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    Rails From Shrewsbury: A Pictorial Journey, 1970s-2012
    Rails From Shrewsbury: A Pictorial Journey, 1970s-2012
    Rails From Shrewsbury: A Pictorial Journey, 1970s-2012
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    Rails From Shrewsbury: A Pictorial Journey, 1970s-2012

    By Peter J. Green

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    Shrewsbury station, located at the junction of the lines from Chester, Crewe, Wolverhampton, Hereford and Aberystwyth is a busy and interesting railway center for the enthusiast. Many train movements are still controlled by semaphore signals operated from a number of signal boxes, including the largest remaining operational mechanical signal box in the world at Severn Bridge Junction. Nevertheless, modernization has been gradually sweeping away much of the railway infrastructure, both at Shrewsbury and in the surrounding area, as it has been everywhere else.

    This book looks at Shrewsbury itself, the lines that radiate from there, and the trains that ran on them, in the late twentieth and the early part of the twenty-first century. During this time period, much more general railway infrastructure and mechanical signaling was still in use, and locomotive-hauled trains were abundant, using a variety of motive power, including Classes 25, 31, 33, 37 and 47. The various freight lines that saw traffic are also visited.

    The railway from Newport through Hereford and Shrewsbury to Chester, in particular, saw regular steam-hauled special trains, a few of which are illustrated here. Preserved railways in the area are not forgotten, including the Severn Valley Railway which once ran from Sutton Bridge Junction at Shrewsbury to Hartlebury, between Kidderminster and Droitwich Spa.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPen and Sword
    Release dateNov 9, 2023
    ISBN9781399042703
    Rails From Shrewsbury: A Pictorial Journey, 1970s-2012

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      Rails From Shrewsbury - Peter J. Green

      AROUND SHREWSBURY STATION

      1. Operated jointly by the Great Western Railway and the London and North Western Railway, Shrewsbury railway station, originally known as Shrewsbury General, was built in 1848 by Thomas Mainwaring Penson of Oswestry. Between 1899 and 1903, the station was extended by constructing a new floor underneath the original building. Shrewsbury Castle, dating from 1070, is just to the south of the station building. 27 January 2022.

      2. Built in imitation Tudor style, Shrewsbury station building has carvings of Tudor-style heads around its window frames. It is a Grade II listed building. 27 January 2022.

      3. Shrewsbury station had seven platforms, but platforms 1 and 2 have been out of use since the 1980s. Here, English Electric class 37/7 37895 heads a northbound permanent way train through the station, between platforms 3 and 4. Shrewsbury Abbey is in the background. 19 December 1987.

      4. Brush class 47/4 47529 arrives at Shrewsbury with the 13.45 Manchester Piccadilly to Cardiff Central. Class 150 Sprinter 150 138 is stabled in platform 3. 30 December 1986.

      5. Looking north at Shrewsbury station, Sulzer class 25/2 25119 stands in platform 7 with a parcels train. Metro-Cammell class 101 diesel multiple unit (DMU) set C802 is in platform 6, while a class 116 DMU waits for its departure time to Wolverhampton in platform 5. 31 August 1983.

      6. A class 120 DMU stands in platform 4, as class 25/3 diesel-electric 25251 and class 25/2 25237 head through the middle road towards Coton Hill with a northbound tank train. 31 August 1983.

      7. With Laura’s Tower in the background, Sulzer class 25/2 25201 rests between duties next to the former platform 2 at Shrewsbury station. 30 December 1986.

      8. Shrewsbury station’s platforms extend over the River Severn. Here, class 25/2 25245 heads a short parcels train away from the station and across the bridge over the river. Shrewsbury Prison is in the background. 31 August 1983.

      9. After arriving with a train from London Euston, class 47/4 47645 Robert F. Fairlie Locomotive Engineer 1831-1885 stands at the south end of platform 7 at Shrewsbury railway station. Severn Bridge Junction signal box is in the background. Note the centre-pivot signals on the end of the platform. 30 December 1986.

      10. With Shrewsbury Abbey in the background, a Metro-Cammell class 101 DMU, forming a Shrewsbury to Aberystwyth service, passes Severn Bridge Junction signal box as it departs from Shrewsbury. Built in 1902 to an earlier London and North Western Railway (LNWR) design and containing a 180 lever frame, the signal box is now the largest operational mechanical signal box in the world, following the closure of a signal box in Australia in 2011. Renovated in 2021, it is a Grade II listed building. 30 December 1986.

      11. Class 150 Sprinter 150 120 and a second unidentified unit, forming a Wolverhampton to Shrewsbury service, passes a Royal Mail Letters coach, as it approaches its destination. 19 December 1987.

      12. After passing platform 7 at Shrewsbury station, class 37/7 37800 Glo Cymru takes the line to Sutton Bridge Junction with a train of empty Cawoods coal containers from Ellesmere Port to Abercwmboi. Class 37/4 37429 Eisteddfod Genedlaethol is on the left. 19 December 1987.

      13. Class 150 Sprinter 150 148 with a second unidentified unit behind, forming a service to Wolverhampton, departs from one of the bay platforms at Shrewsbury station. 19 December 1987.

      14. This is the view of Severn Bridge Junction, the junction of the Wolverhampton line and the line to Sutton Bridge Junction and Hereford, as seen from Shrewsbury Castle. On the left, beyond the stabled DMUs, class 47/4 47540 waits for the road into the station with a train from London Euston. Class 37/0 diesel-electrics 37176 and 37147 are preparing to take over a Cambrian line train, and on the right, class 47/0 47245 is arriving at platform 4 with a Cardiff Central to Crewe service. The station avoiding line, used to turn locomotives in steam days, can be seen behind the signal box. 7 September

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