GW former Brecon & Merthyr 0-6-2T at Newport Ebbw Junction Locomotive Depot - 15 April 1951
Photo reference number: 2372
No. 435 was built 2/21 as B&M No. 49, acquired by the GWR in 7/22 as No. 1668, renumbered 435 in 1947-50, and withdrawn in 2/54. Here, in 1951, it is on an outside pit at the major Ebbw Junction Depot, which in 1950 (coded 86A) had an allocation of 143:- 12 4-6-0, 28 2-8-0 (25 GW, 3 ex-WD), 2 2-6-0 (1 GW, 1 LMS-type), 4 0-6-0, 11 2-8-2T, 29 2-8-0T, 7 2-6-2T, 7 0-6-2T, 43 0-6-0T; also 3 Diesel railcars. One of the 2-8-0s is behind.
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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