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Dyffyrn Rhondda
Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2018 3:31 pm
by Wagonworks_andy
Attached is a picture I recently acquired.
I think it is Dyffyrn Rhondda on the R&SBR.
Can anyone confirm this? Also any idea about the date and what is the bridge in the background?
Re: Dyffyrn Rhondda
Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2018 8:17 am
by Cwmtudu
If it is Dyffryn Rhondda then this 1919 Ordnance Survey map
https://www.old-maps.co.uk/#/Map/285001 ... /12/101077 shows the bridge to be carrying a tramway between the colliery on the right of the photograph to a waste tip.
Re: Dyffyrn Rhondda
Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2018 3:57 pm
by Rhobat Bryn
May I point out that 'Dyffyrn' is actually spelt "Dyffryn".
Re: Dyffyrn Rhondda
Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2018 5:13 pm
by wokmad
I have an original postcard of this view, franked 1908. I am pretty certain this is the R&SBR, showing Duffryn Rhondda Sidings, later East, signal box. The engine is one of the PTR 0-6-2Ts nos. 4 or 7, sold in 1901, becoming R&SBR 23 or 24.
Robin Simmonds
Re: Dyffyrn Rhondda
Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2018 5:24 pm
by Wagonworks_andy
Many thanks for all the information.