Oswestry railway landmark is returned
[gallery] One of the landmarks of Oswestry's historic railway station has been put back in its rightful place.
One of the landmarks of Oswestry's historic railway station has been put back in its rightful place.
A tall signal on the tracks at the back of the station building in Oswald Road was yesterday welded onto its original foundations, which were unearthed during renovation work.
It is the latest move by the Cambrian Heritage Railways, which is steaming ahead with its plans to restore the railway which runs from Gobowen via Oswestry and onto Llynclys and Llanyblodwel.
Mr Brian Rowe, from the Cambrian Heritage Railways, said the base to the signal on the platform was found when the platform was being relaid.
Oswestry construction company, JR Pickstock, stepped into help the volunteers from the heritage railway carry out the mammoth task of restoring the platform. Mr Rowe said: "It was a wonderful find. It meant we were able to position the signal in the exact spot that it was in before the railway was closed in the 1960s."
With the station platform now almost fully restored, the heritage railway says it is on track to have a train running from the Victorian building by Easter.
The track is being relaid through the centre of the town and it will mean visitors will be able to take a ride on passenger trains in Oswestry for a short distance for the first time in nearly 50 years.
Visitors can also catch a train at the Llynclys headquarters of the volunteer run railways for a trip of about a mile. Eventually it is hoped the two sites can be joined up.
