Up mineral passing Newport High Street Station - 14 Aug 1963
Photo reference number: 2393
View SW, towards Cardiff, etc. on the ex-GWR South Wales main line, also the Western Valleys. The Class H train of coal in modern 16-ton steel wagons is on the Up Through line and has probably come from Rogerstone' headed by Collett '2884' class 2-8-0 No. 3824 (built 9/40, withdrawn 4/64).
Photo by Ben Brooksbank. Before he died in 2018, Ben uploaded an extensive collection of his work onto the website www.geograph.org.uk to make the photos available for enthusiasts. The Newport images are reproduced here and are freely useable under the Creative Commons license. There is no need to acknowledge the license if sharing the images here because these versions have the license details at the bottom.
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