tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post7660183835829936691..comments2024-03-29T14:09:49.674+00:00Comments on Liberal England: The Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway in 1960Jonathan Calderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00730157683743989696noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-48535985686463432412016-04-29T12:08:19.021+01:002016-04-29T12:08:19.021+01:00Thanks, Tim. You are right, of course - the line l...Thanks, Tim. You are right, of course - the line lay dormant between 1956 and 1963.Jonathan Calderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00730157683743989696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-71801026067605962162016-04-28T23:29:02.497+01:002016-04-28T23:29:02.497+01:00It was a remarkable anachronism by the time it clo...It was a remarkable anachronism by the time it closed (in 1956, so the date on the BFI site must be wrong). Last survivor of the common-carrier narrow-gauge railways of England and Wales, most of which closed in the 1930s because they couldn't compete with road transport. Lucky to last long enough that the preservation movement had got goingTim (Kalyr)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00960811565368970485noreply@blogger.com