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©John Lord
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©John Lord
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©John Lord
Dist:0.6km<br/>Ty-gwyn would have seemed a more accurate name
©John Lord
Dist:0.7km<br/>This level crossing's signs are looking quite modern - however it's about the only evidence that a railway used to cross this road! The road has obviously been resurfaced since the railway closed and careful examination revealed that the rails are still there - under the tarmac! On both sides, there was some healthy overgrowth - no train has travelled along this line for a long time.
©Hywel Williams
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©Paul Glasper
Dist:0.8km<br/>The railway up the Gwendraeth Fawr valley is no more, but the road still has to cross it. There are three marked bridges at Pont Newydd: this one where the road crosses the railway, another where the road crosses the river, and a third where the railway crosses the river - though I didn't see that one. There now seems to be a maintained path alongside the former railway. At Pont Newydd you'd be forgiven for thinking there was an overgrown canal, but if you look through the weeds you can see submerged rusting rails. This is a bit of a surprise, since railways usually have such good drainage.
©Nigel Davies
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©John Lord
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©John Lord
Dist:1.0km north<br/>
©Mick Lobb
Dist:1.0km southeast<br/>Telephoto view from [[2247318]] . Looking across Trimsaran to the western end of the course. The first race meeting was held here in June 2009. As it says on the racecourse website http://www.ffoslasracecourse.com/general-info/introduction.php "It is almost impossible to believe that it is the former site of the largest open cast coalmine in Europe."
©Rose and Trev Clough
Dist:1.0km south<br/>
©John Lord
Dist:1.0km northeast<br/>This branch is still connected to the mainline at Kidwelly. Possible reopening of an opencast mine could see it in use again
©Alistair Hare
Dist:1.1km southwest<br/>
©John Lord
Dist:1.1km northwest<br/>In the middle of rural Wales, a farm gate into a field. Two lines of power lines run over the horizon towards the west.
©Hywel Williams

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