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| Photo | ELR | Branch | Subject | Location | M | C | Elev'n | Date | Time |
 bpm00201.jpg |
CRY | Coryton | General view of station with goods shed, signal box etc | Whitchurch | 2 | 27 | West | ||
 bpm00202.jpg |
VOG | Vale of Glamorgan | Longitudinal view of 374-yard Porthkerry viaduct (Central location = 1M-49C) | Above north-east portal of Porthkerry No.2 tunnel | 1 | 73 | SW | ||
 bpm00203.jpg |
VOG | Vale of Glamorgan | Porthkerry Bank | Between Viaduct & Porthkerry No.1 tunnel | 1 | 33 | East | ||
 bpm00204.jpg |
CAR | Cardiff (Stonefield junction) & Rhymney | General view of Llanishen station | Llanishen station, road overbridge | 4 | 48.5 | SE | ||
 bpm00205.jpg |
PRS WNT CAP |
Penrhos/Walnut Tree/ Caerphilly & Pontypridd | Penrhos junction looking south-west when in full use. The lines from Cadoxton via Wenvoe and Tynycaeau jct are on the left, the "Big Hill" from Walnut tree jct, Taffs Well in the centre and from Pontypridd on the right | Penrhos junction |
9 12 |
45 38 |
NE | ||
 bpm00206.jpg |
WNT BDU |
Walnut Tree/Beddau Loop | Facing point lock and detection | Beddau Branch junction/Walnut Tree Branch junction | 9 | 38 | East | ||
 bpm00207.jpg |
SWM | Severn Tunnel junction & Fishguard Harbour | Llanharan yard general view showing goods yard, shed and cattle pen and also a double inside slip in the up main | A473 road overbridge, Llanharan |
183 0 |
65 00 |
West | ||
 bpm00208.jpg |
SWM | Severn Tunnel junction & Fishguard Harbour | Llanharan West junction for Wern Tarw-Tondu line (Cardiff & Ogmore branch), after severence of branch & showing Llanharan station. (See poor earlier photo’ bpm01072.jpg). A new 2-doll bracket semaphore assembly has been erected at the right foreground | A473 road overbridge at Llanharan West junction |
183 0 |
65 00 |
East | ||
 bpm00209.jpg |
CAM | Cardiff (Bute Road) & Merthyr | View of Quakers' Yard Low Level junction & signal box. The double line branch from the right to the junction, served as interchange from the high level, Vale of Neath lines east of the High Level station. The Vale of Neath line from here to Aberdare High Level and onwards is obscured by the embankment on the right but passes over the Merthyr line by way of the rail overbridge, seen in black above the wagons in the sidings | Station footbridge, Quakers' Yard, Low Level station | 17 | 76 | East | ||
 bpm00210.jpg |
CAM | Cardiff (Bute Road) & Merthyr | General view of Quakers' Yard Low Level station looking towards Taff Vale viaduct. The crossover in the distance, served as a means of returning banking engines to Abercynon | Station footbridge, Quakers' Yard, Low Level station | 17 | 76 | West | ||
 bpm00211.jpg |
VON | Neath (General) & Pontypool Road | General view of Quakers' Yard High Level station looking towards interchange sidings. This site is now replaced by modern bungalows | Station footbridge, Quakers' Yard, High Level station | 15 | 58 | West | ||
 bpm00212.jpg |
VON | Neath (General) & Pontypool Road | Quakers' Yard High Level signal box & junction for Vale of Neath Line & former Merthyr branch (Closed after passing over Cardiff & Merthyr line) . The entire right-hand sweep now hosts a a row of modern bungalows.Just visible are the pillisters of Quakers' Yard No.1 vidauct where the double line converts to single for the transit through Quakers' Yard tunnel beyond | Station footbridge, Quakers' Yard, High Level station | 18 | 01 | North | ||
 bpm00213.jpg |
LTR | Mwyndy junction & Tonteg junction | Track layout at Cwm & Brofiscin branches, showing double trap throwout in Brofiscin line | Maesaraul junction (to Brofiscin Branch) | 1 | 04 | SW | ||
 bpm00214.jpg |
LTR | Mwyndy junction & Tonteg junction | View of single line looking towards Talbot Green | Maesaraul junction | 1 | 04 | NE | ||
 bpm00215.jpg |
CAR | Cardiff (Stonefield junction) & Rhymney | Siding & main Line layout at Cherry Orchard wagon repair centre. A new station named Lisvane & Thornhill, was established to the right of the workshops in 1985 and the sheds served as British Gas repair centre for many years & later, a used/second-hand domestic appliance sales outlet until 1998 | Road overbridge, Cherry Orchard, Lisvane (South of Cefn On) | 5 | 48.75 | NW | ||
 bpm00216.jpg |
PTP | Port Talbot & Pontyrhyll | View of South West portal of 1010-yard Bryn (Cwmcerwyn) tunnel (From interior) | Bryn (Cwmcerwyn tunnel) From 5M-08C to 5M-54C | 5 | 09 | NE | ||
 bpm00217.jpg |
PTP | Port Talbot & Pontyrhyll | View of South West portal of 1010-yard Cwmcerwyn tunnel | Bryn (Cwmcerwyn tunnel) From 5M-08C to 5M-54C | 5 | 07 | SW | ||
 bpm00218.jpg |
VOG | Vale of Glamorgan | Aberthaw West signal box and Cement works siding inlet | Aberthaw West signal box | 5 | 35 | East | 1963? | |
 bpm00219.jpg |
QYZ | Quakers' Yard & Merthyr | Abandoned Abercanaid double line. The Cardiff-Merthyr double line passed under the near end, and just beyond can be seen the edges of Quakers' Yard No.2 viaduct | Rail overbridge at intersection with Cardiff-Merthyr line. (Quakers' Yard No.2 viaduct is just beyond this bridge) | 0 | 11 | SE | ||
 bpm00220.jpg |
VON | Neath (General) & Pontypool Road | Junction layout at Vale of Neath/Abercanaid lines. Although the latter branch was closed, the area immediately beyond the junction was used for running around loco’s used for banking duties etc. The central semaphore signal bears a "Backing" arm for "wrong-line" movements | Quakers' Yard High Level |
15 0 |
63 03 |
NE | ||
 bpm00221.jpg |
BRY | Cardiff (General) & Barry Pier | View of DMU stock & sidings at Barry Island East yard | Barry Island East | 8 | 75 | South | ||
 bpm00222.jpg |
BRY | Cardiff (General) & Barry Pier | 56XX Loco with Aberthaw empties passing Cadoxton South junction | Cadoxton South signal box |
6 0 |
6 0 |
SE | ||
 bpm00223.jpg |
BJR | Bassaleg junction & Rhymney | General view of station area with Hengoed viaduct in background. The viaduct carried the double track Vale of Neath line | Maesycwmmer station | 12 | 39.5 | SE | ||
 bpm00224.jpg |
BJR | Bassaleg junction & Rhymney | General view of trailing crossover & trailing points to goods siding | Maesycwmmer station | 12 | 39.5 | NW | ||
 bpm00225.jpg |
CAP | Caerphilly & Pontypridd | General view of up & down PC&N lines with Watford level crossing signal box. A council incinerator was installed in this area after abolition of the line and a new housing estate is established beyond this point | Watford Crossing, Caerphilly | 8 | 69 | NE | ||
 bpm00226.jpg |
VOG | Vale of Glamorgan | Cutting and south-west portal of Porthkerry No.2 tunnel | Road overbridge to Bulwarks caravan site | 2 | 9 | South | ||
 bpm00227.jpg |
SIR | Nine Mile Point & Tredegar (LMS Line) | View of out-of-use siding behind Bird-in-Hand West signal box showing the inclined LMS lines to Tredegar climbing to Pontllanfraith High level station and the Tredegar line. Note the LMS upper-quadrant semaphore post devoid of arms. A double line junction on the Vale of Neath line was located at the other side of the signal box and previously gave a 22-chain direct link to the inclined LMS lines. bpm00228 shows the junction start and was known as Bird-in-Hand junction. | Bird-in-Hand West signal box (GW), Pontllanfraith low-to-high level link | 9 | 22 | South | ||
 bpm00228.jpg |
VON | Neath (General) & Pontypool Road | Up & down main with signalling and detection at Bird-in-Hand junction. Sirhowy junction signal box is visible in the distance. The double line junction allowed interchange of VON traffic with the LMS line to Tredegar, Nantybwch and thence the MTA line. Notice the check rail in the trailing points has a "check lump" installed. A housing estate now stands on this site | Bird-in-hand West junction, Pontllanfraith | 9 | 19½ | North | ||
 bpm00229.jpg |
SIR | Nine Mile Point & Tredegar (LMS Line) | Pontllanfraith High Level station after singling of former LMS line | Pontllanfraith High Level station | 11 | 09½ | SW | ||
 bpm00230.jpg |
SIR | Nine Mile Point & Tredegar (LMS Line) | Level crossing & LNWR signal box. The skew rail overbridge passed over the Vale of Neath line. Note the tall lower-quadrant L&NWR semaphore signal protecting the level crossing. This was high so that trainmen ascending the gradient from Wyllie to Pontllanfraith High Level, could get an early view of the signal above the roof line of the house on the right. Apart from the house, none of the railway items now survive (2001) | Pontllanfraith High Level station | 11 | 09½ | NE | ||
 bpm00231.jpg |
BRY | Cardiff (General) & Barry Pier | Barry Island West starting signal with permanent caution arm (Barry outer home motorised signal after 1970). Note the fogman's hut just beyond the signal | Barry Island viaduct | 7 | 48¾ | East | ||
 bpm00232.jpg |
VON | Neath (General) & Pontypool Road | View of double track at Pontllanfraith Low Level station with steam-hauled train to Neath at platform. The signal box stood on the end of the up platform (left) | Pontllanfraith Low Level (road overbridge) | 8 | 70 | West | ||
 bpm00233.jpg |
VON | Neath (General) & Pontypool Road | Single, reinforced track on 130-yard Quakers' Yard No.1 viaduct with tunnel beyond | Quakers' Yard No.1 viaduct | 15 | 77 | NE | ||
 bpm00234.jpg |
VOT | Central Wales | View of GW signal post with stop and Shunt arms (Taken from train window en route to Shrewsbury) | Approaching Llandovery from South West | SW | 14-Aug-65 | |||
 bpm00235.jpg |
CAR | Cardiff, (Stonefield junction) & Rhymney | Caerphilly tunnel, north-west portal viewed from Wernddu (Caerphilly) end | North West portal, Caerphilly tunnel | 7 | 16 | NW | ||
 bpm00236.jpg |
CAR | Cardiff, (Stonefield junction) & Rhymney | Road overbridge and bracket semaphore signal assembly and highlighting superelevated up main bullhead line and flat-bottomed down main line | Approaching Wernddu signal box east of Caerphilly | 7 | 34 | East | ||
 bpm00237.jpg |
CAR | Cardiff, (Stonefield junction) & Rhymney | Main line & trailing crossover with single slip to bitumen works | Just east of Wernddu signal box & Caerphilly loco works | 7 | 31 | East | ||
 bpm00238.jpg |
CPZ CPY | Caerphilly (Down line) Caerphilly (Up line) | Looking east from outskirts of Caerphilly, with separation of track routes to Machen (Former Pontypridd, Caerphilly & Newport Railway). The down line is on the left and a Gwaun-y-Bara Sidings signal box was previously sited just beyond the divergence in the distance at 7M-08C | Former Gwernydomen halt site between Caerphilly & Machen | 7 | 28.5 | West | 1962 | |
 bpm00239.jpg |
RAD | Radyr | View of new City Line station at Fairwater | Road overbridge north of Fairwater station | 2 | 66 | NW | 08-Jun-91 | 14.24 |
 bpm00240.jpg |
RAD | Radyr | View from road overbridge north of Fairwater station looking towards site of former Waterhall junction | Road overbridge north of Fairwater station | 2 | 66 | SE | 08-Jun-91 | 14.31 |
 bpm00241.jpg |
RAD | Radyr | View looking south-east from station footbridge at Fairwater station | Station footbridge, Fairwater station | 2 | 57 | NW | 08-Jun-91 | 14.25½ |
 bpm00242.jpg |
RAD | Radyr | View looking north-east from station footbridge at Fairwater station | Station footbridge, Fairwater station | 2 | 57 | SE | 08-Jun-91 | 14.25½ |
 bpm00243.jpg |
RAD | Radyr | View looking south-east from road overbridge south of Fairwater station | Road overbridge south of Fairwater station | 2 | 52 | NW | 08-Jun-91 | 14.28 |
 bpm00244.jpg |
RAD | Radyr | View looking north-east from road overbridge south of Fairwater station | Road overbridge south of Fairwater station | 2 | 52 | SE | 08-Jun-91 | 14.24 |
 bpm00245.jpg |
RAD | Radyr | View at track level, of A4119 road overbridge & Danescourt station beyond (Road overbridge is at 3M-09C) | South of A4119 road overbridge, Fairwater/Llandaff | 3 | 07 | SE | 08-Jun-91 | 14.40 |
 bpm00246.jpg |
RAD | Radyr | View at track level looking south-east towards site of former Waterhall junction | South of A4119 road overbridge, Fairwater/Llandaff | 3 | 07 | NW | 08-Jun-91 | 14.40 |
 bpm00247.jpg |
RAD | Radyr | View from station footbridge, looking north towards warren girder light vehicle bridge | Danescourt station footbridge | 3 | 17½ | SE | 08-Jun-91 | 14.48 |
 bpm00248.jpg |
RAD | Radyr | View of line from warren girder overbridge looking north towards Radyr Quarry junction | Warren girder footbridge, Danescourt Warren | 3 | 21 | SE | 08-Jun-91 | 14.46 |
 bpm00249.jpg |
RAD | Radyr | Superelevated double track looking towards Danescourt | Track at 3.5 milepost | 3 | 40 | NW | 08-Jun-91 | 15.00 |
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RAD | Radyr | Superelevated double track looking towards Radyr Quarry junction & down advanced starting semaphore signal (Radyr Quarry junction) | Track at 3.5 milepost | 3 | 40 | SE | 08-Jun-91 | 15.00 |
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