Disused railway line near Llynclys
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Disused railway line near Llynclys
Image: © David Weston Taken: 5 Jul 2013
The line was 'mothballed' in 1998; from about 100 yards west of this photo (behind the camera), the rails have been removed. This was a branch of the Cambrian Railway to the quarries at Porthywaen. West of the original end, it was extended to Llangynog, following the valley of the Afon Tanat, as the Tanant Light Railway in the early 20th Century. The line was closed West of Blodwell during the 1950s. More information of the history of this line can be found at http://www.cambrianrailways.com/html/history.html , together with information on the active restoration of the Cambrian railway line from Oswestry southwards.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.810779
Longitude
-3.07066