Ebbw Vale Sidings

Black and white photographs of ebbw vale rail sidings 1983.

Ebbw vale sidings.

Ebbw valley looking north. Snow scene in ash grove tyllwyn. The ebbw vale branch was part of my patch during my last few months working in south wales but by then things were very different as iron making had ceased at ebbw vale and the new victoria sidings were with a particularly nasty short stretch of steep gradient on the realigned branch next to them while aberbeeg itself was a minor shadow of its. The station is within the afon village housing development.

Docks of one of the. The view in the opposite direction. Ebbw vale high level station l m s and l n w r view south towards the crossing. The line on the right is the curve to ebbw jct where it joins the main newport cardiff line.

Your ebbw vale blaenau gwent uk contractor might also suggest fiber cement siding which is fire resistant and termite proof and can come with a warranty of up to 50 years. The rolling of steel in the welsh valleys ebbw vale port talbot llanelly llanelli turning farmland into factories in the post war years. Rogerstone railway station welsh. Administrative biographical history ebbw vale is in blaenau gwent formerly part of monmouthshire.

Access to the single platform station and associated car park is off lily way. Stephenson rail special passing through cwm station. A siding was built for a colliery in 1889 and when a station was opened there it was named st helens 1909. Stained glass window dedicated by the bishop of monmouth.

The whole story of south wales steel manufacturing. The bailey arms tug o war team 1968. Ebbw vale steelworks in full production. Ebbw vale monmouthshire was a coal mining centre as well as having iron processing industries and limestone deposits.

The line in the middle a dead end siding known as the five whistle road is all that remains of a former direct line to newport docks. Ebbw vale rolling mill. Ebbw vale is on the brisbane to ipswich railway line. Slag tips in 1986 being demolished in preparation for garden festival wales 1992.

On the far left is the chord to gaer jct and newport.