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1 No 208 Nov 2015 No 208 Nov 2015 1 www.sihg.org.uk Great Little Trains of Wales by Michael Lattimer Last July we spent an enjoyable week based at Dolgellau riding the ‘Great Little Trains of Wales’. The group of fifteen ranged from railway ‘anoraks’ to those looking for a change from the usual holiday. My wife has limited mobility and enjoyed the Welsh scenery from the comfort of a (usually) well appointed carriage. The holiday was well organised over six days by HF Holidays (see below for details) to fit in elev- en of these celebrated narrow-gauge lines. Wherever space allowed, footplate rides were offered and enthusiastically taken up. Welsh Highland Railway Most of these lines rely on diesel locomotives for day to day operations; steam usually appears on special occasions and during the high season. A few original steam locos are still in use but others have been recovered from private commercial operators or are newer builds. Each of these railways is different, with its own character reflecting the purpose for construction, the topography of the landscape and the history of preservation. The efforts of volunteers, grants and tourism underpin their existence. The highlight was the steam propelled journey to the top of Snowden, rewarded with clear views from the top - the clouds descended after we left. Here follows a brief summary of each line. Further details may be found on the various web sites and that of the corresponding Wikipedia pages. There are some excellent YouTube contributions. The Ffestiniog Railway became the model for the use by narrow gauge railways across the world. Originally the slate deposits around Blaenau Ffestiniog were being exploited in small quantities and laboriously taken by pack animal and farm carts to the River Dwyryd, thence by river boats downstream to the coast at Porthmadog for loading into sea-going sailing ships. This inefficient transportation was replaced by a horse and gravity system using a 23.5 inch gauge railway, corresponding to that being used in the quarries; wide enough to allow the horses to work efficiently when pulling the empty wagons and narrow enough to enable the railway to negotiate the sharp curves made necessary by the mountainous terrain. Thus the world’s oldest narrow gauge line opened 1836, with steam locomotives introduced in 1863. The Ffestiniog’s sister company is the Welsh Highland Railway, the UK’s longest heritage railway, and a recent addition. It runs the 25 miles to Caernarfon through the Aberglaslyn Pass to the village of Beddgelert and along the flanks of Snowdon. A large amount of the necessary equipment was sourced from South Africa including three NG/G16 2-6-2+2-6-2 Beyer Garratts. The new £1.25 million Porthmadog Harbour Station offers greatly-improved passenger facilities and a convenient cross-platform interchange between it and the Ffestiniog. In Porthmadog there is the United Kingdom’s only mixed gauge flat rail crossing where the narrow gauge Highland crosses the Cambrian Coast standard gauge line on the level, see image below. (Continued on page 4) Newsletter 208 November 2015 2 Contents 2 Notices 3 Venues, Times & Contacts 1, 4 Great Little Trains of Wales by Michael Lattimer 6 Association for Industrial Archaeology News, the Bulletin of the AIA, Summer (173) and Autumn (174) 2015 report by Glenys Crocker 8 Return to Steam at Twyford Waterworks New pattern of publication for the Surrey Industrial History Group Newsletter. With the rising cost of postage, it is no longer considered viable to send out a Newsletter six times a year. Instead, it will now be issued quarterly. An event diary will be produced for the whole of the three month period covered, as set out below: February, March & April May, June & July August, September & October November, December & January It is planned to send out each Newsletter before the beginning of each period, that is, in January, April, July and October. It is hoped that the total number of interesting pages over the year will remain high, but this does depend on contributions continuing to flow in from SIHG Members. My apologies that this issue is late, as, although I am now fit again, I have been unwell over the last ten days. JS SIHG Newsletter No 208 November 2015 DIARY Enquires to Programme Co-ordinator Bob Bryson: 01483 577809, [email protected]. 40th series at Guildford of SIHG Industrial Archaeology Lectures (map: www.sihg.org.uk). alternate Tuesdays, 19:30-21:30, September 2015 - March 2016 Education Centre, The Cathedral, Guildford Non-member £40 full fee, SyAS/SIHG member £35. Single lectures at £5, payable on the night, are open to all. The full programme, with exact dates, is available online at www.sihg.org.uk. Thursday Morning Lectures at Leatherhead, 10:00-12:00, Programme for Spring 2016 Room G6 The Institute, 67 High Street Leatherhead KT22 8AH Non-member full fee £50 SIHG member £45. (Please note that attendance is for the full course only.) 7 Jan George and Robert Stephenson - Geoff Roles, SIHG 14 Jan Fast Ladies - Tim Morris, Brooklands Trust Member 21 Jan Landscape and building materials in the SE - Geoffrey Mead, Sussex University 28 Jan The History of Photographic Images - Terry Pullen, WEA Lecturer 4 Feb Domes - Alan Thomas, SIHG 18 Feb The Merchant Navy in Wartime Pt ll - Richard Mellor 25 Feb A History of Town Gas - Ken Tythacott, SIHG 3 Mar Stainless Steel in Britain - David Dulieu 10 Mar Technology, Industry and The Napoleonic Wars - Roger Knight, London University 17 Mar Members’ Talks South East Regional Industrial Archaeology Conference 2016 An SERIAC 2016 important date Saturday 23 April 2016 for hosted by Surrey Industrial History Group at Holy Cross Preparatory School George Road (off Kingston Hill) Kingston upon Thames KT2 7NU your Full programme and application form n the next SIHG Newletter. Details available soon at www.sihg.org.uk. diary! A Railway at War - Exhibition Until 31 December at STEAM, Reading The Role of the GWR and its Employees during WW1 Newsletter 208 November 2015 3 Venues, Times & Contacts of Other Organisations Please check venues and times carefully. Most venues open 30 minute before the published time. Ancient Technology Centre : 10:00-16:00; £6; Damerham HIAS, Hampshire Industrial Archaeology Society: 19:45, Road, Cranborne, Dorset BH21 5RP; (behind school); free; Underhill Centre, St. John's Road, Hedge End, Hants 01725 517618, www.ancienttechnologycentre.co.uk, SO30 4AF; www.hias.org.uk; 01962 855200. Brooklands: open Summer 10:00-17:00, Winter 10:00-16:00; IWA, Inland Waterways Association: £11/£9.90; Brooklands Rd, Weybridge, Surrey KT13 0QN; www.waterways.org.uk; 0203 612 9624. www.brooklandsmuseum.com; 01932 857381. KAS, Kent Archaeological Society: http:// Basingstoke Canal, Surrey & Hants Canal Society: 20:00, www.kentarchaeology.org.uk. free; the Pavilion, Recreation Ground, Station Road, London Canal Museum: Open 10:00-16:30; Talks 19:30, £4/ Chobham GU24 8AZ; www.basingstoke-canal.org.uk. £3; 12/13 New Wharf Road, London N1 9RT; BIAG, Berkshire Industrial Archaeology Group: 19:30; www.canalmuseum.org.uk; 0207 713 0836. £2.50; Garden Room, Watlington House, Watlington London Museum of Water and Steam: Green Dragon Lane, Street, Reading RG1 4RG ; www.biag.org.uk. Brentford, Middx TW8 0EN; Brunel Museum: Walks from Bermondsey Tube; just turn up www.waterandsteam.org.uk; 020 8568 4757. Wed 16:30, Sun 10:45; £9/£7. Museum of London Docklands: Mon-Sun: 10:00-18:00; no.1 Boat & train from Embankment tube station (not pier) for Warehouse, West India Quay, London E14 4AL; Brunel sites along the Thames; just turn up Tue/Thu/Sat www.museumoflondon.org.uk/docklands, 10:45; £9/£7 (+ transport costs). Museum: Railway Ave- [email protected], 020 7001 9844. nue, Rotherhithe, London SE16 4LF; 020 7231 3840. Newcomen Society London: 17:45, free; Fellows’ Room, Bursledon Brickworks: Open days £5/£4, Thu £3/£2; Coal Science Museum, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2DD; Park Lane, Swanwick, Southampton SO31 7GW; http://newcomen.com. www.bursledonbrickworks.org.uk; 01489 576248. Newcomen Society Birmingham: Thinktank, (B’ham Science Chatham Historic Dockyard: 10:00-18:00, £17.50/£15; Museum), Millennium Point, Aston University, Curzon Chatham, Kent ME4 4TZ; Street, Birmingham, West Midlands B4 7XG. www.thedockyard.co.uk; 01634 823800. Newcomen Society Portsmouth: 18:30; free; Portland Build- CKA, Council for Kentish Archaeology: 7, Sandy Ridge, ing, University of Portsmouth, Saint James’s Street, Borough Green, TN15 8HP. Portsmouth PO1; http://newcomen.com. CNHSS, Croydon Natural History & Scientific Society: Portsmouth Historic Dockyard : 10:00-17:30, site ticket, 19:45; free? UR Church Hall, Addiscombe Grove, annual £28/£26 HM Naval Base, Portsmouth PO1 3LJ; E Croydon CR0 5LP; http://cnhss.co.uk; 0208 668 1431. www.historicdockyard.co.uk; 02392 728060. Crofton Beam Engines : 10:30-17:00; £8/£7; Crofton, Marl- Railway and Canal Historical Society :18:30, free? borough, Wiltshire SN8 3DW. The Rugby Tavern, Rugby Street, London WC1N 3ES; Croydon Airport Society: Visitor Centre: open some Sun, www.rchs.org.uk. 11:00-16:00, free; Reigate Caves, Wealden Cave & Mine Society: some Sats, Airport House, Purley Way, Croydon CR0 0XZ. 10:00-16:00, £3/£2; tours of Reigate Caves in Tunnel Cuffley Industrial Heritage Society: 20:00, £4; Northaw off High Street, Reigate; www.wcms.org.uk. Village Hall, 5 Northaw Road West, Northaw EN6 4NW; Rural Life Centre: open Summer Wed-Sun 10:00-17:00, www.cihs.org.uk. Winter Wed/Sun 10:00-16:00; £8.50/£7.50; Old Kiln Mu- Didcot Railway Centre: 10:30-17:00; £10.00/£9.50; Didcot seum, Reeds Road, Tilford, Farnham, Surrey GU10 2DL; Parkway railway station, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 7NJ; www.rural-life.org.uk; 01252 795571.
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