Overview
Covers a part of South Wales rarely dealt with, including the iconic bleak moorland Dowlais Top station in the area of South Wales where it can snow in June .
This book on the Brecon & Merthyr, deals with the section from Bargoed to Pontsticill Junction, covering the line built by the B&M to join onto the section running north from Bargoed built by the Rhymney Railway, much dominated at the time by nearby Dowlais Ironworks. Included is the short section from Pant to Dowlais Central. It contains photographs of every location along the line, including many that have not before been published. The volume includes a fascinating account of the Pantywaun Marshalling Yard, operative until Dowlais Ironworks ceased production, when the B&M ran freight services to and from Pantywaun, before the many collieries and levels in the area were closed almost overnight and the location finally obliterated under the development of Cwmbargoed Opencast.
- | Author: John Hodge, R J Caston
- | Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- | Publication Date: Oct 04, 2022
- | Number of Pages:
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- | Binding: Hardback
- | ISBN-13: 9781399070768
- | ISBN-10: 1399070762
