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Title: Plea for help: Acrefair on the Ruabon to Barmouth line
Post by: Yet_Another on April 13, 2020, 04:51:18 PM
Unfortunately, I'm separated from virtually all of my railway stuff at the moment, including my railway bookshelf.

I have an excellent book on the Ruabon to Barmouth line, which the current Llangollen railway used to be part of. The book has a track plan for each of the stations on the route, and I'm in need of a look at the plan for Acrefair. I've already trawled the OS maps in the Scottish National Library, but I'd rather have the better-defined plan from the book if possible.

So, does anyone have the book, and can post an image of the track plan for Acrefair, or if not an image, a description of the track layout? I'm most interested in the presence or otherwise of any crossovers, and the number of sidings at either end of the station.

Thanks.
Title: Re: Plea for help: Acrefair on the Ruabon to Barmouth line
Post by: crewearpley40 on April 13, 2020, 05:12:26 PM
If you google : acrefair railway station, see llangollen-railway.org.uk and disused-stations.org.uk. maybe a start
Title: Re: Plea for help: Acrefair on the Ruabon to Barmouth line
Post by: Yet_Another on April 13, 2020, 06:05:17 PM
Quote from: crewearpley40 on April 13, 2020, 05:12:26 PM
If you google : acrefair railway station, see llangollen-railway.org.uk and disused-stations.org.uk. maybe a start
My google-fu has not brought forward anything that I can use, unfortunately. The Llangollen Railway site tends to focus on the bit that they operate, and this line is not on disused stations.
Title: Re: Plea for help: Acrefair on the Ruabon to Barmouth line
Post by: crewearpley40 on April 13, 2020, 06:08:09 PM
Maybe maps. Okay it was just a thought
Title: Re: Plea for help: Acrefair on the Ruabon to Barmouth line
Post by: Dancess on April 13, 2020, 06:23:08 PM
Just found out my copy, according to the book "siding accommodation was on the up side,21 wagons on 2 roads and 25 wagons on 2 roads on the downside". There were 2  crossovers, that on the downside a single slip.

Hope this helps.
Title: Re: Plea for help: Acrefair on the Ruabon to Barmouth line
Post by: LASteve on April 13, 2020, 07:04:45 PM
This should do the trick for you:

https://www.s-r-s.org.uk/html/gww/S3255.htm (https://www.s-r-s.org.uk/html/gww/S3255.htm)
Title: Re: Plea for help: Acrefair on the Ruabon to Barmouth line
Post by: Yet_Another on April 13, 2020, 08:19:18 PM
Awesome! Thanks both. I'd not heard of the Signalling Record Society before.
Title: Re: Plea for help: Acrefair on the Ruabon to Barmouth line
Post by: Dancess on May 02, 2020, 12:00:20 PM
Found another photo in book "Rails to Bala".
Title: Re: Plea for help: Acrefair on the Ruabon to Barmouth line
Post by: crewearpley40 on May 02, 2020, 12:06:38 PM
The signalling record society is a very useful site worth some researching