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Kinnerley, OSWESTRY, SY10 8EG

Looking eastwards from the bridge in Edgerley 1, the long-abandoned former route of the Shropshire & Montgomeryshire Railway - nicknamed the Potts - can be seen. Passing through the gate which is seen ahead in the centre of the picture, the line ran through the present Nesscliffe Military Training Area - no public access - to the station house, a rebuilt one, at Shrawardine (locally pronounced Shraden). There are a number of books available which give a history of this former line. Time taken 3.08 pm BST (British Summer Time). Image Image

Just to the west of here, behind the photographer, lies the site of Kinnerley Junction where the Shropshire & Montgomeryshire Railway, the 'Potts', diverged, one branch turning southwards to Criggion and the other westwards to Llanymynech. In existence from 1866 to 1962, the line had a very chequered history and there are a number of books published on the story of it. The trackbed these days is private land, with no public access. Time taken 3.13 pm BST (British Summer Time). Image Image

The embankment ahead in this picture was the filled-in road bridgehole over the Shropshire & Montgomeryshire Railway at Edgerley. This line was intended to make a link between The Potteries at Stoke on Trent and Dublin, hence it's nickname the Potts, but this plan never came to fruition. Somewhat confusingly, there are two places named Edgerley on the OS map here, but whether they are separate or the same place named twice is not clear. Time taken 3.02 pm BST (British Summer Time). Image Image

Some of the group of Railway Ramblers at Edgerley stopping for a look from the bridge at the site of Kinnerley Junction, from where a 5-mile branch left the Shropshire and Montgomeryshire Railway for the basalt quarry at Criggion Image The sign on the left shows a 22 ton weight limit on the bridge. Time taken 3.07 pm BST (British Summer Time).

A party of Railway Ramblers at Edgerley on the B-road between Pentre and Kinnerley as they approach the road bridge overlooking the site of Kinnerley Junction. The now-vanished Shropshire and Montgomeryshire Railway once ran this way and at Kinnerley Junction a 5-mile branch led off to the basalt quarry at Criggion Image Time taken 3.07 pm BST (British Summer Time).

Looking over Image along the course of the Shropshire and Montgomery Railway which ran directly away from the photographer towards the trees. The line finally closed in 1962 after a chaotic history and was dismantled. From the lines in the field it looks like a ghost of the tracks still survives!

Looking west from the approach to Image The farm track swings onto the former railway alignment at the site of the former junction station and main workshops of the Shropshire and Montgomery Railway.