
A scheme was proposed for a docks at Port Talbot with connecting railway to export coal from the Dyfrryn Valley, by Miss Talbot and her agent
35 miles from Port Talbot to Maesteg and Pontyrhyl and served fifty collieries, sometimes known as the Port Talbot Railway. It connected with the South Wales Mineral Railway at Tonmawr. [1]
1894 The company was incorporated to acquire and improve the existing harbour and docks at Port Talbot, South Wales, and has constructed a railway about 34 miles in length, connecting the port with certain colleries. [2]
1894 Act of Parliament passed
1895 Work on the line began; the company acquired the existing harbour and docks.
1897 Railway completed
1898 Docks completion
1900 Description and illustrations of 0-8-2T locomotives made by the Cooke Locomotive and Machine Co of Paterson, New Jersey [3]
1919 Resident Engineer is William Cleaver. Mechanical Engineer is H. J. Roberts.[4]
1923 Became part of the Great Western Railway [5]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ Encyclopedia of British Railway Companies by Christopher Awdry. Published 1990
- ↑ The Stock Exchange Year Book 1908
- ↑ Engineering 1900/04/13
- ↑ 1919 Bradshaw's Railway Manual
- ↑ [1] Wikipedia
- The Times, Aug 03, 1896