As an ex-pat Brummy now living near Aberystwyth, this photo is special. It's a pity that the nice straight road which bypasses Llanidloes was built on the formation of this very line through the old Llanidloes station. At least the impressive former station building still exists right alongside the road.Llanidloes station, with southbound Mid-Wales line train.View northward, towards Moat Lane Junction: ex-Cambrian Railway Mount Lane - Builth - Three Cocks line. Back in 1949, ex-Cambrian or ex-GW 0-6-0's worked most of the traffic on this line, which was closed on 31/12/62 although goods traffic continued as far as Llanidloes until 4/5/64. No. 2483 is a GW 'Dean Goods' 0-6-0 (built 5/1896, withdrawn 9/52).
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By Ben Brooksbank