Английская Википедия:Glyn Valley Tramway

The Glyn Valley Tramway was a narrow gauge railway that ran through the Ceiriog Valley in north-east Wales, connecting Chirk with Glyn Ceiriog in Denbighshire (now Wrexham County Borough). The gauge of the line was Шаблон:Convert while it was horse-drawn,Шаблон:Sfn which was unofficially increased to Шаблон:Railgauge when steam locomotives were introduced.Шаблон:Sfn The total length of the line was Шаблон:Convert, Шаблон:Convert of which were worked by passenger trains, the remainder serving a large granite quarry and several minor slate quarries.

History

Construction

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A train in Glyn Ceiriog station

The railway was built to connect the quarries at Glyn Ceriog with the Shropshire Union Canal at Chirk. A standard gauge "Ellesmere & Glyn Valley Railway" was authorised by an Act of 6 August 1866 to run from the Cambrian Railway at Ellesmere to the GWR at Chirk and thence to follow the Glyn Ceiriog road to the quarries. No construction took place and by an Act obtained in 1869, the Ellesmere to Chirk portion was abandoned. A further Act of Parliament, obtained on 10 August 1870, allowed the original company to be dissolved, and the Glyn Valley Tramway to be incorporated to take over the rights, assets and goodwill of the previous company. The company believed it could not raise the £120,000 capital required to build the standard gauge line. Henry Dennis suggested a narrow gauge line instead, which would only require £25,000.Шаблон:Sfn The line would run from the canal at Chirk Bank to the Cambrian Slate Quarries. This initial line, at Шаблон:Convert long, was opened in 1873, and was worked by horse and gravity traction carrying passengers and freight.

Expansion

In 1885, additional parliamentary powers were obtained to abandon the Quinta Tramway section between Pontfaen and Chirk Bank, replacing it with a new line from Pontfaen to the Great Western Railway's Chirk station. A two-mile extension was also authorized from Glyn to the quarries around Pandy.

At that time, Henry Dennis was a director and also the tramway's Engineer. He was also the Engineer for the Snailbeach District Railways, near Shrewsbury. When rebuilding of the line began in 1887, Dennis offered to loan the two steam locomotives from Snailbeach, as the carriage of lead ore on that railway had plummetted. They were of the slightly narrower gauge of Шаблон:Railgauge, and the difference meant that they derailed very easily. The Act of Parliament did not allow the gauge to be changed as part of the rebuilding, but in practice, it was increased to Шаблон:Railgauge.Шаблон:Sfn Davies suggests that the two locomotives, Belmost and Fernhill, normally worked on relatively straight track, but the Glyn Valley Tramway followed the course of the road, with numerous sharp bends, where the wheel flanges may have distorted the track, opening out the gauge, and this is the most likely reason for the change of gauge.Шаблон:Sfn The new line was opened for freight traffic in 1888 and to passengers in 1891. Motive power consisted of steam locomotives purchased from Beyer, Peacock & Company in Manchester.

Quarries

Name	Product	Start year	End year	Notes
Hendre quarry	Granite		1935	Internal railway system worked by a Lilleshall Company Шаблон:Whyte locomotive
Upper Pandy quarry	Granite	1900	1908
Cae-Deicws quarry	Chinastone	1885	1905
Lower Pandy quarry	Chinastone	1885	1905
Pen-y-Graig quarry	Silica	1911	1920
Coed-y-Glyn mine	Granite
Cambrian quarry	Slate	1873		Internal quarry railway was laid to Шаблон:Track gauge gauge and used a W.G. Bagnall Шаблон:Whyte
Wynne quarry	Slate	1884
Quinta colliery	Coal

Decline and closure

After the First World War costs started to rise significantly, while revenues did not. The railway's financial situation declined steadily during the 1920s. The railway needed to carry approximately 45,000 tons of traffic per year to break even. In 1929 it carried 64,857 tons, but by 1932 this had dropped to 21,400 tons. Increased use of road haulage and a change in the ownership of the remaining quarries was the cause of this downturn in traffic.

In 1932, a bus service was started in the valley, for the first time offering passengers a serious competition to travelling on the tramway. Passenger receipts declined steeply that year, and passenger services were abandoned at the beginning of 1933. Freight traffic continued to decline and the losses to mount on the railway and all services ceased in July 1935 as the company went into voluntary liquidation. In 1936 the track was removed and all the locomotives were scrapped.

Locomotives

The two original locomotives, Sir Theodore and Dennis were joined by a third Beyer Peacock tram locomotive Glyn in 1892. In 1921, an ex-War Department Light Railways Baldwin Class 10-12-D was purchased; it was regauged by Beyer Peacock from its original Шаблон:Track gauge gauge.

Number	Name	Builder	Type	Works Number	Built	Notes
1	Dennis	Beyer, Peacock & Company	Шаблон:Whyte	2970	1888	Scrapped 1936
2	Sir Theodore	Beyer, Peacock & Company	Шаблон:Whyte	2969	1888	Loaned to the Snailbeach District Railways around 1905. Scrapped 1936
3	Glyn	Beyer, Peacock & Company	Шаблон:Whyte	3500	1892	Файл:Steam locomotive of Glyn Valley Tramway.jpg Scrapped 1936
4		Baldwin	Шаблон:Whyte	45211	1917	Acquired by the GVT in 1921; mainly worked freight trains. Scrapped 1936

Preservation

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Glyn Valley carriage, now preserved on the Talyllyn Railway

Most of the railway's stock and track were scrapped in the 1930s. However, some carriage bodies were sold to local farmers. Two of these bodies survived long enough to be rescued by the Talyllyn Railway where they have been restored to working order and are now used in regular traffic. A quantity of Glyn Valley track also found its way to the Talyllyn.

The waiting rooms in Pontfadog and Dolywern survive in their original locations. In 1950 the council officer used Pontfadog waiting room to collect rates and the locals nicknamed it ‘Pontfadog Town Hall’.Шаблон:Citation needed It was later bought by the public houseШаблон:Which and it was also used as a craft shop.

Glyn Valley Tramway Trust

In October 2007, the Glyn Valley Tramway Trust was formed with the aim of restoring part of the tramway. They plan to recreate its appearance in the 1920s era and provide a visitor centre and workshops with educational facilities to display and interpret the history and development of the Tramway through artefacts and audio-visual media. The Glyn Valley Tramway Trust are to carry out a Design and Evaluation study of the entire route from Chirk to Glyn Ceiriog and beyond, and as a first phase intends to re-instate a Шаблон:Convert section as an operational steam heritage railway from the original Chirk GVT station to Baddy's Wood near Pontfaen.^[1]

In 2019, the Glyn Valley Tramway Trust started to clear trees and spoil from the station site at Chirk, adjacent to the Network Rail station. In August 2022, the platform and trackbed had been cleared. The Trust intends to rebuild the platform, and lay track in the station area.Шаблон:Citation needed

On 31 October 2022, the Trust announced that they intend to rebuild the section of the tramway between Chirk and Pontaen to a gauge of Шаблон:Track gauge—matching the Talyllyn Railway—rather than the original Glyn Valley gauge of Шаблон:Track gauge.^[2] The first section of track was laid at Chirk station in December 2022.^[3]

New Glyn Valley Tramway & Industrial Heritage Trust

The New Glyn Valley Tramway & Industrial Heritage Trust, formed in 1985, has opened a Heritage and Interpretation Centre in Glyn Ceiriog. ^[4]

References

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External links

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Шаблон:Historical Welsh railway companies Шаблон:Welsh Slate Quarries Шаблон:Authority control Шаблон:Wrexham

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↑ first rails arrive at chirk for glyn valley tramway rebuild Rail Advent April 2022
↑ Шаблон:Cite magazine
↑ First track goes down in Glyn Valley Tramway revival Steam Railway issue 540 6 January 2023 page 21
↑ Шаблон:Cite web

[1] rst rails arrive at chirk for glyn valley tramway rebuild Rail Advent April 2022

[2] Шаблон:Cite magazine

[3] First track goes down in Glyn Valley Tramway revival Steam Railway issue 540 6 January 2023 page 21

[4] Шаблон:Cite web

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