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: Rhymney Railway 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 Wales 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: Swansea 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 Gloucester 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 Pontypridd, 142D Tail Traffic: Adams Yard, 96 Cole, F: Recollections of Tredegar, 216P Connop Price, M: Crumblin’ Crumlin? 129 Tail Traffic: Barlow and Brunel, 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: South Wales 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 South Wales Railway 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 Neath & 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 Cambrian Railways, 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 Cardiff docks. The early years, 134MP, Erratum 168 Coal shipping at Cardiff – a postscript, 180D Prydderch, P: The Rhosllanerchrugog branch of the Great Western Railway, 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 Cardiff docks, 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 Swansea Bay, 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 Glamorgan 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