Time Capsules - Old Photographs from the past

5553 is a member of the Great Western's small prairie tanks [2-6-2 wheel arrangement]. Completed at Swindon in November 1928 she was withdrawn in November 1961. A Bristol and Swindon locomotive until December 1958, she then saw service at Machynlleth shed, working services to Pwllheli and Barmouth until transferred to St Blazey in Cornwall in November 1960. She was withdrawn to Woodham's scrapyard, Barry, in 1962, and has subsequently been restored. Owned by Pete Waterman, she is presently at work on the West Somerset Railway, running between Bishop's Lydeard [near Taunton] and Minehead [Source: Alan Warren. Barry Scrapyard: The Preservation Miracle. David & Charles, 1988, 270]. So the date is spot on, Marcel!

Dovey Junction. The station was prone to flooding and in the 21st century the running lines have been raised and the platform rebuilt - a contributor to the Geograph site has provided a detailed caption with his photograph here:
www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1043049

More on Dovey Junction. The train is arriving from the Aberystwyth direction, heading for Mchynlleth. The line to Pwllheli and Barmouth is out of sight to the right, behind the signalbox

Dovey Junction. An axample of flooding here - from Mike Morant's collection:
gallery62603.fotopic.net/p55590258.html

Hi
My Uncle was a signalman at Dovey Junction for many years. His name is Alun Edwards. I visited my uncle as a child often.

Peter Edwards

I note that the Loco. is showing Empty Stock head-code with a fair string of coaches behind. Far more than the normal one or two for a local train. Looks like the signal -box has been replaced too. It could be the Electric Token Exchange Apparatus that can be seen at the far end of the signal-box through the window.

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