Talk:St Fagans railway station

Wenvoe Iron Mine
Hi User:Cinnamonsweets, is the information on Wenvoe Iron Mine from one of the cited sources? I found this source which says: This does not sound like "a considerable amount of freight traffic", but I suppose a small amount for a mine could be a large amount for a railway station. Where was the mine? I assume that it was different from the modern Wenvoe Quarry. The Barry Railway did not open until 1888, so St Fagans may well have been the closest station when the mine was in operation. Verbcatcher (talk) 01:03, 25 April 2017 (UTC)
 * "Between 1859 and 1864, whilst the other mines in the region were active, a small amount of ore was raised from a mine near Wenvoe, south-west of Cardiff"

Hi User:Verbcatcher. I have just looked again at the source (it was Cardff to Swansea, Middleton Press). Annoyingly, this book (which I have to admit is a bit sketchy on detail) does not give the exact location of the mine. It was perhaps imprecise to use the adjective 'considerable'. The source says that the mine's output was 'variable'.It went from 135 tons in 1858 to 5752 tons in 1864 when the mine (one assumes) closed. If it did, then the station was indeed the nearest when it was operating. Cinnamonsweets (talk) 15:39, 26 April 2017 (UTC)


 * Hi User:Cinnamonsweets, my new source is a monograph published by the National Museum of Wales. It appears to be academically rigourous and is probably more reliable than the book you cited. It says the Wenvoe Iron Mine was not active until 1859, after St Fagans station opened. I have changed the text accordingly, and have changed 'considerable' to 'significant'. Verbcatcher (talk) 18:09, 26 April 2017 (UTC)

Book citations
Hi User:Cinnamonsweets, I have improved the book citations by adding ISBN numbers and using cite book. Philip Horton wrote several book in his The Beeching Legacy series, please check that I have identified the correct one. Verbcatcher (talk) 18:31, 26 April 2017 (UTC)

Hi User:Verbcatcher. Yes, this is the correct book. Thank you for improving the citations. Cinnamonsweets (talk) 13:22, 27 April 2017 (UTC)