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The Railways of Telford

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Old 14th April 2023, 15:33
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The Coalport Branch once more ....

Another addendum which focusses on the first, the northern, section of the Branch. .....

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2023/04/08...um-oakengates/


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Old 14th May 2023, 09:22
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The Coalport Branch again. .....

Immediately after publishing an article about the most southerly length of the Coalport branch, I was contacted by Ian Turpin who had constructed a model of Coalport East Station. This addendum is written with his kind permission using photos of his model. ....

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2023/04/12...ranch-part-3a/
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Old 2nd August 2023, 09:19
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This next article is about The Humber Arm of the Newport Branch of the Shropshire Union Canal and the Lilleshall Company's tramways, and later mineral railway, which connected the Arm to Old Lodge Furnaces and to a number of coalmines and ironworking sites around Donnington in present day Telford and Wrekin.

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2023/08/01...st-shropshire/
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Old 20th August 2023, 10:38
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The Lilleshall Company's Railways and Tramways served Old Lodge Furnaces and Granville Colliery. This next article looks at that part of their private rail network. ....

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2023/08/18...ille-colliery/
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Old 28th October 2023, 14:05
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Buildwas to Much Wenlock. ....

This article follows on from three other articles which covered the Wellington to Severn Junction Railway and which reached as far along the line as Buildwas.

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2023/10/19...o-much-wenlock
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Old 13th January 2024, 18:35
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​​​​​​​The Lilleshall Company's Railways again. ...

This next article covers the length of the Lilleshall Company railway network from their Grange Colliery to the Hollingswood Sidings which connected to the GWR main line between Shrewsbury and Wolverhampton. ...

https://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/01/1...swood-sidings/
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