Saundersfoot Railway

Saundersfoot Railway

The Saundersfoot Railway was an industrial narrow gauge railway built in 1829 to carry coal from mines around Reynalton (Wales) to the harbour at Saundersfoot on the Pembrokeshire coast.

History

The Saundersfoot Railway and Harbour Company was created in 1828 to build a harbour at Saundersfoot and a railway connecting it to the collieries around Reynalton.

Locomotives

References

External links

*http://disused-rlys.fotopic.net/c915711.html


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