Volume 72 Steam Through Shropshire Part 2 The Severn Valley

Jim Clemens Collection No4 A nostalgic look back at the railways of South Shropshire in the early 1960s After a visit to GOBOWEN and IFTON colliery in the north the scenes south and west of SHREWSBURY are covered A journey from WELSHPOOL to SHREWSBURY most of it in Shropshire is taken Very rare 1932 footage of the SHROPSHIRE MONTGOMERY RAILWAY shows LNWR 060s llfracombe Goods engines and petrol railcars between SHREWSBURY ABBEY KINNERLEY and the CRIGGION branch A comprehensive journey the whole length of the Severn Valley now follows via BERRINGTON CRESSAGE BUILDWAS and IRONBRIDGE The line to LONGVILLE and MUCH WENLOCK is recalled as is the eastern side of the River Severn at DAWLEY and COALPORT in 1959