Book 07 – The Last Years of Steam Around Central Wales
The northern border of ‘The Last Years of Steam Around Central Wales ‘ is broadly the railway from Aberystwyth to Shrewsbury, the eastern border that from Shrewsbury to Abergavenny, whilst the southern border follows the route of the A40 road from Abergavenny to Carmarthen. In the main the time period covered is the ten years or so from the mid-1950s up to 1966. Virtually all of the photographs, a mixture of black & white and colour, have never been published before. This book will appeal to railway enthusiasts, modellers, and those interested in local history.
Routes covered include: Brecon to Talyllyn Junction, Three Cocks Junction, Hay-on-Wye, and Hereford; the Golden Valley Railway; Leominster to Titley Junction, Presteign, Kington and Dolyhir; the Central Wales line from Craven Arms to Llandilo via Knighton, Llandrindod Wells and Builth Road; the route of the ‘Cambrian Coast Express’ from Shrewsbury to Welshpool (including the narrow-gauge Welshpool & Llanfair in the pre-preservation era), Montgomery, Newtown, Carno, Talerddig, Cemmes Road, Machynlleth to Borth and Aberystwyth; the Mid-Wales route south from Moat Lane Junction via Llanidloes, Rhayader, Newbridge-on-Wye and Builth Road (Low Level); Aberystwyth to Tregaron, Lampeter, Pencader and Carmarthen; plus the Aberayron and Newcastle Emlyn Branches.
Published in May 2015.
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