Ivor_1.jpg	A Hudswell Clarke shunter emerges from the Ivor Works on its way to the sidings at Cae Harris.
Ivor_2.jpg	Shunting the sidings by the former Cae Harris passenger station
Ivor_3.jpg	The friendly driver poses with his locomotive.
Ivor_4.jpg	The track at this point looks as if it might benefit from a little maintainance.
Northbound_2.jpg	Approaching Aber Junction north of Caerphilly. We are about to join the Rhymney main line.
Northbound_3.jpg	Approaching Ystrad Mynach south junction, where we will diverge onto the branch for Nelson.
Northward_1.jpg	On the four-track section of the Taff Vale approaching Taffs Well. Castell Coch, the Marquess of Bute's fanatasy castle is seen on the hillside.
Northward_3.jpg	Passing the former station at Nelson and Llancaiach.
Northward_4.jpg	Just above Bedlinog in the valley of the Bargoed Taff. Between here and Cwmbargoed the valley has neither public roads and scarcely any human habitation.
Northward_5.jpg	Climbing the 1-in-40 up the valley of the Bargoed Taff.
Cwmbargoed_1.jpg	The site of Cwmbargoed Station on my first visit in July 1973.
Cwmbargoed_2.jpg	The dramatic curved embankment high above the valley of the Taff, July 1973
Cwmbargoed_3.jpg	The same location in June 1974
Cae_Harris_1.jpg	Descending into the former Dowlais steelworks, having just passed the site of Zigzag Lines Junction.
Cae_Harris_2.jpg	Awaiting departure from Furnace Tops
Cae_Harris_3.jpg	
Cae_harris_4.jpg	Having run round its train, the loco propels its train of scrap ingots into the exchange sidings.
Furnace_Site.jpg	The site of the furnaces at Dowlais
Dowlais_Central.jpg	The site of Dowlais Central, the former Brecon & Merthyr terminus.
Crane.jpg	The crane used for breaking up castings at Dowlais.
Zigzag_1.jpg	Approaching Zigzag Lines Junction.
Zigzag_2.jpg	Passing Zigzag Lines Junction on the climb to Cwmbargoed.
Walnut_Tree_1.jpg	Our train to Dowlais forked right at Walnut Tree Junction to reach the Rhymney Line.
Walnut_Tree_2.jpg	A train of limestone from Penderyn passes Walnut Tree Junction.
Cwmbargoed_4.jpg	Waiting at Cwmbargoed to cross a northbound train.
Cwmbargoed_5.jpg	The northbound train of coal empties enters the loop at Cwmbargoed.
Southbound_1.jpg	Heading south down the Bargoed Taff Valley.
Southbound_2.jpg	Waiting to join the Rhymney main line at Ystrad Mynach.
Radyr.jpg	Radyr. The start of our journey.
Dowlais_Map_png.jpg	Map of Dowlais showing the Taff Bargoed Joint Railway under construction
Post_Office.jpg