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Bridges Business Park, Bridge Road, TELFORD, TF4 3EE

These buildings, and the old staff canteen across the road (now Horsehay Village Hall) are what remains of the Horsehay Works of the Coalbrookdale Company.

Built around 1830 as the administrative offices for the nearby Horsehay Ironworks, which was part of the much larger Coalbrookdale Company Ironworks division; they were Grade II listed https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101367386-horsehay-works-offices-dawley-hamlets#.YGePFuhKjIU & https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1367386 in 1968, and have fairly recently been converted to flats.

The 0-4-0 steam tram, built in 1977, has a vertical boilered stream engine, part of which came from a much earlier one built by H Guy & Co. Ltd., for a Victorian launch. It has a single cylinder and chain drive to both axles. It is seen here about to leave the area by the loco shed, to return back to the starting point near the entrance. Image

A mixture of old and new in this view, taken from alongside the loco shed. Old adverts of long ago, an old light (or maybe a replica), CCTV cameras on the top of the grey post, and the track for the narrow gauge steam tram.

Another pub to let, well off the beaten track. There simply aren't the local drinkers to keep these pubs alive, and passing trade is negligible.

This Ruston diesel loco was being worked on in the loco shed, when photographed. Ruston Hornsby used to be a major manufacturer of standard and narrow gauge railway locomotives, but following takeovers and mergers, that side of the business was dropped, and today the company no longer exists. However its Lincoln works, owned by Siemens, today manufactures gas turbines. Image

The sign's faded and the pub's to let.

The steam tram and coach, at the Telford Steam Railway, run on a 2 foot narrow gauge track. This follows a short horseshoe shaped route, part of which runs near to the lake known as Horsehay Pool. In this view, the tram and coach have arrived at the area near the loco shed, where they pause very briefly before returning, coach first, to the starting point near the entrance. The main railway is standard gauge, and is on the other side of Pool Side. The tram was built by Alan Keef Ltd about 1977 for the Telford Development Corporation, and the coach, which is contemporary, was presumably built by Alan Keef Ltd too. The tram and coach originally ran in Telford Town Park, but didn’t last very long there. They were moved to their present site in the mid-1980's. Steam trams were at one time a fairly familiar sight, as in the last years of the 19th century and the early years of the 20th century, they were used in several towns and cities in the UK. Most were eventually replaced by electric trams. The steam tram at the Telford Steam Railway, in one of the very few working examples, and quite possibly the only narrow gauge one in the UK. Some other photos relating to the tramway: - Image Image Image Image Image Image Image

Next to the loco shed, is this small shed for the narrow gauge steam tram, and its carriage. The sign on the wall on the right warns to keep clear, because of limited clearance. Image

The loco shed is on the right, and is connected with the main part of the railway, by a level crossing on Pool Side. The tram shed is on the left, with its 2 foot narrow gauge track running into it. Image Image