Friday, June 20, 2008
Oystermouth Railway
The first passenger carrying railway in the world.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oystermouth_Railway
In 1960, a local bus company bought the line and with a colossal lack of
imagination promptly closed it down, oblivious to the howls of the local
residents.
Private narrow minded greed, trumps the public good, time and time again.
What a tourist magnet it could have been been, especially if they would have
run steam engines on it.
The tiny island of Britain changed the world, one big element of that change,
was railways. The amazing thing about a railway is, it extends the supply
line for its materials, with which it builds itself, it becomes a self
fulfilling prophesy.
