Time Capsules - Old Photographs | Llanfyrnach Railway Station c1962

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	Marcel Gommers
	1962

Llanfyrnach Railway Station c1962

Photo of the seemingly single platform, single track GWR Llanfyrnach Railway Station as it was c1962, about the time of it closing. Llanfyrnach is a village in Pembrokeshire, Wales. In the mid 19th century it was home to a large lead mine that closed however in 1890.

Waiting at the platform is a passenger train headed by a pannier tank locomotive, number 1669.

Photo © The Step Back Through Time Collection
Picture Added on 27 December 2009.

Comments

Gwr locomotive no. 1669 was the last 0-6-2pt to be built in the 1600 class. The class was based on the 2021 class designed by dean and built from 1897 onwards. The 1600 class was a pure gwr design but all 70 were built by the western region of british railways. When the last member of the class (the engine in the photograph) was built in 1955, the basic design was over 80 years old. Br gave the 1600 class the power classification 2f. Service life was short, withdrawals started in 1959 and all were gone by 1965 with 1659 having the shortest service (built 1955, withdrawn 1960).
no. 1638, the only member of the class to have been preserved, is on the kent and east sussex railway
Added by Peter Langsdale on 24 January 2010.

On the branch from Whitland to Cardigan, opened in 1873 and closed in 1963. The church on the hill in the background is dedicated to St Bryach. 1669 was probably the last member of Hawksworth's 1600 class of 0-6-PTs, built at Swindon and introduced in 1949
Added by Martin Bodman on 24 January 2010.

Corrections. The church dedication should read: St Brynach. MB
And neither I nor Peter have the wheel arrangement of the pannier right - it should read 0-6-0PT
Added by Martin Bodman on 25 January 2010.

There's something strange here, Martin, my Ian Allan 1948 Combined Volume has this entry:
"0-6-2T BM Rly. (Brecon & Merthyr Railway) 1668 1670 Total 13" This does not mention 1669, which was built in 1955 and would not therefore be included in the sequence. The total of 13 does not tally either! I hope there is someone else out there who can clear this up!
Added by Peter Langsdale on 25 January 2010.

Peter. I'm going by my Ian Allan Combined Volume summer 1960 edition. The 1600 class, as you say, was a pure Great Western Design. On page 12, I find '0-6-0PT, 2F, 1600 Class. Introduced 1949. Hawksworth light branch line and shunting design'. At this date 63 locomotives were in existence, in the series 1600-1669.
I'm a bit puzzled by the Brecon & Merthyr reference. Did the 1600 class take over the B&M numbering, from 1949? R C Riley has a shot of 1629 in my edition, clearly showing the loco to be a 0-6-0PT. The GWR didn't build 0-6-2PTs. 0-6-2Ts, yes, but our subject here is a pannier!
Added by Martin Bodman on 25 January 2010.

Yes, it appears to be a hiccup in the numbering - not unusual for the GWR locomotives taken over by BR!
Added by Peter Langsdale on 25 January 2010.

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