Silver Screen and Iron Giant: The Crumlin Viaduct in Arabesque. A ‘Branch Lines’ post describing how the Crumlin Railway Viaduct played a leading support role in the 1960s movie ‘Arabesque’
Silver Screen and Iron Giant: The Crumlin Viaduct in Arabesque. A ‘Branch Lines’ post describing how the Crumlin Railway Viaduct played a leading support role in the 1960s movie ‘Arabesque’
Ealing Comedy: The 1884 Bassaleg Standoff. A ‘Branch Lines’ post describing an incident involving the first coal train on the Pontypridd Caerphilly and Newport Railway. A tale of railway pomposity and bowler-hat subbornness worthy of a 1950s Ealing Comedy!
The East Glamorgan Railway: an extraordinarily audacious plan. A ‘Branch Lines’ post describing the 1893-95 proposal which was promoted by the Barry Railway to tap the traffic of its main rivals! Did it succeed?
The first ‘Branch Lines post:
‘Britannia: The Wonderful Travelling Engine of the Sirhowy Tramroad’.
A profile of the first Stephenson steam locomotive used on the Sirhowy Tramroad.