Telford Steam Railways is based on part of the ex-Great Western Railway line from Wellington to Craven Arms via Ironbridge, which was completed in 1867 and closed to passengers by 1962. By good fortune the line to Horsehay was kept open for irregular transportation of bridge parts. Telford Steam Railway can be traced back to the purchase of ex-GWR loco No. 5619 in the mid-1970s by Telford Development Corporation, initially intended as a static exhibit...
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