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Kinnerley, OSWESTRY, SY10 8EJ

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).

Looking out from the railway bridge at Kinnerley Junction. This bridge straddled the now almost vanished Shropshire and Montgomeryshire Railway, known as The Potts. This was from the original company Potteries Shrewsbury and North Wales Railway which later became the Shropshire and Montgomeryshire Railway and was intended to link the Potteries area of Staffordshire with Dublin in the Irish Republic. The line opened in 1866 and finally closed in 1962 having been in private and military ownership during its lifetime. Kinnerley Junction station opened in 1911 and closed in 1933. From this point there was a 5 mile branch to a quarry at Criggion. The land on this route is private and there is no public access. Taken at 3.09 pm BST (British Summer Time). Image Image Image Image

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.

A party of Railway Ramblers on a day walk making their way along the B-road from Pentre to Kinnerley at Edgerley towards the road bridge overlooking the site of Kinnerley Junction. The walk started at the village of Shrawardine Image 'Shraden' to the locals, and was to end at Argoed Image Time taken 3.06 pm BST (British Summer Time).