Talerddig
| Talerddig | |
|---|---|
  Talerddig Location withinPowys | |
| OS grid reference | SH930001 |
| Principal area | |
| Preserved county | |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | LLANBRYNMAIR |
| Postcode district | SY19 |
| Dialling code | 01650 |
| Police | Dyfed-Powys |
| Fire | Mid and West Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| UK Parliament | |
| Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament | |
Talerddigis a village inPowys,mid Wales,located on the mainA470 roadbetweenLlanbrynmairandCarno.It is part of Llanbrynmaircommunity.
Talerddig cutting[edit]
Although the village no longer has arailway station,it is on the route of the 1863 constructedNewtown and Machynlleth Railway.The route passes throughTalerddig cutting,a significantcivil engineeringachievement of the 1860s being 120 feet (37 m) deep and cut through solid rock, and the deepest in the world at the time of its completion in 1862.[1][2]
There was an accident in the cutting on 18 January 1921, of which several pictures survive. There remains apassing looptoday on the single trackCambrian LinewhereTalerddigrailway station existed until 1965. The passing loop was retained in track rationalisations of the 1970s due to the need to "pin down" thebrakeson freight trains over the summit, and now a critical operational node for passing passenger trains.[3]
Gallery[edit]
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Aberystwyth - Shrewsbury train at Talerddig in 1953 -
Talerddig Cutting in 2001. This was the deepest in the world at the time of its opening in the early 1860s. The original near-vertical sides have since been trimmed back -
Talerddig Signal Box. The railway line lies behind the signal box
References[edit]
- ^C P Gasquoine (1973).The Story of the Cambrian.Christopher Davies Ltd.
- ^"National Museum Wales"Archived24 November 2010 at theWayback Machineaccessed 4 Dec 2010
- ^Carno Station Action Group,Talerddig Passing LoopArchived12 December 2009 at theWayback Machine
