The Gwendraeth Valleys Railway: Kidwelly to Mynydd-y-Garreg: By Price, M.R.C.
In its final form the Gwendraeth Valleys Railway (GVR) was a line of the utmost simplicity \u2013 2\u00BD miles of track running north from the South Wales main line at Kidwell to serve the quarries of Mynydd-y-Garreg, and the tinplate works in the valley below. Away from Kidwelly there was no signalling and \u2018one engine in steam\u2019 operation prevailed. All this belied the line\u2019s long and intricate history. This book endeavours to explore that history. In doing so it has been necessary to delve not only into the story of railway promotion and politics in Carmarthenshire, but also into the story of the several industries serves by the line. If there is a recurring theme it is one of brave ideas brought low, either by want of finance or by some element of dishonesty. The mineral wealth of Mynydd-y-Garreg was certainly useful, but it was never really the El Dorado that some imagined. With more careful and sustained investment it is possible that it might have done more for tg
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