Editing Corris Railway (section)

==== {{anchor|Takeover and nationalisation|1931 to 1948}}Takeover and nationalisation: 1931 to 1948 ====

In late 1929, Imperial Tramways sold the Corris to the [[Great Western Railway]] (GWR), who by that time were the owners of the main line serving Machynlleth, whose primary interest was taking control of the railway's bus routes. After running a bus in direct competition with the railway in 1930, the railway's passenger service was withdrawn at the beginning of 1931. While the {{abbr|GWR|Great Western Railway}} did not relish owning another Welsh narrow gauge line, they did perform some track maintenance, and on at least two occasions the rolling stock was repainted.<ref name=Quine/>

On 1 January 1948, the line was nationalised along with its parent company, becoming part of [[British Rail]]ways (BR). While the {{abbr|GWR|Great Western Railway}} had tolerated the Corris, {{abbr|BR|British Railways}} was looking for an excuse to close the loss making railway. In August 1948, that excuse came when the River Dyfi flooded. The waters began to undermine the Corris Railway embankment on the south side of the Dovey Bridge, and although the track was never breached, it was the excuse that {{abbr|BR|British Railways}} needed to close the line. The last train ran on 20 August 1948 and the following day the railway was closed, without notice. The Aberllefenni to Corris section was lifted in November 1948, and 10 tons of the rail was purchased by [[Henry Haydn Jones]] for use on his Talyllyn Railway. By the end of 1950, track lifting had reached Machynlleth station.<ref name=Quine>{{cite magazine| title=Not to be: The sad end of the Corris Railway |magazine=Heritage Railway |volume=220 |last=Quine |first=Dan |author-link=Dan Quine}}</ref>

In 1951, the Talyllyn Railway became the first railway in the world to be [[heritage railway|preserved]]. The Talyllyn purchased the two remaining locomotives, which had been stored out of use at Machynlleth, along with several goods waggons <!-- Please note that 'waggon' is the correct contemporary local spelling--> and the brake van – see ''[[List of Talyllyn Railway rolling stock]]''. In 1958, the Talyllyn also purchased one of the Corris carriages, which had been in use as a summerhouse in a garden in [[Gobowen]].<ref>{{Cite book| title=Narrow Gauge Railways in Profile No. 1: Talyllyn Railway Locomotives & Rolling Stock| last1=Bate| first1=John| last2=Mitchell| first2=David| last3=Adams| first3=Nigel| publisher=Cheona Publications| year=2003| page=57| isbn=1-900298-21-X}}</ref>