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A simple wye Countryside wye near Lüderitz, Namibia. In railroad structures and rail terminology, a wye (like the 'Y' glyph) or triangular junction (often shortened to just triangle) is a triangular joining arrangement of three rail lines with a railroad switch (set of points) at each corner connecting to the incoming lines.
The Severn Bridge was formally opened on 17 October 1879, and S&WR trains ran as far as Berkeley Road only. The amalgamation duly took place, forming the Severn and Wye and Severn Bridge Railway Company, although internal accounts were maintained for the two constituent companies separately until 1888. (They were known as the Forest, or Wye ...
As a small local railway, the Severn Bridge Railway with its partner the Severn and Wye Railway struggled to make a profit. There was a widespread depression in the mineral business, resulting in repeated and prolonged strikes among the miners when wage reductions were imposed, and loss of traffic to the Company.
Mar. 31—WILLMAR — The final leg of construction on the $47 million Willmar Wye railroad bypass project is underway. The project was originally planned for completion last fall, but early ...
The Wye, also known as the Willmar Rail Connector and Industrial Access Project, will create a railroad bypass west of Willmar that will allow trains to travel ...
The Severn and Wye Company submitted a parliamentary bill in the 1872 session to convert its Milkwall Tramway to railway operation and extend it to Coleford. [6] At the same time a nominally independent group, in fact sponsored by the Great Western Railway, proposed a branch line from the Wye Valley Railway at Wyesham to Coleford.
The company was to pay £3,086 for the land, but the branch was not to become part of the Wye Valley Railway Company undertakings without the consent of the landowners. The branch involved a substantial bridge over the river Wye, 207 feet (63 m) in length, but was nevertheless ready for traffic on 6 August 1875, although the Wye Valley Railway ...
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