Originally constructed as part of a grand Potteries, Shrewsbury and North Wales railway (known as "the Potts") which was built and opened from Shrewsbury to Llanymynech in 1866 with a branch from Kinnerley to Criggion. Penury followed and services were suspended in 1880. It slept on until 1907 when Holman Stephens promoted a light railway to take over. It was reconstructed and reopened as the Shropshire and Montgomeryshire Light in 1911. Passenger services ceased in 1933 and the railway began to fade away again only to be resurrected as a military railway in Word War II. It finally closed in 1962.
Further Reading:
An Illustrated History of the Shropshire and Montgomeryshire Railway.
Peter Johnson, OPC. 2008.
The Shropshire and Montgomeryshire Railway.
Eric S Tonks. IRS. 1972,reprinted 2007.
Branch Line to Shrewsbury.
Vic Mitchell and Keith Smith. Middleton Press. 1991.
See Also TOPICS articles
THE S&MR IN WORLD WAR II
Stopped at Llaynmynech
Some Locomotive notes on the S&MLR
THE COAL ENGINES OF THE S&LMR
Potty Characters at Kinnerley
Shropshire Sidelines
Gazelle, Mr Burkitt's Engine
MYSTERY RAILWAY CONTRACTOR'S LOCOMOTIVE
ROLLING STOCK ON THE S&M
A NARROW ESCAPE ON THE SHROPSHIRE & MONTGOMERYSHIRE RAILWAY
The railway that refused to die by Leslie Oppitz: Feature article on BBC Radio Shropshire website - Nov 2003
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