The Rhymney Railway system totalled just 62 miles with a further 22 miles jointly owned. But it was a major player in the South Wales coalfield and its main line is still largely in use today!

See our review: ‘The Rhymney Railway: Vol 1, The main Line from Cardiff' by John Hutton

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A fascinating aspect of this book is to see the railway system in the Rhymney Valley expand and then start to shrink again from the middle of the 20th Century.

Private lines such as those owned by the NCB are included, along with the Rhymney Ironworks standard gauge layout in 1875!

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Containing 57 pages of diagrams covering railway track layouts in the Rhymney Valley from the early days.

Some locations are spread across multiple pages which show the layout at different points in time.

Fascinating to follow the expansion and contraction of the system from Rhymney right down to Machen and Bassaleg.

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Leaving aside the slightly bizarre mix of Welsh/English locations, this Railway Clearing House map from 1903 shows much.

For example:

The joint line between Nantybwch and Rhymney gave the LNWR a route to Cardiff and the Rhymney a route to the Midlands/North of England via Abergavenny.

The Brecon and Merthyr railway to the south of Rhymney was actually converted from the old Rumney Tramroad which dated back to 1826!

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A superb range of images dating way back to the 1890s and maps to the 1870s.

Some more recent photographs from the 1970s and 1980s lack clarity which may be the result of poor reproduction.

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Containing 57 pages of track layout diagrams covering the Rhymney Valley. The route strictly follows the river Rhymney as it turns eastwards towards Bassaleg, so Caerphilly is covered in a separate volume.

Some locations are spread across multiple pages showing the layout at different points in time from the mid-nineteenth century onwards.

Our review: ‘Track Layout Diagrams of the GWR & BR WR: Vol 42, Rhymney Valley’ by R.A.Cooke

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Photographs dating back to the 19th Century provide a glimpse of a line at the heart of South Wales railway history.

Maps ably support the images enabling the reader to place them in geographical context.

The branch lines are covered in Volume 2.

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There are times when no matter how many words you use (even a thousand!), things become so much clearer with a diagram.

This is never more true than with railways and their layouts! Especially as their routes changed over time.

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Long with detailed diagrams, this book contains handy overall maps, including one showing the sequence of line closures.

Beware, though, that as the book follows the Rhymney Valley towards Machen, neither the Darran valley nor Rhymney Railway south of Pengam are shown.

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Comprehensive coverage of the Rhymney Railway track layout north of Bargoed and Brecon & Merthyr Railway south of Bargoed.

Though the diagram symbols could be more clearly explained!

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The length of the Rhymney Railway system amounted to a total of just 62 miles of track, with a further 22 miles jointly owned.

But significantly, its main line to Cardiff is largely still in use today!
Review: ‘The Rhymney Railway: Volume 1, The main Line from Cardiff' by John Hutton

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Built in 1867 - against the #Rhymney Iron Company's wishes on its land - it nevertheless survived until 1997 #pubs #valleys

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Tony Cooke’s meticulous track layout diagrams for the Rhymney Valley; but only part of the Rhymney Railway!

Includes collieries and the Rhymney ironworks in 1875.

Ses our latest retro review (text/audio): ‘Track Layout Diagrams of the GWR and BR WR: Section 42, Rhymney Valley’ by R.A. Cooke (self published)

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Rhymney Railway photographs dating back to the 1890s and maps back to the 1870s!

Strangely, some more recent pictures from the 1970s and 1980s lack a degree of clarity which may be a reproduction issue.

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Well, now, this seems pretty definite!

From the LNWR Working Timetable for the Merthyr, Tredegar and Abergavenny line in 1912.

Trains must not convey wagons for the Rhymney Railway and must not stop at their stations.

Best keep going, then!

Things could be pretty chippy on South Wales railways in 1912!

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Looking for a well written and engaging portrait of the history of the Rhymney Railway?

This book is a good choice. But being published back in 2004 some information given as current will be 20 years old and out of date. This also means that there are no recent images!

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The Rhymney Railway boasted cutting edge locomotives and a superb maintenance works!

Photographs in this book date back to the late 19th Century giving a glimpse of a line at the heart of valleys railway history.

Maps support the images helping the reader to place them in geographic context.

Our latest review online now (text/audio) is: ‘The Rhymney Railway: Volume 1, The Main Line from Cardiff’ by John Hutton

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As research for my podcast and as a few mates are heading that way, I find myself on a train to Rhymney. Would appreciate any fact about the town and its environs. Or make something up.
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