London & North Western Railway

The LNWR in South and Central Wales for the LNWR in North Wales.
Following the Railways Act 1921 the London & North Western Railway became a constituent part of the London Midland & Scottish Railway on 1st January 1922.

WRRC Line Superintendent

• Contact details for the line superintendent are available in the Members Section >>

WRRC Information Resource files

• For the London & North Western Railway.
• For the Brecon & Merthyr & LNWR Joint.

Selected Reading (South & Central Wales)

• A Regional History Great Britain Vol 11 North and Mid Wales. Peter E Baughan, David & Charles, 1980. ISBN 0-7153-7850-3
• A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain Vol 12 South Wales. D.S.M. Barrie, David & Charles, 2nd edition 1994. ISBN 0946537-69-0
• A Regional History Of The Railways of Great Britain Vol 13 Thames & Severn. Rex Christiansen, David & Charles, 1981. ISBN 0 7153 8004 4
• Six Railways to Merthyr. Hodge, John, WRRC, 2014. ISBN 978-09527267-7-7.
• Abergavenny to Merthyr including Ebbw Vale Branch. Edge, David, Middleton Press, 2002. ISBN 0853613133.
• The Merthyr, Tredegar & Abergavenny Railway and branches Tasker, W. W., Oxford Oublishing Co, 1986. ISBN 0860933393.
• The Merthyr, Tredegar & Abergavenny Railway Chris Barber, Amberley, 2017. ISBN 9781445663289.
• Memoirs of the Sirhowy Branch 1868 - 1960 Tasker, W. W., Treowen Press; ISBN 0952480301.
• The Origins of the LMS In South Wales Gwyn Briwnant Jones & Denis Dunstone, Gomer, 1999. ISBN 0-906899-66-4.
• The London and North Western Railway M. C. Reed, Atlantic, 1996. ISBN 0952480301.
• LNWR Working Time Tables: Shropshire District, Shrewsbury & Hereford Line, and Central Wales & Swansea District 1908. Dragonwheel Books, 2005. ISBN 1 905014 27 9.
• LNWR Working Time Tables: South Wales Division, The Merthyr, Tredegar & Abergavenny Line and Branches 1908. Dragonwheel Books, 2005. ISBN 1 905014 09 0.
• London Midland & Scottish Railway Locomotive Allocations The Last Day 1947 John Hooper, Irwell Press, 1989. ISBN 1 87 1608 02 3.
• LMS Engine Sheds Vol.1 The LNWR C.Hawkins & G.Reeve , Wild Swan Publications, 1981. ISBN 0 906867 02 9.
• A Railway Moon a Man and his Railway; Sir Richard Moon and the LNWR Peter Braine, PMB Publishing, 2010. ISBN 978-0-9565290-0-8.
• Railways in the Sirhowy Valley (2nd edition). Tasker, W. W., Oakwood Press, Headington, 1982; ISBN 0853614156.
• South Wales Branch Lines. H Morgan, Ian Allan Ltd, 1984. ISBN 0711013217
• Shrewsbury To Swansea. DJ Smith, Town and Country Press, 1971.
• An Illustrated History of LNWR Engines. Edward Talbot, Oxford Publishing Company, 1985. ISBN 0-86093-209-05
• Bashers. Gadgets and Mourners -The Life And Times of the LNWR Coal Tanks. Peter Skellon, Bahamas Locomotive Society, 2011. ISBN 9780956929204 .
• Railways and Industry in the Sirhowy Valley. John Hodge, Pen & Sword, 2020. ISBN 9781526762566
• The London & North Western Railway Eight Coupled Goods Engines. Edward Talbot, author and publisher, 2002. ISBN 954278704
• Portrait Of The Central Wales Line. Martin Smith, Ian Allen, 1995, ISBN 9780711023468.
• The Central Wales Line: An Illustrated History of the Shrewsbury to Swansea Railway. A Doughty, Oxford Publishing Co, 1997. ISBN 978086935162
• The North & West Route Volume One Shrewsbury. John Hodge, Wild Swan, 2007, ISBN 978 1 905184 361
• The North & West Route Volume Two Shrewsbury & Hereford. John Hodge, Wild Swan, 2008, ISBN 978 1 905184477
• The North & West Route Volume 3A Hereford To Abergavenny Jct. John Hodge, Wild Swan, 2010, ISBN 978 1 905184781
• The North & West Route Volume 3B Abergavenny Brecon Road To Maindee Junction. John Hodge, Wild Swan, 2011, ISBN 978 1 905184927
• F.W. Webb’s Three Cylinder Compounds. Peter Davies, LNWR Society, 2020
• Signal Box Diagrams of the Central Wales Line. Bruce Bennet, Signalling Record Society, 2019
• Railways Of Hereford. Gordon Wood, Kiddermister Railway Museum, 2003. ISBN 9780953477524


• WRRC Archive Special Edition May 2020. Central Wales 150th Anniversary Special Edition: The LNWR Route To Swansea.


• Railway Magazine, March 1907. Cardiff: The City, Its Railways and Commerce.
• Railway Magazine, May and June 1906. The Central Wales Railway.
• Railway Magazine, Sept 1939, p203-208. The Sirhowy Valley And Its Railways Part 1 by C E Lee and D.S. Barrie.
• Railway Magazine, Oct 1939, p261-268. The Sirhowy Valley And Its Railways Part 2 by C E Lee and D.S. Barrie.
• Railway Magazine, Jan 1940, p73-81. The Sirhowy Valley And Its Railways Part 3 by C E Lee and D.S. Barrie.
• Railway Magazine, June 1940, p342-347. The Sirhowy Valley And Its Railways Part 4 by C E Lee and D.S. Barrie
• Railway Magazine, 1912, p13-17. The London & North Western Railway In Central Wales by by C.N. Ryan.
• RCHS journal, 1987 p189-197. Penllwyn Tramroad by Gordon Rattenbury.