Pen-y-Darren Day
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Rhobat Bryn
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Pen-y-Darren Day
Today is the 216th Anniversary of the first ever locomotive-hauled train from Pen-y-Darren to Abercynon courtesy of Richard Trevithick, making Wales the international birthplace of the modern railway.
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s.w.johnson
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Re: Pen-y-Darren Day
Many years ago, probably around 1990, the School of Engineering at Cardiff Uni was casting about for a suitable name for its main building. I suggested the Trevithick Building. It took some convincing but eventually they came to realise the significance of what he achieved.