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Barclay in 1910 and was delivered new to Stewart & Lloyd Ltd at their Clydedale Works in Mossend near Motherwell. In preservation the locomotive spent some time at the Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway but was restored on the West Somerset Railway
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Hudswell Clarke by the National Coal Board and was employed at NCB Gawber Colliery at Barnsley. 857 was first preserved by the Coventry Steam Railway Centre which was started in 1986 by a group of enthusiasts who wanted to restore it. The locomotive
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and beyond, it has been found that the deck of Varteg Road bridge was beyond economical repair, and could not simply be refurbished as was the case with the other bridges on the line. The local authority replaced the deck with two new bridges, one for the railway, and the other for the cycleway in
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Work, which started in late 2004, was initially complicated by difficulty in determining who built the railway. The order allowing most of the initial construction was the
Brynmawr and Blaenavon Act of 1866, but a short section in the south was built under the LNWR (Wales &c) Act of 1875. Once
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Torfaen Council, is currently unknown as these proposals are still in the early stages of public
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With Phase 1 achieved, the railway constructed a branch line into the
National Mining Museum in 2011 before turning towards extending the line northwards, under a small road bridge and along the still intact track bed to Waunafon, the summit of the line which at 1,400 feet (430 m) above sea
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Company eventually achieved funding from the Welsh Assembly Government's Heads of the Valleys programme to meet much of the refurbishment costs. Blaenavon (High Level) station is close to the centre of Blaenavon town centre, and as a result, a substantial increase in passenger numbers is
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Clarence Street was lost in the 1980s to the construction of the A4043 bypass. Retail development such as Tesco now occupies the site of Pontypool Crane Street station, however, the preservation society managed to rescue this up-platform station building by painstakingly deconstructing
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the two months spent on this research was complete matters progressed rapidly so that a formal application to the Welsh
Assembly was made on 3 May 2005. By the end of June 2005 the application became public with a two-month subsequent period allowed for formal objection.
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taken just hours after volunteers had finished locking up on Wednesday night. The crime scene was discovered the next morning and reported by a volunteer. The railway has already set up a fundraiser and over ÂŁ6,000 has been raised so far. No suspect has been found yet.
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was opened to visitors in 1983. It runs every weekend between spring and September. There is also a selection of special weekends through the spring and summer, daily (with the exceptions of Monday and Fridays) in August, as well as Santa Specials nearing Christmas.
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and have included this within their local development plan. This will also allow for route sharing to accommodate both Cycle Route and future line proposals whilst ensuring measures are taken to minimise any conflict occurring in dual operation.
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by an apprentice at Williton. It was returned to steam in early 2016 before spending some time on loan to the Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway. The locomotive returned to Williton, but now redecides on the Pontypool and Blaenavon railway.
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Although the track along the whole route to Brynmawr was finally lifted in July 1961, the section from Blaenavon to Pontypool was still in use for coal trains from other local mines until Big Pit finally closed in 1980. The line from
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and also the historic county boundary from Monmouthshire into Brecknockshire. However the emphasis with the local authority is that this phase will serve as a community link, rather than a tourist attraction.
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The minister in turn wrote to Winckworth Sherwood on 31 January. The Order, called the Pontypool and Blaenavon (Phase 1) Order 2006 was finally made on 20 June 2006 and came into force on 21 June 2006.
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The line is the highest preserved standard-gauge line in the
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1943:"RAILSCOT | Brynmawr and Blaenavon Railway"
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1707:Andrew Barclays Works No 1219 Caledonian Works
1394:Andrew Barclay 0-4-0ST 'Rosyth' at Big Pit Halt
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1991:"Blaenavon HLCA019"
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1649:
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1613:
1611:
1595:
1593:
1579:
1577:
1493:Future expansion
1367:Whistle Inn Halt
1327:Second World War
1228:heritage railway
1175:
1174:
1153:
1152:
1138:Ffrwdoer Viaduct
1131:
1130:
1116:Cwmffrwdoer Halt
1109:
1108:
1087:
1086:
1065:
1064:
1043:
1042:
1021:
1020:
998:
997:
990:
989:
964:
963:
949:(Six Bells Halt)
938:
937:
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929:
906:
905:
883:
882:
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866:
865:
844:
843:
822:
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771:
770:
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755:
754:
748:
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741:
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731:
730:
723:
722:
699:
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691:
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669:
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662:
641:
640:
626:Whistle Inn Halt
619:
618:
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575:
574:
568:
567:
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527:
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508:
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494:
476:
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469:
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440:
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406:
391:
382:
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348:
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331:
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286:
279:
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263:
163:
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100:
94:
90:
88:
87:
83:
80:
30:
18:
3027:
3026:
3022:
3021:
3020:
3018:
3017:
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2992:
2991:
2990:
2985:
2975:
2973:
2961:
2953:
2930:
2902:
2864:
2846:
2825:
2809:
2788:
2779:
2740:
2734:
2704:
2699:
2689:
2687:
2675:
2672:
2668:Channel Islands
2631:
2600:
2546:
2465:
2456:
2450:
2408:
2403:
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2379:
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2279:. 8 March 2012.
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2139:"Archived copy"
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2132:
2122:
2120:
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2110:
2100:
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2089:
2088:
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2063:
2062:
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2046:
2037:
2036:
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2020:
2019:on 30 June 2012
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1946:
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1936:
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1915:
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1898:
1889:
1888:
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1874:
1872:
1863:
1862:
1858:
1853:
1836:
1827:
1814:
1794:
1780:
1769:
1753:
1751:Hudswell Clarke
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1708:
1694:
1676:
1654:
1653:Andrew Barclay
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1639:Andrew Barclay
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1569:Andrew Barclay
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1560:Main reference
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1319:
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1072:Pentrepiod Halt
1066:
1044:
1029:
1022:
1000:
999:
992:
991:
974:
965:
950:
940:
939:
932:
931:
907:
892:
885:
884:
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876:
867:
845:
823:
816:
815:
808:
807:
800:
793:
772:
765:
764:
757:
756:
749:
742:
733:
732:
725:
724:
707:
700:
693:
678:
671:
664:
648:Furnace Sidings
642:
620:
598:
583:
576:
569:
547:
546:
539:
538:
529:
510:
503:
496:
477:
470:
463:
441:
434:
427:
412:
401:
383:
376:
361:
343:
332:
313:
306:
297:
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290:
159:
155:
148:
144:
141:
139:
138:4 ft
137:
134:Preserved gauge
96:
92:
85:
81:
78:
76:
75:4 ft
74:
33:
12:
11:
5:
3025:
3023:
3015:
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3009:
3004:
2994:
2993:
2987:
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2971:
2958:
2955:
2954:
2952:
2951:
2946:
2940:
2938:
2932:
2931:
2929:
2928:
2926:Cistercian Way
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2918:
2912:
2910:
2904:
2903:
2901:
2900:
2895:
2890:
2885:
2880:
2874:
2872:
2866:
2865:
2863:
2862:
2856:
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2826:
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2811:
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2718:
2710:
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2700:
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2697:
2685:
2671:
2670:
2665:
2660:
2655:
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2632:
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2624:
2619:
2614:
2608:
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2602:
2601:
2599:
2598:
2593:
2587:
2582:
2577:
2572:
2566:
2561:
2554:
2552:
2551:Standard gauge
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2545:
2544:
2539:
2534:
2529:
2524:
2519:
2514:
2509:
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2499:
2494:
2489:
2487:Corris Railway
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2479:
2473:
2471:
2467:
2466:
2461:
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2407:
2406:External links
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1622:in early 2019.
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1376:
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1255:United Kingdom
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1203:
1201:
1199:
1197:
1195:
1193:
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1181:
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1160:Wainfelin Halt
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2982:
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2575:Gwili Railway
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