Cambrian Railways
From Graces Guide
of Oswestry, Salop.
The company was formed by an amalgamation of several other companies:
1864 Company incorporated. Amalgamation of 4 lines between Whitchurch and Machynlleth:
- Oswestry, Ellesmere and Whitchurch Railway
- Oswestry and Newtown Railway
- Llanidloes and Newtown Railway
- Newtown and Machynlleth Railway [1]
Total length of 86 miles.
1865 Aberystwyth and Welsh Coast Railway absorbed.
1870 Salon carriage built at Oswestry for Earl Vane, the chairman of the Cambrian Railways Co. [2]
1868 Engineer is George Owen.[3]
1888 See Locomotive Stock June 1888
1889 Engineer is George Owen. Loco Supt is William Aston[4]
1904 Mid-Wales Railway absorbed.
1908 The line owned is 229 miles in length. [5]
1913 Vale of Rheidol Railway absorbed.
1921 Tanat Valley Light Railway absorbed.
1923 295.25 miles. Became part of the Great Western Railway [6]
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Sources of Information
- ↑ Encyclopedia of British Railway Companies by Christopher Awdry. Published 1990
- ↑ The Engineer 1870/04/29
- ↑ 1868 Bradshaw's Railway Manual
- ↑ 1889 Bradshaw's Railway Manual
- ↑ The Stock Exchange Year Book 1908
- ↑ [1] Wikipedia