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Pontsticill Junction Station |
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Merthyr Tydfil.
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<Click on the
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Brecon
& Merthyr Railway |
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In the
companies heyday huge amounts of coal passed through this station,
particularly in the period
1913-1918.
This was to supply the British Fleet at Scappa Flow. These trains were
called the 'Jellicoe
Specials'. During WW II and after, large amounts of ammonia were
moved to various parts of the
country from
the ICI plant at Dowlais |
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Pontsticill
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Pontsticill
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(Note: The reservoir has not yet been
made) |
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Pontsticill
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This signal box was the setting of a BBC sit-com called
Davy Jones Locker in the early 1960's. |
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Pontsticill
Station
No's 5793 and
4635 arrive heavily laden on a sunny 1950's day. |
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Pontsticill Station 11-9-1951. |
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Pontsticill Station 12-7-1962. |
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The station was totally closed to timetabled passenger
and goods trains on 31-12-1962. |
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John Davies of St Tydfil's Avenue
with his wife, pose on an engine at
Pontsticill Station in the early
1960's |
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Do you have any
photo's of Merthyr Railways? |
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