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Pencader


Cardiff 4mm Group

Pencader station was on the line between Carmarthen and Aberystwyth. The railway was originally built by the Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway which got no closed to Cardigan than Newcastle Emlyn. The Manchester and Milford Railway (which got to neither place) then built a line from Aberystwyth to a junction with the C&CR about a mile north of Pencader. The main line then became the route to Aberystwyth with Newcastle Emlyn being a branch.

A Bulldog approaches the station with a passenger train from Aberystwyth. The loco is a proprietary body which has been converted to EM.

The model shows Pencader station and its environs was it was in the 1930s. The model is EM gauge (18.2mm between tracks) with all the track on the scenic sections being handbuilt. Most of the stock is either kit or scratch built. Some of the locos have proprietary bodies on kit built chassis. All of the buildings are scratch built.

A view of the station buildings and footbridge from the west.
A railmotor waits in the Carmarthen platform. The buildings on the left belong to the sawmill and woodyard. The railmotor has been built from a Blacksmith kit.

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