7819 1960s Dovey Junction
7819 is collecting the Pwllheli portion of the up Cambrian Coast Express to add to the Aberystwyth bit standing in the other platform.Well turned out as was the custom for the " Manors " working the Cambrian system , and with a force of enthusiasts evident , Oswestry shedded 7819 " Hinton Manor " is about to draw forward from here at Dovey Junction with her stock of the Paddington bound " Cambrian Coast Express" originating from Aberystwyth before running back to add the section from Pwllheli seen in the platform ,the combined train then working forward via Shrewsbury to the CapitalAn important junction station on the Cambrian system , Dovey Junction had initially been named Glandovey Junction and was situated in an exposed location where it was subject to frequent flooding and some years back had the distinction of being sited at the meeting point of the three Counties of Montgomeryshire , Cardiganshire and Merionethshire.7819 was withdrawn from Shrewsbury Depot in November 1965 but was saved from destruction and taken to the Severn Valley Railway in January of 1963 , later having the distinction of returning to her old haunts on the Cambrian system in 1987 working the " Cardigan Bay Express " .