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The Cambrian Heritage Railways is a heritage railway company, trust and society based at both Llynclys and Oswestry in its newly restored Oswestry railway station, Shropshire, England.[1]

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  1. 70 relations: Andrew Barclay Sons & Co., Blodwell Junction railway station, British Rail, British Rail Class 08, British Rail Class 144, British Rail Class 73, British Rail Classes 101 and 102, British Rail Mark 1, British Rail Mark 3, Caledonian Sleeper, Cambrian Railways, Chain (unit), Composite Corridor, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, England, European Union, Extraordinary general meeting, F. C. Hibberd & Co., Ffestiniog Railway, First Open, Gobowen, Gobowen railway station, Grant, Ritchie and Company, Great Central Railway (heritage railway), Great Western Railway, Hams Hall power stations, Heritage railway, Hunslet Austerity 0-6-0ST, Light Railways Act 1896, Llynclys, Llynclys railway station, Llynclys South railway station, London and North Western Railway, London North Eastern Railway, Loughborough, Mid Wales, Nantmawr, National Lottery Heritage Fund, Network Rail, North Wales, Oswestry, Oswestry railway station, Pant, Shropshire, Peckett and Sons, Penmaenpool railway station, Penygarreg Lane Halt railway station, Porthywaen Halt railway station, Rail transport in Shropshire, Railtrack, Railway track, ... Expand index (20 more) »

  2. Heritage railways in Shropshire
  3. Museums in Shropshire

Andrew Barclay Sons & Co.

Andrew Barclay Sons & Co., currently operating as Brodie Engineering, is a railway engineering company, specialising in the heavy maintenance, refurbishment and overhauls for both passenger and freight rolling stock.

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Blodwell Junction railway station

Blodwell Junction railway station was a station in Llanyblodwel, Shropshire, England.

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British Rail

British Railways (BR), which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was a state-owned company that operated most rail transport in Great Britain from 1948 to 1997.

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British Rail Class 08

The British Rail Class 08 is a class of diesel-electric shunting locomotives built by British Railways (BR).

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British Rail Class 144

The British Rail Class 144 ''Pacer'' is a diesel multiple unit (DMU) passenger train built at Derby between 1986 and 1987.

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British Rail Class 73

The British Rail Class 73 is a British electro-diesel locomotive.

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British Rail Classes 101 and 102

The British Rail Classes 101 and 102 diesel-mechanical multiple units were built by Metro-Cammell at Washwood Heath in Birmingham, England, from 1956 to 1959, following construction of a series of prototype units.

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British Rail Mark 1

British Rail Mark 1 is the family designation for the first standardised designs of railway carriages built by British Railways (BR) from 1951 until 1974, now used only for charter services on the main lines or on preserved railways.

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British Rail Mark 3

The British Rail Mark 3 is a type of passenger carriage developed in response to growing competition from airlines and the car in the 1970s.

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Caledonian Sleeper

Caledonian Sleeper is the collective name for overnight sleeper train services between London and Scotland, in the United Kingdom.

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Cambrian Railways

The Cambrian Railways owned of track over a large area of mid Wales.

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Chain (unit)

The chain (abbreviated ch) is a unit of length equal to 66 feet (22 yards), used in both the US customary and Imperial unit systems.

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Composite Corridor

The Composite Corridor (or CK) is a railway coach with a number of compartments, some of which are standard class (previously second, né third class) and some first class, linked by a side corridor.

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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European Union

The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe.

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An extraordinary general meeting, commonly abbreviated as EGM, is a meeting of members of an organisation, shareholders of a company, or employees of an official body that occurs at an irregular time. The term is usually used where the group would ordinarily hold an annual general meeting (AGM) but where an issue arises that requires the input of the entire membership and is too serious or urgent to wait until the next AGM.

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F. C. Hibberd & Co.

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Ffestiniog Railway

The Ffestiniog Railway (Rheilffordd Ffestiniog) is a heritage railway based on narrow-gauge, located in Gwynedd, Wales.

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First Open

A First Open or FO, is a type of railway carriage used by British Rail and subsequent operators since privatisation.

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Gobowen

Gobowen is a village in Shropshire, England, about 3 miles north of Oswestry.

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Gobowen railway station

Gobowen railway station is a railway station on the Shrewsbury to Chester Line of the former Great Western Railway's London Paddington to Birkenhead Woodside via Birmingham Snow Hill line, serving the village of Gobowen in Shropshire, England.

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Grant, Ritchie and Company

Grant, Ritchie and Company was a Scottish engineering firm based in Kilmarnock, Scotland.

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Great Central Railway (heritage railway)

The Great Central Railway (GCR) is a heritage railway in Leicestershire, England, named after the company that originally built this stretch of railway.

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Great Western Railway

The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company that linked London with the southwest, west and West Midlands of England and most of Wales.

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Hams Hall power stations

Hams Hall Power Station refers to a series of three, now demolished coal-fired power stations, situated in Warwickshire in the West Midlands of England, northwest of Birmingham city centre.

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Heritage railway

A heritage railway or heritage railroad (U.S. usage) is a railway operated as living history to re-create or preserve railway scenes of the past.

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Hunslet Austerity 0-6-0ST

The Hunslet Austerity 0-6-0ST is a class of steam locomotive designed by Hunslet Engine Company for shunting.

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Light Railways Act 1896

The Light Railways Act 1896 (59 & 60 Vict. c. 48) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

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Llynclys

Llynclys) is a small village in Shropshire, England, in the civil parish of Llanyblodwel. It lies north of Pant at the crossroads of the A483 and B4396, where there are several houses and a pub, the White Lion.

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Llynclys railway station

Llynclys railway station was a station in Llynclys, Shropshire, England.

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Llynclys South railway station

Llynclys South is a railway station on the Cambrian Heritage Railways' (CHR) line in Shropshire.

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London and North Western Railway

The London and North Western Railway (LNWR, L&NWR) was a British railway company between 1846 and 1922.

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London North Eastern Railway

London North Eastern Railway (LNER) is a British train operating company.

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Loughborough

Loughborough is a market town in the Charnwood Borough of Leicestershire, England; it is the administrative centre of Charnwood Borough Council.

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Mid Wales

Mid Wales (Canolbarth Cymru or simply Y Canolbarth, meaning "the midlands"), or Central Wales, is a region of Wales, encompassing its midlands, in-between North Wales and South Wales.

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Nantmawr

Nantmawr is a village in Shropshire, England.

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National Lottery Heritage Fund

The National Lottery Heritage Fund, formerly the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), distributes a share of National Lottery funding, supporting a wide range of heritage projects across the United Kingdom.

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Network Rail

Network Rail Limited is the owner (via its subsidiary Network Rail Infrastructure Limited, which was known as Railtrack plc before 2002) and infrastructure manager of most of the railway network in Great Britain.

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North Wales

North Wales (Gogledd Cymru) is a region of Wales, encompassing its northernmost areas.

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Oswestry

Oswestry is a market town, civil parish and historic railway town in Shropshire, England, close to the Welsh border.

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Oswestry railway station

Oswestry railway station is a Grade II listed heritage railway station in Oswestry, Shropshire, England.

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Pant, Shropshire

Pant is a village in Shropshire, England.

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Peckett and Sons

Peckett and Sons was a locomotive manufacturer at the Atlas Locomotive Works on Deep Pit Road between Fishponds and St. George, Bristol, England.

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Penmaenpool railway station

Penmaenpool railway station at Penmaenpool in Gwynedd, North Wales, was formerly a station on the branch of the Aberystwith and Welsh Coast Railway, part of the Ruabon to Barmouth Line.

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Penygarreg Lane Halt railway station

Penygarreg Lane (or "Pen-y-garreg Lane") is a halt on the Cambrian Heritage Railways' line in Shropshire.

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Porthywaen Halt railway station

Porthywaen Halt railway station was a station in Porth-y-waen, Shropshire, England, on the Tanat Valley Railway and the Potteries, Shrewsbury and North Wales Railway.

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Rail transport in Shropshire

The English county of Shropshire has a fairly large railway network, with 19 National Rail stations on various national lines; there are also a small number of heritage and freight lines, including the famous heritage Severn Valley Railway running along its eastern border with Worcestershire.

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Railtrack

Railtrack was a group of companies that owned the track, signalling, tunnels, bridges, level crossings and all but a handful of the stations of the British railway system from 1994 until 2002.

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Railway track

A railway track (British English and UIC terminology) or railroad track (American English), also known as a train track or permanent way (often "perway" in Australia), is the structure on a railway or railroad consisting of the rails, fasteners, railroad ties (sleepers, British English) and ballast (or slab track), plus the underlying subgrade.

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Restaurant Miniature Buffet

The Restaurant Miniature Buffet (or RMB) is a British Railways Mark 1 railway coach.

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Ribble Steam Railway

The Ribble Steam Railway is a standard gauge preserved railway in Lancashire, in the United Kingdom. Cambrian Heritage Railways and Ribble Steam Railway are railway museums in England.

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Ruston & Hornsby

Ruston & Hornsby was an industrial equipment manufacturer in Lincoln, England founded in 1918.

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Shropshire

Shropshire (historically SalopAlso used officially as the name of the county from 1974–1980. The demonym for inhabitants of the county "Salopian" derives from this name. and abbreviated Shrops) is a ceremonial county in the West Midlands of England, on the border with Wales.

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Signalling control

On a rail transport system, signalling control is the process by which control is exercised over train movements by way of railway signals and block systems to ensure that trains operate safely, over the correct route and to the proper timetable.

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Sleeper Either Class

A Sleeper Either class (SLE) and Sleeper Either class with Pantry (SLEP) are a type of railway sleeping car used in Great Britain.

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South Wales

South Wales (De Cymru) is a loosely defined region of Wales bordered by England to the east and mid Wales to the north.

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Standard Corridor

The Second Corridor (previously Third Corridor) type of railway carriage was one of the standard mid-20th century designs, and was coded SK (previously TK) by the LNER and BR, and CF by the LMS.

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Standard Open

Second Open or Standard Open (coded SO) is a British coach designation for open-saloon second class (later standard class) coaches with 2+1 abreast seating, usually seating 48 passengers.

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Tanat Valley Light Railway

The Tanat Valley Light Railway (TVLR) was a long standard gauge light railway. Cambrian Heritage Railways and Tanat Valley Light Railway are heritage railways in Shropshire.

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The Railway Magazine

The Railway Magazine is a monthly British railway magazine, aimed at the railway enthusiast market, that has been published in London since July 1897.

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Titley Junction railway station

Titley Junction railway station was a station in Titley, Herefordshire, England.

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Tourist Standard Open

Tourist Second Open or Tourist Standard Open, abbreviated to TSO, is a type of British Railways coach.

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Travis Perkins

Travis Perkins plc is a British builders' merchant and home improvement retailer with head offices based in Northampton.

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Vale of Rheidol Railway

The Vale of Rheidol Railway (Rheilffordd Cwm Rheidol) is a narrow gauge heritage railway in Ceredigion, Wales, between Aberystwyth and Devil's Bridge; a journey of.

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Wales

Wales (Cymru) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Welsh Highland Heritage Railway

The Welsh Highland Heritage Railway is a short reconstructed heritage railway in Gwynedd, Wales.

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Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway

The Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway (W&LLR) (Rheilffordd y Trallwng a Llanfair Caereinion) is a narrow gauge heritage railway in Powys, Wales.

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Weston Wharf railway station

Weston Wharf is a railway station on the Cambrian Heritage Railways' line in Shropshire on the former Oswestry and Newtown Railway.

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0-4-0

Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents one of the simplest possible types, that with two axles and four coupled wheels, all of which are driven.

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See also

Heritage railways in Shropshire

Museums in Shropshire

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambrian_Heritage_Railways

Also known as Cambrian Heritage Railway, Cambrian Railway Society, Cambrian Railway Trust, Cambrian Railways Society, Cambrian Railways Trust, Coach no.3950.

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