Princess and Down train on Tanygrisiau Embankment.

Princess and Down train on Tanygrisiau Embankment.
Princess and Down train on Tanygrisiau Embankment.
Princess and Down train on Tanygrisiau Embankment.
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(52°59′6″N, 3°57′58″W)
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Princess and Down train on Tanygrisiau Embankment.
The Princess and down train on Tanygrisiau Embankment, 1871. This remarkable scene captures what was almost certainly a Special train, given that the same formation is seen in other photographs were taken from different viewpoints in this area. This is one of the few photographs showing early passenger trains before the arrival of larger bogie stock. The sentry box brake van is followed by one of the 1st class Small Birmingham 4-wheelers, two 3rd class carriages, a 3rd class Ashbury, and probably the private Oakeley open carriage at the rear. The large waterwheel serves the iron foundry. The large culvert at the base of the dry-stone embankment carries the Afon Cwmorthin beneath the railway.

Source. John Owen, Newtown.
FR Catalogue. TG/PS/002A
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