GW 2-8-0T at Newport Pill Locomotive Depot - 15 April 1951
Photo reference number: 2374
GW 2-8-0T at Newport Pill Locomotive Depot
Dead in the Yard is Churchward '4200' 2-8-0T No. 4280 (built 5/20). Newport Pill Depot was in the extensive Newport Docks area and until 6/65 served the traffic of the former Alexandra (Newport & South Wales) Docks and Railway. Coded 86B by BR in the Newport Division, it had an allocation in 1950 of 57:- 20 2-8-0T, 1 0-6-2T, and 36 0-6-0T - causing the observation of an 86B as a rarity outside the immediate environs.
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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