bulldog class 4-4-0 no 3345 Smeaton, 46P Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway 0-6-0 no as LMS no 12134, 77 & North Western Railway 0-6-2T no 607, 252L 0-6-2T as LMS nos 6868, 6869, 6930, 76 London, Midland & Scottish Railway 8F 2-8-0 unknown number, 151P, 154P Midland Railway Jinty class, 77 2-4-0 no 106a, 57P 2-4-0 no 109a, 57 2-4-0 156 class, 57 2-4-0 170 class, 58 0-4-2T no 200a, 57 0-6-0T no 218 as LMS no 1725, 75P 0-6-0 480 class, 75 0-6-0 700 class, 57, 75 0-6-0 no 702, 59P 0-6-0T 1102 class no 2253, 56P 0-6-0T 1102 class, 57, 75 0-6-0T no 1105 as LMS no 1824, 58P 0-6-0T no 1106A, 224P 0-6-0T 1121 class, 57, 75 0-4-0T 1322 class, 58, 76 0-4-0T 1134a class, 75 0-6-0T 1377 class, 57, 75 0-4-4T 1532 class, 57 0-4-0T no 1523, 59P 0-6-0 1698 class, 76 0-4-4T no 1734, 59P 0-6-0 1798 class, 75 0-4-4T 1823 class, 76 0-4-4T 1832 class, 58 0-4-4T 2228 class, 75 0-6-0T no 2365 as LMS no 1121, 76P 0-6-0T 2441 class, 75 0-6-0 no 2461 as LMS no 3600, 78P 0-6-0T no 2574 as LMS no 1893, 78P 0-6-0T no 2780 as LMS no 7258 and BR no 47258, 77P 0-6-0T as LMS no 7655, 78P Private owner Shotton Steelworks – various diesels, 27P Charled Henry Smith, 0-4-2, Bat, 128 Rhondda & Swansea Bay Railway Operating conditions, 51 0-6-2T no 12, 41P 0-6-2T no 19, 55P 0-6-2& no 21, 49P 0-6-2T no 26, 39P, 51P Rhymney Railway A class no 10 as BR no 52, 203P A class 0-6-2T no 115, 185P AP class 0-6-2T no 35, 182 AP class 0-6-2T no 36 as GWR no 79, 209 AP class 0-6-2T no 37, 185P H class 0-6-0ST nos 24, 32, 182 I class 0-6-0ST nos 38, 44, 182 J class 0-6-0ST no 52, 182 K class 0-6-2ST, 183P K class 0-6-2ST no 76, 182 K class 0-6-2ST no 93 as rebuilt by GWR as 0-6-2PT no 136, 207P K class 0-6-2ST no 103 as GWR no 145, 207 L class 2-4-2ST nos 65, 66, 184 R class 0-6-2T nos 43 and 38 as BR nos 39 and 42, 208P R class 0-6-2T no 17 as BR no 34, 208P, 209 Railmotor no 1, 185P Rebuilt P1 class 0-6-2T no 77, 183P Swansea Vale Railway As Midland Railway nos 1096 and 1097, 57 Taff Vale Railway H class no 142, 34 M1 class no 151, 34 O4 class 0-6-2T as BR no 280, 203P War Department 2-8-0 no 90529, 188P

M Mail line quadrupling, 10MP, 46L Metropolitan Carriage & Wagon Co, 16, 120L Midland in South Wales. Locomotive allocations to 1948. Part 1, J Miles, 56; Part 2, 75P Midland miscellany 1: the Midland reaches south Wales, M Hale, 3MP Midland miscellany 2: landslip at Ystalyfera, W Smith, 5MP, J Burrell, 48L, J Miles, 72L Milk traffic, 23L Monmouthshire Railway’s Western Valleys line, D Smith, 189MP MT&A postscript, G Davies, 167, J Burrell, 204L

N Newport (Dock Street). A short-lived Great Western engine shed, R Caston, 68MP

O On shed at Oswestry, 162P Operating conditions, Taff Vale Railway, 219 Operation, Neath & Brecon Railway, 220P Oswestry no 2 wagon shop, 205P

P Passenger rolling stock Alexandra (Newport) Docks and Railway no 16, 237P Cambrian Railways, 231P Cheshire Lines Committee, 231 Great Central Railway, 231 Great Western Railway, 231, 234P London & North Western Railway, 166P, 231, 232P, 252P Midland Railway, 220 North Staffordshire Railway, 232 Pontypridd, Caerphilly & Newport Railway, 16P, 120L Taff Vale Railway, 232P Passenger services, 5, 8, 16, 18, 23L, 35, 41, 42, 47L, 48L, 58P, 72L, 99, 106, 116, 130, 138, 147, 164M, 172, 192, 195, 196, 198MP, 204L, 209, 217, 219, 220P, 228L, 231MP, 246, 247P, 252L Pencaedrain viaduct, 72L, 95L, 118L Personalised axleboxes, 24LP Personalities John Bedford, 177 John Best, 182, 207 Florance Benson, 125 Starling Benson, 3, 123, 171 Lucy Bowen, 123 Richard Bright, 123 I K Brunel, 126 James Palmer Budd, 126 Burgess, company secretary, TVR, 134 Bush, resident engineer, TVR, 134 Marquis of Bute, 134, 198 Frederick Clark, 128 Samuel Colemore, ganger, 5 Jack Edwards, engine driver, 182 Benjamin Evans, 124 Charlie Evans, engine driver, 182 Fred Evans, chief passenger and parcels clerk, 100 George Fisher, TVR engineer, 134, 180 Jackie Fisher, boilersmith, 182 John Francis, station master, 188P Abel Lewis Gower, 123 Pascoe Grenfell, industrialist, 171 Dai Griffiths, engine driver, 184 Tom Griffiths, engine driver, 182 Rt Hon Bertie Guest, 198 John Hamer, signalman, 139P, 144P Wallace Hamer, signalman, 141P John Hodgkinson, tramroad engineer, 189 Samuel Homfray, 190 Conductor-guard Jennings, 99, 143L D Jones, signalman, 175 John Jones, booking clerk, 99 Rhys W Jones, 127 John Kingson, operator of train on MRCC, 190 Thomas Lewis, engine driver, 6 Tommy Lloyd, engine driver, 184 Mr Loveday, chief inspector, 5 Joseph Martin, 124 Bert Matthews, pw inspector, 216P William Meredith, 5P William Meyrick, 125 E Moore, loco inspector, 216P “Buller” Morgan, booking clerk, 99 Sir Charles Morgan, 189 Sir John Morgan, 123 Gwilym Morgan, engine driver, 182 Sidney Newey, WR general manager, 179 John Noble, MR assistant general manager, 171 Ralph Oliver, R&SBR loco superintendent, 51, 119L John Parsons, 123 John Pugh, 6 Horace Rees, station master, Tredegar, 216P Stephen Robinson, 134 Charles Russell, 126 John Scott, 123 Charles Smith, 123 Charles Henry Smith, 123 Henry Smith, 123 John Smith, 123 , 134 Edward Strick, coroner, 5 Miss E C Talbot, owner, Cefn & Pyle Railway, 178 C R M Talbot, builder, Cefn & Pyle Railway, 127, 177 Talyllyn station staff in 1944, 144P David Thomas, doctor, 6 Harry Thomas, engine driver, 182 Lord Tredegar, 189 Ossie Turner, ticket inspector, 99 Ralph Tutton, 179 H D Unsworth, R&SBR loco superintendent, 51, 119L Louis Vigurs, 126 Reg Watkins, station master, 100 Matthew Watkins, engine driver, 183 Baron Wimborne, 198 Lord Windsor, 198 See also Dastardly deeds . . . and dire discipline, 110 Places (other than stations, signal boxes, loco sheds) Aberavon, 8M Baltic Oil Works, Newport, 144P Barry docks, 145P, 204L Berw Viaduct, Pont Shon Norton, 104MP Blaenavon Junction, Tonmawr, 239P Brecon Mount Street Goods, 225P Brynwith siding, 143L Bute East Dock, 97P Bwlch, 221P Bwlchgwyn quarry, 153 Cardiff Docks, 134MP, 161L, 180D, 204L Cefn Junction, 177MP Clayphon Wharf, 3, 112MP Cilfynydd, 1P Cnewr siding, 176 Cray Waterworks siding, 176 Croes Newydd, 148 Gaer Loop, Newport, 193M Gardden sidings, 130 Gloucester Wharf, Newport, 107MP Gurnos, 112MP Llansamlet, 123 Llewnenion sidings, 130 Maesglas Sidings, 193 Maesteg, 8M Minera branch, 147MP Monmouthshire Bank, 192P Moss branch, 148MP, 204L, 228L Moreton oil sidings, 130 New Cut, Swansea, 123M Newport, 189MP Newport Ebbw Junction loco depot, 73P, 80MP, 117M, 118, Erratum 118 Newport river bridge, 46P Oswestry no 2 wagon shop, 205P Park Mile, 194 Ponkey, 130 Porthkerry viaduct, 86P Rumney River bridge, 119L, 143L Tonmawr, 238MP Tredegar, 216P, 252LP Ty Cerrig Sidings, 154 Tyrllandwr, 123 Vron Sidings, 154 Wheatsheaf Junction, 148 Whitney on Wye, toll bridge, 228P, 252L Whitworth branch, 245P Yniscedwyn Colliery branch, 112MP Ystrad Mynach, 7P, 47L, 71L Porthkerry Viaduct, B Hunt, 86P Private owner wagons Chepstow Wagon & Constructional Works, 47P, 66D W Griffiths, 236P Horton Lime Works, 23L Hudson Bros, Llantrisant, 96P Lincoln Wagon & Engine Company, 96LP, 119L Meiros Collieries Ltd, Cardiff, 96P Ocean Coal Co nos 5522 and 5734, 145P Ocean Coal Co (axleboxes), 24LP Partridge Jones & Co, 120L Raglan, 107P, 143L Redgrave & Co, 120L W R Renshaw Ltd, 120L Roberts & Johns no 505, 230P Roberts & Johns no 492, 236P Shell & BP tank wagons, 144P John Summers, 30 SW&SS Co Ltd no 993, 236P Thomas & Evans, 136P Tredegar Co, 7P, 47P, 66D, 71L Ystradgynlais & Yniscedwyn nos 176, 349, 352, 536, 607, 665(?), 758, 112P Ystalyfera Iron Works no 20, 128P Private platforms on the Neath & Brecon Railway, M Hale, 116P, J Burrell, 143L Public celebrations on the occasion of the opening of Barry Docks on the 18th July 1889, C Donovan, 67

Q Quarries Hobbs & Co, 175 Trehir Quarry, Bedwas, 236

R Radnorshire Coal and Lime Co, 44 RAILWAY COMPANIES Alexandra (Newport) Docks & Railway AD&R 0-6-2ST no 7, Pontypridd, 142D, 168L Barry Railway Boundary post, 48P Bygone days in the Rhymney Valley, 71L Coity Junction locomotive facilities, 168L Competitor to Cardiff, Penarth & Barry Junction Railway, 198 Competitor to Porthcawl, 178 Drinking troughs, 24P, 48L Fish at Barry, 142 Flour traffic, 246 Horse tied to a railway to be killed, 228 Public celebrations on the occasion of the opening of Barry Docks on 18th July 1889, 67 Porthkerry Viaduct, 86P Through trains – Vale of Glamorgan to Cardiff, 116 Brecon & Merthyr Railway Coaches of B&MR design purchased by A&DR, 16P, 120L Midland Railway route to South Wales, 3 Burry Port & Gwendraeth Valleys Railway Last days, 95P Proposed Burry Port & North Western Junction Railway, 88M, 120L Burry Port & North Western Junction Railway, 88M, 120L Cambrian Railways Coal carried, 94 Rock Wood, 248DM Through carriage workings, 231MP Cardiff, Penarth & Barry Junction Railway, 198MP Carmarthenshire Railway, 88, 120L Cefn & Pyle Railway, 177 Central Wales & Carmarthen Junction Railway, 88 Chester & Holyhead Railway, 90MP, 147 Dulais Valley Railway, 171 East Denbighshire Railway, 130 Glyncorrwg Mineral Railway, 243P Great Western Railway Amalgamation with , 3 Broad gauge on Llynvi & Ogmore Railway, 178 Coal carried, 94 Contrasting policy with Midland Railway on rural branch lines, 171 Ebbw Junction loco depot, 73P, 80MP, 117M, 118, Erratum 118 Minera branch, 147MP Newport (Dock Street), 68MP Newport-Severn Tunnel Junction widening, 10MP, 46L, 95L, 119L, 143L Pembroke Dock – Paddington through carriages, 165 Rhonllanerchrugog branch, 130MP, 228L , Hay & Brecon Railway, 3, 171, 252 , 94 Llanelly & Mynydd Mawr Railway, 88M Llinvi (Llynfi) & Ogmore Railway, 94, 177 Llynvi Valley Railway, 177 London & North Western Railway Burry Port & North Western Junction Railway, 88M By LNWR to Pembroke Dock, 164M Coal carried, 94 Train at Ystrad Mynach, 7P, 71L Manchester & Milford Railway, 165 Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway, 35, 130 Merthyr, Tredegar & Abergavenny Railway, 99MP, 143L, 167L, 204L Midland Railway Brecon to Ynisygeinon, 171MP, 220DP Locomotives in South Wales, 56P, 75P Reaches South Wales, 3M Ystalyfera, 5M, 72L Yniscedwin branch, 3, 112P Mid Wales Railway, 3, 43, 138MP Monmouthshire Railway & Canal Co, 68, 94, 171, 189MP Neath & Brecon Railway Brecon to Ynysygeinon, 171MP, 220DP Private platforms at Abercamlais and Penpont, 116P, 143L Relationship with Midland Railway, 3M Newport, Abergavenny & Hereford Railway, 171 North Wales Mineral Railway, 147M Ogmore Valley Railway, 177 Oxford, Worcester & Wolverhampton Railway, 3 Oystermouth Tramway (Railway), 171 Pembroke & Tenby Railway, 165 Penarth Harbour, Dock & Railway, 198 Penllwyn Tramroad, 114P Pontcystllte Railway, 130 Pontypridd, Caerphilly & Newport Railway, 16P, 120L Port Talbot Railway & Docks Co Aberavon to Maesteg, 8M Blaenavon branch, 23L, 238MP Comings and goings at Tonmawr, 238MP Link to Ogmore Valleys, 178 Rhondda & Swansea Bay Railway Aberavon to Maesteg, 8M From the Rhondda to Swansea Bay, 38MP GWR 0-6-2T no 178, ex R&SBR no 21, 49P Rejection of through working from PC&NR, 16 Rhondda & Swansea Bay locomotives – the Superintendent’s problems, 51P, 119L Train caught in flood near Aberavon, 195 Rhos & Wrexham Railway, 131 Rhymney Railway, 7P, 24P, 47L, 48L, 71L, 72L, 94, 182P, 246 Brake vans, 22P, 48L, 72L Bygone days in the Rhymney Valley, 7P, 48L, 71L Coal carried, 94 Rhymney engineman, 182P, 207P, 246 Shrewsbury & Chester Railway, 147M Shrewsbury, Oswestry & Cheshire Junction Railway, 147M Snowdon Electric Railway, 163 South Wales Mineral Railway Aberavon to Maesteg, 8M Coal carried, 94 Comings and goings at Tonmawr, 238MP South Wales Railway, 61D, 79, 110, 123, 161, 165, 178, 190, 195, 196 Swansea Harbour Railway, 196M, 211P Swansea Harbour Trust, 39, 196 Swansea Vale & Neath & Brecon Junction Railway, 3, 171MP Swansea Vale Railway, 3, 48L, 72L, 94, 123MP, 171MP, 220DP Swansea Valley Railway, 126 Taff Bargoed Joint Railway, 246 Taff Vale Railway Berw Viaduct, 104MP Cilfynydd, engineering work, 1P Coal carried, 94 Coal shipping at Cardiff, a postscript, 180D, 204L Hawk’s Dell revisited, 32, 72L Lincoln Wagon Co, 119L Opening year, 190 The Taff Vale at Cardiff Docks, 134MP, 161L, Erratum,168, 180D, 204L The Taff Vale’s stooge – Cardiff, Penarth & Barry Junction Railway, 198MP Train services in 1922, 246 Treorchy – Upper Bute Street, 23L Vale of Glamorgan Railway, 24P, 48L, 86P, 116 Railway, 72L, 94, 95L, 118L, 171, 196M, 204L, 211P West Midland Railway, 3 Worcester & Hereford Railway, 3 Wrexham & Minera Railway, 148MP Wrexham & Minera Extension Joint Railway, 148 Wrexham, Mold & Connah’s Quay Railway, 35, 130, 148, 228L Railway proposals not built Burry Port & North Western Junction Railway, 88M, 120L Snowdon Electric Railway, 163 Swansea Valley Railway, 126 Recollections of Tredegar, F Cole, 216P, G Davies, 252LP Reminiscences of the MT&A, C Carr, 99MP, J Burrell, 143L, G Davies, 167L, J Burrell, 204L Report of the Royal Commission on Coal, J Norris, 1871, 94 Return ticket to Wind-street station, P Reynolds, 211P Rhondda & Swansea Bay locomotives. The Superintendent’s problems, M Smith, 51P Rhosllanerchrugog branch of the Great Western Railway, P Prydderch, 130MP, J Burrell, 228L Rhymney brake vans, J David, 22P, A Nummelin, H Morgan, 48L, Erratum 72, R Metcalf, 72L Rhymney engineman, T McCarthy, 182MP, 207P, R Riley, R Caston, C R Karn, 246L Rhymney Railway brake van, J David, 22P, A Nummelin, H Morgan, 48L, Erratum 72, R Metcalf, 72L Rhymney Railway van, B Holland, 24LP Rise and fall of Ebbw Junction, M Hale, 80MP, Tony Cooke, 117M, H Morgan, 118, Erratum 118 Rock Wood (Kerry branch), R and J Pope, 248MD Rooms at Mostyn, D Goodwin and C Kay, 90DP Royal Commission on Coal, 1871, 94 Royal trains, 18MP, 47L

S St Mellons depot, M Christensen, 212MP, 252L Signalling Signal boxes Bishton East, 12 Bishton West, 11 Broughton Crossing, 149M Broughton Forge, 149M Brymbo East, 150P Brymbo Middle, 150MP Brymbo Station, 150 Brynamman (MR), 229P Cefn Junction, 177MP Cowbridge Road Crossing, 169P Craig-y-Nos, 222 Croes Newydd East, 148 Croes Newydd West, 148 Danygraig Junction, 41 East Usk Junction, 12 Gurnos Junction, 4P Llanwern, 11 Lliswerry Crossing, 12P Maesglas Junction, 192P Maesglas Sidings, 194P Magor, 12 Moss Valley Junction, 148 Plas Power Station, 149P Roath Branch South (interior), 197P Severn Tunnel Junction West, 13 Swansea East Central, 41 Swansea Station (R&SBR), 41 Swansea West Central, 41 The Bwlch, 222P Tir Phil, 183P Tonmawr, 238P Trefeinon, 141P, 168L Treorchy Upper Bute Street, 23P Undy Crossing, 11P Ynisygeinon Junction, 172P Signals Midland Railway, 4P, 175P South Wales express photograph, 23L , 95L, 119L, 143L South Wales Railway reaches Haverfordwest, H Evans, 161 Sparks in Snowdonia, S Daly, 163 Special train service for the Welsh National Eisteddfod, Rhos, Denbigh, August 1945, S Daly, 131 Stations Aberavon (R&SBR), 9P Aberbran, 224P Abercamlais Halt, 116P, 143L Abercrave, 173P Berwig, 148, 228L Biglis Junction TVR, 202D Brook Street, Rhos, 130MP Brymbo, 147MP, 228L Brymbo West Crossing, 228L Brymbo West Halt, 150 Brynamman (SVR), 48L, 229P Brynmawr, 99P, 143L, 167L, 204L Brynmenyn, 106MP Cadoxton, 200P Caergwrle Castle, 36P Cape Platform (R&SBR), 40P Cefntilla Halt, 129P Coed Poeth, 148, 228L Coed Talon, 150, 228L Colbren Junction, 175P, 226DP Court Sart, 39P, 41P Cradoc, 224P Craig-y-Nos, 221P Cray, 223P, 252L Devynock, 223P, 252L Doldowlod, 43 Ebbw Vale, 100P Ferryside, 186P Glais, 72 Gobowen, 42P Gurnos Junction. 3M Gwersyllt, 37P Haverfordwest, 161 Legacy, 130MP Llanwern, 14P Lodge Halt, 149 Magor, 13P Mold, 150 Moss, 228L Mostyn, 90DMP Nantybwch, 101MP Nelson & Llancaiach, 47L Pembroke Dock, 164M Penarth Town, 199P Penpont Halt, 116, 143L Plas Power, 148MP Ponkey Crossing Halt, 131 Pontardawe, 72L Rhoose, 48P Rhos, 130MP, 228L Rhostyllen, 130MP Rhymney Bridge, 103P South Rhondda, 143L Sully, 199P Swansea Docks, 39 Swansea Wind Street, 196M, 211P Tenby, 167P Trefeinon, 138MP, 168L , 21P, 47L Undy Halt, 11P Upper Lydbrook, 252L Welshpool, 20P Wrexham GWR, 147M Wynn Hall Halt, 131 Wynville Halt, 130 Yniscedwyn, see Ystradgynlais Ynysygeinon, 72L Ystalyfera, 3M, 5P Ystradgynlais, 173P Steaming into a flood, 195 Steel and iron works Brymbo, 147M, 204L John Summers, Shotton, 27MP Summers ore, A Bodlander, 27MP Swansea Harbour Trustees, 39, 123, 196 Swansea Vale services, 48L, 72L Swansea Vale working, 5, 48L, 72L, 118L

T Taff Vale at Cardiff Docks. The early years, T Powell, 134MP, 161L, Erratum 168, 180D, P Totman, 204L Taff Vale miscellany, T Powell, J Dore-Dennis, 219 Taff Vale’s stooge, J Dore-Dennis, 198MP Tales from Doldowlod, S Bell, 43, 72P Tales of refurbishment, or the PC&N train, C Chapman, 16P, S Bell, 72L, C Chapman, 120L The Barry bit, 24P, 48P, 67, 116, 142, 168, 228, 246 The Burry Port & North Western Junction Railway, S Daly, 88M, M Connop Price, 120 The early years of the Swansea Vale Railway, M Hale, 123MP The first through train from Chester to Buckley, D Goodwin, 35 The last of Barlow – please! J Dore-Dennis, I Griffiths, H Morgan, 119L The last train from Brymbo, A Bodlander, 147MP, J Burrell, 204L, 228L The Midland in South Wales. Locomotive allocations to 1948. Part 1, J Miles, 56; Part 2, 75P The Monmouthshire Railway’s Western Valleys Line. Some aspects of its development in the Newport area, D Smith, 189MP The Rhosllanerchrugog branch of the Great Western Railway, P Prydderch, 130MP, J Burrell, 228L The rise and fall of Ebbw Junction, M Hale, 80MP, Tony Cooke, 117M, H Morgan, 118L, Erratum 118 The South Wales Railway reaches Haverfordwest, H Evans, 161 The Taff Vale at Cardiff docks. The early years, T Powell, 134MP, S Rowson, 161L, Erratum 168, T Powell, 180D, P Totman, 204L The Taff Vale’s stooge, J Dore-Dennis, 198MP Third class carriages, 195 Through carriage workings of the Cambrian Railways, H Morgan, 231MP Timber yards Rees Morgan’s Timber Yard, 3M Tinplate works Gurnos Tin Plate Works, 3M Yniscedwin Tin Plate Works, 3M Ystalyfera Iron and Tinplate Works, 3M Toll bridge, Whitney on Wye, 228P, 252L Track Broad gauge, Barlow rail, 60, 79, 96L, 119L, 144L Concrete pot sleepers, 214P Concrete slab trackwork, 212P, 252L Tramways and plateways Duffryn, Llynvi & Porthcawl Railway, 177 Hay Tramroad, 138, 228P, 252L Penllwyn Tramroad, 114P Scott’s tramroad, 123 Trefeinon Station and the Hamer family, W H Smith, 138MP, J Burrell, 168L Turn and turn about, J Hodge, 247P

V Viaducts Crumlin, 129 Porthkerry, 86P Pencaedrain, 72L, 95L, 118L

W Wages, enginemen and firemen, R&SBR, 53 Wartime goods depot, St Mellons, 212MP, 252L Water troughs, Ferryside, 187P Weighing machine office, Mostyn, 92DMP Welsh National Eisteddfod, Rhos, Denbigh, August 1945, 131 Wind Street Station, Swansea, Tony Cooke, 196M, P Reynolds, 211P Wrexham branches, J Burrell, 228L

Y Ystradgynlais and Yniscedwyn Colliery sidings, J Miles, 112MP