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A recent gift (December 2021) from a valued colleague, to mark my pending retirement and my move to Telford, was 'Railways of Telford' by David Clarke
This is my review of the book which, as you will read, should become a primer for me for exploring Telford and Wrekin and the wider area of East Shropshire!
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Rev. Farnsworth, as I noted at your site, when I first visited the "Mother Country" during '60, the Class 23 Deltic locomotives appearing on the noted book's cover were active. I think I have a photo of one taken at King's X.
By the time I next visited during '71, I observed only one, likely a Class 55, at Doncaster.
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The Wellington & Severn Junction Railway (W&SJR) - Part 1
This is the first post about the different railway routes in Telford. The W&SJR ran through Lawley and Dawley which are within a mile or so of our home in Malinslee, Telford.
“The Wellington and Severn Junction Railway … was built between 1857 [and] 1861 and formed part of the Wellington to Craven Arms Railway. For much of its working life, it was operated by the Great Western Railway and subsequently the Western Region of British Railways.”
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The last post on this thread looked at the length of the W&SJR from Wellington Station to Horsehay & Dawley Station. This next post covers the length from Horsehay & Dawley Station to Lightmoor Station. ....
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Reverend, informative and interesting!
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Just after publishing the first article about the branch, I received an email from David Clarke offering some photos from his collection This prompted another look for photos on my part.
This addendum to the first article is prompted by David's email and includes a few other items as well. ...
This article follows on from three other articles which covered the Wellington to Severn Junction Railway and which reached as far along the line as Buildwas.
This next article covers the length of the Lilleshall Company railway network from their Grange Colliery to the Hollingswood Sidings which connected to the GWR main line between Shrewsbury and Wolverhampton. ...
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